Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing

National Book Award-winning author Colum McCann will highlight LitFest, a week-long celebration of writers and writing, at Wilkes University. The new event is sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, and is being held from June 20 to 24 as part of the program’s residency. Unless otherwise…

Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the January 2021 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, will be available for free to the public virtually via Zoom. The series features alumni, guests and creative program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors, as…

David Hicks recently joined Wilkes as director and faculty of practice in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing. Although his office is a little bit out of the way in Harold Cox Hall on South River Street, he’s making himself at home on campus. An accomplished fiction writer,…

Wilkes University is welcoming three new faculty members at the start of the 2020-2021 academic year. The new faculty and their areas of specialization are: David Hicks has joined the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing as its director and as faculty of practice in the program. Prior to joining…

The 29th Annual James Jones First Novel Fellowship awarded first place and $10,000 to Morgan M.X. Schulz of Wilmington, N.C., for his novel titled “Good Morning, Dr. Du Bois.”  The competition is co-sponsored by the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University and the James Jones Literary…

Two students in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing at Wilkes University were awarded scholarships. The scholarship awards were announced during the creative writing program’s June residency, which was held virtually. The two students receiving scholarships are:  Wayne Benson of Easton Pa. was awarded the Jennifer Diskin Memorial Scholarship. Benson, who…

Students in the Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing are used to working in the virtual world. During the semester, they attend classes and work one-on-one with their mentors online. But in the hybrid program, students also complete two in-person residencies on the Wilkes campus in January and June…

After earning her undergraduate degree at Wilkes, Sara Pisak ’16 has continued on in the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Program at Wilkes. She will complete her MFA in nonfiction this year. Her Bichon Frise Ditto has accompanied her on every step of her Wilkes journey. Writing is a solitary occupation,…

Wilkes University’s Maslow Foundation Salon Reading Series, which highlights the June 2020 residency for the University’s Maslow Family Graduate Program in Creative Writing, will be available for free to the public virtually via online videos. The series features alumni, guests and creative program faculty, many of whom are prize-winning authors,…

Nancy McKinley, a founding faculty member in the Maslow Family Graduate Creative Writing Program at Wilkes University, stepped into the national spotlight on May 26 when her book, “St. Christopher on Pluto,” was reviewed on National Public Radio. The book, which is a novel in stories, received a glowing review…