Professor Hedge Coke receives Thomas Wolfe Prize
The distinguished professor of creative writing was recognized for her compassionate perspective on the lives of everyday people
Creative writing professor named a Radcliffe fellow
UC Riverside creative writing professor Laila Lalami has been selected for Harvard University’s prestigious Radcliffe Institute fellowship for the 2023-24 academic year. An acclaimed novelist, Lalami has been named a Catherine A. and Mary C. Gellert Fellow. She will spend the academic year researching and working on her new novel, “The Dream Hotel...
Poetry Foundation honors Juan Felipe Herrera
Herrera is one of 11 awardees of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize.
Allison Hedge Coke awarded for community service efforts by Association of Writers & Writing Programs
UCR author Allison Hedge Coke was awarded the 2021 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature by the Association of Writers & Writing Programs on March 3.
UCR author awarded Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize
Mike Davis, a distinguished professor emeritus of creative writing, is among three recipients of the 2020 prize alongside political activist and author Angela Davis and prison abolitionist and scholar Ruth Wilson Gilmore.
Poet Allison Hedge Coke inducted into Texas Institute of Letters
Hedge Coke is among 14 distinguished writers inducted for 2021, announced on Jan. 29.
Nalo Hopkinson named 37th ‘Grand Master’ by SFWA
The award recognizes “lifetime achievement in science fiction and/or fantasy” and will be presented to Hopkinson during the 56th Annual Nebula Conference and Awards Ceremony held virtually June 4-6, 2021.
Book by Nalo Hopkinson among Time’s ‘100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time’
Hopkinson’s book “Brown Girl in the Ring” was included in the list published by Time on Oct. 15.
Laila Lalami winner of 2020 Arab American Book Award
Lalami’s novel “The Other Americans” was selected as the winner in the fiction category
Department of Creative Writing announces annual award and scholarship winners
E ach year, UCR’s Department of Creative Writing bestows multiple awards to its undergraduate and graduate students. Below are this year’s winners. The Chancellor’s Performance Award The Chancellor’s Performance Award recognizes excellence in creative writing. Winners: Vanesa Ruvalcaba Manisha Prakash Marvin Contreras Adam Schwartz Cole Deyo Emily...
UCR author Laila Lalami finalist for 2020 California Book Awards
“The Other Americans” named among four finalists in the fiction category
UCR distinguished professor named Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair at University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Allison Hedge Coke, a distinguished professor in the Department of Creative Writing, was named the Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals for the spring 2020 semester at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
UCR distinguished professor awarded Fulbright grant to teach in Montenegro
Allison Hedge Coke, a distinguished professor of creative writing, has been awarded a Fulbright grant as a scholar at the University of Montenegro in Niksic for the fall 2019 semester. Her appointment will begin Sept. 1, where she will be teaching and presenting literature from American Indian and Latino/a poets, and other writers of the Americas...