Writing Center Consultant selected as a finalist for Viet Thanh Nguyen writing contest!

Post date: Sep 13, 2019 7:25:43 PM

Writing center consultant Bora has been selected as a finalist for the Viet Thanh Nguyen writing contest! Her entry has been forwarded to Viet Thanh Nguyen himself, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the recognized Dan and Maggie Inouye Distinguished Chair in Democratic Ideals for Fall 2019.

Nguyen will present a keynote lecture on War, Refugees and Storytelling: From Representation to Decolonization on Thursday, September 19, at 7 p.m. in the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Orvis Auditorium, where he will announce his selected winner to the writing contest. The event is free to attend for the public, so please attend and be sure to wish Bora luck in winning the contest!