Writer's Workshop Accomplishments

Clara Frank’s story “Cliché”  has now been published in the newest issue of the online journal Scribes*Micro*Fiction: http://www.fairfieldscribes.com/issue-15.html. Her story is the fourth piece on the left-hand side. She is in terrific company, where other contributors are of the caliber of professionals with PhD’s and Pushcart Prize nominations  

Our two students who were honored in the Special Sections of The Reader’s 2022 Writing Contest, Manuel Pia and Akiko Russotto, also have their writing available online. Manuel’s story, “Yippie,” is published as part of their first announcement of winners here: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2022/feb/23/cover-2022-writing-contest-winners/. Manuel's story is third from the bottom, and we are thrilled to see his writing we workshopped in class receive this honor (and payment too!). 

Akiko’s poem, “A Day in Banker’s Hill,” was published both in the second list of winners (https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2022/mar/02/cover-changing-guard/) and given its own link: https://www.sandiegoreader.com/photos/2022/mar/02/147260/

Student Michele Garb was the winner of the 2020 Matchbook Story Contest. Students Elissa Barber and Valerie Hansen were also selected as finalists. 

Student Nancy Foley was selected as an Honorable Mention in the 2021 Lenten Poetry Contest.

In 2021, student Jean E. Taddonio’s poem “See More” was published by Gratefulness.org: https://gratefulness.org/resource/see-more/  

The Union-Tribune’s Art & Culture Section published poetry from three students in 2021: Yvonne Sherman, Clara Frank, and Nancy Foley.

In the past three years, an increasing number of student writers have been accepted for publication by the San Diego Poetry Annual. In the forthcoming 2021-2022 Issue, nine students will have poems appear: Nancy Foley, Lloyd Hill, Barbara Chi Hu, Akiko Konishi, Ellen Liversidge, Rodney L. Lowman, Jean E. Taddonio, Margaret Wafer, and Lawrence Weiner.

Student Tim Calway was named a finalist in the 2021 Matchbook Story Contest. 

Student Clara Frank’s essay, “Voigtlander,” appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of Miracle Monocle: https://louisville.edu/miraclemonocle/issue-17/clara-frank 

Student Yvonne Sherman had her first publication in the 10/24 issue of the Union-Tribune’s Art Section

Student Clara Frank has gone from unpublished to several stories in national literary magazines in the past two years.  Most recently, she learned that an essay would be published by the Miracle Monocle, the University of Louisville's literary magazine.

In the past 3 years, an increasing number of students have been accepted for publication in the San Diego Poetry Annual.  These include San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury for the current edition, and 9 have been accepted for next year's publication:  Nancy Foley, Lloyd Hill, Barbara Chi Hu, Akiko Konishi, Ellen Liversidge, Rodney Lowman, Jean E. Taddonio, Margaret Wafer, and Lawrence Weiner.