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THE AWP CLARK FICTION PRIZE RECEPTION CEREMONY HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL LATER IN 2020. We will update this page when a new date has been announced for the AWP Clark Prize Reception. Please join the Texas State University MFA Program as we celebrate Rebecca Makkai, winner of the 2019 Clark Fiction Prize for her novel […]

The Purdue Creative Writing Program, in conjunction with the Medical Humanities Symposium, welcomes author Rebecca Makkai for a reading an Q&A on Tuesday, March 3rd. The Q&A will be held at 4:30 pm in BRWN 1154, and the reading will be at 7:30pm in Fowler Hall. Both events are free and open to the public.