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The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 8 (December 2025): Godwin Amouzou, Linda Bettencourt Bagchee, Sarah Bourquin, David Bradley, Chai Cavalli, Raina Clausen, Valen DeLeo, Cheyenne Drevon, Cortnie Duran, Samantha Forsyth, Zoe Hawthorne, Nicole Longcrier, Shawnee Lowe, Megan Price.

In early September, Creative Writing faculty hosted a group of East European/Baltic state academics who have fled Russia in the name of academic freedom and were invited by the US State Department to tour centers of education and culture in the US.聽 They were interested in developing bonds with our program and in learning about the role of the Creative Writing Center in terms of community and curricular development at 海角社区, as well as the role of an English Department as central to a liberal arts education.聽

Joanna Brewer‘s story “The Trick” was published in Flash Fiction Magazine (June 19, 2025).

The following students were published in the Spring 2025 issue of Metrosphere:
鈥�Thomas Decker, 鈥淒ie With You鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Anne Ramirez, 鈥淰iolet鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Rowan, 鈥淩eincarnation鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Connor Ondrak, 鈥淭he Onion King鈥� (fiction)
鈥�CR Griffin, 鈥淭he Ritual鈥� and 鈥淓choes鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Symmone Burkart, 鈥淥range Juice鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Bryan Rustad, 鈥淯ndoing鈥� (poetry) and Interview
鈥�Alyssa Williams, 鈥淓mbrace鈥� (screenplay)
鈥�Austin Williams, 鈥淲ild Hearts鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Lauren Wood, 鈥淭he One True God鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Jade Kotowski, 鈥淢ental Paralysis鈥� (poetry)

Creative writing students who will be attending graduate programs next year:
鈥�Joanna Brewer, Columbia University (MFA)
鈥�Grace Morris, Syracuse University (MFA)
鈥�Michelle Reeves, University of Wyoming (MA)
鈥�Madeline Terlep, Old Dominion University (MFA)

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 7 (December 2024): Editors: Arianna Balderrama, Joanna Brewer, Kristina Greenwalt, Logan Hessek, Ryan Juarez, Megan Price, Madeline Terlep, Michelle Tolen Reeves.

The following students were published in the Fall 2024 issue of Metrosphere:
鈥�Alice Moreland: 鈥淭he God of the Underworld鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Grace Morris: 鈥淎pollo Said 鈥楧aphne Your Roots are Showing鈥欌�� (poetry)
鈥�MaKayla Jones: 鈥淢ortal God鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Dakota King: 鈥淐oyote鈥檚 Lament鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Nicole Longcrier: 鈥淚n Defense of Judith鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Katie Martinez: 鈥淚f you Could Do Anything鈥� (poetry), 鈥淎nything鈥� (poetry), “We Will Not Fear What Hands Like Ours Can Do” (poetry), and 鈥淥ver鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Connor Ondrak: 鈥淧arting in the Sand鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Madeline Terlep: 鈥淭he Cries of Medusa鈥� (poetry) and 鈥淪atan鈥檚 Serpent鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Austin Williams: 鈥淢etamorphosis鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Haley Williams: 鈥淲e Have Lost More Than We Know鈥� (nonfiction)
鈥�Lauren Wood: 鈥淪cars of the Past鈥� (fiction)

Madeline Terlep received the Outstanding Student in English Award and the Outstanding Student in Journalism Award at the Fall 2024 College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences ceremony.

Katie Martinez鈥檚 poem “Rota Fortunae” was published in Progenitor Art and Literary Journal (volume 59).

Connor Sandrock‘s poem “It Is Monday and I Am Waking” was published in Progenitor Art and Literary Journal (volume 59).

Shady Balcom鈥檚 creative nonfiction essay 鈥淭he Dogs鈥� was published in Revolute literary magazine (volume 5).

Madeline Terlep鈥檚 short story 鈥淴鈥� was published in Pink Panther Magazine (volume 14).

The following students were published in the Spring 2024 issue of Metrosphere:
鈥�Shady Balcom: 鈥淐.T.E鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Ashley Cabrera: 鈥淓choes of Manitou: The Ascent Beyond Time鈥� (poetry) and 鈥淐osmic Reverie鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Sariya Camp: 鈥淭he Piano Lesson” (fiction) and 鈥淭hings鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Samantha Forsyth: 鈥淪tar Scars鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Avien Howell: 鈥淎 Chiming in the Night鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Nicole Longcrier: 鈥淣othingness鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Katie Martinez: 鈥淭he Great Ash Dunes鈥� (poetry) and 鈥淎lebrije鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Alice Moreland: 鈥淭he First Snow鈥� (fiction) and 鈥淪olstice鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Grace Morris: 鈥淭he Ouija Board Said 鈥業 Told You So鈥欌�� (poetry)
鈥�Bryan Rustad: 鈥淓mbrace the Change鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Madeline Terlep: 鈥淚 Am Nothing but a Dandelion鈥� (poetry)
鈥�Alyssa Williams: 鈥淎 Warm Embrace鈥� (fiction)
鈥�Haley Williams: 鈥淐ollaging Society鈥檚 Fragments鈥� (nonfiction) and 鈥淪ea of Color鈥� (nonfiction)

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 6 (December 2023): Lila Bear, Claudia Guzman, Avien Howell, Noah Jackson, Elizabeth Mitchell, Riley Nix, Dempsey Perez, Rebekah Powers, Madeline Terlep, Joshua Valadez.

Natalie Gramer was the fall 2023 recipient of the Provost’s Award, which recognizes outstanding academic achievement and service. Her poem 鈥淭he Tithe鈥� was recently published in Shot Glass Journal.

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 5 (May 2023): Oliver Brainerd, Symonne Burkart, Erynn Fifield, Misty Kicklighter, Megan McLean, Erika Slatten, Alyssa Williams, Austin Williams, Rae鈥橩won Willis.

Joanna Brewer鈥檚 short story “The Illustrator” was published in New Feathers Anthology. Her novella Evening was also short-listed for the Plaza Literary Prize, and her story “Daffy Daphne” placed tenth in the Writer’s Digest Writing Competition, Literary Fiction Category.

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 4 (December 2022): Freya Chavoustie, Rebecca Jones, Jaiden Krause, Cassie Langton, Shakthi Menon, Lily Polley, Samantha Salter, Morgan Schramm.

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 3 (May 2022): Keith Schooler, Charlize Everhart, Taylor Romero, Andrew St Denis, Lisa Train, Milo Johnston, Peter Lumholdt.

Lizzie Des Rosiers won second place in The Writer magazine’s 100-Word Story Contest. Lizzie studied Creative Writing and was a past editor of the MSU Roadrunner Review.

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 2 (December 2021): Keith Schooler, Kristen Simpson, James M Knott, Lalla Boufadize, Elizabeth DesRosiers, Brice Maiurro, Scott Cremer, Ruby Whitehead.

The following students were on the editorial staff of MSU Roadrunner Review 1 (May 2021): Victoria Budzien, Danielle Holman, Georgina Rodriguez, DJ Lincks, Elle Warren, Ashlee Christlieb, J Lindberg, Rowen Floarea, Lillian Wood.

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