Jill will be presenting at LeakyCon 2019 in Boston!
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What kind of work are they publishing? Some have published young adult, middle grade, graphic novels. Some are New York Times bestsellers. Some have won prestigious poetry prizes. Read about them here.
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Jill Kolongowski, MFA Creative Nonfiction '14
Jill Kolongowski graduated in 2014 with her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Saint Mary’s College of California. She teaches writing and is the managing editor at YesYes Books. Her work can be found or is forthcoming in Sundog Lit, Southern Indiana Review, Lunch Ticket, Fugue, and elsewhere. She watches Chopped reruns and writes in a sunny apartment south of San Francisco. Jill's News: Reading on February 6, 2018 at Books Inc. in Berkeley Book release party and reading October 19, 2017 at The Bindery in San Francisco You can preorder Jill's paperback titled "Life Lessons Harry Potter Taught Me: Discover the Magic of Friendship, Family, Courage, and Love in Your Life" was published by Ulysses Press on October 31, 2017 Jill Kolongowski has been chosen to be a 2016 Artsmith Residency Fellow on Orcas Island! Jill's "The Cactus Is a Very Independent Plant" was just published by Vinyl! Jill's essay "Point-Blank," was published in Forklift, Ohio Jill's essay "Manifesto" was a finalist in The Boiler's 2015 flash essay contest. "Luck: An Annotated History," Sundog Lit, Issue 8 (winner of the First Annual Contest Series in Creative Nonfiction), purchase copies here "Sweet Sixteen" and "Manifesto," sPARKLE + bLINK vol. 62 (part of Quiet Lightning Reading Series) "Rejected Script from the Six O'Clock News," Quaint Magazine, Issue 1, January 2014 "Forty-Two Measures of Rest," winner of the Diana Woods Memorial Prize in Creative Nonfiction, published in Lunch Ticket, Winter/Spring 2014 "Oceans from Satellites" finalist in the 2013 Wabash Prize for Nonfiction "Topography," Southern Indiana Review, Fall 2013 (purchase copies here)
Stories
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“As a Kearny Street Workshop (KSW) fellow in the MFA in Creative Writing program, I was able to promote and be part of the present Asian...
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Artwork (above): “One World” by Rocky Zi Yuan Wan, age 12. Hong Kong. China. 2019 ROW Finalist...
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Vicki Hudson, MFA nonfiction '08, is many things—Army veteran, rugby coach, mom—and part of what holds all these identities together is the...
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Students from all disciplines gathered in Hagerty Lounge last week to learn the ins and outs of the entertainment industry from a panel of...
Events
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Nov
13Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 6 P.M.
De La Salle Hall: Hagerty LoungeMeet our faculty and get your questions answered about the program and the application...
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Nov
13Wednesday, November 13, 2019 - 7:30 P.M.
De La Salle Hall: Hagerty Lounge, Hagerty LoungeJoin us as the third group of our 2nd year graduate students read their work. Curated...
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Dec
7Saturday, December 7, 2019 - 2 P.M.
Dolby Chadwick Gallery 210 Post St #205, San Francisco, CA 94108, USALightning Strikes II is art catalogue, art opening, poetry reading and fundraiser that...
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Feb
19Wednesday, February 19, 2020 - 12:30 P.M.
Get a feel for what it's like to be a part of our incredible MFA community by joining...
Last updated by Sara Mumolo on October 1, 2019