Student And Alumni Accomplishments

The 2025 Rex Burns Award for Best Graduate Student Essay

May 23, 2025

Olivia Ruffe's paper, “Cinematic Kryptonite in A Man Who Was Superman : Healing Korean National Trauma and Re-envisioning the Male in Crisis” has been selected for the Rex Burns Award for best graduate student essay. This paper was nominated by Professor Luloff and chosen by the selection committee for its...

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2024-2025 Michael S. Gorniak Award Winners

May 19, 2025

The Michael S. Gorniak Award Winners in Creative Writing for the 2024-2025 academic year are Aidan Schuttler and Sojo Benavente. Michael Stewart Gorniak was an ebullient spirit and a tireless writer, always searching for new ways to express himself, improve his art, and to help others. Michael worked for the...

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2025-2026 Richard T. Dillon Scholarship Winner

May 19, 2025

Maeve Murphy has been selected as the recipient of the Richard T. Dillon Scholarship for the 2025-2026 academic year. Maeve's application stood out among a highly competitive group of candidates. The committee was especially impressed by their academic achievements and thoughtful aspirations for the future. This scholarship recognizes undergraduate excellence...

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CU Denver Poetry Alumna Anna Leigh Knowles is a Finalist for the Colorado Book Award in Poetry

April 10, 2025

CU Denver poetry alumna Anna Leigh Knowles is a finalist for the Colorado Book Award in Poetry!

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2025 Lit Fest Creative Writing Scholarship Winners

April 3, 2025

CU Denver’s Creative Writing Program is proud to announce the winners of the 2025 Lit Fest Creative Writing Scholarships. The scholarships are offered by CU Denver’s Department of English and Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities; applicants are evaluated by a committee of Creative Writing faculty. The winning students...

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Nini Bernt is publishing her debut novel with Tin House

Feb. 4, 2025

One of our Creative Writing and Copper Nickel alums, Nini Berndt, is publishing her debut novel. There Are Reasons for This is coming out with Tin House in June.

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2024 Rex Burns Award Winner

Aug. 23, 2024

The 2024 Rex Burns Award for best graduate essay went to Shannon Anglemire, for "CRT in DCSD: Addressing the Extent to Which CRT is Present in the Douglas County School District Equity Policy". Congratulations Shannon!

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2024 Richard T. Dillon Award Winner

Aug. 15, 2024

The 2024 Richard T. Dillon Award was awarded to Lexi Cipriani, which recognizes undergraduate excellence in the English Dept. Professor Dillon (1933-2015) taught in the Department from 1969-1999. His love of teaching, travelling all over the world, and linking literature to opera music endeared him to his students and colleagues...

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2024 Michael S. Gorniak Award in Creative Writing Winners

July 25, 2024

Fernanda Cabrera, Asma Al-Masyabi, and Isaac Dolores were awarded the 2023-2024 the Michael S. Gorniak Award in Creative Writing. Michael Stewart Gorniak was an ebullient spirit and a tireless writer, always searching for new ways to express himself, improve his art, and to help others. Michael worked for the UCD...

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Asma Al-Masyabi has Won the 2023 Emerging Poet Award from the Ruth Weiss Foundation

Dec. 4, 2023

Asma Al-Masyabi has won the 2023 Emerging Poet Award from the Ruth Weiss Foundation for her poem “The Future I Feed My Brother.” The award comes with a $1,500 grant. The Ruth Weiss Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is to create opportunities to support poetic artists through...

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