CU Denver’s Creative Writing Program is proud to celebrate the winners of the 2025 Lit Fest Creative Writing Scholarships!
Offered through the CU Denver Department of English and the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URCA), these scholarships recognize outstanding student writers ready to take their craft to the next level. A committee of Creative Writing faculty carefully evaluated each applicant’s work and passion for storytelling.
Each winner will receive $1,000 to support their tuition and expenses for the annual Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s Lit Fest, taking place June 6–13, 2025—one of the nation’s premier gatherings for writers of all backgrounds.
As part of their journey, scholarship recipients will share their Lit Fest experiences and present original writing at CU Denver’s Research and Creative Activities Symposium (RACAS) in Spring 2026.
Congratulations to these talented Lynx writers! We can't wait to see how your stories inspire the world.
Mich
ael Gilland
Writer and playwright from Denver, Colorado.
He is currently a senior at the University of Colorado Denver, where he majors in Creative Writing.
His work has appeared in the Ourglass and his play, drop drop drop drop drop, was shortlisted at the 2021 Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival.
Maeve Camille is a poet in Denver, Colorado.
She has shared her work in school publications and at readings held by friends.
She is currently pursuing an English degree at the University of Colorado Denver.
When she's not reading or writing, she likes to take long walks and watch weird movies.
Kapri Riley is a CU Denver student captivated by the art of language.
Her published works may be found in the 20th Anniversary edition of Obscura (Red Rocks Community College’s Literary Arts Magazine) to which she also contributed as editor and lead of the layout and design team.
She is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Arts in English Literature, and cherishes the privilege to be involved in spaces of creative expression.