Students in UIUC's M.F.A. in Creative Writing program come from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds, and their work in prose and poetry explores a wide range of literary styles. While enrolled in the program, students past and present have published writing in the PANK, Passages North, Mid_American Review, Cincinnati Review, Massachusetts Review, Zoetrope: All-Story, Paris Review, Copper Nickel, Sou'wester, Alaska Quarterly Review, Sycamore Review, Image, Denver Quarterly, South Carolina Review, Arkansas Review, Georgia Review, Black Warrior Review, Texas Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Grain, Kalliope, 13th Moon, North Dakota Quarterly, Raven Chronicles, Berkeley Fiction Review, Michigan Review, Phoebe, BorderSenses, Boxcar Review, RHINO, Pebble Lake Review, Storyglossia, Fiction International, Oxford Magazine, The Believer, and elsewhere.
Eduardo Gabrieloff (poetry)
BA, English/Creative Writing, Colorado College
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Sara Gelston (poetry)
Baron Haber (fiction)
BA, English, Whitman College
Seattle, Washington
Max Somers (poetry)
BA, Anthropology, Purdue University
Indianapolis, Indiana
Eric Tanyavutti (fiction)
Jessica Thom (fiction)
BA, Journalism and Mass Communications, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laura Adamczyk (fiction)
BA, Creative Writing and Spanish, Knox College
MA, Creative Writing, Northwestern University
Wilmington, Illinois
Kendra Chapman (poetry)
BA, English, Davidson College
Louisville, Kentucky
Michael Don (fiction)
BA, Psychology, Tufts University
St. Louis, Missouri
Angela Hine (poetry)
BA and MA, English/Creative Writing, Pittsburg State University
Bartlett, Kansas
Khaleel Gheba (poetry)
BA, English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Ellicott City, Maryland
Roya Khatiblou (fiction)
BS, Microbiology (English Minor), Arizona State University
MA, Creative Writing, Northwestern University
Glendale, Arizona
Sean MacIntyre (fiction)
BA and MA, English, California State University at Northridge
Los Angeles, California
Natalie Mesnard (fiction)
BS, Mathematics, Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Rachel Samanie (poetry)
BA, English Literature, University of California, Berkeley
Pismo Beach, California
Lucilena Williams (poetry)
BA, English, Colorado College
Bellingham, Washington