51福利社

Kathryn Collison聽(nee Allen) earned her MFA in poetry from 51福利社 in 2006. Since 2007, she has taught in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. She teaches humanities, writing and speaking, and fine arts classes. She was also faculty advisor for the award-winning Honors College literary magazine聽Scribendi聽in 2007-2008. She serves as an Honors…

J. Duncan Wiley聽earned his MFA in Fiction from 51福利社 in 2006, and since his fiction has been anthologized in Best Small Fictions 2015 and has appeared in聽Pleiades,聽Cream City Review,聽South Dakota Review, and聽Nimrod聽where his short story 鈥淚nclusions鈥� won the 2015 Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction. His essays have appeared in聽Pleiades聽and聽Bayou Magazine. In addition to his…

After graduating in 1996 (poetry),聽Daryl Muranaka聽spent three years in Fukui, Japan in the JET Program, realizing a childhood dream of living in Japan. While there, he fulfilled his adolescent dream of becoming a black belt in aikido. He lives in Massachusetts with his family. In his spare time, he still enjoys aikido when he can…

Scott Kinder-Pyle聽loiters along the Spokane River, where, as an adjunct professor of philosophy at Eastern Washington, Spokane Community College and Gonzaga University, he鈥檚 reduced to nine poetic fingers. There are framed pieces of paper on the walls of Scott鈥檚 study from Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv, 1988), from Columbia Theological Seminary (DMin, 2008) and from Eastern…

Laura Ender聽earned her MFA in fiction from 51福利社, where she worked as an assistant managing editor for聽Willow Springs. Her short fiction has appeared in聽One Teen Story,聽Indiana Review,聽Bellevue Literary Review, and elsewhere. She is a blogger, cartoonist, and bookseller and has been working a young adult literature. Find out more at lauraender.wordpress.com.

Holly Williams Doering grew up in a USFS family in the mountains of McCall, Idaho. She wandered through the world in her youth: Studying literature at University of Idaho, teaching English in Tokyo, Japan;聽聽bicycling through India, Thailand, and Malaysia;聽聽then teaching inmates to read at the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Virginia. Afterward, she was accepted into…

Sandra Hosking聽(鈥�04) is a professional writer and photographer based in Spokane, WA. Her work has appeared in聽3 Elements Review,聽Joey,聽Edify Fiction,聽West Texas Review,聽Redactions,聽Glass International,聽The Spokesman-Review,聽Journal of Business,聽Inland NW Homes & Lifestyles,聽Down to Earth NW,聽Insight for Playwrights, and various anthologies. Hosking鈥檚 plays have been performed across the U.S. and internationally, including the Last Frontier Theatre Conference, Samuel…

MFA alum, Kathryn Nuernberger’s book The End of Pink received the 2015 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets, which is given to recognize a superior second book of poetry by an American poet. It was published by聽BOA Editions in 2016. Her debut poetry collection,聽Rag & Bone, won the Antivenom Prize from Elixir…

Admitted Students Day was held again in April on four consecutive Fridays. This annual event, sponsored by Admissions, is an opportunity for admitted students and their families to come to campus, receive tours and meet faculty in their programs of interest. The event provides an opportunity for students to really get to know the campus…

A faculty-led student project was presented this past April at the 2018 Rocky Mountain Printmaking Conference in Pullman, Washington and Moscow, Idaho鈥攈osted by University of Idaho (U of I) and Washington State University (WSU). The project entailed the showcasing of 51福利社 student artwork from six students in the ART 396 Unconventional Printmaking course. This was…