Kelly Piggott (MFA 2022): 0:26
Miranda Campbell (MFA 2019): 9:14
Scarlett Peterson (MFA 2019): 15:45
Kelley Quinn (BA 2017): 23:52
Dani DiCenzo (MFA 2017): 31:26
Shannon Skelton (MFA 2016): 40:47
Kerry Neville (MFA Coordinator): 52:48
Kerry James (Faculty): 1:01:16
Peter Selgin (Faculty): 1:09:12
Alice Friman (Faculty): 1:21:54
Martin Lammon (Faculty): 1:30:05
Welcoming Back to the GCSU Campus and Milledgeville Our Undergraduate and Graduate Alumni Writers
Celebrating the MFA Program’s 20th Anniversary
Our reunion is ALL SET for Friday-Saturday, November 4-5. Connect with old friends and other alumni, faculty, and current students. Join us for the whole weekend or as much as you can!
REGISTER DIRECTLY at the Alumni Reunion Creative Writing Registration page for our Saturday Reception & Alumni Reading (FREE) and to sign up for an optional picnic lunch ($10) before the reception & reading. You can learn more about Alumni Weekend at GCSU Alumni Services, including info about discounted lodging options in Milledgeville (reservations due by OCT 14).
For info about all our weekend events, see below. We’re also hosting two downtown gatherings in addition to our Saturday on-campus reception and alumni reading. Please email program administrative assistant Ms. Shordae Carswell by FRIDAY OCT 28 to let us know if you’ll attend other events. ALSO let her know you want to sign up for our Saturday Alumni Reading event: shordae.carswell@gcsu.edu
Alumni Memories Downtown
Refreshments provided (folks can also purchase special coffees and other beverages). Impromptu performances, readings, news and special announcements, PLUS a Remembrance of 2009 MFA Graduate Angela Hall. We’ll meet in Blackbird’s new “Birdhouse Theatre” (see above) and have access to the stage. Special thanks to Blackbird owners (and MFA alums) Iona and Jimmy Holder!
Reception Plus Our Alumni Readings
Join our alumni, faculty and friends for a reception, alumni readings, and more. Please let us know by FRI OCT 28 if you’d like to read your work. Please email Shordae Carswell (see email below) at the program office for more info and to sign up. Above: The 2022 MFA Graduating Class Thesis reading.
Alumni Memories Downtown
Join Martin Lammon and other program alumni, faculty, and friends for Baba Ganouj, Hummus, Spanakopita, Samosa, Kabobs, and other Greek & Indian dishes at Metropolis. Food and beverages provided (folks can also order drinks or special dishes). Above: Current faculty writers Laura Newbern, Kerry Neville, Peter Selgin, Kerry James Evans, and Chika Unigwe.
Let us know you’re coming and sign up for the Saturday afternoon alumni reading! Please email Ms. Shordae Carswell by Friday, October 28: shordae.carswell@gcsu.edu
Remembering 2009 MFA Graduate
Angela C. Hall (1971-2022)
Angela Hall completed her GCSU MFA in Creative Writing (with an emphasis in Scriptwriting), working closely with faculty playwright David Muschell. After graduating from our MFA program in 2009, she would later pursue additional studies at the University of Georgia. She was a recent Dodd Interdisciplinary Fellow at UGA’s MFA in Narrative Writing at the Grady School of Journalism. A Georgia native (from Dublin), she passed away this summer on July 18, 2022. Learn more about her life and her recent work at this Lamar Dodd School of Art web page. We will remember her and celebrate her life at our Friday Blackbird Coffee gathering and throughout our Weekend Reunion.
Finally, Dr. Martin Lammon has created a new scholarship to support incoming first-year MFA in Creative Writing students. If you would like to join him, other faculty, friends, and alumni in supporting this scholarship, you can add your gift to the Creative Writing MFA Alumni Annual Scholarship when you register at the Alumni Reunion Creative Writing registration page.
Martin Lammon • Poetry & Prose 