It’s been a good summer for us Mountaineers. Join us in celebrating our current student and alumni achievements. Please share your current achievements by emailing Rebecca Thomas.

Alumni News:

Read Justin Anderson’s (MFA in Fiction) essay, “To the National Endowment for the Arts,” in Brevity.

Amanda Leigh Cobb, MFA in Poetry, has wonderful poems over at Verse.

Justin Crawford, MFA in Fiction, had his short story “Bone County Snake Oil” appear in the June issue of Prick of the Spindle. Read the story here. Justin’s story short story “Converge” appeared in the June 2012 issue of Inwood Indiana. His story is on page 273 in the digital file.

Heather Frese, MFA in Fiction, had her short story “An Open Letter Written to Patricia Ballance,” in Barely South Review. Heather also got married last week. Congratulations, Heather!

Matt London, MFA in Fiction, will have his poems, “Future Birthdays” and “Monday Afternoon, Frame-by-Frame,” appear in an upcoming issue of New Delta Review. Plus, Matt just got married, too. Congratulations, Matt!

Kelly Moffett, MFA in Poetry, has two new collections coming out in the spring: When the God of Water enters your Basement, Bow (Salmon Poetry, Spring 2013), and the chapbook Ghost Act (Spring 2013). Read more about Kelly in our alumni spotlight.

Rebecca Schwab, MFA in Fiction, has a new short story, “Thick on the Wet Cement,” out in The Future Fire. Read the story here.

MFA in Nonfiction Kelly Sundberg was a finalist in The Southeast Review’s 2012 Narrative Nonfiction Contest, judged by the wonderful Jennine Capo Crucet. Kelly’s essay, “Snow. Angel. Ghost.” will appear February 2013 in The Southeast Review’s Winter/Spring issue, Volume 31.1. Kelly’s poem, “Approaching Monday,” appeared in Literary Mama Look for Kelly’s essay “Indian Creek” in an upcoming issue of Mid-American Review.

Jessie Van Eerden’s (BA in English) debut novel, Glorybound was released this spring through WordFarm. Read more about Jessie and her novel in our undergraduate alumni spotlight.

Current Students:

Jessi Lewis, MFA candidate in Fiction, will have her short story, “Walnuts,” appear in an upcoming issue of Ghost Town, a literary magazine out of Cal State San Bernardino.

MFA candidate in poetry Christina Seymour has a poem, “Home is Dead When He Fights,” on display in Speak Peace, a travelling exhibit that pairs poetry with art from Vietnamese children. Read Christina’s poem and see the accompanying painting here. Listen to NPR’s segment about the exhibit, follow the link. Her poem “It’s Just a Dark Hill” will be published in the upcoming issue of Third Wednesday.

Andi Stout, MFA candidate in Poetry, read at the the Connotation Press reading at the Chicago AWP. She also took second place in the Hungry Poet Contest in April. Scissor and Spackle will publish one of her poems later this month. Andi was nominated by the department for the Best New Poets 2012 anthology. Finally, Nicelle Davis picked one of Andi’s one-line poems for Nicelle’s poetry in motion project. Andi’s poem has been made into a car magnet and is traveling around Southern California.