Twelve graduate students in the Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing at Fresno State will present work from their thesis manuscripts at the annual MFA Convocation Reading and Awards ceremony. The event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow.

The MFA Convocation Reading and Awards ceremony serves as the creative writing program's informal graduation ceremony. The event, co-hosted by the English Department, highlights the creative work and scholarly achievements of the program's MFA degree candidates, after their three or more years of advanced coursework.

The following MFA degree candidates are scheduled to present their work: Jefferson Beavers (creative nonfiction), Rick Garza (fiction), Guiseppe Getto (poetry), Nigel Medhurst (fiction), Deanna Pierro (poetry), Logan Perkes (creative nonfiction), John Thomas Rabb (creative nonfiction), Jennifer Raimondo (fiction), Sylvia Savala (creative nonfiction), Emily Tallman (poetry), Brian Wall (creative nonfiction), and Kelly Van Horn (poetry).

In addition to the readings, the MFA program will announce its annual writing contest award winners. These include the Fresno Fiction Prize, the Fresno Creative Nonfiction Prize, the Ernesto Trejo Award in Poetry for a graduate student, and the Larry Levis Award in Poetry for an undergraduate.

The event will take place in the Alice Peters Auditorium, inside the University Business Center at Fresno State. For details, contact the English Department at (559) 278-2553. (The map below is incorrect.)

Location: Fresno State, 5245 N. Backer Ave., Fresno
Starts: 2007 Apr 27 - 7:00pm
Ends: 2007 Apr 27 - 9:00pm
Website: http://mfafresno.blogspot.com