Congratulations to Lisa Fay Coutley and Meg Day

Both PhD candidates in our nationally ranked Creative Writing program, Lisa and Meg have been awarded very prestigious fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts. This is a tremendous honor, accompanied by a nice financial award. The National Endowment for the Arts received more than 2800 applications in this round. Lisa and Meg were among an elite group of just 40 applicants to be awarded the fellowship.