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Five Questions with Grace Wood

Five Questions with Grace Wood

Grace Wood, a BFA candidate graduating in 2026, was named Senior of the Year by the College of Humanities and Social Science in November 2025.

An interview with Upstart Crow

An interview with Upstart Crow

Upstart Crow is a literary podcast affiliated with Watershed Lit Radio. We recently got the chance to interview the hosts, William Miller, Ken Budd, and Jennifer Disano.

An interview with the Incarcerated Writers Project

An interview with the Incarcerated Writers Project

The Incarcerated Writers Project (IWP) is an initiative of phoebe journal to provide feedback to creative writers who are incarcerated. Today, I sat down with Maya Gudapati and Katey Funderburgh, the current co-coordinators of IWP, to discuss their work and experience with the organization.  

Visiting Writers • Spring 2026

Visiting Writers • Spring 2026

George Mason University’s Creative Writing Program joins Watershed Lit and Mason’s University Libraries in presenting the Spring 2026 Visiting Writers Series.

Five Questions With Holly Mason Badra

Five Questions With Holly Mason Badra

Holly Mason Badra, MFA ’17 and now Associate Director of Women and Gender Studies, recently published Sleeping in the Courtyard: Contemporary Kurdish Writers in Diaspora (University of Arkansas Press).

Stillhouse Press's publication featured in BookRiot roundup

Stillhouse Press's publication featured in BookRiot roundup

BookRiot reviewer Lydia Manusos featured Stillhouse Press's Fall 2025 publication, TELL ME YOURS I'LL TELL YOU MINE by Kristina Ten, in a list of knockout horror short story collections. "I am absolutely feral for the story “The Dizzy Room,” originally published in Nightmare Magazine, but any story Ten writes is a winner. Her work is unsettling, nostalgic, elegiac, and poetic. It’s the perfect eerie read for settling in by a fire with a hot drink" said Manusos.

MFA ’25 alums debut lit journal <i>Chatterbox!</i>

MFA ’25 alums debut lit journal Chatterbox!

Three recent MFA alums—Jessika Bouvier, Kara Crawford, and Connor Harding, all class of ’25—have recently debuted an online literary journal, Chatterbox, dedicated to short fiction on the longer side.

2025 Cheuse Center Writer-in-Residence: Marta Sanz from Spain

2025 Cheuse Center Writer-in-Residence: Marta Sanz from Spain

Spanish author Marta Sanz engages audiences in the DMV through readings, panels, and workshops during her 2025 Cheuse Center residency. Spanish writer and literary critic Marta Sanz will participate in a series of literary events in the DMV area during her 2025 residency at the Alan Cheuse International Writers Center at George Mason University, in collaboration with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain in Washington, D.C. Sanz will be in the U.S. from September 26 to October 3, beginning in Washington, DC, before continuing to New York City.

CHR/CEC present "AI & The Humanities"

CHR/CEC present "AI & The Humanities"

The year-long series seeks to foster cross-disciplinary AI literacy, explore how AI shapes and is shaped by culture, ethics, history, and society, and provide opportunities for research incubation and exchange.