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Welcome to the website of The Kratz Center for Creative Writing at Goucher College.
Co-directed by Madison Smartt Bell and Elizabeth Spires, the Kratz Center is one of Maryland’s premier undergraduate academic centers devoted to the study and presentation of creative writing.
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Katie Moulton to be Published in May 2021
The Kratz Center for Creative Writing at Goucher College is proud to announce that Katie Moulton’s Dead Dad Club will be published May 2021 by Audible. The circuit of personal essays is filtered through the music of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Dead Dad Club follows the story of a young woman’s return to her small hometown in Indiana after her alcoholic father dies.
Ms. Moulton has taught at Goucher College since January 2020. She teaches fiction, creative nonfiction and professional communication. She is also a music critic, editor, essayist and a 2021 MacDowell fellow. She is represented by Marya Spence at Janklow and Nesbit.
More about Katie Moulton and her work can be found on her website: https://www.katiemoulton.com/
Sarah Pinsker Announced as Finalist for the Bram Stoker Award
The Kratz Center for Creative Writing at Goucher College is proud to announce that Sarah Pinsker is a finalist for the 2020 Bram Stoker Award. Her short story Two Truths and a Lie (Tor.com), has been nominated for Superior Achievement in Long Fiction.
Ms. Pinsker, class of 1999, is the Spring 2021 Kratz Writer in Residence, teaching WRT 420: Advanced Creative Writing. She has authored over 50 short fiction pieces and won multiple awards for her work; including two Nebula Awards, the Philip K. Dick Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. Her currently nominated story, Two Truths and a Lie, is rich in mystery and classified as dark fantasy. Her original story idea was formulated 22 years ago in her WRT 499 course with Madison Smartt Bell at Goucher College, when she had submitted a fragment of today’s completed story for a workshop. Two Truths and a Lie was released on June 17, 2020 and is accessible on Tor.com.
The Horror Writers Association (HWA) are presenting the Bram Stoker Award and final voting has begun. Voting will end on March 15th, 2021.
For further information on the 2020 Bram Stoker Awards, please visit http://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2020-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/.
To read Two Truths and a Lie by Sarah Pinkser, please visit https://www.tor.com/2020/06/17/two-truths-and-a-lie-sarah-pinsker/comment-page-1/.
Announcing Sarah Pinsker as our 2021 Spring Writer in Residence
The Kratz Center is proud to welcome author Sarah Pinsker again this coming spring.
2021 Kratz Summer Writing Fellowship
We are now accepting applications for the 2021 Kratz Summer Writing Fellowship. For more information and to apply, visit: Summer Writing Fellowships.
Eleanor Kratz Denoon (1915 - 2010)
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The founding donor of the Kratz Center for Creative Writing was Eleanor Kratz Denoon, class of 1936. She was a tireless champion of literature, a lifelong advocate for peace, and a beloved alumna of Goucher College. |