Welcome to the website of The Kratz Center for Creative Writing at Goucher College.
Founded 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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Photograph by Adan Rodriguez
2024 Denoon winners (l-r) Frances McPheely and Hope Kamal.
The Eleanor Denoon ’36 Poetry Prize is sponsored by the Kratz Center in memory of its founding donor, Eleanor Denoon. It is given annually to Goucher undergraduates “for serious, sustained work in poetry.”
Curated by Edgar Kunz
Each year, the Kratz Center for Creative Writing offers summer writing fellowships that range from between $2,000 to $4,000. This year’s winners are:
Front row (l-r): Enzo Rocksmith, Madeline Tredway, Natalie Edmonds
Middle row: Spice Crawford, Kristen Wheeler, Hope Kamal
Back row: Alyssa King, Manny Vidal, Emily Strickland
Winners studying abroad: Jupiter Berrysmith, Lea Singer.
(photos by Adan Rodriguez)
