Graduate Students Spotlight, Creative Writing Program

Spring 2026 publications

Congratulations to the department’s Creative Writing graduate students who had their works published in book form, journals, magazines, and websites.

Ìfẹ́olúwa Àyàndélé: debut poetry collection My Father Paints His Dreams on My Body out in January from Moon City Press, the result of his winning the 2024 Moon City Poetry Award.

Kate DeLay: three poems in Bryant Literary Review Vol. 27 (April): “I carried you,” “God’s Country,” and “Visitor.”

Noah Farberman: a runner-up couplet in The New Quarterly’s Vesti’s Quarterly Couplet Contest.

Camille Louise Goering: investigative reporting on kratom legislation in Florida Trident.

Monir Gholamzadeh Bazarbash: “[In Farsi,]” in Nowruz Journal Issue Four; and translation of five poems, “IN/FIDELITY,” in Exchanges.

Ian Hall: debut poetry collection Creekwater Mansions from East Over Press (April), the result of his winning the 2025 Princemere Poetry Prize.

Caroline Laganas: “Jason McArthur’s Argonaut Coffee locations spill across Tallahassee” in March-April issue of Tallahassee Magazine; English Ph.D. alumna Olivia Sokolowski is editor in chief of Tallahassee Magazine.

John Milas: “Vermilion County Triptych” in Bluestem Magazine’s Winter issue.

Hikari Leilani Miya: “it’s all horror” in wildscape lit Issue 6, “calm // storm” themed issue (Spring).

Fernanda Coutinho Teixeira: “Fingerprints on Glass and Clay” in Strange Horizons, January.

Heather Truett: who also serves as editor in chief of Southeast Review: four poems in Blood+Honey (January); “Viper” in Trampoline Issue 31.4; “Elegy for a Mole Crab” in January House Literary Journal (February); and “Bird Watching with a Beer on a Beach Towel” in wildscape lit Issue 6 (Spring).

Sophia Alise Upshaw: “The Record Always Skips” in South Florida Poetry Journal Issue #41 (May), with an audio recording on the site.

Jamie Walters: “Odysseus Returns Home After 20 Years, Only to Discover the HOA Has Fined Him $47,000” at Points in Case (January).

Li Zhuang: debut chapbook But Octopi Don’t Sing from Purple Ink Press (March), runner-up in the press’ Chapbook Contest.