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Alumni success stories

51 English graduates go on to a variety of successful careers -- it's not all about becoming an English teacher! Here are a few success stories from alumni who've kept in touch with us.

Awards and Publications

Dessa Bayrock

Publications

Funicular Magazine, 2018
Oxidant | Engine, 2018
Bombus Press, 2018
“The Granddaughter’s Tale”, The Hunger, 2018
 and , IDK Magazine, 2018, Cotton Xenomorph, 2018
, OCCULUM, 2018
Bombus Press, 2018
Kaaterskill Basin Literary Journal, 2018
, , and , Menacing Hedge, 2018
Sad Girl Review, 2018
Red Queen Literary Magazine, 2018
“Canis Chalcedonus Somniculosus”, Sooth Swarm Journal, 2018
Poetry Is Dead, the metal issue, 2018
“But O the Internet is Rife with Hierarchies!” and “Q-Tips™,”  2018
Spy Kids Review, 2018
Daphne Magazine, 2017
“Robin Williams II”, Moonchild Magazine, 2017
“, and , The Maynard, 2017
Bywords, 2017
, , and “, Raspberry Magazine, 2017
Half Mystic Press, 2017
“, Apricity Press, 2016
“The place is falling apart around us”The Louden Singletree, 2016
“Everything Breaks Open”, and “Jolie Laide”The Louden Singletree, 2015

Awards
The Metatron Prize for Rising Authors. 2019.
, Honourable Mention. 2018.
 Longlisted. 2017.

Martin Castro

Publications

, self-published chapbook, 2019
“”, The Cascade, 2018
”, The Zine, 2018
“leaving the feast”, The Erthly Distraction, 2017
“”, “”, and “”, Raspberry Magazine, 2016
“”, “”, and “”, Raspberry Magazine, 2016
where is the beer?”, The Louden Singletree, 2016

 

Jasmin Kaur

When You Ask Me Where I’m Going. HarperCollins, 2019.

 

Luke Kokoszka

“Mr. Girard Strikes Again”, Queen Mob’s Teahouse, February 1st, 2018
“Statement from the manager of the band who was supposed to score the long awaited sequel to Tarkovsky’s cult classic, Solaris”, The FANZINE, August 9th, 2017
“The Kettle”, carte blanche, Issue 26, Winter 2016, guest edited by Guillaume Morrisette
“The Book”, Cheap Pop, March 1st, 2016
“Infinite Landscape, or Where Did I Go?”, Potluck Magazine, Dec. 9th, 2014

 

Shannon McConnell

Publications

 

“A West Coast Wimp in a Prairie Winter” The Anti-Languorous Project. Fall 2018. Poetry.

“The Burden of Gravity” In Medias Res. Fall 2017. Poetry.

“Make it Grain” In Medias Res. Fall 2017. Photography.

“The Other Side of the River” In Medias Res. Fall 2017. Photography.

“It was a weird night” Poetry All Over The Floor Anthology. May 2017. Poetry.

“52.1332°N 106.6700°W” The Society. St. Peter’s College. Volume 14, 2017. Poetry.

“A Poem in Two Parts created from Lines of Tinder Profiles That Make Me Consider Joining a Convent, Maybe.” Rat’s Ass Review. Summer 2017. Poetry.

“Gum Wall” The Fieldstone Review. Summer 2016. Poetry.

“Snap” The Fieldstone Review. Summer 2016. Fiction.

“Take Off” untethered 3.1. August 2016. Poetry.

“The Temple Bar” Louden Singletree Literary and Arts Magazine. Issue No. 6. Spring 2014. Poetry.

“molly malone” Louden Singletree Literary and Arts Magazine. Issue No. 5. Spring 2013. Poetry.

“Fighting Mondays” Louden Singletree Literary and Arts Magazine. Issue No. 5. Spring 2013. Novel Excerpt.

“lament” Louden Singletree Literary and Arts Magazine. Issue No. 4.Spring 2012. Poetry.

“tangled coasts” Louden Singletree Literary and Arts Magazine. Issue No. 3. Spring 2011. Poetry.

“departure” Louden Singletree Literary and Arts Magazine. Issue No. 2.September 2010. Poetry.

 

Awards

John V. Hicks Long Manuscript Award. 2nd Place in Poetry category. 2018.

           

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Stephanie Gorner 51 English Alumni

The close-reading skills I acquired through my English studies translated easily to reading legislation and case law. In addition, the strong writing skills I developed with the assistance of my professors in the 51 English department gave me an advantage in law school and that has certainly carried through to my career as a lawyer.

  • – Stephanie Gorner
  •    51 English grad
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