Stillhouse Press is thrilled to announce that Amy Stuber’s debut short story collection, SAD GROWNUPS has been awarded the 2025 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection. Publicized at the 61st annual PEN America Literary Awards on May 8, this remarkable recognition establishes Stuber as an exciting new voice in fiction—and marks a major milestone for Stillhouse Press and the alumni, graduate, and undergraduate students, each of whom assisted in making this prodigious accolade possible.

Announcement: purl, the first full length poetry collection by Michele Evans, is being published by Finishing Line Press. This debut collection, a semifinalist for the Airlie Prize, longlisted by Nine Syllables Press, and shortlisted by Yellow Arrow Publishing, is set to be released on February 14th, 2025. "malea," one of the poems in purl, won the 2023 ASP Bulletin Poetry Prize and was nominated for both a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Award.

In an new article at the AWP website, Mason Creative Writing director Gregg Wilhelm reflects on the 2024 Fall for the Book festival and explores the opportunities available to Mason creative writing students through Watershed Lit: Center for Literary Engagement and Publishing Practice.