The Arkansas Writers MFA Workshop launched its inaugural class of 2015 with a reception at the Conway Country Club on August 24, 2012. Professor Terry Wright gave a speech chronicling the history of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas that entertained and enlightened the crowd with the details faculty’s efforts building the program. Dean Rollin Potter joined Program Director Stephanie Vanderslice in welcoming the class of 2015. The evening finished on a triumphant high note as North Little Rock poet Sandy Longhorn read from her award winning volume Blood Almanac and from her forthcoming The Madame Letters.
The Class of 2015:
- Pictured (from left) Program Director Stephanie Vanderslice, Stacey Jones, Lynne Landis, John Mitchel, Jasmine Jobe, Scott Lewis, Louis Land