Alumni News, Awards and Honors

Caron's "The Handler" Wins Prize

Amber Caron MFA '16 has won a PEN/ Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers for her story "The Handler," originally published in Southwest Review. 

The PEN/ Robert J. Dau Short Story Prize for Emerging Writers honors "twelve emerging fiction writers for their debut short story published in a literary magazine or cultural website in 2016."

Caron was also recently selected to receive an Elizabeth George Foundation grant.