A 小蝌蚪APP alumnus is the recipient of the prestigious Wallace Stegner Fellowship in poetry from Stanford 小蝌蚪APP.
Dr. J. Bruce Fuller, 小蝌蚪APP15, is one of five poets selected from about 1,700 applicants for the fellowship. He holds a doctorate in English/creative writing from UL Lafayette and a master小蝌蚪APP檚 of fine arts from McNeese State 小蝌蚪APP.
Previous Stegner fellows include writers Ernest J. Gaines, Raymond Carver, Ken Kesey and Tobias Wolff.
The two-year fellowship is named after Stegner, a novelist and founder of Stanford小蝌蚪APP檚 Creative Writing Program. It carries a $26,000 annual stipend. The Creative Writing Program pays fellows小蝌蚪APP tuition and health insurance to enable them to concentrate on writing and attending weekly workshops with faculty.
Fuller is a past recipient of the William J. Dor茅 Writing Fellowship from McNeese State 小蝌蚪APP and winner of the 2013 Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest.
He is the author of five poetry collections since 2010: 小蝌蚪APP淭he Dissenter小蝌蚪APP檚 Ground,小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP淔lood,小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP淣otes to a Husband,小蝌蚪APP 小蝌蚪APP淟ancelot,小蝌蚪APP and 小蝌蚪APP28 Blackbirds at the End of the World.小蝌蚪APP
His work has appeared in Louisiana Literature, Pembroke Magazine, Crab Orchard Review, Aldus, Trigger, Louisiana Review, Swamp Lily Review and others. He is the editor of Yellow Flag Press.