Department of English
Meet Our Students
Our MFA Creative Writing Program aims to attract diverse and promising voices from the central San Joaquin Valley, throughout California, across the country and beyond.
2025 Cohort
Alexander Ayers
Creative Nonfiction
Deborah Mechele Bento
Creative Nonfiction
Oliver Esparza Nava
Fiction
Celeste Jones
Poetry
Emerald Hope Medrano
Creative Nonfiction
Kayla Quevedo
Fiction
Leslie Kay Quintana
Poetry
Tere Joyce Randolph
Creative Nonfiction
Steven Sandage
Poetry
Indigo Terán
Fiction
Ivy Tong
Fiction
2024 Cohort
Chloe Abella
Creative Nonfiction
Vivian Aguirre
Poetry
Antonia Cardinale
Fiction
David R. Carrasco-Gomez
Poetry
Anya Connelly-Howland
Creative Nonfiction
Isabella De La Torre
Poetry
Peter Garza
Poetry
Amelia Holguin
Poetry
Kaylynn Holt
Fiction
Uvllia Ibarra
Fiction
Alison Mandaville
Creative Nonfiction
Guadalupe Salgado Partida
Poetry
Hannah Sutton
Fiction
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2023 Cohort
Miguel Ángeles
Poetry
H Bryan
Fiction
Audra Burwell
Poetry
Vanessa Gonzalez
Creative Nonfiction
Soreath Hok
Creative Nonfiction
Angelina Leaños
Poetry
Phoua Lee
Fiction
Stefan Leiva
Fiction
Shannon Matalone
Fiction
Sharon K. McClain
Creative Nonfiction
Juana Santana
Poetry
Taylor Seals
Poetry
Anthony Shemaria
Poetry
Allyssa Shields
Creative Nonfiction
Bo Vang
Poetry
Chou Xiong
Poetry
Continuing Students
Mary Coomes
Creative Nonfiction
Ahlam Khadra
Poetry
Samina Najmi
Creative Nonfiction
Tim Simmers
Creative Nonfiction