Camille Dungy: Orlando Poetry Judge
Oct01

Camille Dungy: Orlando Poetry Judge

“Creative insight exists in more of an aquifer then a well. Creative insight is always below the surface. Maybe the issue is access, not availability. Find a new place and a new way to plant your well. Find new technology to get the water out. Find a form that tests your limits and write into that form.”—Camille Dungy AROHO is pleased to announce Camille Dungy as the finalist Poetry  judge for the Spring...

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Announcing 2015 AROHO Retreat Program Contributors, Fellows, and Artists in Residence
Oct01

Announcing 2015 AROHO Retreat Program Contributors, Fellows, and Artists in Residence

From the 2015 Retreat Committee Congratulations to all who applied to contribute as a Program Contributor, Artist in Residence, or Fellow at the 2015 AROHO Retreat. Your generosity and the excellence of your craft are what make the AROHO community so uniquely transformative. When the application window for proposals and fellowships for the 2015 AROHO Retreat closed on August 31, we were overcome with gratitude and pride. The proposals...

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Julia Laxer Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize
Oct01

Julia Laxer Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Creative Nonfiction Prize

As a reader, I felt immediately transported; I marveled at the weight of each phrase or sentence, the way the writing seemed to have layers of meaning. The voice is powerful, unpredictable, and vibrant. I hope the author expands upon this piece to create a larger narrative. —Deborah Feldman, Fall 2014 Orlando Creative Nonfiction Finalist Judge Congratulations to Julia Laxer on the selection of her essay, “Letter to My Sister in a...

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Lisa Nikolidakis Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Flash Fiction Prize
Oct01

Lisa Nikolidakis Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Flash Fiction Prize

“The Spinning Field” brings the reader immediately and viscerally into the world of the alien among us – the outsider, the immigrant, the ostracized. For its pitch-perfect voice, succinct yet compelling details, and total honesty (even when it ain’t pretty), “The Spinning Field” has the mark of a writer to watch!” —Kristen Wolf, Fall 2014 Orlando Flash Fiction Finalist Judge Congratulations to...

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Michelle Wright Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Short Fiction Prize
Oct01

Michelle Wright Awarded Fall 2014 Orlando Short Fiction Prize

It’s so hard to create a world and draw living characters and make the reader feel something, all in just a few short pages–“Moon Shiny Night” did all of this beautifully. Without even naming the characters I felt connected to these girls, felt their brief, wondrous connection to the old man next door–and I ached, knowing it would all be over, and the old man would be left alone. —Vanessa Diffenbaugh,...

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