Friends of Writers Summer 2026 Community Digest: Awards, Print Magazine Publications, and Other Achievements

Many in the Friends of Writers network found success in the first half of 2026 with awards, publications, and more. Congratulations to those listed below. While celebrating these wonderful projects, be sure to check out our special digest dedicated to book publications.

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Natalie Baszile (Fiction ’07)

  • Awarded Tribeca Film Festival Special Jury Mention for directing for documentary, Harvest.
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Sasha Hom (Fiction ’22)

  • Novella, Sidework, won the Vermont Fiction Award.
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Patricia King (Fiction ’13)

  • Story collection, Those Who Vanish, won the 2026 Drue Heinz Literature Prize and will be published in September 2026 by the University of Pittsburgh Press
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Kira Obolensky (Fiction ’08)

  • Adapted her play, The Lion, for film, released in 2026.
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Brook J. Sadler (Fiction ’25)

  • Poems “The Mathematics of Love” and “From the Dream Awakened” published in New American Writing.
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Grace Spulak (Fiction ’24)

  • Named a 2026-2027 Fulbright Grantee to Italy in Literature: Creative Writing.
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Reed Turchi (Poetry ’23)

  • Poem, “Swannanoa: Swirl & Vortex,” in the July/August Issue of The American Poetry Review.
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Priscilla Wathington (Poetry ’24)

  • Named a 2026-2028 Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.

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