Former MFA faculty member Jessica Hagedorn was announced as one of the nine 2020 finalists for the prestigious Neustadt International Prize for Literature. This prize is “one of the very few international prizes for which poets, novelists, screenwriters and playwrights are equally eligible.”Jessica Hagedorn was the Parsons University Professor in Creative Writing from 2008 until 2016. Additionally, she served as MFA Program Director from 2013-2016.
The prize winner will be announced at the 2019 Neustadt Lit Fest on October 16.
You can read more about the prize and finalists at LitHub.
