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First Year Writing Program Awarded Certificate of Excellence

The NC State First Year Writing Program (FYWP)has been awarded a Writing Program Certificate of Excellence by the Conference on College Composition and Communication. According to FYWP Director Susan Miller-Cochran, the selection committee cited many noteworthy aspects of the program, including small class sizes, renewable full-time contracts for faculty members, the TA training program, and professional development opportunities provided by the program.

More information about the award can be found at: http://www.ncte.org/cccc/awards/writingprogramcert

John Kessel's Novelette Makes Nebula Award Preliminary List

John Kessel’s novelette Pride and Prometheus has made the preliminary ballot for the 2008 Nebula Award from the SF Writers of America. Only five stories in each category will make the final ballot.

The Nebula Awards are voted on, and presented by, active members of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc. Founded as the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1965 by Damon Knight, the organization began with a charter membership of 78 writers; it now has over 1,400 members, among them most of the leading writers of science fiction and fantasy.

The Nebula Awards Weekend will be held April 24-26 at the Luxe Hotel Sunset Boulevard, with the awards presentation banquet to be held on the UCLA campus to tie in with the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. (With the spirits of Jane Austen and Mary Shelley on his side, how can he lose!)