The Quill #7: AWE News #4

Spring 2025 graduate Mia Bolyard recently accepted an internship!
     The Quill‘s faculty advisor was also able to see Mia’s original play script. Page Turner, come to life on the UWGB stage, capably directed by fellow AWE graduate Autumn Johnson. This delightful one-act play details a young woman’s journey revealing to her ambitious, type-A mother that she dropped her business major in favor of pursuing her creative writing ambitions and an English degree, all while the characters living in her head demand to have their stories told. If you missed the March performances, you can watch Page Turner free on YouTube.

Brady Hurst was proud to have his short story, “The Book of Stars,” featured in the 2025 Northern Lights Literary & Arts Journal. “I wrote this for my mother, who loves to tell stories and scared away the monsters from under by bed,” he says. “Love you, Mum.”
The story, which he wrote in a creative writing class, was inspired by a book of fairy tales his mother read to him when he was younger. “It was a whim that I submitted it to Northern Lights, but to my surprise, it was accepted,” he says. “Proves that just trying/applying yourself can go a long way.”

Vic Lyons recently received a grant-writing internship We EmpowHER, a nonprofit organization in Fond Du Lac. We EmpowHER provides mentorship, career exploration opportunities, classes, and other programming to empower women and help them “embrace the best versions of themselves as valued community members.”

Spring 2025 graduate Kephren Pritchett is heading to Iowa State University to pursue an MFA in Creative Writing and Environment.