Plain China: Best Undergrad Writing 2009
Bennington College Launches First-of-Its-Kind Online Anthology
BENNINGTON, VT - Bennington College has launched an anthology of premier poetry, fiction, and nonfiction selected from more than 40 American undergraduate literary journals, among them publications from Boston College, Brown, UCLA, the University of Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, Oberlin, Rice, Stanford, and Tulane. It is the first online compilation of undergraduate work at such a scale and on a national level.
The anthology, called plain china: Best Undergraduate Writing 2009, has been compiled by student editors at Bennington College and judged by prominent writers and editors. C. Michael Curtis, fiction editor of The Atlantic, said of the Bennington Fiction Prize-winning story: "The writing is spare, direct, and economical...a gem." Award-winning poet April Bernard called the competition "by far the most difficult--and most inspiring--contest I have ever judged, simply because the quality of the work was so high and so various." And renowned memoirist Susan Cheever, judging for nonfiction, commented, "I was thrilled by the writersâ?(TM) use of experimental forms, their command of the language and the vivid way in which they told their stories."
Bennington student editors selected 79 pieces of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from 56 undergraduate literary publications. Students also chose artwork from journals to accompany each literary piece. The anthology will launch online in three installments, the first on March 29, 2010, the second on April 26, and the third on May 24. One aim of plain china is to create a much needed public forum for the often overlooked voices of undergraduate writers. "Collectively, these pieces showcase the creative writing talent and potential that exists in colleges throughout the country," said Rebecca Godwin, plain china's faculty editor. "We're thrilled to make their work available to a wider academic and public audience. And with its rich literary tradition, Bennington seems a natural place for such an idea to come together."
BENNINGTON, VT - Bennington College has launched an anthology of premier poetry, fiction, and nonfiction selected from more than 40 American undergraduate literary journals, among them publications from Boston College, Brown, UCLA, the University of Chicago, Harvard, Princeton, Oberlin, Rice, Stanford, and Tulane. It is the first online compilation of undergraduate work at such a scale and on a national level.
The anthology, called plain china: Best Undergraduate Writing 2009, has been compiled by student editors at Bennington College and judged by prominent writers and editors. C. Michael Curtis, fiction editor of The Atlantic, said of the Bennington Fiction Prize-winning story: "The writing is spare, direct, and economical...a gem." Award-winning poet April Bernard called the competition "by far the most difficult--and most inspiring--contest I have ever judged, simply because the quality of the work was so high and so various." And renowned memoirist Susan Cheever, judging for nonfiction, commented, "I was thrilled by the writersâ?(TM) use of experimental forms, their command of the language and the vivid way in which they told their stories."
Bennington student editors selected 79 pieces of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction from 56 undergraduate literary publications. Students also chose artwork from journals to accompany each literary piece. The anthology will launch online in three installments, the first on March 29, 2010, the second on April 26, and the third on May 24. One aim of plain china is to create a much needed public forum for the often overlooked voices of undergraduate writers. "Collectively, these pieces showcase the creative writing talent and potential that exists in colleges throughout the country," said Rebecca Godwin, plain china's faculty editor. "We're thrilled to make their work available to a wider academic and public audience. And with its rich literary tradition, Bennington seems a natural place for such an idea to come together."
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