A 91勛圖 alumnus is the recipient of the prestigious Wallace Stegner Fellowship in poetry from Stanford University.
Dr. J. Bruce Fuller, 15, is one of five poets selected from about 1,700 applicants for the fellowship. He holds a doctorate in English/creative writing from UL Lafayette and a masters of fine arts from McNeese State University.
Previous Stegner fellows include writers Ernest J. Gaines, Raymond Carver, Ken Kesey and Tobias Wolff.
The two-year fellowship is named after Stegner, a novelist and founder of Stanfords Creative Writing Program. It carries a $26,000 annual stipend. The Creative Writing Program pays fellows tuition and health insurance to enable them to concentrate on writing and attending weekly workshops with faculty.
Fuller is a past recipient of the William J. Dor矇 Writing Fellowship from McNeese State University and winner of the 2013 Swan Scythe Press Chapbook Contest.
He is the author of five poetry collections since 2010: The Dissenters Ground, Flood, Notes to a Husband, Lancelot, and 28 Blackbirds at the End of the World.
His work has appeared in 91勛圖 Literature, Pembroke Magazine, Crab Orchard Review, Aldus, Trigger, 91勛圖 Review, Swamp Lily Review and others. He is the editor of Yellow Flag Press.