Congratulations to Image Text MFA students Jason Lipeles and John Rufo, whose book manuscripts are finalists for two major literary publication prizes.
Lipeles' manuscript, Letters to Paul, was selected as a finalist for the 2018 Chautauqua Janus Prize for emergent writers judged by Kazim Ali. Rufo's manuscript, The Loving Blood, was selected as a finalist for the Ahsahta Press Sawtooth Prize judged by Tyrone Williams. We are so proud of these major accomplishments!
https://www.ithaca.edu/intercom/article.php/20180622101755327