EddieJoe Ivan Cherbony, MFA in creative writing graduate, University of Notre Dame; 2011 Sparks Prize winner
Cherbony began his literary career sweeping floors at a steel mill in southeast Los Angeles. His writing has appeared in Pasadena Magazine, The Northridge Review, and A Time to Write (literary journal of the Violence Prevention Initiative). He has presented at a number of professional conferences throughout the United States and in England. His honors include a HASTAC fellowship, a Juniper Summer Writing Institute scholarship, an Associated Students scholarship, and a Graduate Equity Fellowship.
Currently, Cherbony is teaching fiction at Notre Dame.
Sponsored by the MFA Creative Writing Program