Assistant Professor of English, Writing, and Cultural Studies Dana Jaye Cadman, MFA, had her short story, The Winds, published in the historical The Saturday Evening Post. Also a runner-up in their 2025 Great American Fiction contest, it is a story of a teenager spending a summerÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ”replete with hormones and love spellsÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ”with her witch aunt.
Dana Jaye Cadman
Biography
Faculty Bio
Dana Jaye Cadman is a writer of fiction, poetry, and drama. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of English, Writing, & Cultural Studies. Find her work at danajaye.com
Awards and Honors
- Bear Review, 2026, Nominee, Best New Poets
- Bear Review, 2025, Nominee, Pushcart Prize
- Yalobusha Review, University of Mississippi, 2024, Finalist, Barry Hannah Prize for Fiction: Radical Futurism
- Ohio University Press, 2024, Finalist, Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
- Pacifica Review, 2024, Nominee, Best of the Net
- Austin Film Festival, 2024, Second Rounder, Austin Film Festival Screenplay Competition
- 42 Miles Press (Indiana University, South Bend), 2024, Winner, 42 Miles Press Poetry Award
- University of Georgia Press, 2021, Finalist, Georgia Poetry Prize
- Ohio University Press, 2021, Finalist, Hollis Summers Poetry Prize
- Copper Nickel, University of Colorado & Milkweed Editions, 2021, Finalist, Jake Adam York Prize
- Metatron Press, 2021, Longlisted, Metatron Prize for Rising Authors
- Office of Research ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ, 2020, Book & Performance Completion Award
- Office of Research ÌÇÐÄvlog¶ÌÊÓÆµ, 2020, Scholarly Research Award
- Atlanta Review, 2019, Finalist, Atlanta Review International Poetry Prize
Education
MFA, Rutgers University, Newark
Creative Writing: Poetry
Research and Creative Works
Research Interest
Cadman's poetry collection Nova, winner of the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award, formerly placed as finalist in the Jake Adam York Prize, Georgia Poetry Prize, Hollis Summers Poetry Prize, and elsewhere. Her stories and poetry have appeared in New England Review, North American Review, Academy of American Poets Poem-a-Day, Southeast Review, Four Way Review, Saturday Evening Post, and Conduit Magazine, among others, and have been nominated for Best New Poets, Best of the Net, Best Small Fictions, and a Pushcart Prize.
Artistic and Professional Performances and Exhibits
Nova
[Poetry - Book] 42 Miles Press
Courses Taught
Past Courses
ENG 105: Composition and Rhetoric I (CAP)
ENG 110: Composition
ENG 110: Composition - (CAP)
ENG 120: Critical Writing
ENG 120: Critical Writing - CAP
ENG 201: Writing in the Disciplines
ENG 223: Creative Writing
ENG 223: Creative Writing: Drama
ENG 223: Writing about Cultures
ENG 296: Topic: Crtve Wrtng: Wrtng Abrd
ENG 308: Creative Writing: Poetry
ENG 309: Creative Nonfiction
ENG 311: Workshop in Fiction Writing
ENG 312: Workshop in Poetry Writing
ENG 316: Wrtng Comics & Graphic Novels
ENG 322: Topic: Hybrid Forms
ENG 326: Topic: Art of Content Creation
ENG 326: Topic: Avtrs, Idntty, & Intrnt
ENG 391: Adv Writing Wrkshp: Poetry
ENG 392: Seminar in Poetry Writing
LIT 211: Worlds in Literature
LIT 221: British Literature I
LIT 363: Shakespeare: Before 1600
Professional Contributions and Service
College Service
- Dyson Artists in Residence [Other]
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