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![Storyfort and CWI logo, photo of author speaking into a microphone](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/storyfort_0.png?itok=DmObvwW1×tamp=1646349716)
This year’s Novel Life event will feature bestselling authors, Jason Mott, Jennifer Haigh, and Jonathan Evison.
![President's Writing Awards 2022 An annual writing contest for CWI students](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/pwa.jpg?itok=JvzZHaYb×tamp=1644003817)
Get paid to do your homework! CWI students are invited to submit their writing to this annual contest for a chance at publication on the College’s website and cash prizes. Submissions are due March 4.
![Liza Long showing off her students' online book, Beginnings and Endings, on her laptop](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/english211.jpg?itok=39_ZHqFL×tamp=1643385064)
A course that teaches application of literary theory to texts may sound abstract and even impractical at first, but for students in Liza Long’s class, their final project offered a real-world publishing opportunity.
![Assistant Professor of Art, Goran Fazil, and English Adjunct, Dževad Vrabac](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/fazil.jpg?itok=X5fBATX5×tamp=1637356460)
A short film created by Assistant Professor of Art, Goran Fazil, and English Adjunct, Dževad Vrabac, was accepted into the 2021 Monologues & Poetry International Film Fest.
![Congratulations to Kevin Platts, Director of Public Safety Programs, and the entire Department of Public Safety whose courses had the highest overall accessibility scores! Kevin Platts, Director of Public Safety Programs, poses for a photo with the trophy he won.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/kevin_0.jpg?itok=qhc1iqNL×tamp=1637344578)
Resources, training, and contests during CTL's Accessibility Week for faculty highlight how small changes can help students access and engage in courses.
![Jonathan Evison, New York Times Bestselling Author / Photo Credit: Steel Brooks Author, Jonathan Evison, speaking into a microphone](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/storyfort.png?itok=iXAe7sQv×tamp=1631292926)
Join Storyfort and CWI for The Novel Life – a dive deep into processes, practicalities, passions, and how the conception and writing of a novel gets done.
![Andrea Ascuena, top left; Charles Dickinson, top middle; Christian Purvis-Aldrich, top right; Heather Schoenherr, bottom left; Susan Aydelotte, middle; Linda Otto, middle bottom; and Reggie Jayne, bottom right Seven College of Western Idaho (CWI) faculty members who now hold the faculty rank title of full Professor.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/professors.png?itok=AUFsG41t×tamp=1621630380)
Congratulations to the inaugural group of CWI faculty who now hold the rank title of Professor.
![CWI's Innovative Educator of the Year Nominees for 2021: Anna Gamboa, top left, Cathy Carson, Joel Gladd, Liza Long, bottom left, Charles Dickinson, and Hollie Leavitt Anna Gamboa, top left, Cathy Carson, Joel Gladd, Liza Long, bottom left, Charles Dickinson, and Hollie Leavitt](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/innovative_educators.png?itok=F-OJzxeU×tamp=1620403475)
Congratulations to CWI instructors, Liza Long, Anna Gamboa, Cathy Carson, Hollie Leavitt, Joel Gladd, and Charles Dickinson!
![President Bert Glandon presenting the 2021 President's Writing Awards](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/presidents_writing_awards.jpg?itok=tJotWCEQ×tamp=1620328469)
Congratulations to students recognized for exceptional creative nonfiction, critical analysis, fiction, first-year writing, literature-based and original research, poetry, and technical writing.
![Renowned poet, Jimmy Santiago Baca](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/baca.jpg?itok=UCKDWy1D×tamp=1602701954)
CWI is excited to welcome renowned poet, Jimmy Santiago Baca, to campus virtually for a reading and workshop Tuesday, Oct. 27.
![Dave Nicholas, College of Western Idaho's Faculty of Distinction for February 2020](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/dave_nicholas.jpg?itok=_422oZNt×tamp=1583448149)
Congratulations to Dave Nicholas, College of Western Idaho’s Faculty of Distinction for February 2020.
![Nikki Gorrell and Mayan Ruins](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/gorrell.png.jpg?itok=Gb383uQu×tamp=1583432413)
Join CWI Anthropology Professor, Nikki Gorrell, Tuesday, March 10, for a discussion on her fieldwork in Mayan communities.
![Mary Pauline Lowry](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/lowry_2.jpg?itok=y3jweEZN×tamp=1582673589)
This event has been postponed until September. Stay tuned for more information.
![2019 President's Writing Award winners with President Glandon during the 2019 Connections Project](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/presidents_writing_awards_1.png?itok=CJ6Chsnn×tamp=1580331834)
College of Western Idaho's annual President's Writing Awards contest is now open for submissions.
![Stonecrop Magazine logo](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/stonecrop_3.png?itok=VvFryNXZ×tamp=1579727896)
Submissions for this year's Micro Fiction Contest must be submitted by Feb. 28.
![Gretchen Primack](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/primack.jpg?itok=FsdgMnhr×tamp=1573159280)
Join College of Western Idaho’s English department for a poetry reading by poet, Gretchen Primack, Nov. 12.
![Panel presentation at the film’s premiere in New York City, May 2018. Photo courtesy of Getty Images. Panel presentation at the film’s premiere in New York City, May 2018.](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/954010768.jpg?itok=yoUxBUtA×tamp=1571175301)
Documentary featuring English instructor, Liza Long’s, family wins Peabody Award for being one of the year’s stories that matter.
![Stonecrop No. 02](https://cwi.edu/sites/default/files/styles/news_hero_square_breakpoints_theme_omega_cwi_mobile_1x/public/news_ct/image/stonecrop2019-frontcover-promo.jpg?itok=2HvLBozw×tamp=1571175301)
Stonecrop, the College’s student-run literary magazine, is hosting a launch party for the unveiling of its second issue, May 9.
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