This series, sponsored by the College and the Phoenix Poets series at the University of Chicago Press, brings emerging writers to campus to read with a University of Chicago student. The faculty chooses writers who have published one or two books. We have separate events for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. These events are particularly special for our Program because they provide opportunities for our students to showcase their work alongside emerging writers.
We administer a call for submissions from students in the College, who must submit 3–5 pages of their original work in an anonymous document. The visiting writer selects a winner and that student reads alongside them, and joins the faculty and writer for a celebratory dinner following the event. The New Voices Series fosters excitement and support among the students and provides a moment for our faculty to celebrate their students' work.
Presented in partnership with University of Chicago Press Phoenix Poets Series
Tracy Fuad's second collection of poetry, PORTAL, won the Phoenix Emerging Poets' Prize and will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2024. Her work has been supported by grants and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Berlin Senate, the Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and elsewhere. She is also the author of about:blank, a finalist for the National Poetry Series. Her writing has appeared in The Paris Review, POETRY Magazine, The Yale Review and elsewhere, and has been translated into Spanish, Turkish, German, and Kurdish.
Tracy Fuad has selected Amadis Davis to read alongside her at Phoenix Poets New Voices in Poetry!
Amadis is a third-year student pursuing a triple major in English Language and Literature, East Asian Languages and Civilizations, and Creative Writing. She is from Radcliff, Kentucky. Amadis is involved on campus at the Student Advocates Office, Wind Ensemble, and Air Force ROTC. She intends to pursue a career in law. Outside of UChicago, Amadis can be found on all platforms @amadislegit.