MFA alum Sy Hoahwah has signed a contract with West End Press to publish his manuscript, tentatively titled Velroy and The Madischie Mafia. West End is located in Albuquerque, N.M., and the manuscript's publication is scheduled for late 2008.
Also, Hoahwah's poem "NDN Way" is one of the finalists for the Indiana Review's 2007 Poetry Prize. The poem will appear in the review's next issue.