Two upcoming contests from New Michigan Press: –the DIAGRAM $5 Innovative Fiction Contest, judge: Kelly Link; deadline: 03.15.08 –the DIAGRAM/NMP Chapbook Contest: deadline 04.01.08 Info on both contests can be found at: http://www.thediagram.com/contest.html
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Janet Kauffman – The Tribute Interview
This collective interview is a tribute to Janet Kauffman’s 20 years at EMU, and to her careers as writer, teacher, and environmental activist. In the spirit of Janet’s collaborative fire, students and faculty of the Creative Writing program play the interviewer here, where inquiry bears the weight of our admiration and appreciation. Particular thanks to…
Snapshots from the Fall Graduation Reading / Open Mic
Check out some photos from the Creative Writing Dept’s Fall Graduation Reading/Open Mic event on December 11, 2007 on the Creative Writing Program Flickr site! Click here!
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference: Jan 18-21, 2008
FYI for folks interested in The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference… Next conference: January 18-21, 2008 The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference provides the faculty, connections, and method necessary to set poets with a completed manuscript or manuscript-in-process on a path towards publication. It includes workshops, consultations with press editors, evening poetry readings, editorial panel Q&A, group…
Cellar Roots Announces Pushcart Nominees for Issue 36
Congratulations to the following 2007 Cellar Roots Pushcart nominees. Good luck with your nominations! Poetry: John Biando – It Must Sound To You Benjamin Fidler – Wholesome Food is Caught Without a Net Prose: Barry Graham – The Way He Preferred It Rebecca Woodward – The Good Doctor Cara Zellner – Death by Disintegration McKenny…
BathHouse Editorial Opportunities
BathHouse is currently looking for editorial help reading for its Fall 2007/Winter 2008 issue and other miscellaneous projects. There are workloads available for all schedule types. The reading process is fun, relatively quick, and a great way to hob-nob with your peers and exercise your critiquing skills. Get a chance to look at young and…
Cellar Roots Deadline Approaches
This year’s Cellar Roots deadline is December 3rd at 11:59PM If you aren’t familiar: Cellar Roots is Eastern Michigan University’s visual and literary arts journal. CR has been publishing excellent student work as well as work from all over the country for 37 years and has won numerous awards for both design and content. Why…
DECEMBER GRADUATION READING AND OPEN MIC END OF SEMESTER BLAST!!! – DECEMBER 11, 2007
Several of the December Creative/Imaginative Writing graduation candidates have expressed interest in an end-of-the-year public reading. There is already an end of the academic year Creative Writing showcase scheduled for April and this additional reading will not affect those graduates who would like to read at that time. This is an additional reading to specifically…
Ann Arbor Observer preview of Monson/Padgett Reading by Keith Taylor
Serious play People who like to categorize things often refer to Ron Padgett as a second-generation New York School poet. What that really means is that he’s one of a group of friends who have worked and played in the city for the last fifty years or more. Although the writers shoehorned into the group…
Upcoming BathHouse Reading with Ander Monson and Ron Padgett
THE EMU Creative Writing Department is Pleased to Welcome Ander Monson and Ron Padgett (Co-sponsored by Campus Life) Friday, Nov. 9 Event 1: 3:30pm – Talk with Ron Padgett “When Poet Meets Painter: The Pleasures of Collaboration” Event 2: 5pm – Reading with Ander Monson and Ron Padgett Halle Library Auditorium, Eastern Michigan University Campus…