If you’re taking CRTW 550: Community Outreach for Creative Writers — a required course for the Creative Writing MA Program — in the Fall, consider getting started early with the outreach component of the course with the internship described below. EMU alumna Anya Cobler (BA in Creative Writing at EMU; MFA at UM) directs this…
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Congrats to Writing Award winner Sean Kilpatrick!
Creative Writing student Sean Kilpatrick is this year’s recipient of the Writing Award given by the Department of English Language and Literature. Congratulations Sean! Be sure to see Sean present at the Graduate Research Fair on March 26 at the Student Center in Room 222 at 3:30 p.m. His presentation will focus on “The Buff Ruins,”…
Sean Kilpatrick and Blake Butler release Anatomy Courses
Hot on the heels of his solo book, Creative Writing Grad Student Sean Kilpatrick has published Anatomy Courses, a short novel co-authored with Blake Butler. Way to go, Sean!
Bellday Poetry Prize accepting submissions
BELLDAY POETRY PRIZE $2,000 PRIZE TO WINNING POET SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 15, 2012 CONTEST FINAL JUDGE: RAE ARMANTROUT Rae Armantrout has published 10 books of poetry, including her most recent book, Money Shot (2011), and Versed (2009), which won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry and the 2009 National Book Critics Circle Award. Her work…
GA Application Deadline: Feb. 15
Reminder: the deadline for applying for English Department Graduate Assistantships for next academic year is Wednesday, February 15, 2012. Get all the details at: http://www.emich.edu/english/graduate/assistantships.php
Congrats to Sean Kilpatrick on book publication!
CRTW Grad Student Sean Kilpatrick had his book, fuckscapes (Blue Square Press), published during winter break! Check out some reviews of fuckscapes: http://htmlgiant.com/tag/sean-kilpatrick/ http://thefanzine.com/articles/books/554/review_of_fuckscapes_by_sean_kilpatrick Also, some of Sean’s Rimbaud mistranslations just got accepted at The Boston Review for the April issue. Way to go, Sean!
Call for Submissions: Cumberland River Review
The Cumberland River Review — a new print journal of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction — is looking for submissions from creative writing MA students. Check out the submissions page at: http://crr.trevecca.edu/submissions.
Ned Randolph to present at Frontiers and Borders Conference
Congratulations to CRTW Grad Student Ned Randolph, who will present his creative nonfiction at the the Frontiers and Borders Conference held at Oklahoma State University this March. Way to go, Ned!
5-Min (or Less) Sketch Writing Contest presented by EMU Theatre
EMU Theatre is running a 5-Min (or Less) Sketch Writing Contest. Submit a 5-Min (or Less) sketch for the chance for it to be produced. All you have to do is provide the dialogue, scene, and characters. EMU Theatre provides directors, actors, and designers! Guidelines: Sketch must be an original 5-Min (or Less) Sketch by…
Call for Papers: RAWI Fourth National Conference
RAWI: Forging the Future of Arab-American Culture CALL FOR PAPERS RAWI Fourth National Conference Dearborn, Michigan May 31- June 2, 2012 RAWI, the Radius of Arab American Writers, has announced its Fourth National Conference. This conference will bring together Arab American writers of all genres in performance, critique, and conversation. RAWI welcomes individual paper, individual…