Dear All…
Jeff Fearnside has accepted a position to teach at Prescott College (in Prescott, Arizona), where he will also become the managing editor of their really fine literary journal Alligator Juniper (winner of the 2000 and 2003 AWP Prize for undergraduate literary magazines). Way to go, Jeff!
P.S. WKU writers will, well, be sending a piece or two the way of Alligator Juniper!
From Dale,
Dear All…please mark your calendars for 7 pm on May 1 for the
FANTASTIC gala to be held in support of Rise Over Run–check out the attached news
release to see what I mean!
Good Afternoon Creativewriting-list!
My name is Monique Gooch and I am Rise Over Run’s PR Coordinator. We have scheduled an event for May 1st and would like for everyone to be
in attendance! I am attaching a press release with this e-mail.
Thank you so much for your support of ROR! Have a great day!
~Monique Gooch~
VP of Membership Services
WKU Library’s Writer-in-Residence Program presents:
This workshop is designed to set you on the journey of finding your writing voice, getting words on paper, and moving forward from there. You’re not alone—join us! Bring paper, pen, and your questions.
This session will also be presented at:
* Bowling Green Community College (WKU’s South Campus): TBD
* WKU’s Glasgow Campus in room 131 on Thursday, February 7, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
Presented by Diana McQuady, the 2007-2008 Western Kentucky University Libraries’ Writer-in-Residence.
From Dale Rigby via the Creativewriting listserv:
Per a welcome back, I want to share the good news that two WKU undergraduate poets have
work that will be appearing in the next edition of GRAB-A-NICKEL:
Corey Bewley, “The Smell of Mothballs” & “Classical Music”
Sarah Durr, “What You Will See”
Also from Dale,
The following writing students have had one or more works accepted for
presentation at the the
International Sigma Tau Delta Convention this spring.
1. Ed Rogers–”Frequency”–a collection of poems.
2. Renee Davidson–”After Great Pain” (drama) and “Rearranging Beauty”
(creative non-fiction)
3. Bobby Deignan–”After Charlie” (fiction) and “Hawthorne’s ‘The Celestial Railroad’: (critical essay)
4. Brooke Shafar–”Spring Cleaning” (fiction)
Like with the pic of Yao Ming on the cover of the current Newsweek, you could say that we are fast becoming a university with, yep, just as our PR folks remind us, “international reach”!
All painful puns the responsibility of Rigby and not the management.
Dear All:
It’s that wonderful time again. Our (now umpteenth annual)
2007 Undergraduate Conference on Literature, Language and Culture.
TODAY, Friday, November 16 in Cherry Hall 125.
Come enjoy free food and bonhomme and some great oral essays!
1:30 Intro by Associate Dean Larry Snyder
1:45 session: Lydia Nelson, Kim Reynolds, Mary Sparr
2:20 session: Katie Bond, Christa Davidson, Melissa Messer
3:00 session: Mason Broadwell, Brooke Shafar, Emmett Barton
3:40 session: Kenneth Gray, Erin Tabor, Amanda Schneider
4:15 session: Chuck Stinson, Brandon Colvin, Corey Smith
Please come out to support your friends and students and colleagues!
This note from Dale Rigby:
Dear All…
Everybody who submitted was a winner. The judges choose the
following three
submitters for the top prizes this Sunday at our 11th Annual Jim Wayne
Miller
Celebration of Writing:
1st place: Cody Tucker
2nd place: Corey Bewley
3rd place: Bobby Deignan
If you haven’t already, you should check out the new zine in town, Rise Over Run.
They have a Facebook presence.
and a MySpace page, and blogs, too.
Give a look and contribute.
Dear All–a last reminder about the Study Abroad Essay Contest!
Just a final reminder that the Study Abroad Essay Contest deadline is
noon on Thursday. Please remind students that you know who have taken study
abroad trips about this contest. Prize money is $225 for 1st place, $75
for 2nd, and $50 for 3rd. This is a wonderful way for students to
reflect on their experiences and what was gained by studying outside of
the U.S.
The winning essays from last year can be viewed from this website:
http://www.wku.edu/studyabroad/alumni/essay2006.html
Full details are attached.
Sincerely,
Derick Strode
From The Nation’s website, an announcement of an opportunity to share your opinion (and win $$$). After all, the school year will be over soon, so you’ll be looking for new audiences for your writing….
We’re looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices to tell us what is the most important issue for young people in the 2008 presidential campaign. Essays should not exceed 800 words and should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates fresh, clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship. We’ll select five finalists and one winner, who will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and a Nation subscription. The winning essay will be published in the magazine and featured on our website. The five finalists will be awarded $200 each and subscriptions, and their entries will be published online. Entries (only one per student) will be accepted through May 31. A winner will be announced by September 4. Please send entries to studentprize@thenation.com.
For more information, see the full announcement.
This from Dale Rigby, proud as if he had won himself,
John Owen won the Undergrad Prize for the 10th Annual Women’s Writing Contest.
Michael Sobiech won the Graduate Prize for the same contest (each get, I believe, $100.00).
And Kristen Fisher was one of only two or three Undergrads who got an award in this
year’s AWP Intro Journals Project–oddly, the contest has undergrads compete with graduates
in MFA Programs from across the country.
Here are their poems. Take a look and send them some praise for work well done that makes us all proud and makes the English Department look very good indeed.
“Three Bird Elegies” by John Owen
“VD” by Michael Sobiech
“The Last Living Castrato Speaks” by Kristen Fisher