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Georgia College & State University's Creative Writing Program and Department of English welcome the 2024 Dr. and Mrs. Barry Darugar Distinguished Visiting lecturer and Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins to campus on March 4, 2024. Q&A: 4-4:45 p.m., College of Arts & Sciences building, room 140 Reading and book signing: 7:30-8:30 p.m., College of Arts & Sciences Auditorium Billy Collins is the author of 12 collections of poetry including The Rain in Portugal, Aimless Love, Horoscopes...

Georgia College & State University's Visiting Writers Series Book Launch for former GCSU Creative Writing Poet-in-Residence Alice Friman, along with readings by MFA Students Daniel Johnston and Christian Gurrola. Feb. 12, 2024 6:30-7:30 p.m. Museum Education Room Alice Friman's new collection On the Overnight Train New and Selected poems will be available for purchase and signing. Alice Friman’s eighth collection of poems, On the Overnight Train: New and Selected from LSU Press. Her...

Are you an undergraduate student enrolled in the arts, humanities, social sciences and physical sciences? Do you like to write? Then, apply your imagination and writing skills by entering the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award contest. Finalists will receive a cash award. Enter in these categories: • poetry – may submit up to three poems, maximum five pages • drama - one-act play, one submission, maximum 20 pages • short story – typed and double-spaced, one submission, maximum 20...

Chika Unigwe, assistant professor of creative writing at Georgia College & State University, was knighted recently into the Order of the Crown at the Consulate of Belgium in Atlanta. She was also a finalist for the Christoffel Plantin Prize, a prestigious award for Belgian nationals living abroad who contribute to the reputation of their nation. Unigwe was honored for her artistic and literary merits. Her latest novel “The Middle Daughter” was published this year. According to the...

An essay written by Dr. Kerry Neville, associate professor of English and coordinator of the Master's in Fine Arts program at Georgia College & State University, is included in a book that won the "2023 An Post Irish Book Award" for Best Irish-Published Book of the Year. The book, “Sunday Miscellany: A Companion, 2018-2023,"  was edited by Sarah Binchy of RTÉ radio's Sunday Miscellany Program and published by New Island Books. Neville’s essay, "Riverkeeper," was part of this book collection...