"The O. Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories is an annual collection of the year's 20 best stories published in U.S. and Canadian magazines, written in English."
On the 30th, Cas, Christian, Dan, Michaela, Nathaneal, and Jordan will take the mic for the last time as (our) grad students at the Museum Education Room, from 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM. They'll read for us, for their families, and their friends. Be prepared to be dazzled!!!
The Undergraduate Reading Series offers our graduating creative writers the chance to present their work to a wider audience. Come for an evening of entertainment and celebration as we honor these talented students and their exceptional writing! The event will take place, Wednesday, April 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room.
The Undergraduate Reading Series offers our graduating creative writers the chance to present their work to a wider audience. Come for an evening of entertainment and celebration as we honor these talented students and their exceptional writing!
Matthew Carey Salyer is most recently the author of Probation (Pen & Anvil, 2024), finalist for the Michael Waters Poetry Prize, and the forthcoming pamphlet, inis (Wallop Press, 2025). His previous work includes the poetry collection, Ravage & Snare and a chapbook, Lambkin. His poems and essays have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Florida Review, The New Orleans Review, Southword, Narrative, Beloit Poetry Journal, Hunger Mountain, The Common, The Scores, Forbes, The Chronicle...
Matthew Carey Salyer is most recently the author of Probation (Pen & Anvil, 2024), finalist for the Michael Waters Poetry Prize, and the forthcoming pamphlet, inis (Wallop Press, 2025). His previous work includes the poetry collection, Ravage & Snare, and a chapbook, Lambkin. His poems and essays have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Florida Review, The New Orleans Review, Southword, Narrative, Beloit Poetry Journal, Hunger Mountain, The Common, The Scores, Forbes, The Chronicle...
Matthew Carey Salyer is most recently the author of Probation (Pen & Anvil, 2024), finalist for the Michael Waters Poetry Prize, and the forthcoming pamphlet, inis (Wallop Press, 2025). His previous work includes the poetry collection, Ravage & Snare and a chapbook, Lambkin. His poems and essays have appeared in The Massachusetts Review, The Florida Review, The New Orleans Review, Southword, Narrative, Beloit Poetry Journal, Hunger Mountain, The Common, The Scores, Forbes, The Chronicle...
Do you want to learn how to query an agent, find out what editors look for in manuscripts, give your work a real shot at rising from the slush pile or get your short story or essay in front of readers?Join our Zoom panel featuring three industry experts — a book editor/publisher, an agent and a magazine editor/writer.Good things come in threes!Kate Johnson/ WOLF LITERARY SERVICES: https://wolflit.com/kate-johnsonMichelle Dotter: https://www.dzancbooks.org/our-teamDavid Wanczyk: https://www.davidwanczyk.comDate:...
Do you want to learn how to query an agent, find out what editors look for in manuscripts, give your work a real shot at rising from the slush pile or get your short story or essay in front of readers?Join our Zoom panel featuring three industry experts — a book editor/publisher, an agent and a magazine editor/writer.Good things come in threes!Kate Johnson/ WOLF LITERARY SERVICES: https://wolflit.com/kate-johnsonMichelle Dotter: https://www.dzancbooks.org/our-teamDavid Wanczyk: https://www.davidwanczyk.comDate:...
Creative writing faculty member Dr. Chika Unigwe was an invited guest at the recently concluded Sharjah Festival of African Literature in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. She was on a panel on how to create compelling characters in fiction. Other invited guests at the festival included two Nobel Laureates in Literature: Wole Soyinka (1986) and Abdulrazak Gurnah (2021).The festival ran from 1/24/2025 to 1/27/2025.
