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Chair of Caine Prize Judging Panel
Announcement    Wednesday, April 17, 2024
 I am thrilled to announce that I am going to be chair of judges for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing: "This year’s Chair of Judges is award-winning Nigerian author Chika Unigwe. Unigwe serves as a creative writing professor at Georgia College & State University. She is a prolific writer of both fiction and nonfiction, whose works have been translated into several languages. Her notable works include the award-winning novel "On Black Sisters' Street" and the short-story collection...
Poem by MFA graduate has its day on Poem-A-Day website
Announcement    Thursday, April 11, 2024
A poem by alumn Miller Oberman, '06, was featured this week on the Poem-A-Day website.  Oberman received his Masters in Fine Arts in Creative Writing at Georgia College & State University. “The Centaur” explores themes of fatherhood, gender and loss. It was featured on the Academy of American Poet’s website, poets.org, Tuesday, April 9. His first collection of poetry, “The Unstill Ones” was published in 2017 by Princeton University Press. His second collection, “Impossible Things,”...
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Writing award finalists share creative works, gain recognition
News Story    Friday, April 5, 2024
The 15th annual Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Awards ceremony took place March 28 at Georgia College & State University. Out of 63 submissions, five finalists were selected from different writing categories including poetry and short story. In the first year and sophomore category, sophomore Kennedy Welker of Peachtree City placed first and third for her poems “The Last Sheep” and “December 2016,” respectively. Placing second, is sophomore Alexia Schauer of Johns Creek for her short...
The GCSU Creative Writing Program cordially invites you to the Creative Writing MFA Graduation Reading featuring the Spring 2024 Graduates: April 24, 2024, 6:30-8 p.m., Museum Education Room
Event    Wednesday, April 24, 2024
The Georgia College & State University Creative Writing Program cordially invites you to the Creative Writing MFA Graduation Reading featuring the Spring 2024 Graduates on April 24, 2024, 6:30-8 p.m. in the Museum Education Room.
The GCSU Creative Writing Program cordially invites you to the Creative Writing Undergraduate Concentration Graduation Reading featuring the Spring 2024 Graduates: April 17, 2024, 6:30-8 p.m., Museum Education Room
Event    Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The Georgia College & State University Creative Writing Program cordially invites you to the Creative Writing Undergraduate Concentration Graduation Reading featuring the Spring 2024 Graduates on April 17, 2024, 6:30-8 p.m., in the Museum Education Room.
GCSU's Creative Writing Program Book Launch for Professor Laura Newbern with MFA students Michaela Reed and Jordan Crider is April 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Event    Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Georgia College & State University's Creative Writing Program Book Launch for Professor Laura Newbern with MFA students Michaela Reed and Jordan Crider is April 9 at 6:30 p.m. in the Pat Peterson Museum Education Room Laura Newbern’s new poetry collection, A Night in the Country, was selected by Nobel Laureate Louise Glück as a winner of the Changes Book Prize. She’s also the author of Love and the Eye, selected by Claudia Rankine for the Kore Press First Book Award, and the recipient...
Escape to listen to creative works at the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award Ceremony March 28
Announcement    Monday, March 25, 2024
Escape for a moment while you listen to the clever written works of our talented student finalists during the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award Ceremony Thursday, March 28, at 5 p.m. in the Mayfair Hall Conference Room.  Whether you listen to a poem, short story or one-act play, you're in for a treat. This award is named after first-generation college student Margaret Harvin Wilson, ’34, who waited tables in exchange for discounted tuition and a free dormitory at Georgia College...
Escape to listen to creative works at the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award Ceremony March 28
Event    Thursday, March 28, 2024
Escape for a moment while you listen to the clever written works of our talented student finalists during the Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award Ceremony Thursday, March 28, at 5 p.m. in the Mayfair Hall Conference Room.  Whether you listen to a poem, short story or one-act play, you're in for a treat. This award is named after first-generation college student Margaret Harvin Wilson, ’34, who waited tables in exchange for discounted tuition and a free dormitory at Georgia College...
A 2023 Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award finalist reads her creative works during the ceremony.
GCSU Hosts U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins as Darugar Visiting Lecturer
Announcement    Friday, March 1, 2024
Georgia College & State University’s Creative Writing Program will host former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Monday, March 4, for a reading and Q&A. Collins served back-to-back terms as poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. Collins will take part in a Q&A session from 4 to 4:45 p.m. in Arts & Sciences 140. He will also give a reading of his poetry from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the A&S auditorium, followed by a book signing. Called “the most popular poet in America” by New York Times editor...
GCSU Hosts U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins as Darugar Visiting Lecturer
Event    Monday, March 4, 2024
Georgia College & State University’s Creative Writing Program will host former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins Monday, March 4, for a reading and Q&A. Collins served back-to-back terms as poet laureate from 2001 to 2003. Collins will take part in a Q&A session from 4 to 4:45 p.m. in Arts & Sciences 140. He will also give a reading of his poetry from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the A&S auditorium, followed by a book signing. Called “the most popular poet in America” by New York Times editor...
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins
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