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Announcement    Tuesday, January 9, 2024
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...
Event    Thursday, March 28, 2024
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...
Margaret Harvin Wilson Writing Award poster
Announcement    Wednesday, December 20, 2023
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...
Announcement    Tuesday, November 28, 2023
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...
Event    Thursday, November 2, 2023
Please join us at the Writing Center—A&S 2-56A—for a Popcorn Pop In! Stop by from 2 to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2, to grab a bag of popcorn and learn more about the Writing Center! 
Event    Monday, October 23, 2023
Georgia College & State University Creative Writing Faculty Reading with Dr. Kerry James Evans, Professor Laura Newbern, Dr. Kerry Neville, Professor Peter Selgin and Dr. Chika Unigwe Oct. 23 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Pat Peterson Meseum Education Rom
Event    Friday, October 20, 2023
Please join us in the Writing Center--A&S 2-56A--for games, treats and prizes as we celebrate the National Day of Writing from 12 until 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 20.   
Event    Thursday, October 5, 2023
Please join us at the Writing Center--A&S 2-56A--for a Popcorn Pop In! Stop by from 2 p.m. until  4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, to grab a bag of popcorn and learn more about the Writing Center. 
Event    Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Visiting Writer and Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn Reading and Q&A with MFA Students Jonna Smith and Cas McKinney Chelsea Rathburn is associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Mercer University and the Poet Laureate of Georgia. She is the author of three award-winning collections of poetry, most recently "Still Life with Mother and Knife," a New York Times “New & Noteworthy” selection published in 2019 by Louisiana State University Press. Named one of the “Books...
Event    Tuesday, September 26, 2023
Tiphanie Yanique Reading and Q&A with MFA student readers Rachel Kerger and Aron Liebig Tiphanie Yanique is the author of the novel, "Monster in the Middle," which was published in 2021 and on numerous best of the year lists.  "Monster in the Middle" was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and the Townsend Prize. Tiphanie is also the author of the poetry collection, "Wife," which won the Bocas Prize in Caribbean poetry and the United Kingdom’s Forward/Felix Dennis Prize for a...