Oct 15, 2021
Flash fiction contest
A $100 prize will be awarded to the winner. Stories can be a maximum of 500 words.
creative writing
Oct 13, 2021
Reading with Maaza Mengiste
Maaza Mengiste, the 2021 Closs Writer-in-Residence, will give a reading 7 p.m. Thursday. Twenty copies of her work will be raffled
Mar 31, 2021
Poetry competition
A maximum of three poems may be submitted via email. The prize is $500.
Mar 22, 2021
The write stuff
Three celebrated book authors and one savvy online journalist will discuss questions about writing, getting published, and more.
Feb 25, 2021
Jean Corrie poetry reading
It will feature acclaimed author Edgar Kunz, Shirley Liu â23, winner of the Jean Corrie Poetry Prize; and Fatimata Cham â23, runner up.
Sep 24, 2020
Jean Corrie poetry reading
The online event will feature student poetry contest winners and a reading by the prize judge, Prof. Owen McLeod.
Sep 23, 2020
Novel and play reading plus Q&A
Kia Corthron, award-winning playwright and novelist and writer for TVâs The Wire, will give a novel and play reading and answer questions on Thursday…
Sep 7, 2020
Closs Virtual Reader: Irvin Weathersby
The Brooklyn-based author will give an online reading on Tueday at 4:10 p.m.
Aug 26, 2020
Creative writing events
The English Department has organized a full schedule of virtual creative writing events this fall.
Aug 13, 2020
Student Q&A: Mario Sanchez Castillo â21
The conversation covers his time in Amsterdam, the joy and agony of writing, and more.