Here's great recent news to share from alums and current students--keep on sending in your writing life updates!
Emily Pruitt (MFA '03, poetry) and Travis Mossotti (MFA '10, poetry) were finalists for the 2010 Tampa Review Poetry Prize:
Tampa Review
Travis Mossotti (MFA '10, poetry) will have his poem "Mourning Heather" published in a future issue of Poetry Ireland Review. He will begin teaching at UC Santa Cruz in the fall.
Brenna Lemieux (current third-year student in poetry) will have her poem "Dysphasia" published in a future issue of North American Review.
Amy Graziano (MFA '07) will have her poem "In Tongues" appear in the summer issue of Naugatuck River Review.
Sunday, June 27, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Young Writers Workshop 2010 Reading Series: An Update
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP 2010 READING SERIES
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE
ALL READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
JUNE 22, 2010:
SIUC FACULTY READING: PINCKNEY BENEDICT
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
SIUC fiction faculty member Pinckney Benedict will debut his new fiction collection, Miracle Boy and Other Stories
JUNE 23, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Mark Brewin, Lane Kareska, Melissa Scholes Young and Shawn Mitchell
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: CURTIS L. CRISLER, POET
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
Curtis L. Crisler, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW staff member, is the author of three books of poetry: Pulling Scabs (Willow Books; Aquarius Press), Spill (the 2008 Keyhole Chapbook Award winner at Keyhole Press), and Tough Boy Sonatas (Wordsong; Boyds Mills Press). His YA mixed-genre novel Dreamist is forthcoming. Crisler and Kevin McKelvey are working on a book of poems tentatively titled Indiana Nocturnes: Our Rural and Urban Patchwork.
JUNE 24, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
John Owen, Nick Ostdick and Leslie Adams
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: MELANIE DUSSEAU, POET
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Melanie Dusseau received a BA from Ohio University, an MA from the University of Toledo, and an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her poems have appeared in Black Warrior Review, River Styx, and Alaska Quarterly Review, among other journals. The Body Tries Again (Word Press) is her first book of poems.
JUNE 25, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Brenna Lemieux, Katie Zapoluch, Sarah-McCartt-Jackson and Brooks Rexroat
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER/FACULTY READING: KEVIN MCKELVEY, POET & ALLISON JOSEPH, YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP DIRECTOR
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
Kevin McKelvey, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW instructor, teaches writing at the University of Indianapolis. McKelvey’s first book, a chapbook entitled Dream Wilderness, was published by Finishing Line Press.
JUNE 26, 2010:
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT READING: Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 1:30 PM
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE
ALL READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
JUNE 22, 2010:
SIUC FACULTY READING: PINCKNEY BENEDICT
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
SIUC fiction faculty member Pinckney Benedict will debut his new fiction collection, Miracle Boy and Other Stories
JUNE 23, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Mark Brewin, Lane Kareska, Melissa Scholes Young and Shawn Mitchell
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: CURTIS L. CRISLER, POET
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
Curtis L. Crisler, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW staff member, is the author of three books of poetry: Pulling Scabs (Willow Books; Aquarius Press), Spill (the 2008 Keyhole Chapbook Award winner at Keyhole Press), and Tough Boy Sonatas (Wordsong; Boyds Mills Press). His YA mixed-genre novel Dreamist is forthcoming. Crisler and Kevin McKelvey are working on a book of poems tentatively titled Indiana Nocturnes: Our Rural and Urban Patchwork.
JUNE 24, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
John Owen, Nick Ostdick and Leslie Adams
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: MELANIE DUSSEAU, POET
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Melanie Dusseau received a BA from Ohio University, an MA from the University of Toledo, and an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her poems have appeared in Black Warrior Review, River Styx, and Alaska Quarterly Review, among other journals. The Body Tries Again (Word Press) is her first book of poems.
JUNE 25, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Brenna Lemieux, Katie Zapoluch, Sarah-McCartt-Jackson and Brooks Rexroat
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER/FACULTY READING: KEVIN MCKELVEY, POET & ALLISON JOSEPH, YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP DIRECTOR
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 8 PM
Kevin McKelvey, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW instructor, teaches writing at the University of Indianapolis. McKelvey’s first book, a chapbook entitled Dream Wilderness, was published by Finishing Line Press.
JUNE 26, 2010:
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT READING: Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 1:30 PM
Friday, June 18, 2010
Congrats to Travis Mossotti!
News from Travis Mossotti (MFA '10):
I got notice a few days ago that Court Green has accepted my poem "Winter Letter" for publication in 2011.
Congrats, TM!
LINK:
Court Green
I got notice a few days ago that Court Green has accepted my poem "Winter Letter" for publication in 2011.
Congrats, TM!
LINK:
Court Green
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Congrats to Tim Marsh!
Good news today from fiction alum Tim Marsh (MFA '06)!
Last week I had stories accepted by Right Hand Pointing ("Last Pitch"), Whiskey Island ("Get Along Little Doggy, Get Along"), and The Write Room ("Hunger Bite").
That's a great week! Congrats, Tim!
Last week I had stories accepted by Right Hand Pointing ("Last Pitch"), Whiskey Island ("Get Along Little Doggy, Get Along"), and The Write Room ("Hunger Bite").
That's a great week! Congrats, Tim!
Young Writers Workshop 2010 is almost here!
Every June, the SIUC Creative Writing Program plays host to 30 high-school age creative writers for several days. The young writers become part of our community of writers here in Carbondale, taking classes and attending readings. This year, we have a bevy of readings going on--anyone can come to these events!
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP 2010 READING SERIES
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE
ALL READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
You are cordially invited to attend any or all of the readings below.
JUNE 22, 2010:
SIUC FACULTY READING: PINCKNEY BENEDICT
Faner 1326, (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8 PM
SIUC fiction faculty member Pinckney Benedict will debut his new fiction collection, Miracle Boy and Other Stories
JUNE 23, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Mark Brewin, Lane Kareska, Melissa Scholes Young and Shawn Mitchell
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: CURTIS L. CRISLER, POET
Faner Hall 1326, (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8PM
Curtis L. Crisler, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW staff member, is the author of three books of poetry: Pulling Scabs (Willow Books; Aquarius Press), Spill (the 2008 Keyhole Chapbook Award winner at Keyhole Press), and Tough Boy Sonatas (Wordsong; Boyds Mills Press). His YA mixed-genre novel Dreamist is forthcoming. Crisler and Kevin McKelvey are working on a book of poems tentatively titled Indiana Nocturnes: Our Rural and Urban Patchwork.
JUNE 24, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
John Owen, Nick Ostdick and Leslie Adams
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: MELANIE DUSSEAU, POET
Faner Hall 1326, (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8 PM
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Melanie Dusseau received a BA from Ohio University, an MA from The University of Toledo, and an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her poems have appeared in Black Warrior Review, River Styx, and Alaska Quarterly Review, among other journals. The Body Tries Again (Word Press) is her first collection of poems.
JUNE 25, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Brenna Lemieux, Katie Zapoluch, Sarah-McCartt-Jackson and Brooks Rexroat
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER/FACULTY READING: KEVIN MCKELVEY, POET,
ALLISON JOSEPH, YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP DIRECTOR
Faner Hall 1326 (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8 PM
Kevin McKelvey, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW instructor, teaches writing and publishing at the University of Indianapolis. McKelvey’s first book of poems, a chapbook entitled Dream Wilderness, was published by Finishing Line Press.
JUNE 26, 2010:
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT READING
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 1:30 PM
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP 2010 READING SERIES
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE
ALL READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
You are cordially invited to attend any or all of the readings below.
JUNE 22, 2010:
SIUC FACULTY READING: PINCKNEY BENEDICT
Faner 1326, (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8 PM
SIUC fiction faculty member Pinckney Benedict will debut his new fiction collection, Miracle Boy and Other Stories
JUNE 23, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Mark Brewin, Lane Kareska, Melissa Scholes Young and Shawn Mitchell
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: CURTIS L. CRISLER, POET
Faner Hall 1326, (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8PM
Curtis L. Crisler, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW staff member, is the author of three books of poetry: Pulling Scabs (Willow Books; Aquarius Press), Spill (the 2008 Keyhole Chapbook Award winner at Keyhole Press), and Tough Boy Sonatas (Wordsong; Boyds Mills Press). His YA mixed-genre novel Dreamist is forthcoming. Crisler and Kevin McKelvey are working on a book of poems tentatively titled Indiana Nocturnes: Our Rural and Urban Patchwork.
JUNE 24, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
John Owen, Nick Ostdick and Leslie Adams
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER READING: MELANIE DUSSEAU, POET
Faner Hall 1326, (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8 PM
Born in Toledo, Ohio, Melanie Dusseau received a BA from Ohio University, an MA from The University of Toledo, and an MFA from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Her poems have appeared in Black Warrior Review, River Styx, and Alaska Quarterly Review, among other journals. The Body Tries Again (Word Press) is her first collection of poems.
JUNE 25, 2010:
SIUC GRADUATE CREATIVE WRITERS READING:
Brenna Lemieux, Katie Zapoluch, Sarah-McCartt-Jackson and Brooks Rexroat
Faner Hall 1005, 4-5 PM
VISITING WRITER/FACULTY READING: KEVIN MCKELVEY, POET,
ALLISON JOSEPH, YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP DIRECTOR
Faner Hall 1326 (Harry T. Moore Auditorium), 8 PM
Kevin McKelvey, a graduate of the SIUC MFA Program and former YWW instructor, teaches writing and publishing at the University of Indianapolis. McKelvey’s first book of poems, a chapbook entitled Dream Wilderness, was published by Finishing Line Press.
JUNE 26, 2010:
YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP PARTICIPANT READING
Cisne Auditorium, Pulliam Hall 34, 1:30 PM
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
Congrats to Alex Lumans!
Fine news to share from Alex Lumans (MFA '09, fiction):
I'll be attending the Sewanee Writers' Conference in July. They awarded me a Tennessee Williams scholarship, so Good Ol' Rocky Top, here I come.
Congrats, Lumans!
LINK:
SWC Scholars
I'll be attending the Sewanee Writers' Conference in July. They awarded me a Tennessee Williams scholarship, so Good Ol' Rocky Top, here I come.
Congrats, Lumans!
LINK:
SWC Scholars
Sunday, June 13, 2010
That's Mr. Endowed Professor to You!
Hearty congratulations to Adrian Matejka (MFA '01, poetry) who has been awarded a very special endowed professorship position at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville!
LINK:
Adrian's professorship
LINK:
Adrian's professorship
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Congrats to Amy Blache Graziano (MFA '07)
Amy Blache Graziano (MFA '07, poetry) has had her poem "Ghosts" accepted for publication in the National Poetry Review!
Congrats, Amy!
LINK:
National Poetry Review
Congrats, Amy!
LINK:
National Poetry Review
Friday, June 11, 2010
Congrats to Sarah McCartt-Jackson!
Great news for third-year poetry student Sarah McCartt-Jackson:
I won second prize ($250!) in the Friends of Acadia Journal poetry contest for my poem "Kentucky Rose" as well as an honorable mention for my poem "Gulch"!
LINK:
Friends of Acadia
Congrats, Sarah!
I won second prize ($250!) in the Friends of Acadia Journal poetry contest for my poem "Kentucky Rose" as well as an honorable mention for my poem "Gulch"!
LINK:
Friends of Acadia
Congrats, Sarah!
Friday, June 04, 2010
Alumni Achievements: June 2010
from Andy McFadyen-Ketchum (MFA '09, poetry):
Borderlands is publishing my review of Karen An-hwei Lee's Ardor (Tupelo Press) in an upcoming issue. I'm excited because this is my first largely critical review to be published. Kinda scary too... They have also commissioned me to write a review of David Wevill's Selected Works, edited by Michael McGriff (Truman State University Press).
from Kathryn Kerr (MFA '00, poetry):
Kathryn's poems have appeared recently in:
llinois English Bulletin, Spring 2010, V97 N.2: "The Wall", "Elegy for Nathan", and "What My Students Learned About Writing Fiction"
WordRiver: V2, 2010, "Brother Sun"
from Tim Marsh (MFA '06, fiction):
My essay “The Verse” will appear (for sweet money) in the Newfoundland Quarterly sometime this summer (possibly the fall). I’ll also have stories appearing in Milk Money Magazine and LIT: Journal of the New School, and my CNF piece “Communitas Lost” will headline the July 11th edition of Pure Francis.
Lastly, my CNF essay “A Month Before 30, Summit of Signal Hill” will be recorded and featured at Splinter Generation’s Los Angeles Reading Series, June 24th, for anybody in the area. On that note, please look for my story “How to Make White People Happy” in the upcoming issue of the Los Angeles Review, due out October 1st.
Borderlands is publishing my review of Karen An-hwei Lee's Ardor (Tupelo Press) in an upcoming issue. I'm excited because this is my first largely critical review to be published. Kinda scary too... They have also commissioned me to write a review of David Wevill's Selected Works, edited by Michael McGriff (Truman State University Press).
from Kathryn Kerr (MFA '00, poetry):
Kathryn's poems have appeared recently in:
llinois English Bulletin, Spring 2010, V97 N.2: "The Wall", "Elegy for Nathan", and "What My Students Learned About Writing Fiction"
WordRiver: V2, 2010, "Brother Sun"
from Tim Marsh (MFA '06, fiction):
My essay “The Verse” will appear (for sweet money) in the Newfoundland Quarterly sometime this summer (possibly the fall). I’ll also have stories appearing in Milk Money Magazine and LIT: Journal of the New School, and my CNF piece “Communitas Lost” will headline the July 11th edition of Pure Francis.
Lastly, my CNF essay “A Month Before 30, Summit of Signal Hill” will be recorded and featured at Splinter Generation’s Los Angeles Reading Series, June 24th, for anybody in the area. On that note, please look for my story “How to Make White People Happy” in the upcoming issue of the Los Angeles Review, due out October 1st.
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