congrats to Mark Brewin (MFA 11)

I am pleased to announce that my second flash fiction piece titled "Accessories" was accepted for publication in the December print issue of Emerge Literary Magazine. A little cross-genre love...

Young Writers Workshop 2012 starts today!!

The Young Writers Workshop, SIUC's annual creative writing conference for high school students aged 15-18 starts today!


Here's the schedule of  this year's readings. All readings are free and open to the public!


Tuesday, June 19:
8-9 PM: Faculty Reading w/ fiction writer Pinckney Benedict, Harry T. Moore Auditorium, Faner Hall


Wednesday, June 20:
4-5 PM: Graduate Student Reading, Faner 1005: Pete Lucas, Dan Paul, Max Schleicher

8-9 PM: Guest Author Reading with Laura Benedict, fiction writer, Harry T. Moore Auditorium, Faner Hall

Thursday, June 21:

4-5 PM: Graduate Student Reading, Faner 1005: Elise Foster, Brett Gaffney, Jenny Flack

8-9 PM: Visiting Author Reading w/ fiction writer Nicole Louise Reid

Friday, June 22:

4-5 PM: Graduate Student Reading, Faner 1005: Andy Harnish., Andy McSorley, Derand Wright

8-9: Visiting Author Reading with fiction writer Geoff Schmidt, Harry T. Moore Auditorium

Saturday, June 23:

1:05-3:15 PM: Young Writer Workshop Participants Reading, Pulliam Hall #34, Cisne Auditorium

Great News for Staci Schoenfeld!

Congrats to second-year poet Staci Schoenfeld:

Just passing along the happy news I got today that my poem "Attempts at Flight" was chosen as a finalist in Yemassee's 2012 Pocataligo Poetry Contest. My name will be listed in the upcoming magazine and website as a finalist, and the poem will be published on Yemassee's website. :)

Publication Gone "Live" for Andrew McSorley

Third-year poet Andrew McSorley's work is up!

     The newest issue of Rougarou is up online and contains, amongst other cool work, my poem "Backyard Rink." Here's the link for the current issue:

http://english.louisiana.edu/rougarou/Content/index.html

Yee-haw!

- McSorley

Congrats, Andy!

Catching Up with Jared (JY) Sexton (MFA '08)

Fiction alum Jared (JY) Sexton sends this update: The biggest news is that I got hired on for the tenure-track fiction position at Georgia Southern University and will join their faculty in August. On top of that, my interview with Chuck Klosterman was the cover story for the latest issue of BULL, my piece "New and Better Things" was just published in Dark Sky Magazine, NANO Fiction will publish my story "The Hatred in Their Eyes, The Cruelty in Their Hearts," Metazen will publish my story "I am the Oil of the Engine of the World," Stymie will publish my story "Of All That Breathes Across the Earth," my story "A Man Gets Tired," originally featured in PANK, will appear in Press 53's upcoming anthology of bar stories, and the book trailer for my collection "An End to All Things," directed by film maker Jake Bottiglieri, recently premiered. (http://vimeo.com/40903289)

Update on Alex Lumans (MFA '09)

In case you've been wondering what a certain redhead's been up to, here's an update from Alex Lumans:

 

I had a story accepted and published recently at Clarkesworld called "All the Things the Moon is Not". They also have it available as an audio podcast for download.
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/lumans_05_12/

The Blue Mountain Center in upstate NY offered me a one-month Residency Fellowship, which I'll be heading to in a few weeks.

And then I'll go the ART342 Program in Fort Collins for six weeks because they also offered me an artist residency.

That certainly solves the question of how I was going to survive this summer. Sadly, it means I'll be missing the lovely Shea-Whittemore wedding.

love,
Lumans

an announcement from the Young Writers Workshop

YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP

Department of English, Southern Illinois university Carbondale, Faner Hall 2380, Mailcode 4503, 1000 Faner Drive, Carbondale, IL 62901

 

 

 

Announcing the Winners of the 2012 Younkin-Rivera Prizes For Young Writers

 

 

 

 

Carbondale, Illinois: The Young Writers Workshop, an annual creative writing workshop for high school writers, is proud to announce the winners of the annual Younkin-Rivera Prizes for Young Writers. Each winner will receive an award of $250 and free registration to the 2012 Young Writers Workshop, to be held on the campus of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

 

In prose, this year's winner is Kate Mirly of Smithton, Illinois for her story "The Story of a Villain." Kate attends Freeburg Community High School in Freeburg, Illinois.

 

In poetry, this year's winner is Monique Ocanas of Park Forest, Illinois for her poem "A Reflection." Monique attends Rich East High School in Park Forest, Illinois.

 

The awards, open to creative writers aged 15-18 from across the country, are named in memory of Brad Younkin and Roxana Rivera, two young writers who were once students in Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing.

 

The Young Writers Workshop at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a four-day, co-ed, residential creative writing workshop for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors interested in developing their skills in the writing of poetry and prose. In 2009, the workshop will held from June 19 to June 23, 2012. Additional information about this year's session can be found at www.dce.siu.edu.

 

The awards will next be offered in 2013. For information about next year's awards, please contact Allison Joseph, the Young Writers Workshop Director, at aljoseph@siu.edu.

Congrats to Staci Schoenfeld!!!

Great news from second-year poet Staci Schoenfeld!

I have some good news to report. Last week I had 3 poems accepted for The Chaffey Review's upcoming Volume 9: Innocence and Experience. 

Red Ochre LiT also emailed to let me know they will be publishing 5 poems as a mini-chapbook titledOrbits in their next issue which should be released by mid-June. (Many thanks Hannah Katie New for the collection title.)

Great news, Staci!!! Congrats!

update on Brooks Rexroat (MFA '11, fiction)

Here's an update on fiction grad Brooks Rexroat:

"The Parents' Row was published in the spring edition of Revolution House. The entire issue is available as a free PDF or e-book download at http://revolutionhousemag.com/?page_id=23

There's some amazing work in there, so I'm super-proud that my little story about getting old but still wanting to rock made the cut.

"Hidden Cost," a short-short about traveling in the Baltic will appear in the twelfth print edition of Blink-Ink, available in July.  

Marathon Literary Review, published by the MFA program at Arcadia University, has accepted "The Shore of Erie" for its next edition. That one wears the helpful fingerprints of lots of SIUC students and professors, and I'm very glad that it's found a good home.

Congrats on all this good work, Brooks!!!

Profile of Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum (MFA '09) in Inside Higher Ed

Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum is profiled in Inside Higher Ed's "Adjunct Hero" series: Andyprofile

Publication forthcoming for MFA grad Helena "Hel" Bell!

straight from her Facebook page, here's good news from Helena "Hel" Bell (MFA '08, poetry):


Squee! I sold a story! The lovely Shimmer magazine has accepted "In Light of Recent Events I Have Reconsidered the Wisdom of Your Space Elevator" for a future issue. :)


Congrats, Hel!!

Congrats to Travis Mossotti!!!

Fabulous news for MFA '10 poetry grad Travis Mossotti, recipient of a Sustainable Arts Foundation Award for $6,000!  Mega-congrats, TM!!!

Details here:
Sustainable Arts Foundation

Accepted story for Abby French Wheetley (MFA '09)

Abby French Wheetley (MFA '09, fiction) has great Tuesday news:

My story, Dinner Date, is going to be published in the upcoming issue of Flywheel Magazine.

Congrats, Abby!!!! 

MFA Graduation Gala 2012!!!

The Creative Writing Program of Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Department of English 

cordially invites you to attend 

our MFA Celebration

April 28, 2012
5:30-7 pm: Reception
7-9:30 pm: Readings

at the Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 South Illinois Avenue, Carbondale, Illinois

These seven graduating students will read briefly from their thesis works:

Ruth Awad
Bryan Brower
Jung Hae Chae
Shawn Mitchell
Nick Ostdick
John Stanford Owen
Derand E. Wright
Please join us in wishing them congratulations and godspeed.

Accepted poem for Brenna Lemieux (MFA '11)

Harpur Palate accepted my poem "Departures" this week. I'm looking
forward to hearing all the fine 3rd years read at the Gala!


Congrats, Brenna!!!

Update: Travis Mossotti (MFA '10)

Great news from poetry alum Travis Mossotti (MFA '10, poetry);

I'll be an Assistant Professor of English at St. Charles Community
College this fall, I just found out I won the Blue Moon Poetry
Chapbook Contest at Missouri State for My Life as an Island (first
half of a longer manuscript--Western Humanities Review is publishing a
fifteen page spread from that manuscript this summer), and Prairie
Schooner will be publishing a ten page poem, "Yellowstone Wolf
Project," from a different manuscript in fall 2012.

Re: Publication news for Jung Hae Chae

Fabulous news also from Jung Hae Chae (MFA '12, poetry):

Very excited to share news of an upcoming publication--the Calyx
Journal picked up three of my poems: "Language Acquisition,"
"Generations," and "She was the ugliest girl" in either July 2012 or
January 2013 issue.  Groooovy!

Groovy indeed!!! Congrats, Jung!!

Mark Brewin forthcoming publication!

MFA grad Mark Brewin (MFA '11) also has good news!

Just letting you know that Harpur Palate has accepted my poem"A
Borrowed Childhood Memory, New York City, 1923." Nice nice.

Indeed! Congrats, MB!

Re: poem acceptance!

Great news this Monday for first-year poet Maggie Graber:

Just wanted to let you know for the blog...my poem "Late Night Shift
at the Radio Station" was picked up by Black Heart Magazine.

Congrats to Sequoia Nagamatsu!

Second-year fiction MFA Sequoia Nagamatsu was named a finalist in the Third Coast Fiction Contest!!

Details here:
Third Coast