Hungry Poets 2016 Contest Call for Submissions

Coming up much earlier than usual this year is the deadline for the Hungry Poets contest in memory of Gabe Friedberg. Usually a spring activity, the contest this year has been shifted to the fall. If you are a poet under 30 years old who would like to participate in a great event please see the flyer below for details. And if you teach creative writing classes (or any English or humanities classes) please distribute this information to your students as soon as possible. Don't be afraid to emphasize that there are cash prizes for first, second, and third place.

Please note that entries must be emailed in on or before 29 August, so the deadline is coming up quickly. See the flyer below for more information, and again, please distribute this flyer to your students.

The Best Reading of the Year

… and the social event of the season will happen this Thursday, April 30, when the graduating MFAs read their work at 7:30 p.m. in the Gold Ballroom. 

This reading is always top-notch… and the outfits are usually pretty good too.  Who can forget last year when Maggie Glover wore her grandma’s 1970's mint green gown? 

So put on your most creative writing-worthy outfit and prepare to be dazzled as the following “emerging writers” read from their theses:

Matt Buchanan: Cloud Shaped Room

Sarah Beth Childers: The Preacher and Other Essays

Lori D’Angelo: Advance and Retreat: A Collection of Stories

Rachel Rosolina: Empty Lungs: Essays

John Shumate: The Zombie Parade

Erin Veith: I had to shut my eyes to tell that story