The editors of Moon City Review, the annual journal published by the Missouri State English Department, are accepting entries for the 2020 MSU Literary competitions in Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry. The competitions are open to all graduate and undergraduate students currently enrolled in at least one course at Missouri State University’s main Springfield Campus … [Read more...] about Missouri State University Student Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry Competitions
Literature Program Update Believe it or not, the MSU Literature Program has jumped into the new semester energized by current events and ready to seize the opportunities of the present moment. While the circumstances around the Covid-19 pandemic are certainly not the ones we would have chosen, our faculty’s responses have been creative and thoughtful in the (sometimes virtual) … [Read more...] about Teaching During Unprecedented Times
Moon City Review is the official literary journal of Moon City Press, housed here at MSU in the Department of English. Every year, we have several staff positions open up for students, and we are now looking to fill those positions. We accept applications from any English Department major or minor, but may have to favor grad students and upper class students, as we have a … [Read more...] about Student Opportunity with Moon City Review
By: Alyssah Morrison Finding a Purpose in Community-Based Journalism Christian Middleton believes that studying English and technical writing is perfect training for the inevitable drudgery of the task at hand, the task of being an attentive and active human in a flawed world. I recently had the opportunity to talk with Christian, an MSU alumnus and freelance writer living … [Read more...] about The Alum Report: Christian Middleton
This fall, the English Department is revitalizing the Alumni Spotlight feature with a new series of interviews conducted and written by current students. These dialogues will investigate how the alumni’s English degrees have helped them along their career paths. Interviewed alumni may give a bit of advice for students, as well.Etta Madden, Assistant Department Head of English, … [Read more...] about Introducing The Alum Report