Regina Sirois was selected as a winner of the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. (SOURCE: reginasirois.com) Regina Sirois, a Missouri State University alumna with a minor in creative writing, was selected as a winner in the Young Adult category of the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) competition. Her novel, On Little Wings, was one of three finalists in the Young … [Read more...] about English alumna wins breakthrough novel award
Dr. Jane Hoogestraat's poems appear in issue 4of Midwestern Gothic. Two poems by Dr. Jane Hoogestraat, professor of English, appear in issue 4 of the literary journal Midwestern Gothic, now available for purchase. Hoogestraat submitted the pieces “At the Edge of a Time Zone” and “The Scholar From Inner Mongolia Visits Missouri” to the … [Read more...] about English professor Hoogestraat publishes two poems
Chris Harmon of the American Red Cross receives the auction proceeds from Dr. Lanette Cadle of the English department. Professor Jacek Fraczak of art and design (right) holds the auction flyer and a print from his Joplin photograph that sold during the auction. Proceeds from a silent auction in late 2011 to benefit relief efforts in Joplin, Mo. have been donated to the southern … [Read more...] about Art auction proceeds donated to Red Cross
The Moon City Student Invitational provides a venue for showcasing student creative writing. The English Department hosts the Fall 2011 Moon City Student Invitational Reading on Friday, Dec. 2 from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union theater. This event is free and open to the public. Held once each semester, the student invitational reading highlights student … [Read more...] about Moon City Invitational presents student creative writing
The Associated Writing Program recently selected a poem by one of Missouri State’s creative writing graduate students for its Intro Journals Project Award. Dustin Macormic’s “God Reconsiders Egypt” will be published by the Mid-American Review at Bowling Green University. This accomplishment will introduce Macormic’s work to a national audience. The goal of this literary … [Read more...] about Graduate student’s poem selected for national competition