Chris Crabtree took the top poetry prize this year with his entry “Learning Chess.” Crabtree is a senior at Missouri State, majoring in creative writing. His poem will appear in the Moon City Review 2014 and he will receive the $200 prize. Other finalists in the poetry category include: Elizabeth Alphonse Terry Belew Anthony Isaac Bradley Allyson Dale Jacob … [Read more...] about Student writing competition winners announced
The English department at Missouri State University presents this semester’s Moon City Student Invitational Reading. The reading will feature the works of Kelly Baker, Terry Belew, Kitty Carpenter, Andrew Myers and Sierra Sitzes. Join the English department on Friday, Nov. 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union Theater to experience an evening of exceptional student … [Read more...] about Moon City student invitational reading
The English Department is proud to present Kerry James Evans, MSU Alumnus, who will be reading from his debut poetry collection, Bangalore, fresh from Copper Canyon Press, as well as some of his newest poems. The reading will be on Friday, November 1, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Plaster Student Union Theater. Kerry James Evans holds a PhD in English from Florida State … [Read more...] about Kerry James Evans Reading
The Library of Congress has approved an initiative of the Missouri Center for the Book (MCB) to designate Missouri State University as the Ozarks Chapter of the MCB. As the first official act, the Ozarks Chapter will co-host a reading by Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge, as part of Wordfest. Free and open to the public, Trowbridge’s reading will be held at the … [Read more...] about Wordfest events to honor MSU chapter of MCB
The Missouri State University English department will host a faculty reading, featuring poetry from the recently published “Yonder Mountain an Ozarks Anthology.” The event will be held Oct. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Carrington Auditorium. Anthony Priest, Jane Hoogestraat, Marcus Cafagna and Sara Burge will be among the presenters at the event. Contact Mike Czyzniejewski for more … [Read more...] about Moon City faculty reading