At the end of Fall 2021, the Missouri State department of English held its annual Student Literary Competition. Submissions open in October for current undergraduate and graduate students. Students are invited to submit at least one work to any of the four categories; fiction, graphic narrative, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The creative writing faculty chooses finalists … [Read more...] about 2021 Student Literary Competitions
Click here to open the video This session will give a brief overview of the fundamentals of mythology and the basic characteristics most deities within various mythologies share. Students will look at character traits and how well-rounded characters have both positive and negative attributes. The students will then spend time creating their own god or goddess once they have … [Read more...] about “Constructing an Immortal: Practicing Character Creation with Mythology” by Audrey Masters
Click here to open the video This session will explore how to navigate and generate concise yet suspenseful science fiction stories. We will build stories that draw from all kinds of imaginations. This session will tap into student’s existing interests and blend with writing to create quick and developed pieces. First, we will go through a mini-lesson to examine how to … [Read more...] about “Explore the Unknown World of Science Fiction” by Rachel Kramer
The English Department is hosting a reading via Zoom on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, at 7 PM CST in collaboration with Moon City Press. Author Andrew Bertaina will be reading from his collection One Person Away From You. About Andrew Bertaina Andrew Bertaina's short story collection One Person Away From You won the Moon City Press Short Fiction Award in 2020. His work has … [Read more...] about Upcoming Reading: Andrew Bertaina
All students will have food memories, so this presentation will guide students through sensory description of a food memory. First, students must understand the definition of a food memory and why they are so powerful as well as how food description connects readers to the description; students will learn about sensory description (taste groups [sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and … [Read more...] about “Doesn’t That Smell Good? Writing about Food Memories” by Tracy Dalton