Join the Missouri State University Folklore Club as they take you on an interactive tour of the hauntings around campus. You might even meet a few ghosts! This event starts in the Plaster Student Union across from the game store. Tours run from 6pm - 9pm on the 27th and 28th of October. Costs of admission: $4 for ages 12 and up $10 for groups of 3 $2 for children … [Read more...] about Haunted Campus Tour
Friday, October 26th, 7 p.m. PSU Theater – Moon City Faculty Rotational Reading and Book Signing Featuring Michael Czyzniejewski (fiction) and other faculty TBA (Reception for new creative writing faculty member Michael Czyzniejewski to follow at the home of Jen Murvin) Tuesday, October 30th, 7 p.m. The Library Center – Soul of a Poet Featuring (tentatively) Stacy … [Read more...] about Fall 2012 Creative Writing Program Readings Schedule
Next Friday, Sept. 7th (7 p.m.), we will be showcasing outstanding student writers in the areas of fiction and poetry as part of the downtown First Friday Artwalk. The reading will be located at the Park Central Library on the square (attached to The Coffee Ethic). Last year's Artwalk reading was an enormous success, and we anticipate this one will be too! Please make a point … [Read more...] about First Friday Artwalk Creative Writing Showcase
Dr. Keri Franklin’s research is in the field of writing, literacy, and teacher development. Currently, she is in the second year of a grant-funded quasi-experimental study of the impact of writing professional development on high school writing. She is the founding director of the Ozarks Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project, and director of the English … [Read more...] about Dr. Franklin looks forward to Faculty Writing Retreat
We want to congratulate Regina Sirois on winning the 2012 Young Adult Fiction Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award. As we discussed in an earlier blog post, Sirois, a past Creative Writing minor from our department, was getting national recognition through the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award (ABNA) competition. Her book, On Little Wings, was one of three finalists selected out of … [Read more...] about UPDATE: Missouri State English alumni is in national spotlight