Category: Arts & Culture
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Creative & performing arts 2025-2026 scholarship winners announced
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Read More: Creative & performing arts 2025-2026 scholarship winners announcedEvery academic year, the English department’s creative writing program conducts a university-wide competition that seeks to award the best undergraduate work in creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. Congratulations to this year’s deserving recipients!
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English graduate students shine at 10th annual GradShow
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Read More: English graduate students shine at 10th annual GradShowAt this year’s Graduate Student Showcase, English graduate students shared innovative research and creative artistry while competing for $24,300 in scholarships. Congrats to all!
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“To consider the weight we all carry”: A Q&A with poet and professor Devon Fulford
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Read More: “To consider the weight we all carry”: A Q&A with poet and professor Devon FulfordAs we celebrate the launch of Devon Fulford’s poetry collection, onus, the Department of English is thrilled to share a Q&A with Fulford, where she provides insight into her writing process, the origin of onus, and more.
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Assistant Professor Nina McConigley’s play, ‘Cowboys and East Indians’ set for 2026 world premiere
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Read More: Assistant Professor Nina McConigley’s play, ‘Cowboys and East Indians’ set for 2026 world premiereAssistant Professor Nina McConigley’s play, Cowboys and East Indians, is coming to Denver’s biggest stage! Co-written by Matthew Spangler, the play will have its world premiere with the Denver Center Theatre Company during the 2025-2026 season.
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Interim Chair Dan Beachy-Quick gives public lecture at Boise State University
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Read More: Interim Chair Dan Beachy-Quick gives public lecture at Boise State UniversityDan Beachy-Quick, interim chair of the English department and University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, gave a public lecture on Orpheus at Boise State University on Feb. 28, as part of the Hemingway Center Reading Series.
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Community Literacy Center exhibits 20 years of writing and art in Old Town Poudre Library
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Read More: Community Literacy Center exhibits 20 years of writing and art in Old Town Poudre LibraryA new exhibition at the Old Town branch of Poudre Library represents the creative prowess of the hundreds of writers and artists who have participated in SpeakOut! community writing workshops since 2005.
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Summer Vacation Spotlight: MFA students, alum deepen craft at prestigious writing conferences and workshops
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Read More: Summer Vacation Spotlight: MFA students, alum deepen craft at prestigious writing conferences and workshopsThis summer, MFA students Chase Cate, Linnea Harris, Becca Tabb, Sarah Mullens, and alum Bryce O’Tierney, were each accepted into competitive writing workshops. Learn more about how these enriching summer experiences made a positive impact on their writing lives.
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Alumni Spotlight: Katie Naughton (MFA, ’16) discusses debut “The Real Ethereal”
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Read More: Alumni Spotlight: Katie Naughton (MFA, ’16) discusses debut “The Real Ethereal”Katie Naughton (MFA, ’16) is the author of The Real Ethereal, recently published by Delete Press. Read on to learn about Naughton’s debut poetry collection, creative practice, and more.
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Immaterial podcast returns for season two with host Camille Dungy
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Read More: Immaterial podcast returns for season two with host Camille DungyThe marquee podcast of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Immaterial: 5,000 Years of Art, One Material at a Time is back for a second season with CSU University Distinguished Professor Camille Dungy returning as host.
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Fort Collins Book Fest features CSU faculty, alumni
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Read More: Fort Collins Book Fest features CSU faculty, alumniFort Collins Book Fest, an annual multi-week celebration of all things local and literary, will run Feb. 1-19 and feature more than 20 authors, including several CSU alumni and faculty.