Category: News
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Black History Month
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Read More: Black History MonthBlack History Month, or National African American History Month, is an annual celebration of achievements by Black Americans, and is a time for recognizing the central role of African Americans in U.S. history. In 2016, former President Barack Obama described it this way, “During National African American History Month, we…
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News of Note January 2018
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Read More: News of Note January 2018There is a review of Dan Beachy-Quick’s new book up at Michigan Quarterly Review: http://www.michiganquarterlyreview.com/2017/12/required-reading-dan-beachy-quicks-of-silence-and-song/ and he has three poems just published at BOMB: https://bombmagazine.org/authors/dan-beachy-quick Leslee Becker won 1st prize in the Broad River Review Fiction Contest for her story, “Such Friends.” Doug Cloud’s article, “Toward a Richer Rhetoric of Agency:…
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Creative Writing Reading Series – MFA Reading
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Read More: Creative Writing Reading Series – MFA ReadingThe Creative Writing Reading Series event hosted on November 9th in the Gregory Allicar Museum of Art differed from this year’s other readings. This reading was a time for students in their last year of the MFA program to showcase their final creative work. Three fiction writers, Chelsea Hansen, Mir…
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Spring and Summer 2018 Internships
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Read More: Spring and Summer 2018 InternshipsSpring and Summer 2018 Internships Available! Unless otherwise noted, the internships listed below are open to qualifying undergraduate and graduate students. Publishing/Editorial Internships: Editorial Interns, Bloomsbury Review (Denver, CO) http://www.bloomsburyreview.com/intern.html Writing/Editorial Internships (several positions), The Borgen Project (remote) http://borgenproject.org/telecommute-internships/ Journalism Internship, High Country News (Paonia, CO), Application deadlines: Winter/Spring, Nov. 1st;…
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Position Announcement: Instructors in Composition, Creative Writing, Linguistics, Literature, and Pedagogy
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Read More: Position Announcement: Instructors in Composition, Creative Writing, Linguistics, Literature, and PedagogyCOLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Department of English Positions are available for 2018-19, for Instructors in Composition, Creative Writing, Linguistics, Literature, and Pedagogy QUALIFICATIONS MA or MFA required College teaching experience in English Studies (literature, composition, etc.) required A PhD or equivalent is prerequisite for teaching advanced courses…
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TESL/TEFL and Cross Cultural Understanding Scholarships
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Read More: TESL/TEFL and Cross Cultural Understanding ScholarshipsGraduate students in the TESL/TEFL program applying to the Cross Cultural Understanding Scholarship, and TESL/TEFL Scholarships, please fill out the application in Academic Works and submit to Sheila Dargon, (sheila.dargon@colostate.edu) your letter of recommendation and 500 word essay explaining how you are qualified for the scholarship. Please contact her at…
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News of Note Week of December 4
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Read More: News of Note Week of December 4Dan Beachy-Quick’s new book Of Silence & Song is officially published on December 12. It can be found here: https://milkweed.org/book/of-silence-and-song On Friday 12/8, Doug Cloud held a workshop to the School of Global Environmental Sustainability (SoGES) Leadership Fellows titled “Communicating ‘Controversial’ Science with ‘Skeptical’ Audiences: Some Tools for Scientists.” Harrison…
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NEW: Creative Writing MFA
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Read More: NEW: Creative Writing MFAWe are delighted to announce that our MA in Creative Nonfiction has transitioned to the three-year MFA in Creative Writing Program beginning in the Fall of 2018. As such, we are no longer accepting applications for the MA in Nonfiction. Prospective candidates are encouraged to apply for the new MFA in…
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NEW: Creative Writing Minor
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Read More: NEW: Creative Writing MinorCreative Writing Minor The Department of English is proud to announce our new minor in Creative Writing. This seven-course sequence combines small, discussion-based writing workshops with classes in composition and contemporary literature. The minor is open to majors in all disciplines except English, and offers a unique opportunity to balance work in the…
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20 Gifts for English Majors
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Read More: 20 Gifts for English MajorsNothing makes English majors more excited than the gift of a book. But English majors also love presents that have something to do with books. While this list only includes one book, it also includes English-themed gifts English majors will love! 1. Can’t decide between getting a book or getting…