Saturday, February 23, 2008

Mark Your Calendars: Danielle Cadena Deulen & Timothy Scott Read on March 6th


Above, a poster with a humpback whale on it. Pay no attention to the whale. The important part is that you show up to the reading. Really good readings are few and far between, kind of like good humpback whales, who despite what you may have learned form Star Trek IV, are widely held to be the ill-tempered ruffians of the sea. It's a fact!

In this year's second installment of the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows' Reading, Jay C. and Ruth Halls poetry fellow Danielle Cadena Deulen & Carl Djerassi Fiction Fellow Timothy Scott will read their work.

Danielle Cadena Deulen & Timothy Scott
Thursday, March 6th, 7 p.m.
6191 Helen C. White Hall



Danielle Cadena Deulen is currently the Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow at the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She's also the recent recipient of a 2007 and 2006 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry prize, and a Virginia Center for Creative Arts fellowship. Her work has appeared in journals such as Cimarron Review, The Cream City Review, The Louisville Review, West Branch, and others.

Timothy Scott's fiction has appeared in New Orleans Review, The Massachusetts Review, and Colorado Review; two stories received Pushcart Prize nominations. He was born in Madison, left when he was three, and is very pleased to be back.

Don't forget about those contests!




For UW Undergrads (and one for Grad students): The UW Program in Creative Writing sponsors creative writing awards. Details and particulars are below. Good luck!



Charles M. Hart Writers of Promise Award

1.) Eligibility: any undergrad enrolled in English 203 in the academic 2007-2008 year.

2.) Entries must be original. Contestants may submit no more than one short story OR three poems. All entries must be on 8 1/2x 11” paper. Each entry should be clearly marked “short story” or “poetry” and if an entry is more than one page, it should be stapled. No piece which has won any UW-Madison creative writing award may be re-entered.

3.) The author’s name, social security number, address, telephone number, email address, and title of submission should be included on the first page of each story or individual poem.

4.) Deadline: Wednesday, April 23rd at 4pm in 6195D HC White.



George B. Hill & Therese Muller Undergraduate Creative Writing contests

1.) Eligibility: any undergraduate currently enrolled at UW-Madison.

2.) Entries must be original. Contestants may submit no more than one short story AND/OR three poems. All entries must be on 8 1/2x 11” paper. Each entry should be clearly marked “short story” or “poetry” and if an entry is more than one page, it should be stapled. No piece which has won any UW-Madison creative writing award may be re-entered.

3.) The author’s name, social security number, address, telephone number, email address, and title of submission should be included on the first page of each story or individual poem.

4.) Deadline: Wednesday, March 5th at 4pm in 6195D HC White.



Undergraduate Thesis Prizes: Felix Pollak, Eudora Welty, Cy Howard Awards

1.) Eligibilty: any undergradwho enrolled in English 695 for academic 2007-2008 year.

2.) The author’s name, social security number, address, telephone number, email address, and title of submission should be included on the title page of the thesis.

3.) All entries must be submitted to thesis director by Wednesday, April 23rd at 4pm.


Graduate Creative Writing Contests: August Derleth, David and Jean Milofsky Prize

1.) Eligibilty: all graduate students currently enrolled at UW-Madison.

2.) Eligible genres: fiction, poetry, personal essay, or research onWisconsin regional literature.

3.) Students may submit one typed double-spaced short story or essay of up to 30 pages AND/OR one group of poems (up to 15 pages, typed, with no more than 1 poem per page). Each manuscript must include a cover sheet with your name, social security number, address, and the genre of submission (research on Wisconsin regional literature, fiction, poetry, personal essay). Entries will automatically be considered for both contests.

4.) Deadline: Wednesday, March 26th at 3pm in 6195D HC White.

5.) No student may win more than one prize in a given year. No student may win in the same genre twice.


The Department of English takes no responsibilty for lost or damaged manuscripts. Entries that fail to conform to the contest rules will not be considered. Entries will not be returned. Winners will be posted on the UW Creative Writing Website at www.creativewriting.wisc.edu. Undergraduate winners may have their winning story or poems appear on this website.

Monday, February 18, 2008

TONIGHT: Feb. 20th! : Nick Lantz & Edward Porter


Don't forget, this Wednesday, the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing presents the first of three Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows' Readings, featuring Jay C, and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow Nick Lantz & James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow Edward Porter.

Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows' Reading
Featuring Nick Lantz & Edward Porter
Wednesday, Feb. 20th, 7 p.m.
6191 Helen C. White Hall


About Nick Lantz:

Nick Lantz hails from Berkeley, California. When he moved to Wisconsin in 2003, he was told by more than person that Madison was the Berkeley of the Midwest. While he hasn't found that to be quite true (there's no snow in Berkeley, people!), he has certainly enjoyed his time here. He received his MFA in poetry from the UW-Madison in 2005, and this fall he was ecstatic to return as a Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow. His work has appeared in Margie, Mid-American Review, Southern Review, and is forthcoming in Prairie Schooner. He's currently writing a new poetry manuscript based on the works of Pliny the Elder, Bigfoot, and--believe it or not--Donald Rumsfeld.

About Edward Porter:

Ex-actor, ex-carpenter, and soon to be ex-bachelor Edward Porter holds an MFA from Warren Wilson College, and has been published in Inch Magazine and Colorado Review.

For UW Undergrads & Grads: Contests



Each year the UW-Madison Program in Creative Writing holds contests for its undergraduate and graduate students. Here's the info. Please note, these are only open to UW-Madison students. Sorry.

Charles M. Hart Writers of Promise Award

1.) Eligibility: any undergrad enrolled in English 203 in the academic 2007-2008 year.

2.) Entries must be original. Contestants may submit no more than one short story OR three poems. All entries must be on 8 1/2x 11” paper. Each entry should be clearly marked “short story” or “poetry” and if an entry is more than one page, it should be stapled. No piece which has won any UW-Madison creative writing award may be re-entered.

3.) The author’s name, social security number, address, telephone number, email address, and title of submission should be included on the first page of each story or individual poem.

4.) Deadline: Wednesday, April 23rd at 4pm in 6195D HC White.



George B. Hill & Therese Muller Undergraduate Creative Writing contests

1.) Eligibility: any undergraduate currently enrolled at UW-Madison.

2.) Entries must be original. Contestants may submit no more than one short story AND/OR three poems. All entries must be on 8 1/2x 11” paper. Each entry should be clearly marked “short story” or “poetry” and if an entry is more than one page, it should be stapled. No piece which has won any UW-Madison creative writing award may be re-entered.

3.) The author’s name, social security number, address, telephone number, email address, and title of submission should be included on the first page of each story or individual poem.

4.) Deadline: Wednesday, March 5th at 4pm in 6195D HC White.



Undergraduate Thesis Prizes: Felix Pollak, Eudora Welty, Cy Howard Awards

1.) Eligibilty: any undergradwho enrolled in English 695 for academic 2007-2008 year.

2.) The author’s name, social security number, address, telephone number, email address, and title of submission should be included on the title page of the thesis.

3.) All entries must be submitted to thesis director by Wednesday, April 23rd at 4pm.


Graduate Creative Writing Contests: August Derleth, David and Jean Milofsky Prize

1.) Eligibilty: all graduate students currently enrolled at UW-Madison.

2.) Eligible genres: fiction, poetry, personal essay, or research onWisconsin regional literature.

3.) Students may submit one typed double-spaced short story or essay of up to 30 pages AND/OR one group of poems (up to 15 pages, typed, with no more than 1 poem per page). Each manuscript must include a cover sheet with your name, social security number, address, and the genre of submission (research on Wisconsin regional literature, fiction, poetry, personal essay). Entries will automatically be considered for both contests.

4.) Deadline: Wednesday, March 26th at 3pm in 6195D HC White.

5.) No student may win more than one prize in a given year. No student may win in the same genre twice.


The Department of English takes no responsibilty for lost or damaged manuscripts. Entries that fail to conform to the contest rules will not be considered. Entries will not be returned. Winners will be posted on the UW Creative Writing Website at www.creativewriting.wisc.edu. Undergraduate winners may have their winning story or poems appear on this website.

Friday, February 15, 2008

Nick Lantz & Edward Porter!


Above: The poster for Nick Lantz & Edward Porter's upcoming reading. Photo courtesy of Abby Powell. Check out Abby's blog here. Thanks Abby!

It's that time of year again when the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellows share their work with the public.

First up are Jay C. and Ruth Halls Poetry Fellow Nick Lantz and James C. McCreight Fiction Fellow Edward Porter.

They will read this upcoming Wednesday, February 20th at 7 p.m. in 6191 Helen C. White Hall.

Friday, February 8, 2008

What Do You Want for Valentine's Day? How About Li-Young Lee?


Above: The Poster for Li-Young Lee's upcoming reading.

We love Li-Young Lee, so it is mere coincidence that he's reading here on the universal day o' love? Say what you will about Valentine's Day -- yes, it's the granddaddy of the made-in-America commercial festival hegemony (mother's day? father's day? what the?) -- but this one's going to rule.

Li-Young Lee
Thursday, February 14th, 7 p.m.
6191 Helen C. White Hall


See you there, lover.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

FELIX Reading: Adam Koehler & Emma Straub


Above: So, this Felix has nothing to do with the Felix reading series, but given my inability to open the official publicity poster for this event and my current state of dehydration and delirium, it'll have to do. In any case, this reading will rule. Way more than even Felix the cat rules. And that's, like, a whole lot.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7 4:30 p.m.
MEMORIAL LIBRARY, ROOM 126
UW-MADISON


Adam Koehler is a co-editor of The Avery Anthology, published twice a year by Avery House Press in Madison, WI. He is also a graduate student in the Composition and Rhetoric program here at UW-Madison, where he is at work on his dissertation. He's currently working on a draft of a novel tentatively titled Instrument and a collection of short stories called Screen.

Emma Straub is from New York City, and is currently in the MFA program at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her stories and poems have appeared in Avery Anthology, The Saint Ann's Review, The Boston Review, and Small Spiral Notebook, among other places. Obscure trivia and more can be found at www.emmastraub.net.

Monday, February 4, 2008

Jesse Lee Kercheval at Borders West. Check it.


Above: UW-Madison's own Jesse Lee Kercheval, who will read at Borders West tomorrow evening.

Jesse Lee Kercheval will read from her Prairie Schooner Award-winning collection The Alice Stories, published by the University of Nebraska Press, this Tuesday, February 5, at Border's West at 7 p.m.

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