Events and Readings
News
Ohio University Creative Writing Well Represented in Best American Essays 2009
The 2009 edition of Best American Essays (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), guest-edited this year by poet Mary Oliver,
lists under "Notable Essays" work by faculty members Mark Halliday and Dinty W. Moore,
current graduate student Jackson Connor, and recent graduates Kelley Evans,
Patrick Madden and Desirae Matherly.
Find publication information here.
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PhD Candidate Kelly K Ferguson Published in the Fall 2009 Issue of The Gettysburg Review
"The Law of Meat," a fiction story by Kelly K Ferguson, is published in the current fall 2009 issue of the Gettysburg Review. read more >>
New Publication Forthcoming by Christina Veladota
Christina Veladota's poetry chapbook titled The Girl & Her Lions will be published during February 2010 by Finishing Line Press. read more >>
Announcement: New issue of Sphere available
The new issue of the student journal Sphere is now available. read more >>
Carrie Oeding receives Houston Writing Fellowship
Carrie Oeding has accepted a two‐year award as a Houston Writing Fellow in the English Department at the University of Houston. read more >>
Regular Events
The Department of English hosts several readings and presentations that allow our creative writing faculty and students to present their work and to bring in outside writers and scholars to share their experiences.
The Spring Literary Festival
Since 1986, The Spring Literary Festival has featured some of the world's finest, most distinguished writers of poetry, fiction and non-fiction. The three-day festival is held in May on the Ohio University main campus in Athens, Ohio.
Writers in Residence
Each year, the department invites three esteemed writers to visit graduate and undergraduate classes, meet one-on-one with select students, and offer evening readings in the intimate Galbreath Chapel.
The Dogwood Bloom Reading Series
is a graduate-student run forum where second-year graduate students with a creative writing focus present their work to faculty and peers.
Writers' Harvest
Three renowned local writers read from their work yearly at a benefit hosted by Ohio University's Program in Creative Writing. The benefit is part of Writers' Harvest, the nation's largest reading series working to help fight hunger.
