The New Writing Series celebrates the Millay Poetry Prize with a reading featuring Kathleen Ossip (external judge), Kat Dubois (first prize), and Paul Eaton (second prize).
Fiction writer Sarah Rose Etter reads from and discusses her work in the first event of the fall 2019 New Writing Series.
This year’s Grady Awards were judged by Kate Colby (poetry) and Martin Riker (fiction), both recent visitors to the New Writing Series. In the undergraduate division, Riker selected Katherine Skvorak’s manuscript for first place. Micah Valliere was runner-up. At the graduate level, Tori Hood was the winner and Morghen Tidd runner-up. For undergraduate poetry, Colby […]
Poet, editor, and activist Lynn Melnick reads in the New Writing Series, cosponsored by the English Department and the Center for Poetry and Poetics (formerly the National Poetry Foundation). Free and open to the public.
The New Writing Series features three members of the creative writing faculty at UMaine in a special event, the second of two, designed to showcase the literary talent in our midst. Poets Joanna (Jody) Crouse, Kathleen Ellis, and Leonore Hildebrandt will read from their work in the final event of the fall NWS.
Poet Kate Colby makes her first appearance in the New Writing Series. She is the author of seven books of poetry, including, most recently, The Arrangements.
The New Writing Series features three members of the creative writing faculty at UMaine in a special event, the first of two, designed to showcase the literary talent in our midst. Fiction writers Meghan Dowling and Jeremy Parker will be joined by playwright and poet William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. for a reading that is free and open to the public.
Poet and writer Danielle Pafunda reads in the fourth event of the fall New Writing Series. Pafunda is the author, most recently, of The Dead Girls Speak in Unison (2017). She is visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at UMaine this academic year.
Fiction writer Martin Riker reads from his new novel, Samuel Johnson's Eternal Return, in the third event of the fall 2018 New Writing Series.
Fiction writer Jac Jemc reads in the New Writing Series. The event is free and open to the public. Associate Professor of Creative Writing Gregory Howard will introduce. # On Facebook? Consider joining the NWS group here. The UMaine New Writing Series was founded in 1999 and is sponsored by the English Department and the National Poetry Foundation with […]
