Writing News
Find more info and interviews with MTSU creative writers and guests on the In Process blog.
Creative Writing Events (MTSU & local)
- Raiders Write, a creative writing club, meets every Monday in KUC 314 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. We
provide a space to get to know other writers and take some time out of a busy week
to sit down and write, along with regular writing sprints and opportunities for critique.
Throughout the semester we’re also hosting a few workshops to discuss providing constructive
criticism, novel writing, world building, and dialogue. We’re open to writers at all
different points in their journey, so if you're interested, stop by or join our Discord.
- MTSU Write Spring Saturdays presents Radical Approaches to the Line: A Workshop on Headlessness with C.T. Salazar. Saturday, April 20, 10 am-noon, ACB 118. Free and open to the community with advance registration (and limited to 20).
- Poetry in the Boro will celebrate National Poetry Month on April 20 with a reading by visiting poet
C.T. Salazar followed by an open mic. Dapper Owl Coffee Pub, 2412 East Main Street. Doors open
for mingling and refreshments at 5:30 pm, the feature will be at 6:00, and the open
mic will follow.
*For information about the MTSU Poetry Society, contact MTSUPoetry@gmail.com, or scan the flyer below.
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Calls for Student Writing
- Babes With Blades Theatre Company is now accepting submissions for the 2023/2024 Joining Sword & Pen Competition. The
competition is open to playwrights of marginalized genders only (cis women, trans
women, trans men, non-binary people, genderfluid folks, etc.) Playwrights are to
write TOTALLY NEW scripts based on the specific image on our website. The moment depicted
in the image must occur at some point in the play. The winning script will be taken
through their Fighting Words development program and then receive a full production
with Babes With Blades Theatre Company. The playwright will also receive the Margaret
W. Martin Award, which carries a $1,000 cash prize sponsored by BWBTC's longtime benefactor
David Woolley. For rules and requirement, visit babeswithblades.org/jsp-how-to-submit/. Deadline April 16, 2024.
- Off Center is accepting submissions of prose, poetry, artwork, and sound projects from the MTSU
community. Visit their website for guidelines.
- Outrageous Fortune, the country’s first nationwide online literary magazine for and by undergraduates,
is currently accepting submissions of all genres: fiction, non-fiction, drama, film,
art, photography, and poetry, and digital files such as video-recorded spoken word
and short films. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Visit their website for guidelines.
- "Do you want to write about Movies, TV, Anime, Arts, Comics, Games, Literature or
other art forms? Do you want to get your foot in the door and enter the big-wide world
of the online media and have your work read and shared by millions of readers? We
invite you to The Artifice, an online magazine that covers a wide spectrum of art forms." Visit our website for more info.
- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has posted a useful guide to undergraduate journals in art and literature.
To have your event or call for student writing added to this page, contact Dr. Claudia Barnett.
