UMB Creative Writing

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Poetry Reading! Open Mic! Live Music! Costume Party @ The Banshee in Dorchester on Wed, October 26th @ 7pm! Come share your words with us!

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Looking for a place for some feedback on your original work? Join us Wednesday or Friday at 1:00 in the main unCommon Room of Wheatley 6!

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Come on in! Bring in your creative writing on Wednesday or Friday at 1 pm to the 6th floor of Wheatley in the main unCommon room!

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Meetings have started up again! Join us Wednesday and Fridays from 1 pm to 2 pm on the 6th floor of Wheatley, in the main unCommon room!

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Congratulations to Emily Jaeger, winner of the 2016 UMB Academy of American Poets prize, and to Honorable Mention Caroline Ruby Wright!

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Cole Swensen, judge of this year's UMB AAP contest, will read and announce the winners of the contest on 5/3!

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Wondering about how to publish a children's book? Come to this talk with prof & children's book author Susan Tan!

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Curious about how UMB graduates have pursued careers in writing? Come to the UMB CW/PW alumni panel!

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Thank you to Zach Herman for this great article about our Twitter Poetry contest: https://t.co/u5TCygqBuQ

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Another great poetry contest for UMB students: the AAP contest, judged by Cole Swensen! Submissions due 4/13

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First-place winner: @JessicaDecie

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Runners up: @theagesofmyth @AnonymousRobot

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Honorable Mentions: @theagesofmyth @XIZBK @aryehzUMB @Mia_x_Mia @therollingrevu

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Thanks to everyone for coming out to the UMB Twitter Poetry reading yesterday! And congratulations to our winners! ...

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The UMB Twitter Poetry contest reading is tomorrow! Stop by at 2pm sharp to hear the winning entries!

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The contest's winning entries will be announced & read on Thursday, March 24 at 2pm. Hope to see everyone there!

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Thanks to everyone who entered this year's UMB Twitter Poetry Contest!

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