UConn Creative Writing

The UConn Creative Writing Program engages undergrads, grads, & community members in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and dramatic writing

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JOIN US April 30, 2026 at 5:00 pm at the Black Box Theater at the Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry (1 Royce Circle, Storrs, CT 06268)
We're celebrating the release of the 29th edition of Long River Review, UConn's national journal of literature and art.

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The Creative Writing Program invites you to the 4th Annual Mark Twain Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Program with Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah.

Join us on Thursday, October 23rd at 6:00pm for an ONLINE ZOOM WEBINAR (https://t.co/OcLSGIYoBF)

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Oct 23, The 4th Mark Twain Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Program https://t.co/IOuXPiFZtL

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Tomorrow, 5PM in Austin's Stern Lounge:

You're invited to join the Poetic Journeys reception! Please join us as we unveil the new poems & designs that will be seen on the buses, elevators, & hallways of the first two floors of the Philip E. Austin building in the year to come.

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Tonight!

Come support three featured UConn student authors (and share a few words of your own) at the last Long River Reading Series of the season! Abigail Bonilla, Judah Berl, and Sadie Ross will read before the open mic.

Join us in Austin's Stern Lounge at 6:00 PM.

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Stacey Waite will conduct a 90-minute poetry workshop on Thursday, April 13, 10:00 AM. Bring a draft of poetry, or just come chat and soak up the creative atmosphere!

RSVP: https://t.co/20NwTXMEY6

Next, at 5:30PM, Waite will read at UConn Barnes & Noble, 1 Royce Circle.

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Stacey Waite will host a poetry workshop on Thursday, April 13th in Austin's Stern Lounge, from 10:00-11:30 AM! Undergraduate poets are encouraged to attend and bring a work in progress or two.

We hope to see you!

Attendees can RSVP here:
https://t.co/20NwTXM78y

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TONIGHT

The Gerson Irish Reader 2023 will be Anne Enright, one Ireland’s most renowned contemporary fiction writers. A reception in her honor will be held at Alumni House from 6:00-7:00pm, after which the reading commences.

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A special Zoom event will take place on Thursday, March 23, at 6:30 PM: The Aetna Celebration of Creative Nonfiction with Elissa Washuta! Washuta will read alongside student winners of the Aetna Creative Nonfiction Award, Celine Agbotey & Jules Dowling

https://t.co/qoYVO1FNQL

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Welcome to spring break, folks! Come experience the Aetna Celebration of Creative Nonfiction after our return, on Thursday, March 23rd at 6:30 PM. With a reading by Elissa Washuta, this Zoom event will prove something to look forward to. Register:

https://t.co/qoYVO1FNQL

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Only hours left to donate to our UConn Gives campaign to preserve the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program, which brought Nobel Prize winners, winners of the Pulitzer Prize, MacArthur Fellows, & recipients of the National Book Award to UConn across 57 years.

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Support the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program in its effort to stay solvent for the future. After 57 years, our former sponsor, The Hartford, severed ties despite its historic ties to our namesake & legacy. Please help this legendary program continue!

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Tonight!

Trace Peterson reads alongside UConn graduate student and undergraduate authors Carly Bria and Daniel Milovic for the Long River Reading Series. Bring a poem, story, or hybrid work of your own to share afterward, and find us in Austin's Stern Lounge at 6:00 PM!

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Tomorrow marks the start of our UConn Gives campaign for the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program. The last two programs featured acclaimed poets D.A. Powell and Claudia Rankine. Please share and donate what you can! We thank you immensely for your support.

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The Wallace Stevens Poetry Program began at UConn in 1964, bringing a roster of the most important national and international poets for five decades. The program faces an uncertain future. Please spread the word and donate what you can for UConn Gives:

https://t.co/jbSmTfoRGM

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Creative Writing invites you to a reading by poet Chen Chen, who will spend two days at UConn this spring as the Aetna Writer-in-Residence. Chen will offer a free, public reading in the black box theater at the UConn bookstore, 1 Royce Circle, on Wednesday March 1st at 6:30 PM.

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For 57 years the Wallace Stevens Poetry Program has brought major national & international poets, including Nobel Prize winners, to UConn to interact with students. We need your help to keep this historic series alive. Share and donate for UConn Gives!

https://t.co/jbSmTfojRe

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Tomorrow night- come on by Austin's Stern Lounge at 6:00 PM for the Long River Reading Series. Four sterling student authors will read: Anna Iorfino, Katherine Jimenez, Kayla Simon, and Judah Berl. Join in on the fun afterward in our open-genre open mic!

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DEADLINE: FEB. 6

Submit artistic work in any medium to the Gloriana Gill Art Awards or the Long River Review Art Award

Send work to: [email protected]

Find the cover sheet for submission and further guidelines at:
https://t.co/vro5rDCJec

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DEADLINE: FEB 4

Submit art for publication in Long River Review, UConn's award-winning, student-run literary magazine!

Guidelines for submitting art can be found at: https://t.co/LXDaiCkacx