Events

Wednesday, February 23: Visiting Writer Series

Karina Manta, UCCS alum and author of On Top of Glass: My Stories as a Queer Girl in Figure Skating 

12:15 - 1:30 pm / Zoom (register here)

Email Chris Martin at cmarti19@uccs.edu with questions.

Thursday, March 10: Craft Talk

Marty Salgado, UCCS CW instructor - “Embracing You: Turning Yourself into a Character”

10:00 am / Online (registration details forthcoming) and in person (Columbine 1028)

Monday, March 14, and Friday, March 18: Visiting Writer Series

Aditi Machado, author of Emporium (NYT Best Poetry of 2020), Some Beheadings, and The End  

• Craft Talk - Monday, March 14 / 2:00 pm / Heller Center
• Reading - Friday, March 18 / 7:00 pm / Heller Center

Thursday, April 14: Open Mic

Pizza and prizes! Hosted by UCCS CW instructor Marty Salgado

6:00 - 8:00 pm / UC 122

Sign up to read right before 6:00 pm or email Marty Salgado at msalgad2@uccs.edu for details.

Thursday, April 21: English Career Conversation

• Kayla Shock, Legislative Analyst, Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade
• Sophia Elisha, Organizer, Converge
• Rachel Cullen, English Teacher, Air Academy High School & PhD Candidate, UCCS College of Education

4:00 - 5:00 pm / Zoom

Email David Diamond at ddiamond@uccs.edu for more information.

Thursday, April 21: Senior Assessment Social

4:30 - 6:00 pm / MS Teams

Open to all English students.

Email Becky Posusta at rposusta@uccs.edu for more details and a link to join the meeting.

Wednesday, October 13: Visiting Author Series

11 am - noon - Imbolo Mbue, New York Times Bestselling Author

Email lrapparl@uccs.edu for more info and meeting link.

Friday, November 5: Craft Talk

10:00 - 11:30 am - Heather Fester, Contemplative Poetics

Email hfester@uccs.edu for more info and meeting link (in CW Events Team).

Thursday, November 11: Virtual Senior Assessment Social

Please contact rposusta@uccs.edu for the link or with any questions.

Thursday, November 18: Open Mic

6:00 pm - Hosted by Marty Salgado

Email hfester@uccs.edu for more info and meeting link (in CW Events Team).

Wednesday, February 24: Sarah Treschl Craft Talk (Creative Nonfiction)

“Uncovering Possibility in Collage”

3:00-4:30 pm (Join at the time of the event via the Microsoft Teams site for Creative Writing Events. Email Heather Fester at hfester@uccs.edu to sign up* or email Sarah Treschl at streschl@uccs.edu for more information about the event.)

Wednesday, March 10: Visiting Writer Pam Houston (Essays and Fiction)

11:00-1:00 pm (craft talk and reading) – (Join at the time of the event via the Microsoft Teams site for Creative Writing Events. Email Heather Fester at hfester@uccs.edu to sign up.*)

Wednesday, March 31: Career Conversations: Spring Talk Series for English Majors

4:00-5:00 pm – Learn from a panel of current professionals during this virtual event in Zoom.

Friday, April 16: Moving and Being Moved

1:30-3:00 pm – A Conversation Presented by the UCCS English Department on the Circulation of Texts, People, Ideas, Emotions, and Objects

Monday, April 19: Creative Writing Open Mic

3:00 pm (sign up to read before the event begins) – (Join at the time of the event via the Microsoft Teams site for Creative Writing Events. Email Heather Fester at hfester@uccs.edu to sign up.*)

Thursday, April 22: Senior Assessment Social

4:30-6:00 p.m. – (For graduating seniors. MS Teams.)

RSVP rposusta@uccs.edu

riverrun Submissions

The English Department’s student literary and arts journal riverrun will be accepting submissions early in the spring semester. Please submit your work online by February 12, 2021. Here is the the current volume of the journal for inspiration!

Thursday, October 1: Nick Arvin (fiction)

1:40-4:20pm (reading and craft talk) – online*

Wednesday, October 21: Nate Marshall (poetry)

11:00-1:00pm (reading and craft discussion) – online*

Thursday, November 19: Creative Writing Open Mic

7:00 (sign up to read before the event begins) – online*

Tuesday, December 1: The First-Ever English Virtual Tea!

4:00-6:00 pm – Take a break from end-of-term work and finals prep and join us to learn more about Spring 2021 English course offerings and the English degree plans and emphases.

Thursday, December 3, 2020

Graduating Seniors
Virtual Senior Assessment Social

RSVP rposusta@uccs.edu no later than 11/30.

1:40-4:20pm (reading and craft talk) – online*

riverrun Submissions

The English Department’s student literary and arts journal riverrun will be accepting submissions early in the spring semester. Please submit your work online by February 1, 2021. Here is the the current issue of the journal for inspiration!

*Please contact Creative Writing Coordinator Heather Fester (hfester@uccs.edu) to register for these Fall 2020 events. Once you register, you’ll receive an invitation to join the Microsoft Teams event.

Meghan Tifft – Craft Talk

Author of The Long Fire and From Hell to Breakfast

March 10, 3:30 - 5:00

Columbine Hall 126

C.J. Martin – Small Press Talk (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

Author of Two Books and numerous chapbooks

Co-publisher with Julia Drescher at Further Other Book Works

March 30, 10:50 - 12:05

Columbine Hall 214

Spring 2020 Open Mic Extravaganza (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

April 1, 6-8 pm

University Center 116

Sign up at 5:30 to read. Food and Prizes!

Richard Froude – Reading and Craft Talk (Cancelled due to COVID-19)

Author of Fabric, Passenger, and Your Love Alone Is Not Enough (A Novel in Ruins)

April 23, 1:40-4:20 pm

Kraemer Family Library, 2nd Floor Atrium

February 1: riverrun: Student Literary and Arts Journal submissions due

Submit your work as early as the fall semester at riverrunjournal.com

October 4: Mark Chartier, author of Fingerprints (2018)

Craft Talk: UC 303, 12:15-1:30 pm

Public Reading:  1:45-3:00 pm, 2nd floor library apse

Event sponsored by Kraemer Family Library, Compass Curriculum and the English Department

October 10: Juan Morales, author of Friday and the Year that Followed (2006), The Siren World (2015), and The Handyman’s Guide to End Times (2018)

Craft Talk: UC 303, 1:40-2:55 pm

Public Reading: 3:10-4:20 pm, 2nd floor library apse

Event sponsored by Kraemer Family Library, Compass Curriculum and the English Department

October 25: From Hell to Breakfast by UCCS author Meghan Tifft

Book Launch Party: UCCS Downtown, 7 pm

November 21: Open Mic, 6-8 pm

Sign-up starts at 5:30. Univ Ctr. 116

Pizza, prizes, possibly costumes

December 5: From Hell to Breakfast by UCCS author Meghan Tifft

Book Discussion and Q & A: December 5, 7 pm, 2nd floor library apse

The first ten to sign up for this event via the library’s website will get a free copy of the book – Check the Kraemer Family Library website for details.

Slam Poetry Night at the Writing Center: Sept. 12, 5 pm; COLU 316; All Welcome; Free Snacks.

Creative Writing Starter Set (D&D) (led by Cody Reed in the Writing Center):

“Create a Compelling Character”: Thursday, Sept. 19, COLU 316, 5-6 pm

“Design a Breathing World”: Oct

“Craft an Engaging Plot”: Nov

Fright Write III: Season of the Writer at the Writing Center: Entries due by October 24 at 9 pm to wrtgcntr@uccs.edu.

NaNoWriMo (meets in the Writing Center in November; weekly meetings and writing sessions)