Congratulations!
Teaching Assistant Sandra Sidi’s short story, “Yesterday We Were Unbroken” was named an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s 2017 Emerging Writer Contest.
Assistant Professor Kathleen McClancy presented a paper titled “Sea Slugs and Atom Bombs: Genetic and Ideological Manipulation in BioShock” at MLA on a panel she organized.
MFA graduate and former lecturer Elizabeth Threadgill’s poetry chapbook will be published by Finishing Line Press, which is now available for preorder:
https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/tangled-in-the-light-by-elizabeth-threadgill/
Lecturer Amanda North’s poem, “Pruning The Garden,” will be published in the Spring 2018 issue of the Columbia Poetry Review.
Lecturer Ashton Kamburoff’s poem “Observations” is forthcoming in Crab Creek Review.
Coming Soon:
Filming for the English Department’s promotional video will begin soon. The Video Committee has been busy making plans since September, and we look forward to an attractive, interesting representation of the Texas State English Department by April.
The deadline for applications for Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards is Monday, February 12, at 5 pm.
The deadline for the 2018 issue of the student magazine, Persona, is also February 12. The 2017 issue is currently in the works and will be released soon. Persona has expanded its offerings beyond literature to include submissions of artwork, such as paintings and drawings, screenplays, or even a comic style work. If you have any questions, contact personatexasstategmail.com visit their website (personalitmag.com) or Facebook page.
Faculty are asked to encourage their students to apply for English Department scholarships. Qualifications, types of scholarships, and an application form are available on the English Department Web site, at the “Student Resources” link. The deadline is March 1, 2018: http://www.english.txstate.edu/studentres/scholarships.htm