Please join us for our third Writers & Scholars event of the semester, as Monique Truong, Kirk Writer-in-Residence, gives a reading from her work. Monique Truong is the author of two novels, Bitter in the Mouth (Random House, 2010) and The Book of Salt (Houghton Mifflin, 2003). Bitter in the Mouth, Read more
On Wednesday, October 14, Professor Charlotte Artese will present on her new book Shakespeare’s Folktale Sources (University of Delaware Press, 2015). This Writers & Scholars event will take place at 7 pm in the Luchsinger Fireplace Lounge of the Alston Campus Center at Agnes Scott College. Shakespeare’s Folktale Sources argues that Read more
The first Writers & Scholars event of the year has arrived! Join us tonight to hear Assistant Professor of English Alan Grostephan, as he reads from his work.
The 44th Annual Writers’ Festivals is finally here! Now that our guest writers are here, let us welcome back alumna writer, Jennifer Bartell ’05. Jennifer Bartell graduated from Agnes Scott with a degree in English-Literature & Creative Writing, focusing in poetry and nonfiction. She initially left Agnes thinking she wanted to be a nurse; however, Read more
Agnes Scott College is now accepting entries for the 44th annual writers’ festival! The entry deadline is December 1, 2014. Contest categories include poetry, short fiction, personal essay, and one-act play. A prize of $500 will be awarded during the festival to the winning entry in each category. Contest finalists Read more
Being Flynn is a beautifully haunting yet captivating film that tells the story of lives falling apart and coming together. It displays the relationship between a man and his father, and how they really don’t have a relationship at all. Like a wire that has been coiled around and around Read more
Poet and memoirist Nick Flynn has just finished an engagement at the 10th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival which ran from January 20th-25th. Nick Flynn appeared along with Carolyn Forché, Linda Gregg, Thomas Lux, Campbell McGrath, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Mary Ruefle & Tim Seibles. This Festival had the opportunity to invite Read more
For those of you looking for another place to publish your work, check out the Aurora Arts & Literary Magazine! All Georgia undergraduates are welcome to submit fiction, nonfiction, poetry, art, and micro-fiction. http://ow.ly/i/4iTiU
We here at the Writers’ Festival want to congratulate this year’s finalists! In Fiction: Robby Nadler, Jessica Mejia, Halden Ingwersen, Casey Cox, Christopher Hayter In Poetry: Robby Nadler, Sydney Bolding, Diamond Forde, Jacob Collum, William Walsh, Brian Heston, Jessica Melilli-Hand, Hank Backer, Rachelle Bowser In Drama: Heather Poole, Stella Zhou Read more
As we come into the spring, we want to introduce everyone to our final cast list for this year’s Writers’ Festival! With a new concept and design, this year we have four student artists contributing to the layout of the book. Here’s some sneak peeks: Name: Sebastien Occupation: Firefighter Favorite Read more
