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06/02/2026

Our regular reading period is now open! Send us your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and longform poetry and prose between June 1 and November 15 at 5:00 pm EST for the chance to be published in a future issue of Ploughshares. Read the guidelines and submit: https://pshares.org/submit/submit-writing/

Hey students! Looking for a low-stakes entrance into poetry writing this Fall?
06/01/2026

Hey students! Looking for a low-stakes entrance into poetry writing this Fall?

Beautiful event last night featuring our outstanding graduate students! Congratulations to all.⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
04/29/2026

Beautiful event last night featuring our outstanding graduate students! Congratulations to all.

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Dr. Bart Welling and Dr. James Beasley from our department presenting their research posters today for the STARS - Facul...
04/24/2026

Dr. Bart Welling and Dr. James Beasley from our department presenting their research posters today for the STARS - Faculty Poster Competition!

Congratulations to the winners in the Amy R. Wainright Awards in creative writing this year! It was a joy to celebrate y...
04/24/2026

Congratulations to the winners in the Amy R. Wainright Awards in creative writing this year! It was a joy to celebrate you tonight. 💐🥳

Please join us next week on Thursday evening in the English Commons, celebrating the winners of the annual Amy R. Wainri...
04/16/2026

Please join us next week on Thursday evening in the English Commons, celebrating the winners of the annual Amy R. Wainright Awards for Creative Writing, featuring readings by the winning students as well as the Spring issue launch of The Talon Review and a literary open mic!

04/15/2026
04/13/2026

Interested in writing a book? Don't know where to start? Or maybe you need a creative jumpstart on a stalled project?

In celebration of National Poetry Month in April, we're excited to bring the award-winning author Sandra Simonds next month to UNF Department of English to give a talk and reading on how a book takes shape. Simonds is the author of ten books (both fiction and poetry), so come on out and gain some insight and inspiration!

Space is limited, so please RSVP:

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Thank you all for coming out to Tom Straw's talk and reading last night! And thank you to the Roberts family for making ...
04/01/2026

Thank you all for coming out to Tom Straw's talk and reading last night! And thank you to the Roberts family for making the Roberts Wainright Speaker Series possible.

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