Ball State Creative Writing

10/02/2026

09/17/2026

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The Ball State English Department’s Creative Writing Program Visiting Writer Series, cosponsored by the Center for Middletown Studies, welcomes Indiana award-winning novelist Brian Allen Carr for an evening of reading, conversation, and book signing. 📅 Wednesday, September 23, 2026 🕔 5:00 PM...

09/14/2026

Mark your calendars! 📖 Free reading and book signing with Indiana author, Brian Allen Carr 📖

When: September 23rd, 5:00 PM
Where: Robert Bell 125

Brian Allen Carr's books include Opioid, Indiana and Bad Foundations. He has been a finalist for Aspen Words and Indiana Author Awards, and is a recipient of a Wonderland Book Award and a Texas Observer Story Prize.

03/26/2026

Join us for In Print XXI, Night 2!

03/18/2026

One week from today: Join us for the 21st Annual In Print Festival of First Books. Featuring novelist Geoff Peck, memoirist Nicole Graev Lipson, poet Yalie Saweda Kamara, and editor Ron Mitchell.

Wed. March 25th, 7-9pm Pittenger Student Center Ballroom
Literary Fair, Reading, and Book Signing

Thurs. March 26th, 7-9pm, Pittenger Student Center Ballroom
Broken Plate Launch, Literary Publishing Panel, and Book Signing

02/28/2026

So proud of Professor Christman who just published a new book! Read more about it here.

We’re proud to celebrate BSU English Department Professor Jill Christman and the upcoming release of her newest memoir, The Heart Folds Early.

As a 2020 National Endowment for the Arts Prose Fellow, Christman’s work continues to elevate the landscape of creative nonfiction. The Heart Folds Early will be published in March 2026 as a part of the University of Nebraska Press American Lives Series and joins Christman's collection of remarkable writing that has earned national recognition and heartfelt connections.

Christman’s writing shares deep personal storytelling through careful insight and open vulnerability, reminding us that every story is worthy and possibly transformative.

Join us in congratulating Professor Christman on this incredible milestone!

02/20/2026

Writers! Join us tonight for a Muncie Big Read Creative Writing Workshop! Ball State grad students will lead writing prompts inspired by Aimee Nezhukumatathil's Bite by Bite. 5-7pm Culinary Cottage Details below.

02/05/2026

Join us as we welcome Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis Crisler to campus on February 11th!

Ball State University Libraries and the Creative Writing program within the Department of English will host Indiana Poet Laureate Curtis L. Crisler for an evening of poetry, performance, and literary innovation at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 11, in Bracken Library, Room 104.

10/15/2025

Dear Writers: Submit to The Broken Plate! Submissions are open until 10/31.

04/10/2025

Hello Creative Writers. Poet Kimberly Blaeser is on campus today for two events, as part of the Marilyn K. Cory lecture series. She'll lead a guided writing workshop on Writing Deep into Place at 2pm, and she'll give a reading from her new book, Ancient Light, at 5pm. Details below. Join us!