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***THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO ILLNESS***

POETRY READING:

SUSAN RICH

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2007

CRAIG LECTURE HALL IN SCIENCE CENTER -- 4:45 P.M.

 

Seattle Washington poet Susan Rich's experience includes years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Niger, an electoral supervisor in Bosnia, and a human rights trainer in Gaza; she writes about human struggles and pleasures all over the globe. Her most recent collection is "Cures Include Travel". Recent awards include an Artist Trust Fellowship and the Sojourner poetry prize. Her first book, The Cartographer's Tongue, won awards from PEN USA Award and the Peace Corps Writers. She is a founding member of the Somali Rights Network and an editor at Floating Bridge Press.

Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program

 

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FICTION READING BY:

George Saunders

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

7:30 P.M. -- Craig Auditorium

Details forthcoming

Sponsored by the Creative Writing Program, English Department,
Gender and Women's Studies

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ALL OBERLIN STUDENTS ARE INVITED TO SUBMIT THEIR FICTION AND POETRY FOR THE ANNUAL CREATIVE WRITING COMPETITION.
MONETARY PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:

$100 AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF THE STUART FRIEBERT PRIZE (ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS)

$1,000 AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF THE EMMA HOWELL MEMORIAL POETRY PRIZE

$500 AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF THE DIANE VREULS FICTION PRIZE

$500 AWARDED TO THE WINNER OF THE FRIENDS AND ALUMNI FICTION PRIZE

For details, stop by the Creative Writing Office (Rice 13). Information is posted on the door. Cover sheets (required with submissions) are available on the bookshelf outside Rice 13. DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 2007

WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN APRIL

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