Upcoming Event: Warren Open Mic Contest

Happy Monday!

Guidelines for Warren's Open Mic Night have been released. Read below to find out how to join this event!

Bloomsburg University's Warren Literary Journal will be hosting an Open Mic Night that will be held at 6pm in the Student Service Center (SSC) room 004 on Tuesday, April 9th. Submissions are due no later than Monday, April 1st to the litmag@bloomu.edu email. The email subject must include the category of the submission that corresponds with one of the categories listed below.

Categories for Open Mic Night contest April 9th:

Poetry: Maximum 350 words, no specific form/style is required

Fiction: Involves imaginary events and people in the form of prose. Please limit pieces to 2,000 words maximum.

Creative Nonfiction: Wikipedia defines creative nonfiction as a genre of writing that uses literary styles and techniques to create factually accurate narratives. Please limit pieces to 2,000 words maximum.

Critical Essay: Thoughtco.com defines critical essay as a form of academic writing that analyzes, interprets, and/or evaluates a text. In a critical essay, an author makes a claim about how particular ideas or themes are conveyed in a text, then supports that claim with evidence from primary and/or secondary sources. Please limit pieces to 2,000 words maximum.

Contest winners will be notified no later than Friday, April 5th and are encouraged to read their pieces aloud at the Open Mic Night. However, all participants are welcomed to attend and read their submissions to the public. There will be pizza and refreshments available during the event.

Find the contests here:  

https://warrenliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/contests/

Diversity Conference News

Last Wednesday, November 14th, Bloomsburg proudly hosted the 16th Annual High School Diversity Conference under the theme "Empowering Your Voices," aimed at encouraging young students to feel confident in sharing their stories and speaking out.  Over 100 high school students and faculty from several school districts surrounding Bloomsburg showed up for a series of panels on issues on communication and diversity.

Of our English Department, Dr. Christina Francis gave one of the six versions of the final panel, designed to discuss the challenges and ways to navigate speaking out in their schools and communities.  Several of our English majors, including Nancy Zola, Kearstin Calhoun, Sarah M. Goulet, Brittany Stephenson, Jonathan Beaver, Alissa Heatherington, Morgan Mickavicz, Breyana Rolon, and Sherri Boyles, helped facilitate these final panels.  Additionally, another one of our majors, Angela Montaño, participated in the panel "Unity within Diversity."  Wonderful job, everyone!

Even more excitingly, the local news station, WBRE, featured a one-minute clip on the conference. Dr. Francis is a featured voice in this clip.  Please check it out here!