Category: Our Opportunities

Do you like free money? Just apply!

February 18, 2015 by amisare1

Last year, the department awarded over $11,000 to outstanding students. This year, we want more applicants than ever before! Apply by Monday, March 9, 2015, and show us why you deserve to receive scholarship money and recognition. Undergraduate scholarships Barry Wright Memorial Scholarship If you like to write poetry, this is the scholarship for you! Previous winners: 2014: […]

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Seeking Writers and Storytellers for The Facing Depression Project

January 21, 2015 by amisare1

Are you currently battling depression? Have you been diagnosed with depression? Do you want to make a difference? We’re excited to tell you about Facing Depression: a collaboration between Ball State University and The Facing Project. Facing Depression hopes to inspire a dialogue around depression—an issue that touches so many lives in our community, yet is […]

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Winner of this writing contest will read with faculty on 1/28

January 14, 2015 by amisare1

Do you enjoy writing? Do you enjoy winning prizes? Do you want to read with Ball State faculty? This is the opportunity for you! You can’t win if you don’t enter.

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We’re sponsoring 7 students to attend Taylor’s Making Literature Conference

November 10, 2014 by Cathy Day

We’re excited about the “Making Literature” Conference at Taylor University (February 26-28, 2015), and we want to make sure that a group of Ball State English students presents (and represents!) at the conference. This is an amazing opportunity to share your work, hear great readings from amazing guest speakers (Jessie van Eerden, Angela Shannon, Scott […]

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Rename our department newsletter. Win fabulous prizes.

October 16, 2014 by Cathy Day

By Cathy Day, Assistant Chair of Operations Let us consider the alumni magazine. A few times a year, I receive my alumni magazine, and I always, always read it. I went to DePauw University (2000 students), and the magazine is called…wait for it…The DePauw. A few times a year, my husband receives his alumni magazine, and […]

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English Student Daniel Brount discusses his experiences in Ball State’s Unified Media

April 22, 2014 by bsuenglish

When people ask me what I’m going to do with my English major, sometimes I don’t know what to say. And before you think it: No, it is not because there aren’t any options for me. It’s because there are too many. By working as a part of Ball State’s Unified Media, I’m exploring several […]

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Paid Internships Available for BSU Students at Midwest Writers Workshop 2014

March 17, 2014 by bsuenglish

Midwest Writers Workshop is offering eight paid internships to current Ball State students (or Spring 2014 graduates) so that you can professionally benefit from our summer workshop in July 2014. MWW is an annual writers’ conference which gathers agents, editors, and publishing professionals, and which includes 35+ concurrent panels on the craft and business of […]

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Applications for the New York Arts Program Due March 31

January 30, 2014 by bsuenglish

Today’s post is written by Professor Cathy Day, Ball State University’s campus liaison for the New York Arts Program. Learn more about the program and how to apply in the post below.

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Dr. Lyn Jones Invites You To Participate in CityWrite

October 18, 2013 by bsuenglish

October 20th is the official National Day on Writing, and CityWrite is a week-long experience in Indianapolis that encourages people to write. You can attend one of many public CityWrite sessions or submit your writing online. CityWrite is happening now, from October 14-20 in Indianapolis. Read below to find out more about CityWrite! In the last few years, […]

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Cathy Day Discusses Her Involvement with Midwest Writers Workshop

September 13, 2013 by bsuenglish

This past July, Midwest Writers Workshop (MWW) gathered for their annual conference at Ball State University. Through the help of a grant from the Discovery Group, many Ball State students had the pleasure of attending this conference as scholarship winners and paid interns. Brittany Means, one of the attending students, received the award for best poetry manuscript, as well […]

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