Graduate Reading this Thursday!

Graduate Reading, this Thursday, October 27th! At the Gage Gallery! Coffee and Cake at 5:00. Reading starts at 5:30!  

WHAT A LINEUP!

 

Heather Cox. Published Poet, Founding Editor at Ghost Ocean Magazine, Chronic Hugger!

Adam Morgan. Fiction Writer, Published Author, Chronic Hiker!

Arielle Nelson. Published Poet, Full Time Working Machine, Chronic Creeper!

Kim Robbins Oclon. Fiction Writer, teacher, Chronic Smiler!

Lauren Stacks. Fiction Writer, Roosevelt Professor, Chronic Florist!

Watch in amazement as they read from their carefully constructed theses! Celebrate their hard work! And then show them the love they deserve! Check out more event details here! 

Morgan Hiking Book Published

Here's something that happened this summer that you should know about! Recent Roosevelt MFA Grad, and former Graduate Assistant and Oyez Review Editor, Adam Morgan, recently had a book published by FalconGuides, in the Best Hikes Near series! Best Hikes Near Chicago details the best hikes within an hour's drive of the greater Chicago area!

Each featured hike includes hike specs, hiking descriptions, directional cues, and a detailed map! Find it at your bookstore today! And then go hiking! Adam Morgan is currently writing, editing, and reviewing in Chicago. He also has a comedy script in development at Fox!

Adam Morgan Brings Home the Prize

2009's New York Television Festival brought fame--and a hefty cash prize--to our very own Adam Morgan, who is in his second year in the MFA program. His pilot script for a television series, "Liberal Arts," was chosen from over 700 entries and 25 finalists to win the Fox/Proctor&Gamble comedy script contest. Adam, whose concentration is in fiction-writing, took a screenplay course at Roosevelt this past summer, and after he caught wind of the NYTVF contest, wrote the "Liberal Arts" script in less than a week! Not only did Adam's big win help to draw national attention to Roosevelt's writing programs, the pilot is likely to be produced by Fox--with the possibility of the rest of the season to follow!

Congrats to Adam from everyone here at Roosevelt University's creative writing program!

To check out Roosevelt's press release click here.

Follow Adam's personal blog, Mount Helicon.

This Year's Oyez Interns Finalized

The image above is slightly misleading, as only one intern is pictured. She's the one dressed to match Issue 36.

With Issue 36 in the can, publisher Janet Wondra has officially announced the student interns for 2009.

Spring Term: Yvonne Strumecki

Yvonne will help coordinate Oyez's presence at February's AWP Conference, in addition to the upcoming Oyez reading series (dates and times soon).

Summer Term: Jamie Winger

Jamie will work on increasing our circulation and marketing initiatives, as well as getting the word out about 2009 submissions.

Fall Term: Adam Morgan

Adam will serve as editor in chief for Issue 37.

Congrats to all the interns! Somewhere, Captain Oyez is smiling.