Strumecki Poem in Award Winning Anthology

Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire, an anthology that features Roosevelt's Yvonne Strumecki's poem, Dream Girl, has won, not one, but two Indie Book Awards! Award Winner in the Anthology Category and Second Place Grand Prize Winner in Non-fiction books, the Next Generation Book Awards is open to independent authors and publishers worldwide! It is the largest not-for-profit book award program for Indie publishers! How cool is that?

You know what else is cool? The anthology itself. Midwest Book Review says, “Thoughtful with black and white photography scattered throughout to accentuate the feeling, Touching is an anthology that will inspire the senses and remind readers of the fire of humanity." Humanity is the best! Congratulate Yvonne when you see her and check out the book here!

Strumecki and York to read at ACM Salon

Current Roosevelt MFA student, Yvonne Strumecki, and recent alum, Alexander York, will be reading at Another Chicago Magazine's April Fool's Day Salon this Friday, April 1st!  Alexander has a poem published in ACM's Chicago issue, 50.1, along with a large variety of Chicago writers.  Yvonne's poem will be published in the second part of ACM's Chicago extravaganza, coming soon!

Joining them at the salon will be the likes of Patrick Culliton, Jen Moore, and Ryan Kenealy.  There will be free drinks and cookies and fun and a $10 suggested donation.  Doors open at 8:00 and the event starts at 9:00!

The crowd will be capped at 80 peeps, so RSVP now at: editors@anotherchicagomagazine.net

And check out the Facebook event page for more details!  Don't be a fool this April Fool's Day!  Instead, come to ACM's April Fool's Day Salon!

Strumecki's Dream Girl anthologized

MFA student Yvonne Strumecki's poem (Dream Girl) is going to be published in an anthology titled "Touching: Poems of Love, Longing, and Desire" by Fearless Books. Here's a link to their page.

Congrats, Yvonne!

MFA Student Named Staff Writer for Newspaper

Congratulations to one of our Creative Nonfiction students, Yvonne Strumecki, on her promotion to the position of staff writer for Roosevelt University's Torch newspaper. Pick up an issue of the weekly publication to check out some of her writing!

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.