Westminster College English Program

04/02/2026

I’m sure this is how Noni feels.

01/24/2022

_ellipsis...literature and art_, the literary magazine published by the college, sponsors two writing contests, one for prose and one for poetry. Both will be judged by writer Carolyn Forche. Prize is $100, publication in ellipsis, and a featured reading at the virtual debut on April 22,2022. You must be a Westminster Student with a Westminster email address to submit. Include your name, address, email, and phone number on your submission. Contest will be judged by Carolyn Forche.

Poetry Submissions: https://ellipsis.submittable.com/submit/e217da4d-8119-4b60-8951-08609b249daf/westminster-student-poetry-contest-2022

Prose Submissions: https://ellipsis.submittable.com/submit/5f32cf1a-539f-45a4-a926-56269a510070/westminster-student-prose-contest-2022

Students may submit one prose piece up to 3,000 words. Note on the submission whether it is fiction or nonfiction. You must be a Westminster Student with a Westminster email address to submit. Include your name, address, email, and phone number on your submission. Prize is $100, publication in ellip...

09/18/2021

https://washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/september-october-2021/the-secret-lives-of-english-majors/?fbclid=IwAR1c6WnvGLxFdHxDwXsmvE87JIbB8zf67nc5HyqDakUUFFi5ZTT1xLRSCvQ

Unlike their STEM peers, Black and white humanities graduates earn about the same. How did that happen?

04/25/2021

Congratulations to Westminster English alum Katie Panushka for the publication of her poem “April 17, 2018: A Brief History of Gynecological Surgery.” This is why English majors make good doctors!

Katie writes:

“I am so honored to have my poem selected for Spring Issue of Intima: a Journal of Narrative Medicine. It was published today! WOO!

As a future ObGyn, it is imperative for me to acknowledge the brutal and dehumanizing history of this field that I love and admire so much. In order to promote the health, well-being, and self-determination of black people, Indigenous people, and other people of color it is imperative to dismantle the racism that exists in medicine! This starts with acknowledgement and awareness so that we can move towards redemptive and healing actions.”

https://www.theintima.org/april-17-2018-a-brief-history-of-gynecological-surgery?fbclid=IwAR1loMM9NIKRUND66cEeC4-rbQLl1yU3d5svBeJYQTgsgEaIbu4tw_fjs6I

The screams of my grandmother, my great aunts, forgotten sisters are inscribed on the scars that they carried “I am not a petri dish yet I am the fertile ground on which colonies grow.I am the flesh that ensured the steadiness of your knifeask of your fatherswhere would they be if Sims and the men...

04/21/2021

Westminster's Board with Friends tabletop gaming club is raising money to contribute to the development of Coyote and Crow, a tabletop role-playing game developed by Native American game designers, set in a future in which the Americas were never colonized. The designers are donating copies of the game to libraries and schools on Native American nations. Board with Friends will purchase additional copies to donate to Native American organizations specifically in Utah.
Information about how to make a donation can be found at https://cutt.ly/BwFundraiser.

04/16/2021

Check out the presentations for the Westminster College Undergraduate Research Conference, including a fabulous keynote by Dr. Noël Voltz.

The 2021 Undergraduate Conference is a virtual showcase of the important, high-level research Westminster undergraduate students have done. Students across various academic programs and schools participated with the approval of their faculty sponsor. Take a moment to explore all of the interesting p...

03/15/2021

If you’re a current Westminster undergraduate, submit a proposal for this year’s Undergraduate Research Conference! This year’s virtual conference will launch April 16, and the proposal deadline os March 26. More information and the proposal form are available at https://westminstercollege.edu/academics/undergraduate-conference/index.html. Work does not have to be completed to present it.

Westminster's Undergraduate Conference gives students the opportunity to share their research with the campus community.

03/09/2021

After one year hiatus, our annual S*x Positive Week is back! This year we’re partnering up with Utah Humanities, The R**e Recovery Center, and the Theater Department to celebrate masculinity in its many forms! (Except for the toxic ones.)

02/16/2021

Join Westminster's new tabletop gaming club Board with Friends to connect with other players of role-playing, board, and card games in a supportive and inclusive environment. We will hold a kick-off meeting Wednesday, February 24, 7:00 MST on Zoom. RSVP for the Zoom link at https://cutt.ly/boardfriends.

10/21/2020

Westminster English alum W***y Palomo says, “Utah Artists of Color and Artists with Disabilities. If you're interested in affinity groups with other artists of color/artists with disabilities in Utah, fill out this survey by Utah Arts and Museums!”

Utah Arts & Museums is planning a series of virtual networking opportunities and we want your opinion on what would be valuable to you. These virtual networking calls will be facilitated discussions led by Arts & Museums Staff Members or experts in the field. The goal of these calls is to have space...

10/02/2020

Salt Lake Community College announces its fifth annual Community Writing Anthology. Submissions are open to high school students, SLCC students, community partners, and others who connect with SLCC-sponsored services like the SLCC Community Writing Center!