PRWR: Towson University's Professional Writing Program

06/15/2019

Newsletter:

04/24/2019

Dear PRWR Students:

We’re happy to announce the continuation this year of fellowship for a PRWR student with a strong interest in creative writing. Anonymous donors have funded the Good Contrivance Fellowship, an award that allows a graduate student to spend two nights at a Carroll County farm and writer’s retreat. The award is intended to give a student-writer the solitude of a few days to finish or start a new project. The current award will fund a fellowship in FALL 2019.

Good Contrivance Farm, located in Carroll County near Reisterstown and Westminster, is a 501-c3 dedicated to encouraging literary culture and an appreciation of Maryland’s rural life. The farm is a working farm. The writer’s retreat is a renovated three-story loft apartment and part of the farm’s barn. Ron Tanner, an author who has published four books, runs the farm with his wife, Jill Eicher. For more information about the writer’s retreat, visit here.

A few stipulations:

• The winner must be an enrolled graduate student in PRWR at the time of the fellowship;

• The dates for the fellowship are subject to availability at Good Contrivance Farm and must be booked at least two months in advance.

• The fellowship is intended to give the student time away from pressures of work, family, roommates, or otherwise. Thus, no other visitors (or animals) can spend time with the student-writer at the retreat. The student must be able to take time away from any employment obligations.

• The student-writer will abide by the farm’s rules, which can be found on this page.

To apply, email to Geoff Becker ([email protected]) by May 10th, 2019:

• a writing sample of no more than 15 pages

• a letter of no more than two pages giving your reasons for wanting writing time to yourself and showing how you’ve made creative writing a significant part of your PRWR experience (through choice of classes, conference attendance, thesis work, etc.)

Please send all entry materials as PDFs. The winner will be chosen by the donors and announced later in May.

If you have any questions, please direct them to Geoff Becker.

03/11/2019

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02/04/2019

It’s the second week of classes, so let’s get those creative juices flowing!

Press 53’s 53-Word Story Contest is held every month with each submission due on the 21st of the month. You just have to write a story that’s 53 words long. This month’s theme is “the high road.”

The winner will be published in Prime Number Magazine and will receive a copy of Joseph Rein’s Roads without Houses.

The New Year brings a change: Deadline for entries is now the 21st day of each month. Winner will be announce on the first day of each month along with our new prompt.

01/28/2019

Good morning everybody! Hope you're all ready to spring into this new semester. Let's make it a good one!

09/04/2018

New from Tyler New:

I might have ended up across the Atlantic Ocean with an incipient white nationalist.

03/27/2018

We hope everyone had a wonderful Spring Break! To get those "write" brains working, here's something for the nonfiction writers out there:

Memoir Magazine wants to hear about your experiences with guns for their "Guns and People Nonfiction Essay Contest." Winners receive $350 and publication with Memoir Magazine. Winning submissions also get a note from the judges explaining why you're work was chosen. The deadline's April 30th.

Interested? Check out the contest for more details!

*Featured Image: "Stop The Violence- Gun" By Robert Francois and People Non Fiction Essay Contest! Now open for submissions. Deadline: April 30th, 2

02/28/2018

Hey writers! Are you an unpublished science fiction or fantasy writer? Do you like free things? Then check out the L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest. First place winners get $1000 and a chance to workshop with master writers in the genre.

That's not all; all winners are entered to win the L. Ron Hubbard Golden Pen Award and an additional $5000 cash prize! Second and third place winners get $750 and $500. And...there's no entry fee. The deadline is March 31, so what are you waiting for? Go check it out!

L. Ron Hubbard’s Writers of the Future Contest is an opportunity for new writers of science fiction and fantasy to have their work judged by some of the masters in the field and discovered by a wide audience.

12/06/2017

Just a reminder to come see Dr. Halcyon Lawrence speak TODAY at 4pm in LA3114 on "User-Centered Design and End User License Agreements!" See you there!

12/02/2017

Mark your calendars for Dr. Halcyon Lawrence's talk on "User-Centered Design and End User License Agreements!" Come to watch an excellent speaker and to meet our newest PRWR faculty! 4pm in LA3114! See you there!

11/20/2017

Sound off! How many PRWR students do you know participating in this month? Ten days left! Let us know how you're doing!