High school sophomores, juniors and seniors were invited onto campus for the English Festival, an intensive day of literary and writing activities. Students met with the guest author, attended workshops, discussed festival readings and competed in writing contests.
2013 Festival reading list
Students are encouraged to read the following works by Rebecca McClanahan prior to the festival:
The day's events featured an invigorating mix of impromptu writing, college-level discussions and sessions with the guest author.
Festival workshops
Other festival events
Poetry contest
Participants were invited to submit 1-3 of their poems for this contest. Poems should be typed, one to a page and include your name, address and school.
Poetry entries should be postmarked by March 15, 2013.
Entries should be sent to:
Dr. Jeff Gundy
Bluffton University
1 University Drive
Bluffton, OH 45817-2104
Prose contest
The prose contest includes three categories:
Prose entries should be postmarked by March 14, 2013
Entries for the prose contests should be sent to:
Cynthia Bandish
Bluffton University
1 University Drive
Bluffton, OH 45817-2104
If you are a high school sophomore, junior or senior interested in stretching your imagination and skills through encounters with literature and writing experiences, fill out a student registration form (available from the festival coordinator at your school) and return it to him/her with the $7 registration fee. This fee covers a cafeteria lunch and all festival events.
You will be notified of your registration status through your coordinator. Meanwhile, begin to get acquainted with the festival readings.
Winners of the poetry contest may be asked to present their poems to the festival audience in the final session; selected poems and essays will be published in a booklet distributed to all participating schools.
For more information, contact Lamar Nisly at nislyl@bluffton.edu
