James Owens at IU South Bend 11/20/08

Here's a quick clip of a very short poem:



History of the Moon

Nights go, sitting up
to tend this flame:

not the center,
where it burns fat and yellow

--the edge,
thin, blue and infinite.

(from Frost Lights a Thin Flame, Mayapple 2007)

Blog has relocated

The IUSB Creative Writing blog has permanently moved to: http://iusbcreativewriting.wordpress.com/

All videos will be posted here at blogger until further notice.

To DO: Check out the New Blog...& go to Fiddler's Hearth

Here's your to-do list for Spring Break:

1. Check out the really, really new IUSB CW Blog at its new home: http://iusbcreativewriting.wordpress.com/

(Feel free to leave feedback. The main goal was to have a site with tabs for more info and static content. Still working it out.)

2. Report to Fiddler's Hearth, Wed. 3/12 at 7:00. Bring a friend or foe.

And the Winners are...

Congratulations to the following winners of the First-Ever IUSB CW Blog Writing Contest:

WINNERS: RYAN SMITH AND CHARMI KERANEN
HONORABLE MENTION: ERIC GINGERICH

Despite the promise of no prizes, all three winners will receive $5 gift certificates to (where else?) The Chicory Café!

Thanks to all who participated. We loved reading all of the entries and are happy to report that we think we've got some of the most talented writers around. While each judge voted for several entries, the winners were those entries that received the most votes from judges.

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Let’s get together at the Fiddler’s Hearth over Spring Break!
7:00 p.m., Wednesday, 3/12
Pass it around…

First IUSB Blog Writing CONTEST! ~~~~~~~~~~~ submit by Friday at noon

We're going to try something a little different: We're going to have a IUSB BLOG WRITING CONTEST. Dedicated blog readers should take a moment from exam review and paper-writing to WRITE A VERY SHORT STORY (200 words max) based on the following prompt.

Post your story to the comments section before 12:00 noon on Friday 3/8. Winners to be decided by anonymous creative writing teachers and posted later that afternoon. Winners will be listed on the blog and will receive warmest wishes for a wonderful spring break.

So, here's the first contest prompt:

Write a 200-word short story that begins with the following line:

"When I came home from school for lunch my father was wearing a backpack made of stone."


(first line originally from Aimee Bender's story, "The Girl in the Flammable Skirt")

Greg Rappleye's reading: pictures and video!

Greg reads from his poem, "Caller, What is your Question?"

Greg Rappleye TONIGHT!

Thursday, Feb. 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Join us in the lounge on the third floor of Wiekamp Hall for a reading and discussion with the poet, Greg Rappleye.
In the meantime, check out his blog. Just click this link: http://sonnetsat4am.blogspot.com/