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Mission Statement:
The Frostburg Center for Creative Writing provides
a variety of opportunities in the literary arts for the greater
Frostburg community (the Western Maryland panhandle, the Eastern
WV panhandle, and Southwestern Pennsylvania) including access to
living writers, writing workshops, and radio programming, as well
as publication of a national literary journal (Nightsun)
with significant distribution to area schools and a website with
dedicated pages for educators to use with the journal.
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Welcome
Housed in Tawes 215, The Frostburg Center for Creative
Writing works to bring creative writing and writers to both Frostburg
State University and the greater Frostburg community, including sections
of Western Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
For information on the center's activities, download
our newsletter, The Writer's Notepad
(downloadable PDF file). The center's activities include bringing writers
to campus for public readings, workshops, and discussions; the publication
and distribution of the national literary journal Nightsun; production
of Oasis, a short weekly radio program on WFWM; a reading space
with contemporary literary journals and access to a selection of the Lannan
videos featuring writers such as Li-Young Lee, Adrienne Rich, Louise Gluck,
and Octavio Paz; and literary opportunities for students and community
members.
Click Here for a list of our
donors.
Future goals for the center include the development of
a creative writing house where visiting writers, students and community
members could gather which would include a reading library of journals
and books of contemporary literature; an annual writing conference; community
workshops and internships; writing contests for area high school students;
and creative writing forums/salons during which visiting and local writers
would discuss a particular topic with community members and students.
Cosponsored by:
The Allegany Arts Council and The Allegany County Library
System
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Fall
2008-Spring 2009
Readings & Events
September:
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9/8
7:30 pm
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Ed Ochester reading in
FSU's Cook Chapel in Frostburg, MD |
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9/21
1-3 pm
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Poetry Tea featuring Shane
Riggs at the Saville Art Gallery in Cumberland, MD |
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10/2
7 pm
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Banned Book Reading on
the 5th floor of the FSU Library in Frostburg, MD |
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10/9
8 pm
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Poetry Slam at Dante's
in Frostburg, MD |
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10/19
1-3 pm
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Poetry Tea featuring
Jennifer Merrifield at the Saville Art Gallery in Cumberland,
MD |
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10/21
7:30 pm
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Susan Perabo Reading
in FSU's Cook Chapel in Frostburg, MD |
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10/28
7 pm
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Spooky Short Story
Contest Reading in FSU's Lane Center in Frostburg, MD |
November:
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11/4
1-3 pm
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Barbara Hurd reading
at Main Street Books in Frostburg, MD |
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11/16
1-3 pm
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Poetry Tea featuring
Brad Barkley at the Saville Art Gallery in Cumberland, MD |
December:
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12/21
1-3 pm
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Special Children's
Christmas Poetry Tea at the Saville Art Gallery in Cumberland,
MD |
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