CWL Co-Chairman Matt Donovan has two forthcoming publications in poetry and lyric essay.
GLYPH 2015
posted by Nicholas Beckman
Glyph 2015 will be unveiled at the Glyph Gala, 7 p.m., Tuesday, May 5 in O’Shaughnessy Performance Center, with readings, music and refreshments.
Dana Levin Departs
posted by Nick Martinez
The woman, the poet, the teacher: Jackalope Magazine talks to departing CWL co-chair Dana Levin about her tenure with the department, as well as the colleagues and students who will miss her.
2015 Glazner Contest Winners
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With students from 87 high schools across the country submitting 140 entries to the 2015 Glazner Prize for Creative Writing, competition was fierce. This year’s winners were announced this week, chosen by SFUAD’s Creative Writing and Literature Department co-chairs Matt Donovan and Dana Levin. Named for the founder of the Creative Writing Program, Greg Glazner, the Glazner contest was conceived as a way to engage creative writing high school students across the country with SFUAD’s Creative Writing Department. Winners receive publication of their award-winning writing in Jackalope. Additionally, the first place winner receives an iPad with retina display; second place receives a Kindle Fire; and third place receives a $50 Amazon gift card. And the winners are… Alexandra Spensley is a junior at Avon Lake High School in Ohio. She was named a finalist in the Sierra Nevada College High School Writing Contest, and her recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in Cadaverine, The Postscript Journal, Canvas Lit, and Crashtest. Her writing has also received recognition from the Live Poets Society of New Jersey and Vincennes University. Read her award-winning piece, “Portrait of a City.” Joseph Jordan-Johnson is a senior at Oak Park and River Forest High School in Illinois, who says she doesn’t take herself “very seriously—I’m not entirely sure if this is good or bad. I enjoy long walks on the beach and effective discourse on racial equality in America. I believe the written word is the most raw form of communication, stripping narratives of the language that makes them whole, and creating art within the shells you made. Also, I’m irrationally in love with Beyonce.” Read his award-winning piece. “Hair.” Emily Zhang is a high school junior from Richard Montgomery High School in Maryland. Her writing has been recognized by the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the Poetry Society of England, the Sierra Nevada Review, and Princeton University. She enjoys watching reality television. Read her award-winning piece, “History of Navigation.”...
Advice for Finals
posted by Ryan Sindon
Finals week is usually the most stressful time of year for most college students. There is, however, light at the end of the tunnel, as students will receive a four-week break at the end of the week. Now to get through that week. In preparation, Jackalope tapped Creative Writing and Literature Department Co-chair Matt Donovan and Academic Advisor Elecia Hadley to share some helpful information for finals. This is the advice we received: Survive the week. Students are burned out and most of your professors realize that, as Donovan put it, “Don’t throw in the towel early. Earn the break—it’ll make the holidays that much sweeter.” Sleep is important. “Don’t cram two days in a row, space your sleep and study,” Hadley says. Know your class. Each course requires something different of students. Know what is needed to get the grade you want. Recognize your own study habits. Know what works best for you. If you need to move around every so often, do some push ups or jumping jacks to get some energy out. Use study groups. They can be really helpful and studying with a group of people can make getting through those late nights a little bit easier. Prepare for exams. Knowing your professor can help you predict what might be on your final. “From my own college years, I can remember lots of milling around in the dorm hallways, trying to figure out what would the exam might look like, and what would be emphasized,” Donovan says. “Then, there was always lots of pizza. Pizza has to help too, yeah?” Be aware of your testing area. According to Hadley, “Studying in an environment that resembles your testing area will make you more successful. For example, you will do better if you study in a...
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