Creative Writing

2020-21 Events Calendar

All events are free and open to the public, unless noted otherwise.
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	Spring 2021 Virtual Event Series	Date, Time (EST), Location
	MFA Thesis Reading I	Thursday, March 11 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link TBA>
	A Reading with Visiting Writer Ladee Hubbard	Thursday, March 18 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link TBA>
	MFA Thesis Reading II	Thursday, March 25 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link TBA>
	MFA Thesis Reading III	Thursday, April 8 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link TBA>
	MFA Thesis Reading IV	Thursday, April 15 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link TBA>

	Fall 2020 Virtual Event Series	Date, Time (EST), Location
	Reading & Book Launch of Leave It as It Is with David Gessner	Tuesday, August 11 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link here>
	A Reading with Visiting Writer Toni Jensen and Q&A with David Gessner	Thursday, September 17 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link here> pw: 808939
	Reading & Book Launch of Smaller Songs with Anna Lena Phillips Bell <more>	Thursday, September 24 7:00 p.m. <via Zoom; link here> pw: 918910
	Writers' Week 2020	Monday, November 2 — Friday, November 6 <virtual>
	BFA Thesis Reading	Tuesday, November 24 5:00 p.m. <via Zoom invitation>
	Fall 2020 Creative Writing Undergraduate Department Commencement Ceremony	Saturday, December 12 11:30 a.m. <via Zoom invitation>
	Fall 2020 UNCW Commencement	Saturday, December 12 1:00 p.m. <virtual>

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2019-20 Events

Spring 2020 Events	Date, Time, Location
A Reading with Visiting Writer Kim Barnes	Thursday, February 20 7:00 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
A Reading with Visiting Assistant Professor Melody Moezzi	Monday, March 2 7:00 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
UNCW responds to coronavirus uncw.edu/coronavirus	Spring Break extended through 3/20 Classes resume 3/23 via online format
MFA Thesis Reading I (Gilbert, Howard, Murphy, Stephenson, Roa) —CANCELLED—	Thursday, March 19 7:00 p.m. Morton Auditorium 100
MFA Thesis Reading II (Fulcher, Loving, Musick, Spiegel, Thies) —CANCELLED—	Thursday, March 26 7:00 p.m. Morton Auditorium 100
MFA Thesis Reading III (Abrahamson, Culler, Olson, Taube, White) —CANCELLED—	Thursday, April 2 7:00 p.m. Morton Auditorium 100
A Reading with Novelist Wiley Cash —co-sponsored with the UNCW Department of English— —CANCELLED—	Thursday, April 16 7:00 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
FlashLIT Writing Contest Celebration of Winners! 1st Place: E.J. Schwartz (MFA '21) an Earth Day Mash-Up —a UNCW Randall Library event—	Thursday, April 23 5:30 p.m. Virtual via Zoom click here for more information
MFA Thesis Reading (Culler, Gilbert, Loving, Olson, Spiegel, Taube)	Thursday, May 7 7:00 p.m. Virtual via Zoom invitation
Spring 2020 UNCW Commencement —postponed to December 2020—	Saturday, December 12 9:30 a.m. <virtual>

Fall 2019 Events	Date, Time, Location
University Closure—Hurricane Dorian uncw.edu/dorian	September 3—7
*Chautauqua* Issue 17 "Moxie" Release Celebration	Thursday, September 19 7:00 p.m. Flying Machine Brewery 3130 Randall Pkwy
Adapting to the Storms: A Conversation about Wilmington and the Cape Fear Region after Florence	Tuesday, September 24 6:30 p.m. UNCW CMS Auditorium <Facebook event>
An Evening of Poetry with Meg Day	Thursday, September 26 7:00 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111 <Facebook event>
A Reading with Carson Vaughan & Johannes Lichtman —The Kenan Distinguished Professor Reading Series—	Thursday, October 24 7:00 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
2019 Writers' Week	Monday, November 4 - Friday, November 8 various UNCW venues
Thirsty Tome 2019 'Food for Thought' featuring Sayantani Dasgupta & Jason Frye (MFA '05) —a UNCW Randall Library event—	Wednesday, November 20 6:30-8:00 p.m. Sherman Hayes Gallery Randall Library, 1st Floor
BFA Thesis Reading (CRW 496-001: Bass)	Wednesday, December 4 7:00-9:00 p.m. Kenan Hall 1111
Fall 2019 UNCW Graduation: The 'big' ceremony for the College of Arts and Sciences uncw.edu/commencement/events	Saturday, December 14 9:30 a.m., Trask Coliseum
Fall 2019 Creative Writing Graduation: The departmental ceremony for undergraduate and graduate students uncw.edu/commencement/Receptions	Saturday, December 14 11:30 a.m., Kenan Hall Lobby

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