Events

Annual Events

Each year, the Missouri State English Department sponsors the following events:

• Children’s Literature Festival
  Event features local and regional children’s and young adult authors and illustrators.

• Moon City Reading Series
  Series is held twice a semester and features English Department faculty and outstanding students reading in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Contact is Michael Czyzniejewski.

• Soul of a Poet Reading Series
  Held once a semester and featuring writers from Missouri State and the surrounding communities reading in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. Contact is Jen Murvin.

• Undergraduate Literature Conference
  Offers students the opportunity to present their work at a professional conference, helping them to develop as writers, researchers, and public speakers. All students wishing to present must submit an application to Dr. Lanya Lamouria, Coordinator of the Literature Program. The 2019 conference will be held on April 5-6th in PSU 317. View the 2019 conference schedule.

• STC Regional Student Conference
  The STC Regional Student Conference is an event designed to connect students with a variety of speakers in the technical and professional writing field. The 2019 conference will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2019.