We know there are lots of budding authors out there, so this thread will be devoted to helping you make the connections you need to get your work out into the world. Anybody that's had anything published, feel free to share the avenues you took with everyone here, or if anyone hears of any contests or open calls, let us know. For our budding science-fiction/fantasy writers, Angela Way has sent me some links for submissions to Wizard Books:
Wizards of the Coast and
Independent Fiction Submissions
If fantasy fiction isn't your thing, don't forget about the call for undergraduate essays for the ALSC Newsletter that Prof. Hamlin forwarded to us:
Call for Papers by Undergraduates
The Association of Literary Scholars and Critics seeks contributions
from undergraduates for a column on literary topics it publishes
in the quarterly ALSC Newsletter. The column represents
an excellent opportunity for undergraduates to publish their
work to a national audience. Submissions may treat any aspect
of any of the world?s literatures, ancient or modern; should be
addressed to a well-read but general audience; and should run
to around a thousand words. Focus ought to be on primary
literature: endnotes?if any?ought to be wielded with a light
touch, and rendered according to the citation style outlined in
the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition). Lively critical appreciation
of the literature itself is especially welcome.
Submissions for consideration for the winter 2007 issue
(13.1) should be postmarked by December 1, 2006 and sent by
regular post to:
Dr. John Talbot
4023 JFSB
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
or by e-mail (not as an attachment) to:
John_Talbot@byu.edu
We certainly hope everyone had a fun, relaxing summer quarter! Tell us here what you read, movies you saw, places you went, things you did, or just use this forum to reconnect with all your English Club friends.
Also, don't forget our luncheon this coming Monday in the Coffeehouse at noon, where you can eat for free and reconnect with the club, and our outdoor movie night on Thursday the 28th at 7:00pm. Other than that, have a great first week back at school : )
The last thread's getting spammed out, so I'm going to close that one out. I'd like to announce a couple of upcoming events here. First we'll have a lunch Monday, September 25th to kickoff the year. Let's make a strong effort to get as many people there as possible- we need a lot of people to take over for those of us who are graduating soon. Don't forget Professor Hamlin's very generous offer of a complete Shakespeare to the person who brings in the most new members (I'm not sure how you would keep track, write it down I guess). Secondly, we're going to do our outdoor movie on Thursday, September 28th. The film scheduled, unless anyone has any other suggestions, is the very funny Young Frankenstein. Bring a blanket to sit on and some snacks, and we'll do the rest. There are other plans in the works, so we'll keep you posted!
Also, I figure we're close enough to the end of summer to discuss something serious. I'd like to use this thread to explore the same issue we'll be discussing for our academic roundtable. I'd like to get a feel for what everyone is thinking about it, and I thought it might be interesting to take some of the things posted on here and introduce them into the discussion. So, the debate is academic discourse and freedom of speech. The ideal classroom is one in which a student can freely express her opinion without reservation. But, it doesn't always happen that way; so we have to ask- are students covertly or overtly being intimidated from freely expressing their religious or political opinions? How can we create a classroom environment that values individual opinions but still remains cohesive? What about beliefs that simply don't fit in with what's being taught, i.e. biblical creationism in a class teaching evolution? How do we test someone who simply doesn't believe what they're being taught?