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Lillian Fairchild Award returns, honors five artists
Five artists are the latest recipients of the distinguished Lillian Fairchild Award, a longstanding honor bestowed to residents of the Rochester area for meaningful contributions to art and literature.
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Call for submissions
We are now accepting entries for the 2024 University Literary Competition. Cash prizes will be awarded for creative fiction, humor writing and poetry.
The deadline to submit is Monday, April 29 at 3pm. Click the image for full guidelines & submission details.
INSPIRATION PROJECT
Inspiration Project anthology reading
Join us Thursday, April 25th at 6pm for our final anthology reading for the 2024 Inspiration Project. The collaborative effort pairs UR students with consumers served by CP Rochester to create original written works.
Refreshments will be served and the event is free and open to all.
UPCOMING EVENT
Celebrate semester's end with Writer's Lounge
The Writer's Lounge will be celebrating the end of the semester with a party! If you took a writing course, wrote something for class, or attended a reading, this party is for you!
There will be an open mic and free pizza on May 2 from 5-7pm in the Humanities Center Lounge.
126internships and research projects
In the last two years, undergraduates have completed 126 English Department honors theses, local and national internships, and independent research projects.
