UNT Department of English

😀It's that time of year! 😀 We're looking for a few dedicated graduate students to help our faculty do what they do best. Please reach out to [email protected] for any questions or info about these positions.

We're delighted to announce the winner of UNT's $10,000 2025 Rilke Prize for Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson's 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (from Farrar, Straus and Giroux). He is scheduled to visit campus to accept his award and read from his work on October 8th and 9th.

Click here for the full judges' citation: http://english.unt.edu/creative-writing/unt-rilke-prize.html

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The judges also selected three finalists for this year's Rilke Prize: Melissa Kwasny's 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑡ℎ (Milkweed Editions), Hadara Bar Nadav's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 (Four Way Books), and
V. Penelope Pelizzon's 𝐴 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑦𝑒 (Pitt Poetry).

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Hark! Our very own lecturer, Jonathan Duckworth, and a host of horror authors will descend upon Patchouli Joes to talk about their work and sign copies on Saturday, October 19, from noon to 4PM. Come out to support... if you dare! 🎃🦇

STUDY ABROAD OPPORTUNITY IN LONDON!! Spend 3 weeks in the literary capital of London and gather impressions, experiences, and material to use in your creative work! This course will immerse students in the poetic traditions, techniques, and communities of the United Kingdom as they generate and workshop new poems with their peers.

For more information about the program, visit studyabroad.unt.edu/FL and click on "THE UK: Poetry in London."

Kevin Prufer's THE FEARS has won the 2024 Rilke Prize!! This year marks the 13th anniversary of the UNT Rilke Prize, which recognizes an exceptional book written by a mid-career poet and published in the preceding year. The $10,000 prize has helped to establish UNT English as a national presence in the poetry world. Our judges had the difficult task of choosing among nearly 200 books of poetry to determine this year’s winner. Read the full judges' citation below or visit: https://english.unt.edu/creative-writing/unt-rilke-prize for more information on this year's winner!

🚨Tomorrow, May 25! Catch UNT Creative Writing alumni Amanda Churchill read from and sign copies of her debut novel, THE TURTLE HOUSE, at Patchouli Joe's from 12-3pm. For more information, visit: https://www.patchoulijoesbooks.com/event/author-visit-amanda-churchill

Special thanks to our dear friend and former colleague Barbara Rodman! This year, for the first time, Dr. Rodman was able to present an award which bears her namesake and exemplifies the type of academic mentorship that our faculty strive for here at UNT. She is a wonderful example of the hard work and dedication that goes into being a professor, and we loved having her here! 💕✨

Looking back at our English Department Awards Ceremony on Friday... everyone had a fantastic time! We are so proud of our students and faculty for everything they have accomplished!! Go mean green 💚🦅🥳

Shout out to Andrew Boryga for being a part of our Visiting Writers series! We had lots of great questions at his craft talk with Creative Writing professor Daniel Pena, and a wonderful reading and signing afterward.

We are honored to welcome Andrew Boryga to our campus next Wednesday, April 10th, for two events! He will be giving a Craft Talk and Q&A in Cury 103 at 4pm. Later that evening, he will be Reading and Signing from his debut novel, Victim, in Art 223 at 8pm.

Books will be for sale at the events. We hope to see you there!