SUNY New Paltz English Department

04/18/2025

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It’s almost time for the CELEBRATION OF WRITING DAY (COW)! This event celebrates student writing across multiple genres, Creative Writing, Nonfiction, Journalism, Memoir, Academic Writing and Poetry!

There’s still time to submit! The final, revised submission deadline is Monday, April 21, 2025.

Celebration of Writing Day (COW) will take place on Friday, May 2nd, from 3:30-5:00 p.m., in the library lobby. All students who submit work are invited to read an excerpt of their writing. Awards of distinction will be given to the most outstanding submissions.

SUBMIT WORK HERE: https://sunynp-my.sharepoint.com/personal/deiudicj_newpaltz_edu/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?p=26&s=aHR0cHM6Ly9zdW55bnAtbXkuc2hhcmVwb2ludC5jb20vOmY6L2cvcGVyc29uYWwvZGVpdWRpY2pfbmV3cGFsdHpfZWR1L0V1TzVGck1rcE9CQ215WkdOYkNiZkhnQm0wYlZxVHQyaXhSb2JBdUMxemlNNUE

04/16/2025

In honor of National Poetry Month, please join us! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AHoXARhFi/

POEM IN YOUR POCKET: Hear the poetic talents of our campus community this Friday at 3 p.m. with the annual Poem in Your Pocket celebration at the Sojourner Truth Library.

Date: April 18, 2025
Time: 3:00pm
Location: Sojourner Truth Library

LINK:https://sites.newpaltz.edu/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2025/04/PIYP-day-event.pdf

04/09/2025

04/03/2025

The latest Shawangunk Review, Volume 36 is here! Enjoy the work of our wonderful English graduate students, faculty, poets, and friends, including Timothy Liu, Thomas Festa, David Dear, Tim Brennan, Susan Chute, and many more! https://hawksites.newpaltz.edu/sr36/

04/03/2025

Join us on Wednesday, 4/9, 3:30-5 in the Honors Center (College Hall) for an Alumni panel focusing on careers in publishing! It will feature three of our outstanding graduates talking about their experiences in the industry.

03/31/2025

English Graduate Program Symposium is TODAY- April 3rd!

The English department is thrilled to announce that award-winning author Ben Lerner will be reading from his work, answering questions, and signing books on Thursday, April 3 in the CSB auditorium at 7:30 pm. Lerner is the author of several volumes of poetry and three novels, including The Topeka School (2019), which won the Los Angeles Times Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

Lerner is the keynote speaker for our 37th English Graduate Symposium, for which ten of our graduate students will present papers and creative works on three panels in the Dorsky Museum beginning at 1:30 pm.

Please join us for some or all of this fabulous event!

Co-coordinators Mary Holland and Kris Jansma

03/27/2025

Did you order your cap and gown yet?
THE DEADLINE IS APRIL 1, 2025!

Place your order today so you have your cap and gown, class ring and anything else for graduation!

LINK: https://colleges.herffjones.com/college/SUNYNewPaltz/

03/27/2025

10/29/2024

OPEN MIC TONIGHT! https://www.facebook.com/share/p/fqJhJgSyQTBwDJ3x/

TODAY: The New Paltz Poetry Club is hosting a Halloween Open Mic! 🎤 👻🎤 All students are welcome to come express yourself through poetry or music in HUM 214 starting at 7:00pm!

🔗 Link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBf6q06R6_V/?igsh=Njd1YW01ZTF4NTJi