Indiana University South Bend Department of English

We're riding high from last night's MA Thesis Exhibition. Here are photos from a fabulous night.

MA Thesis Exhibition photos Last night was the MA Thesis Exhibition, and our grad students rocked it! Here are photos from a fabulous night. The Deadline Team Brooke Kertai, Aubren Kubicki, Jessie Jimenez Graduate program dir…

Wow! Poets & Writers with this shout-out to our own 42 Miles Press! Congrats to editor David Dodd Lee and all the wonderful poets published over the years!

Founded at Indiana University, 42 Miles Press publishes “stirring, daring” poetry and still prints books with offset press technology. Read about this small press that encourages writers to send work “you might be afraid to send elsewhere (because you think it is too out there)”: at.pw.org/42MilesPress

Brooke Kertai is another of our graduate students who will present at the Thesis Exhibition this week! Learn more about her here:

Spring 2026 Featured Graduate: Brooke Kertai “Being in college is all about growing, and the only way to grow as a person and as an intellectual is to do everything you can with the time you have.” Interviewed by Aubren Kubicki Pl…

Jessie Jimenez is one of our graduating MA students who will present at the exhibition on Wednesday. Get to know her here:

Spring 2026 Featured Graduate: Jessie Jimenez “I didn’t realize how much participating in extra-curricular activities would help me receive certain opportunities and form friendships with the amazing people in my cohort.” Int…

Another Student Writing Awards in the books! The room was packed with a terrific crowd of students, families, friends, faculty, staff, administrators, and alums. The 2026 Analecta was revealed! This year’s awards judge Jonathan Johnson gave a transportive reading of his poetry. This post begins with a video of Jonathan reading a poem about the loss of a pet dog (get your tissues out!), then we share other lots of other photos from the night!

Photos from the 2026 Student Writing Awards Another Student Writing Awards in the books! The room was packed with a terrific crowd of students, families, friends, faculty, staff, administrators, and alums. The 2026 Analecta was revealed! Thi…

Tomorrow (Thurs 4/23) is the Student Writing Awards event! Here's an interview with the Analecta editor and writing award-winner Aubren Kubicki!

Student Writing Awards 2026: An Interview with Aubren Kubicki Aubren won first place in the Graduate Nonfiction category for their piece, “A Portrait of the Author as a Father’s Child”.Interview by Sef Stone What does winning this award mean…

Look our students go! English BA & MA students sharing their research and creative work!

Photos from the 2026 Undergraduate Research Conference and Graduate Symposium Congratulations to all who shared their research and creative work at the 2026 Graduate Symposium and the Undergraduate Research Conference! Once again, English was well represented! The Deadline T…

Lots of events coming up, starting with the Graduate Symposium tonight!

English Major’s Guide to: End-of-year events! There’s a LOT going on in the final weeks of the semester. Here’s your guide to events where English majors and Master’s students will be featured! The Deadline Team Graduate Symp…

As the Student Writing Awards event approaches, we're interviewing our writing award winners. Here's our interview with Moun Mabret, who won first place in the Graduate Fiction category!

Student Writing Awards 2026: An Interview with Moun Mrabet Moun won first place in the Graduate Fiction category for his short story “The Last Beat.” Congratulations, Moun! Interviewed by Aubren Kubicki What does winning this award mean to you?…

Bowling night was a blast!

Pictures from Bowling Night Thanks to everyone who came out for our THIRD annual English Department bowling night! Here are some pics! The Deadline Team