Writing News

Find more info and interviews with MTSU creative writers and guests on the In Process blog.

Creative Writing Events (MTSU & local)

• Raiders Write, a creative writing club, meets every Monday in KUC 314 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. We provide a space to get to know other writers and take some time out of a busy week to sit down and write, along with regular writing sprints and opportunities for critique. Throughout the semester we’re also hosting a few workshops to discuss providing constructive criticism, novel writing, world building, and dialogue. We’re open to writers at all different points in their journey, so if you’re interested, stop by or join our Discord.

*For information about the MTSU Poetry Society, contact MTSUPoetry@gmail.com, or scan the flyer below.

Calls for Student Writing

• Scientia is now accepting submissions for its 2025 issue. Scientia Et Humanitas publishes graduate and undergraduate academic research. Submissions are open to all MTSU students and recent graduates from any discipline. For guidelines and information on how to submit, visit their website. Spring 2025 Submission Deadline: Friday, February 7, 2025.
• The Margaret H. Ordoubadian University Writing Center’s arts magazine, Off Center, is accepting submissions from members of the MTSU community. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are all welcome to submit. Please send your creative writing, poetry, digital art, photography, scripts, and prose to offcenter@mtsu.edu. We will accept up to five poems or two prose pieces with a maximum of 20 pages. Visit their website for guidelines. Submission Deadline: January 20, 2025. 

• Tipping Point: Ecofiction for Tomorrow’s World seeks submissions that engage the wider Tennessee community in critical conversations about climate change through the genre of speculative fiction. The anthology will feature thought-provoking, imaginative, and emotionally resonant ecofiction that explores the environmental, social, political, and personal impacts of our changing planet. Regardless of their specific focus, each piece of flash fiction (100-1500 words) will be rooted in the experiences, concerns, and hopes of community members, resulting in narratives that are both personal and relevant to the local context. It pays pro-rates as specified by the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association ($0.08/word). You can read more about the Tipping Point anthology on their website. Submission deadline: December 1, 2024. EXTENDED TO JAN. 1, 2025.
• Outrageous Fortune, the country’s first nationwide online literary magazine for and by undergraduates, is currently accepting submissions of all genres: fiction, non-fiction, drama, film, art, photography, and poetry, and digital files such as video-recorded spoken word and short films. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis. Visit their website for guidelines.
• “Do you want to write about Movies, TV, Anime, Arts, Comics, Games, Literature or other art forms? Do you want to get your foot in the door and enter the big-wide world of the online media and have your work read and shared by millions of readers? We invite you to The Artifice, an online magazine that covers a wide spectrum of art forms.” Visit our website for more info.
• The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has posted a useful guide to undergraduate journals in art and literature.

To have your event or call for student writing added to this page, contact Dr. Claudia Barnett.