The National Endowment for the Humanities recently released a list of recipients of the American Rescue Plan: Strengthening Institutions Grant. These funds were intended to help universities and cultural institutions recover from the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and also to strengthen programs that recognize or serve underserved communities. Through the auspices of the […]
The UCO Department of English is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Everett Southwest Literary Awards. Short story writer Ashley Jeffalone won first prize for her story collection “Rekindled,” and the second prize was awarded to Sidney Thompson for “You Don’t Get to Take This Home.” The third place winner, for his manuscript, “Whims […]
The Sherman Chaddlesone Arts and Letters Lecture Series hosted heather ahtone, Ph.D., as 2020’s guest speaker. ahtone is the senior curator at the First Americans Museum in downtown Oklahoma City. She is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and is of both Chickasaw and Choctaw descent. ahtone’s interdisciplinary doctorate degree is in art history, anthropology […]
The Department of English at the University of Central Oklahoma deplores the tragic death of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis, and it condemns the continuing, disproportionate, and frequently deadly physical, psychological, and socio-economic violence directed against Black people and People of Color across the country and in our own communities. […]
The University of Central Oklahoma Department of English is pleased to announce that contest judge Rob Roensch has chosen Kelli Jo Ford’s manuscript, “Crooked Hallelujah” as the winner of this year’s Everett Southwest Literary Award. “Crooked Hallelujah” is about four generations of Cherokee women and was published by Grove Press after winning the Everett Award. It […]
The UCO Department of English is proud to announce that the Everett Southwest Literary Award has a winner for 2011. The competition called for novel manuscripts and was judged by writer Sandra Cisneros, award-winning author of “The House on Mango Street” and “Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories.” Cisneros chose “Poplar Crescent,” by John Tait, […]
