English Club
Advisor: Dottie Blais, Anita Turlington
The English Club exists to increase the
knowledge and appreciation of literature and
to discover and develop literary talent at
Gainesville College outside of the
classroom. The club produces the annual
essay anthology Hoi Polloi and the
creative arts magazine CHESTATEE REVIEW.
The club sponsors readings by nationally and
internationally recognized writers, attends
and participates in literary and creative
writing conferences, sponsors the Annual
Gainesville College Writing Contest, and
sponsors with the Humanities Division the
annual Lanier Writers' Conference. Any
student, regardless of major, is welcome to
participate.
Gainesville College Writing Contest
Since 1988 the English Club has sponsored an
annual writing contest for Gainesville
College Students. Cash prizes are given in
the following categories: short story,
informal essay, formal essay, and poetry.
Deadline for submission is the last day of
fall classes, at noon. Winners are announced
at the Lanier Writers' Conference. The first
and second place winners in each category
are submitted to the Southern Literary
Festival Association annual contest.
Oconee Creative Writing Club
Advisor: Alex Johns
The Oconee Creative Writing Club seeks to
encourage and help develop the writing
(poetry, fiction, playwriting, and
screenwriting) of its members and to provide
an open forum for creative expression and
literary career development as well as to
promote the craft of writing in the broader
Oconee community.
Southern Literary
Festival Association
The English Department
is a member in good standing of the Southern
Literary Festival Association, a literary
group which has been active for sixty years.
Students with an interest in literature and
creative writing are urged to participate in
the annual Gainesville College Writing
Contest. Winners and other interested are
encouraged to attend the annual conference
each April. See Dottie Blais for details. |
