Overseeing the creative writing elements of Roanoke College's English Department is the Creative Writing Board, which is made up of students and professors. The board supports student projects on campus, subscribes to important literary and creative journals and books, and sponsors a pair of creative writing contests each spring. This group is also active in bringing both regional and national writers to campus to mingle with students and give readings. Recent participants include poets Cleopatra Mathis, Alberto Rios, Eric Treathaway, Yusef Komunyakaa, Jeff Daniel Marion, Dave Smith, and Fred Chappell; recent fiction and non-fiction writers include Brent Staples, Rita Cerisi, Sydney Blair, Linda Hogan, and Tim O'Brien. Members of the Creative Writing Board are always looking for suggestions of folks that students might enjoy meeting and hearing, so let us know if you have someone special in mind. This reading series is one of the most well-attended functions on the Roanoke College campus.

On Concept's Edge
On Concept's Edge, Roanoke College's fine arts magazine, is entirely student run. It's not uncommon to wander into Lucas Hall late in the afternoon and hear heated debates among OCE's staff about layout, printer selection, or student and faculty submissions. These conversations bear fruit annually (and recently, biannually) when the magazine appears at the end of the semester, packed to the brim with good writing and accompanied by a popular reading series. The editor of OCE is selected by the Student Life Council, who choose from among the entire student body. Some recent editors (and writers published in the magazine) have gone on to interesting careers in writing and publishing, while others have entered well respected MFA programs.

Brackety-Ack
If Woodward and Bernstein are your heroes, you might want to investigate joining the staff of Roanoke College's much beloved Brackety-Ack, our weekly newspaper with the weird name and the insightful, hard-nosed approach to life on campus. The Brackety-Ack is always looking for good writers (or folks on their way to becoming good writers) to work on campus news, editorials, letters-to-the editor, and opinion polls. To view the Brackety-Ack on-line, click here.

Rawenoch
If you favor yearly (as opposed to weekly) deadlines, we suggest talking to the folks who put together the college's yearbook, the Rawenoch.This publication of the year's events is entirely student run, and provides RC students with a lasting keepsake of their glorious years at "Dear Old Roanoke."