By The yearly Senior English Capstone Seminar students are accepting submissions for the Carroll College Undergraduate Literary Festival to be held Nov. 6.
For this year’s 2025 Literary Festival, there will be no theme. Instead, the event will be used to celebrate Professor Loren Graham’s retirement.
Professor and Chair of the English Department, Graham started his journey in 2001 at Carroll College. However, before that, he embarked on many adventures.
Professor Graham’s Master of Arts was in English and American Literature from Baylor University in 1986. He then earned his Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia in 1988.
Professor Graham has written several pieces of published work, including Mose (Wesleyan University Press, 1994), The Ring Scar (Word Press, 2010), Places I Was Dreaming (CavanKerry Press 2015), and over 100 poems, stories, and essays published in literary magazines.
“The students are the reason I show up every day: talking with them about the various subjects that matter to us both is about the best job I can imagine,” stated Professor Graham in a previous Carroll publication.
Graham’s dedication to students is the exact reason why the Senior English Capstone Seminar students are using the Carroll College Undergraduate Literary Festival to honor him and his retirement.
The Capstone Seminar students will judge the submissions and choose the first and second-place winners. Selected winners will be awarded monetary prizes to Montana Book Co. If you are a high school student, please clarify that in your submission.
Winners must be able to present their works (in full or in part) at the Carroll College Literary Festival on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. in the Trinity Hall lounge.
Presentation lengths will be 12-15 minutes long.
Criteria for submissions:
Prose: fiction, creative nonfiction, memoir, or academic: 2000 words minimum.
Poetry: 200 lines minimum (one long poem or several shorter ones).
Please inquire about one-act play, spoken word, or graphic novel entries.
The submission deadline is Friday, October 31, by 5 p.m. For more information or any questions, comments, or concerns, please email the Senior English Capstone Seminar at litfest@carroll.edu.
