SHIFT

04/01/2025

Submissions are open!
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Thank you for your interest in SHIFT, a publication of MTSU Write. Please find our general call for submissions below, along with a call from our partner organization, Poetry in the Boro.

10/19/2024

Congrats to Director Mary Carroll Leoson for her story "Maiden, Mother, Crone," which appears in Pumpernickel House's Journal, Pumpernickel: The Black Door, this month. If you like dark fiction, check out this issue!

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09/29/2024

Kory Wells, Author & Mary Carroll Leoson catching the vibe of joy at the Mtsu Write 2024 Fall Conference!
Did you miss it? That's ok-- we have so much more planned for you this year. Let's connect, writers!

09/25/2024

We are beyond excited for our conference this weekend. To get y'all pumped up here's an interview between Kathleen O'Connell, who will be leading a book-binding workshop on Saturday and our fall intern Grace Pratt! Join us Saturday on the MTSU campus for book-binding & more fun! Conference info link in comments. :-)
https://medium.com/.whittemore/what-we-bind-to-an-interview-with-kathleen-oconnell-by-grace-pratt-b2968f5490a9

09/21/2024

If you're interested in joining a group or working with a mentor, be sure to register now! Fall semester begins 10/1. Register here: https://secure.touchnet.com/C20134_ustores/web/store_main.jsp?STOREID=71

09/19/2024

With just a little over a week away to our fall creative writing conference, we are excited to offer a "Lunch & Learn" option if you just want to join us for lunch and a keynote presentation by the fabulous Darnell Arnoult (plus readings by our terrific graduating mentees!) on Saturday, September 28, 12:15-2:30. Use the link below to grab one of these cheap seats! https://secure.touchnet.com/C20134_ustores/web/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCTID=1646

09/07/2024

08/30/2024

Last day for early bird rates for Light & Shadow, our fall conference, is TOMORROW! Check out the schedule and grab your seat! http://www.mtsu.edu/write/conference

07/07/2024

Be sure to send in those final works for SHIFT Volume 7 today! 🤗 Thank you all for your support of our magazine 💕

07/03/2024

Andddddd we’re back! 🤗 You have until July 7th to submit to Volume 7. Thank you all for being SO patient & submitting so much amazing work to us! And a big thank you to our SHIFT team for figuring out these tech issues. 🏺⭐️🌿📝

06/25/2024

We hope you all had a safe, fun pride weekend here in Nashville! Shoutout to MTSU alumni Jillian King for showing SHIFT Volume 6: Identity some love this pride month!! 🌈 Volume 6 is a special labor of love, & we had such a blast putting it together! Happy Pride from all of us here at MTSU Write & SHIFT 🥰📚🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

06/19/2024

Hey, writers! How are your summer projects coming along? Let us know below.

My goal this summer is to write 1,000 words a day. Some days I exceed that, and others I struggle for 300. But I'm making progress on the sequel to my novel, and I'm giving voice to imagination consistently. I hope you are too!

Warmly, Mary Carroll Leoson