English and Creative Writing Department

SUNY Oswego’s annual celebration of scholarly and creative activities, Quest, will showcase some new features showcasing student creativity in areas including music, poetry and art, filmmaking, theatre and more on April 17.

A film collaboration between students, faculty and community members will debut at SUNY Oswego at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, in the Marano Campus Center auditorium (room 132). “Sterling Nature Center: A Living History” explores the creation of a 1,400-acre nature preserve 10 miles west of SUNY Oswego.

Subnivean, SUNY Oswego’s student-staffed digital publication, has announced two prestigious final judges for the 2024 Subnivean Awards. The most recent recipient of the Academy of American Poets Fellowship for distinguished poetic achievement, Major Jackson, will be the final judge in poetry, while Gish Jen, recipient of the Lannan Literary Award for Fiction and a Guggenheim fellowship, will be the final judge in fiction.

SUNY Oswego professor and renowned novelist Robert “Bob” O’Connor is the next speaker in the Living Writers Series, with a virtual discussion at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 15.

On Oct. 27, four professionals in the publishing industry will provide their unique insights to students at the second Publishing Festival, hosted by SUNY Oswego’s creative writing department.

Kimberly Clark, one of six comedians hand-picked by Tiffany Haddish to appear in the Netflix series "Tiffany Haddish Presents," is the next virtual presenter in the university's Living Writers Series at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

“A Conversation with Ta-Nehisi Coates,” featuring the award-winning author and journalist, will take place at 5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3, in SUNY Oswego’s Waterman Theatre.

Juliet Giglio of the English and creative writing faculty and her husband Keith recently released their second novel, titled “The Trouble with Tinsel,” and will have a talk and book-signing at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10, at the River’s End Bookstore.

The Living Writers Series at SUNY Oswego has announced its heavyweight lineup for a fall semester author series titled “Waves.”

A SUNY Oswego student-faculty collaboration is producing a documentary demonstrating the biodiversity and community history of the Sterling Nature Center (SNC), a preserve 10 miles west of the lakeside campus, thanks to support of the Shineman Endowed Fund.