NUS Literary Society

Dear CWC 08/09 participants,

There is a slight technical amendment to the CWC 08/09 rules. The following paragraph has been inserted:

“Please place each poem, short story or play in its own Microsoft Word (.doc) document. Documents of the format .docx are not accepted this year. Please name each file in the CD-R with the title of the poem, short story or play it contains. Do not put your name on the document file names.”

You can download the new form here.

Good luck and happy writing!

On 17th May 2008, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) of NUS had its Open House. Members of Nus Litosc were on hand to represent the Department of English Language and Literature (ELL). Here’re some photos of the event; don’t you wish you were there?

Hi guys, photographs from the Evening of Poetry and Music 2008 are out! Do you see yourself anywhere in the pictures? =p

For more photographs, click on the picture below. A running commentary of who does what is given in the page. =) If you would like a full-sized, high-definition photograph, just drop us an email. Enjoy!

Thanks to all who came down and made the Evening of Poetry and Music 2008 a success! We hope that you have enjoyed the poetry, short stories, literary atmosphere and the food. =D

On a related note, the Creative Writing Competition 2008 is now open. The deadline for submission is 1 Nov 2008, while the judges will be announced at a later date. The usual $2 entrance fee will be waived this year, so do download the entry form here and unleash your quill.

For more details, please visit our Creative Writing Competition 2008 page.

In this issue:

Poems by Martha Fitzgerald, Gabriela Lee, Audsley King, J.F. Quackenbush, Koh Xin Tian, Zhuang Yisa and Gloria Dawson.

Stories by Quek Shin Yi and Ali Sheikholeslami.

Plus an interview with Enoch Ng, editor of firstfruits publications.

Click to download (or right-click and select Save File)

ARGOT is also available in print form. Copies are or will soon be available at the NUS Department of English Language and Literature and at BooksActually.

[Please click on the poster for more information]

The winners of the Creative Writing Competition 2007/2008 are out. Congratulations to all our winners! Prizes will be presented during our Evening of Poetry and Music.

Winners in the Short Story Category:

Winners in the Poetry Category:

The last Litsoc meeting of 2007 at Vivocity’s Gloria Jeans on 30 Dec. Happy 2008 everyone!

A big thank you to all our participants! The submission deadline is now over. We will be acknowledging receipt of your entries latest byTuesday, 11 December. Results will be announced on this website before the Evening of Poetry and Music, aimed to be held in early February next year. We hope to see all of you then.Our best wishes for the holiday season!

Regards,

NUS Literary Society

A post on behalf of the NUS Writers Connect:

Are you an aspiring poet, playwright or prose writer who does some
writing on the side?
Have you been wondering how to get your work out into the open, but are
worried about how it will be received?
Or are you just looking for a community to share in something you are
passionate about?

If your answer to any of these questions are yes, then come join us at
the second session of NUS Writers Connect!

Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007.
Time: 7pm - 9pm.
Venue: The Earshot Café, The Arts House, Old Parliament Lane.
Price: Free!

Each session aims to provide a safe and positive environment for
budding writers to receive feedback on their writing, as well as give
feedback to others on their writing. All you have to do is bring
yourself and about six (6) copies of the work you would like to
workshop to each session.

And don’t be shy - ask your friends along, ‘cos this is going to be as
big as you want it to be.

See you there!

(For more information about the event, please visit their Facebook Event
Listing or e-mail Laremy.)