Grassroots, SIUC's Undergraduate Literary Magazine

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The purpose of GRASSROOTS is to provide undergraduate students
at Southern Illinois University Carbondale with the chance to
publish their literary efforts. Our staff will evaluate various
works of Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Poetry and publish
the very best of them.

The Editors - Fall 08 - Spring 09

Allison Huber
Amy McKenzie
Kathleen Richards

For current submission information to Grassroots, please see the last page of the current Grassroots, email us at Grassrootsmag@gmail.com, or stop by our office in Faner 2226

Grassroots sponsors the annual Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

The Winners of the 2008 Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards are Jennifer Perrine (Poetry) and Josh Goldfaden (prose). They read from their works as a part of the three day Devil's Kitchen Literary Festival.

Devil's Kitchen Reading Awards 2009 Submission Guidelines

2008 Devil's Kitchen Fall Literary Festival Schedule

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23
-- All readings will take place in the Student Center Auditorium --
8:00 - 9:00 pm Readings by Jim Tomlinson & Janice N. Harrington
9:00 - 10:00 pm Festival Reception (Sponsored by the SIUC Dept.. of English) in the Student Center J. W. Corker Lounge

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24
-- Panel Discussions, Student Center Auditorium --
10:00 - 10:50 am Poetry Panel featuring Janice N. Harrington, Richard Jones, Sean Nevin, & Jennifer Perrine
11:00 - 11:50 am Fiction Panel featuring Amy Knox Brown, Josh Goldfaden, Anne Panning, & Jim Tomlinson
2:00 - 3:00 pm Readings by Sean Nevin & Anne Panning
3:15 - 4:30 pm Reception and Booksigning featuring all festival readers in the Student Center Old Main Lounge
5:00 - 6:00 pm Readings by Jennifer Perrine & Josh Goldfaden

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25
11:00 - 12:15 am Readings from CRAB ORCHARD REVIEW, VOL. 13, NO. 2, "The In-Between Age: Writers on Adolescence"
2:00 - 3:00 pm Readings by Amy Knox Brown & Richard Jones

Contact the editors at : Grassrootsmag@gmail.com