Cardinal Directions

Helping Ball State humanities majors pivot from college to career.

Month: February 2022

  • The Artist’s Statement
    February 24, 2022 by

    This event took place on Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2022 Many writers regularly apply for fellowships, grants, and residencies in order to buy time to work on their projects. An essential element to these applications is the “artist’s statement” that describes what you write and why.  What strategies should you use to frame your creative work […]

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  • Self-Publishing
    February 9, 2022 by

    This event took place on Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 After earning her MFA, Rank Lev embarked on an independent publishing career. Her biggest hurdle, she says, was the stigma, giving up the “validity” of traditional publishing. But in exchange, she understands readers and retailers and how they work together. During her talk, she’ll explode some […]

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  • Publishing in Literary Magazines
    February 3, 2022 by

    This event took place on Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 The first step in your life as a publishing writer is submitting your stories, poems, and essays to literary magazines and journals. This presentation will show you how to approach the submission process and the pitfalls to avoid. Takeaway Resources Speakers: Cathy Day Link to PDF […]

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