Welcome to the Humanities weekly newsletter, the Lindsay Bulletin Board 🎃

Do you have an event or opportunity you would like to feature in our newsletter? Please email madison.stokes@chatham.edu before Thursday evening for your event or opportunity to be included!

Exciting announcement: A new section titled “Humanities Highlights” has been added to the newsletter. If you have any recently published work, profile features in the news, awards, etc. please email madison.stokes@chatham.edu before Thursday evening to be celebrated and featured!

Stay connected by following our Instagram @humansofchatham.

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On-Campus Events

Appalachian Writers Series: Neema Avashia

Date: Thursday, November 6

Time: 7 p.m.

Location: Mellon Board Room

The MFA in Creative Writing program presents a reading by Neema Avashia, author of the essay collection Another Appalachia: Coming Up Queer and Indian in a Mountain Place. Free and open to the public.

Program will be livestreamed at https://www.youtube.com/chathamu.

Questions? Please contact David Blackmore at D.Blackmore@chatham.edu.

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International Karaoke

Date: Monday, November 17

Time: 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.

Location: Rea Coffeehouse

For more information please contact Global Engagement at globalengagement@chatham.edu..

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Off-campus Events

Pittsburgh Contemporary Writers Series

Date: November 5 – 6, 2025

Various locations and times. Please view the flyer for more information.

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Digital Storytelling Premiere hosted by MFA Chatham Alum Shawna Kent

Date: Sunday, November 9

Time: 4 p.m.

Location: COhatch, 5428 Walnut St. Pittsburgh, PA and via Zoom

Zoom link: https://carlow-edu.zoom.us/j/91488997786?pwd=bdqeVnqIO7yUsBiW8kFfjseu9ylR4U.1

The Digital Storytelling projects were created in a class hosted by Madwomen in the Attic, and taught by Christina Fisanick this past spring. Each story is brief (under 10 minutes). Each one is completely unique. 

NOTE: The front door of the building is locked on weekends to please give yourself plenty of time to arrive before 4pm. After that, there will be no way to get in.

There will be time for tea and talk after the presentation.

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Call for Submissions

The MSU Roadrunner Review 8th issue

The MSU Roadrunner Review is a student-driven literary journal out of the Creative Writing program at Metropolitan State University of Denver.  

Please visit this link to view their first seven editions: https://sites.msudenver.edu/roadrunnerreview/

MSU Roadrunner Review will consider work not just from students, but all writers. Their reading period is Nov 1-15 and the edition will launch in December 2025. All work should be submitted through Submittable.  https://msuroadrunnerreview.submittable.com/submit

Work up for consideration:

Fiction – 3,200 words or less (flash fiction under 550 words will also be considered).

Creative Nonfiction –3,200 words or less (flash CNF under 550 words will also be considered).

Poetry – of no more than two single spaced pages. Each poem must be submitted individually. 

NOTE: The MSU Roadrunner Review does not consider work with any AI generated content. Multiple submissions are fine, but each must be submitted individually.

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Elderfly Press

Theme: Beautiful & Terrifying: Tales & Visions From the Edge of the Uncanny

Work up for consideration:

Short fiction: up to 5,000 words

Poetry: up to 5 poems per submission

Black-and-white art

Deadline: March 15, 2026

Website and submission link: https://writeontheworld.wordpress.com/call-for-submissions/

For more information please contact Mandy Webster at mandy.webster@elderflybooks.com.

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Career Development Corner

Casa de Esperanza: Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Program

Description: caring for infants and children up to age six who are at risk for abuse and neglect in Houston, TX

“Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Members will serve vulnerable children throughout a 12-month commitment, living in a private, gated community (at no cost) and receiving a living allowance. Hands of Hope AmeriCorps Members will work collaboratively with other AmeriCorps Members in the home to ensure that children’s physical, emotional, and mental needs are met. While the commitment is only one year, the impact AmeriCorps Members have on the children in their care is lifelong. In turn, the children’s strength, resilience, and love will also make a lifelong impact on them.” – Darean Talmadge, Human Resources Coordinator, Casa de Esperanza de los Ninos, Inc.

Duration of program: September 2026 – August 2027

For more information, please contact Darean Talmadge, (713) 529-0639, dtalmadge@casahope.org 

Application link: https://forms.office.com/r/St0UmVLKH4

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Humanities Happenings

Free golf lessons for women with MFA student Cara Levicoff

Date: Wednesday, November 5

Time: 5 p.m. – 7 p.m (drop in anytime!)

Location: OnPar Now, Smallman Street, Strip District Terminal Building

NOTE: This is an introductory and free event. Dress comfortably and enjoy a laid-back evening of connection, confidence-building, and fun on the green. Please bring a friend!

This event will include:

• Golf tips with Cara Levicoff, LPGA Class B Member
• World-class technology with TrackMan simulators and PuttView virtual putting green
• Complimentary clubs (or bring your own)
• 2-hour parking validation in The Terminal lot behind the building

Enjoy functional cocktails from The Open Road – available for purchase – or feel free to BYOB! Ice and cups will be available.