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🚨Attention published poets!🚨 @UNTCreativeWrit is awaiting your submission. Follow this link for full guidelines and entry form: english.unt.edu/creative-writi… ✍️ @UNTsocial #poetrycommunity #poetryaward

It’s National Novel Writing Month. These students in the UNT Writing Center are flexing their writing muscles. If you recognize anyone from this 2007 picture, let @untspeccoll know by replying in the comments.

Allison Ellsworth brewed a beverage in her home to combat her health problems. After a trip to “Shark Tank,” that drink became @drinkpoppi, one of the fastest growing beverages in history. Learn how the @UNTclass alumna built her business. northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2026-sp…

New review for Harold Jobes' BARBS, BULLETS, AND BLOOD from Ricochet! ricochet.com/1876235/the-sh…

Sigma Tau Delta's “After Graduation” series resumes with a visit from Mr. Joe Loftin, National Director for Statements and Guidelines at the American Heart Association. @UNTclass @UNTsocial When: Monday, September 22 @ 5:15PM Where: On Zoom unt.zoom.us/j/82104335703

Another review from across the pond (Bristol, UK) on #silent #film star and #western #bank #robbery king, Henry Starr. Thanks, James Harrison, @SWSilents I hope to have a book signing in the UK. southwestsilents.com/.../discoverin… #SilentFilm #film #western

See Miguel Juárez, author of the forthcoming FRONTERA FREEWAYS, discuss his new book on KFOX 14 in El Paso! El Paso author explores highway building's impact on displacement in new book kfoxtv.com/news/local/el-…

Comic art has always been Bryan Kelly’s passion. Now this @UNTclass alum shares his love for comics with Denton through expos, collabs and projects that celebrate community and creativity for all ages. Read more: bit.ly/45ULUa1

The 2026 Vassar Miller Prize in Poetry is open through October 31! Visit …sityofnorthtexaspress.submittable.com/submit to view the guidelines and submit your manuscript for consideration.

Thanks to Glasstire for featuring THE FIFTY-YEAR TEXAS ROAD TRIP by Randy Mallory and FRAMING OAK CLIFF by Richard Doherty! glasstire.com/2025/08/22/boo…

We are proud to announce the latest publication from @UNTsocial 's very own Dr. Stephanie Hawkins, available now via @CambridgeUP. cambridge.org/9781009574679 (use discount code MAD2025 at checkout for 20% off)

It’s the first day of the fall semester. What do you remember about your first day of class at #UNT? Let us know in the comments and we may repost it.

Congratulations to Linda Quintanilla, author of WARRIORS FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, which has been announced the winner of the 2025 Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin's Tejano Book Award! Visit untpress.unt.edu/catalog/quinta… to learn more about the book or to order a copy of your own!

🎉 Congrats, @OctQuintanilla! 🦅

UNT alums were well-represented on the list of 2025-26 Texas State Artists. Learn more about the work of poet and @UNTEnglish alum @OctQuintanilla, artist Letitia Huckaby and musician @NorahJones. northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2025-sp…

UNT Press is excited to announce that THE COLFAX COUNTY WAR: VIOLENCE AND CORRUPTION IN TERRITORIAL NEW MEXICO by Corey Recko has been awarded the 2025 Wild West History Association Best Book Award! Pick up your own copy of this outstanding book at untpress.unt.edu!

UNT’s print shop used to produce the Campus Chat student newspaper, yearbooks and forms. Now called Printing and Distribution Solutions, it’s celebrating its 100th anniversary. northtexan.unt.edu/issues/2025-sp…

😀It's that time of year!😀 We're looking for a few dedicated graduate students to help our faculty do what they do best. Please reach out to amber.tyler@unt.edu for any questions or info about these positions.

Also selected, three finalists for this year's Rilke Prize: Melissa Kwasny's 𝐶𝑙𝑜𝑢𝑑 𝑃𝑎𝑡ℎ (@Milkweed_Books), Hadara Bar Nadav's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑛𝑖𝑚𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑠 𝐶ℎ𝑒𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 (@FourWayBooks), and @vpenpelizzon's 𝐴 𝐺𝑎𝑧𝑒 𝐻𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑢𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑡ℎ 𝐵𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐸𝑦𝑒.

We're delighted to announce the winner of UNT's $10,000 2025 Rilke Prize for Poetry: Ishion Hutchinson's 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑜𝑜𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠 (from @fsgbooks). See the full judges' citation here: english.unt.edu/creative-writi… 🦅@UNTclass @UNTCreativeWrit @UNTsocial 🦅