We moved on to our next installation, Sonnet (51) by Nikki Wallschlaeger, without posting any photos from the wonderful reading and poster-printing event that wrapped up our MU Undergraduate Writing Competition. So, in the spirit of better late than never, we’ve finally organized some images to share!

Click the images to read the captions. Not pictured is runner-up Sabrina Brons, who read her piece, “Gossip.” The first gallery features images from the George Caleb Bingham Gallery, where the reading was held. The second set of images is from SRLBX x THERETHERENOW, where we held a reception with refreshments, a reading room stocked full of artist’s books and zines, and a poster-printing session for Kirstin Smith’s broadside (the contest’s publication prize).

LED co-founder, Carley Gomez, introducing the readers.

Runner-up Sabrina Heffern reading her short story, “On the Wings of Her Fledglings.”

Classmates and runners-up, Kelly Schoessling and Sabrina Heffern.

Kelly Schoessling reads her story, “Is it Distance or Space?” (Photo credit: Emerson Davis)

The 2018 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition made the George Caleb Bingham Gallery a lively location for a reading.

Contest winner Kirstin Smith introduces her piece, “Milk Carton Faces.” (Photo credit: Emerson Davis)

Kirstin also shared why creative writing is important to her, and how she hopes her writing helps her readers.

Travis Shaffer, MU photo instructor and founder of There There Now, simultaneously snacks and supervises as Kristin Smith prints her own broadside.

The risograph resting after 200 copies of “Milk Carton Faces” have been printed.

In the other room, we had set up a reading room with an assortment of artist’s publications.