Readings

Thank you for your interest in the Fall 2025 Reading Series sponsored by the College of Arts & Sciences, Creative Writing Program, and Mid-American Review. Unless otherwise noted, readings are at 7:30 p.m. Thursday evenings at Prout Chapel. All events are free and open to the public.

Fall 2025 Prout Chapel Reading Series

August 28: Director's Welcome

September 4 Meet the MFA Poets!

September 11 Meet the MFA Fiction writers!

September 18 - Guest Reader
Bonnie Jo Campbell, Fiction
Donnell Theatre / Wolfe Center

September 25 MFA Idol 1: The writing is serious but the competition is fun!

October 2 - Guest Reader
Todd Kaneko, Poetry

October 9 No Prout - Students encouraged to attend Creative Minds presentation on October 8th in the Donnell Theatre

October 16 MFA Idol 2: The writing is serious but the competition is fun!

October 23 - Guest Reader
Erin Carlyle (BGSU alum), Poetry

October 30 Spooky Ooky Undergrad Open Mic

November 6 Winter Wheat

November 13 Full Moon MFA Reading

November 20 - Visiting Writer
Rosemarie Poiarkov, Prose/Drama

November 27 - Thanksgiving Break (no reading)

December 4 - BFA Readings:
Julian Verdugo
Jakob Willer

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Spring 2026 Prout Chapel Reading Series

January 15 - Faculty Reading
Philip Hurst, Fiction

January 22 - MFA Capstone: Serenity Dieufaite, Jaden Gootjes, and Liz Barnett

January 29 - MFA Capstone: Melayna Pongratz and Garrett Miller

February 5 - MFA Capstone: Sydney Koeplin and Anna Vaughn

February 12 - Visiting Writer
Timothy Geiger, Poetry

February 19 - MFA Capstone: Hannah Goss and Nathan Fako

February 26 - No reading

March 5 - No reading (Spring Break)

March 12 - Spring Is Coming!
Undergrad Open Mic

March 19 - Lawrence Coates
Reading and Celebration

March 26 - BFA Capstone

April 2 - Visiting Writer
David Baker, Poetry

April 9 - BFA Capstone

April 16 - BFA Capstone

April 23 - BFA Capstone