Ameliorate,
2019
Butler University
Devil's Drink,
2019
Butler University
Devil's Drink, Con Murray
Manuscripts
Prose by Con Murray. Finalist in the 2019 Manuscripts Prose Contest. Martone Grant Recipient.
The Fool,
2019
Butler University
Criticize Me, If You Please,
2019
Butler University
Criticize Me, If You Please, Shaun'tae Swanson
Manuscripts
Butler Writers is an outreach of the Butler University English Department and MFA Creative Writing program that seeks to empower and amplify the voices of high school students in the Indianapolis community by connecting them with mentors and methods for self-expression.
Since its inception in 2011, this Jefferson Award-winning initiative has generated more than 1,800 mentee-mentor contact hours annually and served more than 1,500 unique students at our IPS partner schools.
For the first time, Manuscripts is proud to present a piece from a young poet in the Butler Writer’s after-school creative writing club. Shaun'tae Swanson is a sophomore at …
Spider Legs,
2019
Butler University
Retrospection,
2019
Butler University
An Interview With Lauren Groff,
2019
Butler University
An Interview With Lauren Groff, Matt Del Busto
Manuscripts
Author Lauren Groff has written multiple books, most recently Florida (2018), a finalist for the 2018 National Book Award in Fiction. Groff, who is currently a Suzanne Young Murray Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard, has received numerous awards and recognitions, including her novel Fates and Furies (2015) being lauded as then-president Obama’s book of the year in 2015. During her visit to Butler, Groff sat down with Manuscripts staff member Matt Del Busto to discuss the importance of failure, the morality of the sentence, and the dynamic between the writer and the author.
Anxietyscape,
2019
Butler University
Someone Please, Tell Me: Was This Sexual Assault?,
2019
Butler University
Someone Please, Tell Me: Was This Sexual Assault?, Kareen Casillas
Manuscripts
Prose by Kareen Casillas.
*Author’s Note: Please take care of yourself when reading the following piece, as it may be triggering. Contains images of sexual assault.
Phonetic Shock,
2019
Butler University
Phonetic Shock, Shauna Sartoris
Manuscripts
Poetry by Shauna Sartoris. First place in the 2019 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.
Chroma,
2019
Butler University
8th Grade Search History,
2019
Butler University
8th Grade Search History, Natalie H. Urban
Manuscripts
Prose by Natalie H. Urban. Third place in the 2019 Manuscripts Prose Contest.
My Alcoholic Mother Died Last Week,
2019
Butler University
My Alcoholic Mother Died Last Week, Ian Hunt
Manuscripts
Poetry by Ian Hunt. Third place in the 2019 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.
Today I Saw Wolfmoon,
2019
Butler University
Today I Saw Wolfmoon, Matt Del Busto
Manuscripts
Poetry by Matt Del Busto. Finalist in the 2019 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.
The Child Says Nothing, But What It Heard By The Fire,
2019
Butler University
The Child Says Nothing, But What It Heard By The Fire, Tyrah Chery
Manuscripts
Poetry by Tyrah Chery. Second place in the 2019 Manuscripts Poetry Contest.
The Essence Of Hemlocks,
2019
Butler University
A Kiss Of Jameson,
2019
Butler University
A Kiss Of Jameson, Sierrra N. White
Manuscripts
Prose by Sierra White. First Place in the 2019 Manuscripts Prose Contest.
I Carry A Torch As Warning,
2019
Butler University
Close To You,
2019
Butler University
Aristaeus,
2019
Butler University
Aristaeus, Miriam Berne
Manuscripts
Prose by Miriam Berne. Second place in the 2019 Manuscripts Prose Contest.
