ACU Writing Center

Are you interested in being a writing tutor? The ACU Writing Center welcomes applications from all students interested in a GREAT on-campus job in a friendly environment! All tutors go through extensive training--before and during the academic year-- to learn how to help writers from all over the curriculum. Find application link at www.acu.edu/writingcenter and apply today!

Writing Center | Abilene Christian University Take advantage of all of our free writing services. Be sure to visit us in the Brown Library or schedule an appointment.

Congratulations to Katy Wall, winner of the peer-nominated and awarded 2024 Outstanding Tutor award!!! Katy's name and photo will be added to the Writing Center wall of fame for tutors whose colleagues recognize excellence and hospitality in our work. Good job, Katy!

Congratulations to Dorion Alcantar, the WINNER of our February Love Poetry Contest!!! His entry wowed our judge, Dr. Shelly Sanders, the most, so Dorion wins a basket of candy and consideration for publication in The Shinnery Review, ACU's undergraduate literary magazine.

Congrats, Dorion!

Do you know how to tell that you're at a Writing Center end-of-year potluck and book exchange? You hear an exclamation like this:

"OH MY WORD, I got /Sense and Sensibility/, and it's the NORTON CRITICAL EDITION!!!!!!"

(Looking at you, Lauren Bridgeman)

Congratulations to Emma Boerm, the WINNER of our Spooky Halloween Short Story Contest!!! Her story, "Rules of a Scavenger," frightened our judge the most (had to sleep with the lights on for a few nights), so Emma wins a HUGE bag of candy and publication in The Shinnery Review, ACU's undergraduate literary magazine.

Congrats, Emma!

All ACU students can submit content to the Shinnery Review! Come let the Writing Center give you feedback on your fiction or poetry, and get published!

It's that spooky time of the year again!

Congratulations to Kelsea Abston, winner of the peer-nominated 2023 Outstanding Tutor award!!! Kelsea joins the Writing Center wall of fame for tutors whose colleagues recognize excellence and hospitality in our work. Nice work, Kelsea!

Congratulations to Matt Whitwell!!!! His poem, "Love Like Luna's" won the 2023 Writing Center Love Poetry Contest! We had more entries this year than ever, and Matt's rose to the top! Way to go, Matt!

Congratulations to Michael Thorson, the winner of our Halloween Short Story contest!! Michael's entry of a terrifying, haunted trip through the forest won him a GIGANTIC bag of M&Ms and our sincerest accolades! Way to go, Michael!

The Writing Center Halloween Short Fiction Contest has begun! Email your original submission to [email protected] by Friday, October 28th. Short stories should be no longer than 1,200 words. The stories will be judged by a special guest, and the winner will receive a prize given by the Shinnery Review. Contest is open to all ACU students.

Congratulations to Mary Witty, the winner of our 2022 Love Poetry Contest!! Mary's poem, "The Dance," was selected by an independent judge as the BEST from our largest number of entries ever! Way to go, Mary!!

Hannah Sterenberg, a senior English major at ACU, has won the 2022 South Central Writing Centers Association Outstanding Tutor Award!!!

This award is “designed to give recognition to tutors who provide extraordinary service to the students they work with, the center, and the community,” and each Writing Center in the region can nominate only one tutor per year. Hannah’s written tutoring philosophy impressed the award committee deeply; one member wrote, “I am incredibly moved by her dedication to compassionate and empathetic tutoring that seems to focus on helping the writers grow.”

This is only the second time in 22 years that an ACU Writing Center tutor has won this award. Congratulations, Hannah!

It's time!!

Happy Birthday to senior tutor Emma!!! She's a Music/English double major (mezzo soprano) who loves to read contemporary literature and help writers with all types of writing. Join me in celebrating Emma today!

Congratulations AGAIN to Courtney Cook, winner of the peer-nominated 2021 Outstanding Tutor award!!! Courtney joins the ranks of writing center tutors whose colleagues recognize excellence and joy in the spirit of our work. Way to go, CoCo!!

HUGE congratulations to tutor Courtney "Coco" Cook for winning the Bill Short Prize for World Literature at the Alpha Chi National Honor Society's National Convention. Her winning paper was entitled "In Defense of the Art: How Literary Fiction Promotes Empathy." Way to go, Courtney!!

This is a job opening from one of our Writing Center alumnae, Christina Tripp, a former Outstanding Tutor and video creator/editor. If anyone is interested in this awesome position, please contact her directly!

Calling all copywriters! Christina Tripp is looking for talented and multi-faceted contractors with experience in bringing brand voice to life through a retail lens. This candidate will be responsible for writing customer-facing product and marketing copy that inspires and excites shoppers. Qualifications include a Bachelor’s degree and at least three to four years of experience in e-commerce, marketing, SEO and/or digital media. If you’re interested in interviewing for this position, then please submit your résumé and digital portfolio to [email protected].

ACU Students: no matter the weather outside or the campus closures, our online tutors are ready to help you with your writing. Book at appointment for helpful online feedback on our scheduler at www.acu.edu/writingcenter.

ACU Writing Center Providing an open environment for the collaborative discussion of writing so that people may become more critical and independent writers.

February is the month of love!!!!

Today is opening day for Spring 2021! We have both in-person tutoring (mask-to-mask) and online eTutoring to offer. Come on by and bring your essays, your graduate school applications, your thesis statements, your research agendas, and your lab reports...we can't wait to see you!