The Coil wants you!

It is generally accepted that people perform at their highest level when they are competing for something. Whether it is a sporting event or a literature contest, people usually perform their best when a prize is at stake.

When Mike Seufert became the editor of Monmouth College’s literary magazine, “The Coil,” he had this concept in mind and decided to create two prizes in the Literary and Visual Arts. 

Seufert is a junior English major at MC. He has been interested in creative writing and literature for most of his life. When he was a junior at Thornton Fractional South High School in Lansing, Ill., he began writing for his school newspaper. The next year, as a senior in high school, he became editor-in-chief of the school’s paper.  Read More...