Partial Tuition Scholarship:
TO: All Students in the MAE/MALP, MAWP, and MFA Programs FROM: Miles Harvey, Department Chair DATE: April 8, 2024 RE: 2024 Spring Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to…Continue reading Partial Tuition Scholarship:
Two More Weeks to Submit to the NOR Contests!
There are only two more weeks to submit your best work to our 2024 contests for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Ohio Review will be awarded for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay.Submit a story or essay of up to 20 pages or a poem…Continue reading Two More Weeks to Submit to the NOR Contests!
Submit to This: The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program
The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes have again partnered on an exciting grant opportunity that may be of interest to your students. See below a brief summary of this initiative, and please feel free to circulate amongst your department or forward to any colleague not included here that you deem fit. The Chicago…Continue reading Submit to This: The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program
Spring English Conference Deadline Extended! April 7
Submit your work (in any genre) to participate in one of a kind panels with your DePaul peers! The themes of each panel are determined by the work submitted to the organizing body. Send your work to SpringEnglishConference@gmail.com and help shape the event!
Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29)
Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29) The Tin House Resident will be housed in a 900 square ft. studio apartment next to the Tin House Workshop office in Northwest Portland. The apartment includes a full kitchen, bathroom, and a small living room/office with WiFi. There are several coffee shops, restaurants, and…Continue reading Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29)
The Woolf Call for Submissions (Issue 6: “Music” – Deadline March 25)
The Woolf Call for Submissions (Issue 6: “Music” – Deadline March 25) The Woolf is an online magazine of new writing and visual art. Published twice a year out of Switzerland, we welcome short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art from anywhere in the world. As long as it makes us howl. Hear, play or make it.…Continue reading The Woolf Call for Submissions (Issue 6: “Music” – Deadline March 25)
The Cut Call for Pitches
The Cut Call for Pitches The Cut (of the New Yorker) publishes stories that address our readers’ lives head-on, with generous wit, honesty, and power. We are in a dynamic conversation with women about the issues that matter to them most—politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, fashion, and issues relating to equality—and we’re always looking for ideas…Continue reading The Cut Call for Pitches
Necessary Fiction Call for Summer Flash Fiction (Deadline May 1)
Necessary Fiction Call for Summer Flash Fiction (Deadline May 1) Necessary Fiction will publish weekly flash fiction each Wednesday for your summer reading enjoyment beginning in June and lasting through Labor Day. Here are 10 things we’ve noticed about our broad aesthetic tendencies over the years: We’re often fans of the absurd, the off-kilter, and the darkly comic. We tend to…Continue reading Necessary Fiction Call for Summer Flash Fiction (Deadline May 1)
33 ⅓ Series Call for Proposals (Deadline March 29)
33 ⅓ Series Call for Proposals (Deadline March 29) Widely acclaimed by fans, musicians and scholars alike, the 33 ⅓ series dives deep into your favorite artists, albums and genres. In October 2003 we published our first ever batch of 33 ⅓ books, each one focusing on a popular LP. Since then we’ve covered many artists…Continue reading 33 ⅓ Series Call for Proposals (Deadline March 29)
Short Story, Long Call for Submissions (Deadline March 31)
Short Story, Long Call for Submissions (Deadline March 31) Short stories, 2k-8k words long (with the 3,000-5,500 range being our real sweet spot). What are we looking for? Honestly, best indicator is to read a story or two we’ve already published. Second best indicator is to generally be familiar with Aaron’s taste and what he’s published on HAD,…Continue reading Short Story, Long Call for Submissions (Deadline March 31)
december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1)
december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1) “december invites submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, biography, literary journalism, social or cultural commentary or analysis), and visual art (print or digital). december magazine was founded in Iowa City in 1958 by a group of poets, writers, and artists who declared, “We are humanists…far more concerned with…Continue reading december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1)
Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels
Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels “Berkley launched its Open Submission Program in 2021 with the goal of creating a direct submission channel to editors in hopes of reaching more potential authors and sharing their works with the world. At Berkley, we strive to publish commercial fiction that reflects the world we…Continue reading Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels
Apply for the MilkWeed Fellowship Publishing Program
“ The Milkweed Fellowship is grounded in our belief that books have the potential to change the way we see the world, and that equity is essential to a vibrant, diverse, and empowered literary ecosystem. This paid, one- to two-year immersion program is designed to offer the tools, experience, and exposure necessary to pursue a career in…Continue reading Apply for the MilkWeed Fellowship Publishing Program
Career Opportunities at the Oxford American
The Oxford American is hiring Associate Editors and Editorial Interns. Follow the LINK for more info! “The Oxford American is a nonprofit quarterly published by The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc., in alliance with the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). “
Spring English Conference is Coming Soon!
Please include your name, area of study/major, genre and length of piece. If the piece is theory or literary analysis, include a brief abstract. All applicants must be currently enrolled in the English program. We will accept pieces from English minors, but English majors will be prioritized.
Check it Out > The Seminary Co-op Featuring BSB and Chicago Mosaic
The most recent BSB release, Chicago Mosaic: Immigrant Stories of Objects Kept, Lost, or Left Behind continues to garner attention in the media. Check out the new mention in The Seminary Co-op, order a copy from Big Shoulders Books or grab one from the English Department.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: <48 Hours Until Submissions Close at Crook & Folly
Crook & Folly is still accepting submissions for their 44th annual issue! Submit to DePaul’s literary and arts magazine now at crookandfolly.com Follow the magazine on IG @crookandfolly for updates and events
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships in Fiction and Poetry: Apply by March 1!
Applications are now open for the WICW Poetry and Fiction Fellowships, awarding stipends of at least $40,000 and generous health benefits. The submission deadline is March 1. Please read these instructions and eligibility requirements, before selecting your application genre below. To be eligible, applicants must have completed or be scheduled to complete an MFA or PhD in…Continue reading Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships in Fiction and Poetry: Apply by March 1!
Call For Submissions: Have Your Work Seen in the Inaugural Issue of UnWoven Literary Arts Magazine
From their site: “Unwoven Literary Magazine, is a biannual magazine and project that publishes outstanding poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art created by both emerging and established artists. Unwoven organizes both in-person and virtual workshops for writers of all levels, hosts writing competitions, and illuminates the lives of working artists through discussion, behind-the-scenes looks, interviews, and…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Have Your Work Seen in the Inaugural Issue of UnWoven Literary Arts Magazine
Crook & Folly is STILL Accepting Submissions > Until 2/23
Submit your best work in Fiction, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry or Drama to be featured in the 44th annual issue of DePaul’s arts and literature magazine! Go to crookandfolly.com for more info on submissions, and to check out past works and our growing archive of past editions. And follow us on IG @crookandfolly
Join Current MFA Student Meghan Malachi at Dorothy on February 18th for a Night of Jazz & Poetry
Featuring Meghan Malachi, Carmani Edwards and DePaul Jazz alum Aliyah Jones, who organized the event to highlight Black women artists in Chicago. Don’t miss this special event at Dorothy, 2500 W Chicago Ave. Doors open at 6pm and the artists go on at 7pm. Dorothy will reopen to the public at 8:30pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and at…Continue reading Join Current MFA Student Meghan Malachi at Dorothy on February 18th for a Night of Jazz & Poetry
Join Us and Celebrate DePaul Alumni Avery Cunningham’s Debut Novel>The Mayor of Maxwell Street
Thursday, Feb 22, please join us in Levan 100 at 6 pm to celebrate the launch of MAWP ’16 grad Avery Cunningham’s debut novel The Mayor of Maxwell Street (Disney/Hyperion) at 6 pm.
Calling for Submissions: The Orange Couch is Accepting Pieces by DePaul Writers Through 4/22
Submissions are now open for The Orange Couch, the DePaul Writing Center’s literary magazine! The Orange Couch is a digital magazine for DePaul writers and alumni who want to publish their creative writing and work with other writers in the process of doing so.
Apply Now for a Partial Tuition Scholarship> Applications Due February 13
TO: All Students in the MAE/MALP, MAWP, and MFA Programs FROM: Miles Harvey, Department Chair DATE: February 2, 2024 RE: 2024 Winter Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to…Continue reading Apply Now for a Partial Tuition Scholarship> Applications Due February 13
Boulevard Extends Deadline for Nonfiction Genre in their Emerging Writers Contest: FEB 7th
Boulevard has extended the deadline for Nonfiction submissions in their Emerging Writers Contest. Nonfiction pieces can be submitted now until February 7th. Fiction submissions close May 1st, and Poetry closes June 1st. $18 submission fees and $1,000 reward for winners. Guidelines and submissions HERE
Internship Opportunity: Suspended Magazine Editorial Internship
DePaul alum—and a former assistant editor for Slag Glass City—Jadae Sweezer has started a new magazine, Suspended Magazine, and is looking for interns! If you have questions you can write Jadae directly at suspendedmag@gmail.com. Suspended Magazine is a literary magazine, registered as a not-for-profit literary organization, that publishes short fiction, poetry, and visual art in physical print…Continue reading Internship Opportunity: Suspended Magazine Editorial Internship
Don’t Miss This: Panel and Conference Opportunity
“We are delighted to invite you to the fourth annual Bridges and Borders graduate student conference. This year’s theme is Media (In)Forms, and will feature a keynote by Dr. Cait McKinney. We encourage any and all graduate students to propose a paper or preconstituted panel. Please see the attached poster and visit our website for the full call…Continue reading Don’t Miss This: Panel and Conference Opportunity
Call for Submissions: ABA Journal Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction
“The ABA Journal will accept entries for the Contest through May 15, 2024. Entries must be original works of fiction of no more than 5,000 words that illuminate the role of the law and/or lawyers in modern society. The winner will receive a prize of $5,000. Entrants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents…Continue reading Call for Submissions: ABA Journal Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction
Don’t Miss This: New Positions Opening
Interested in a Graduate Assistantship in the English Department? These positions cover full tuition and come with a stipend, as well as an office in A&L and the opportunity to work alongside the faculty in a variety of positions. As a grad assistant myself, I can’t encourage you enough to apply. Follow this LINK for…Continue reading Don’t Miss This: New Positions Opening
A Late Addition to the Winter Schedule:
ENG 477: Digital Publishing: Digital Publishing Models, Issues, and Ethics Taught by Nuria Sheehan This course provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the evolving field of digital publishing. Students will learn the core elements and strategies of digital publishing and examine current and emerging publishing models. We will discuss critical issues such as the blurring…Continue reading A Late Addition to the Winter Schedule:
Updated Winter Quarter Course Schedule
A second workshop has been added to the schedule. You can find a complete course schedule under the Courses tab. ENG 484: Writing the Personal Essay with Kim Brooks on Monday nights. In addition to being the author of the memoir Small Animals and the novel The Houseguest, Kim is the former personal-essay editor at…Continue reading Updated Winter Quarter Course Schedule
Check Out this Incredible Write-Up on DePaul’s Blue Book in Poets & Writers
DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing 2022 and Chris Solis Green, who edited the project, have received yet another glowing piece written about the project, this time in Poetry & Writers, the prominent national trade magazine founded in 1970. Ex Libris would like to congratulate Chris Green and all of the student editors…Continue reading Check Out this Incredible Write-Up on DePaul’s Blue Book in Poets & Writers
A Special Crook & Folly Call For Submissions:
Spooky Submissions ContestHosted by Crook & Folly Link to Submit: HERERules and Guidelines:What qualifies as a Spooky Submission?You tell us! What do you fear? What do others fear? What keeps you upat night? What makes you question if you’re still dreaming? Regale us withyour encounters in the paranormal, your close calls with the occult, yourmost…Continue reading A Special Crook & Folly Call For Submissions:
Celebrate the ’23 Fellows, and Apply for the ’24 Fellowship Yourself!
The Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are among the largest awards for emerging poets between the ages of 21-31. The Poetry Foundation is excited to showcase the 2023 fellows in a public reading on Saturday, October 21 at 2:00PM (CT), hosted by Joy Priest at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. Applications for the 2024 Ruth Lilly…Continue reading Celebrate the ’23 Fellows, and Apply for the ’24 Fellowship Yourself!
Interested in a Career in Teaching?
Southern Teachers has 750 member schools around the South that list English teaching jobs with us each year. We provide individualized service to each candidate, helping them find jobs that suit their interests, talents, and geographic preferences. This is a free service for candidates! Our member schools value Southern Teachers’ recruitment assistance and pay all the costs for our…Continue reading Interested in a Career in Teaching?
Apply to be a Humanities and Writing Tutor at Harold Washington College
Student Success is our #1 Priority! Harold Washington College supports students in their classes through peer, professional, and embedded tutoring. Harold Washington College is currently seeking a part-time Humanities/ Writing Tutor. This position is responsible for bridging the gap between the college and the needs of the student. This position also helps students make academic progress, while…Continue reading Apply to be a Humanities and Writing Tutor at Harold Washington College
HumanitiesX is Now Accepting Applications:
Announcing Six Student Fellowship Positions:Each year, HumanitiesX, DePaul’s Experiential Humanities Collaborative, offers six paid Student Fellowships to undergraduate or graduate students. Applicants for the 2023-24 HumanitiesX Student Fellowships should have curiosity about and/or experience related to our annual theme, Democracy & Rights. Student Fellows work approximately 10-12 hours/week between November 2023 and June 2024. Fellows…Continue reading HumanitiesX is Now Accepting Applications:
Check out this Feature in Newsline on Chris Green & DePaul’s Blue Book
‘DEPAUL’S BLUE BOOK’ HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF NATION’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL WRITING “It’s amazing what teenagers are capable of creating. This anthology is a testament to the talent that’s in our young people,” Solís Green says. You can read the rest of the article here
Check Out Prof. Jessica Easto’s New Book, How To Taste Coffee, and Join Her at the Dayglow Launch Party
A must-read for any lover of coffee, How to Taste Coffee inspires readers to taste widely and sip consciously, with more appreciation, more discernment, and a greater sense of wonder. When: Friday, October 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. (CT) Where: Dayglow’s Chicago location in the Kimball Arts Center (1757 N. Kimball Ave.) Purchasing a copy of the book…Continue reading Check Out Prof. Jessica Easto’s New Book, How To Taste Coffee, and Join Her at the Dayglow Launch Party
Ava O’Malley
Check out Ava O’Malley’s recently published work here!
Crook & Folly is Hiring:
DePaul’s Literary and Arts magazine is hiring for Section Editors, Readers, Social Media Team, and Copy Editors. Crook & Folly is an award winning publication, printed annually, dedicated to exhibiting student work in Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Creative Nonfiction, and Flash Fiction. Literary pieces are accompanied by visual contributions from students of the Art School of DePaul. I…Continue reading Crook & Folly is Hiring:
NEW Class Added to the Autumn Quarter Schedule: Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous
Check Classes in the menu bar for full course schedules. ENG 484 Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous Dave Welch M 6:00-9:15 (Hybrid) “The Fantastic,” writes Tzvetan Todorov, “is that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature, confronting an apparently supernatural event.” In this class,…Continue reading NEW Class Added to the Autumn Quarter Schedule: Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous
Job Opening: Cincinnati Review
The Cincinnati Review is hiring for a new position, assistant managing editor (Assistant Editor Publications, in the official university terminology). This person will create and maintain a coordinated social media presence for the magazine, as well as mentor graduate students in that practice, and oversee web writing and scheduling. They’ll also work on events and…Continue reading Job Opening: Cincinnati Review
Announcement: Today’s Career Panel has been Postponed
Today’s Career Panel has been postponed and rescheduled for Tuesday, May 23rd, 6:30-7:30 at SAC 161.
Nominate a Fellow Student for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement
The English Department seeks nominations for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to honor the great work our students do in their communities.…Continue reading Nominate a Fellow Student for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement
Artists’ Residency Opportunity with Writers, Visual Artists, Faculty, Advanced Students, Curators, Gallerists, & Other Creatives – Taleamor Park
Taleamor Park offers self-directed residencies for artists and writers in all media who seek a restorative and productive countryside interlude of two weeks or more. Located near Lake Michigan 60 miles east of Chicago, Taleamor Park affords trails, woods, pollinator habitats, and ponds within a working grain and farm. Restored vintage barns and outbuildings offer private, spacious, and well-lit studio spaces that…Continue reading Artists’ Residency Opportunity with Writers, Visual Artists, Faculty, Advanced Students, Curators, Gallerists, & Other Creatives – Taleamor Park
Updated AQ’23 Course Descriptions!
Check the Classes tab in the menu for updated descriptions of the August ’23 course selection, or click HERE
Prof. Sarah Fay’s New Memoir “Cured” is now Available on Substack
You can get the exclusive publication of Sarah Fay’s ‘Cured: The Memoir’—plus resources, interviews, and other stories of mental health recovery— Here
Congrats Prof. Miles Harvey! His “The Man Who Slept With Eudora Welty” will be Published in the Spring Issue of Ploughshares!
You can order a copy of the Spring ’23 issue Here
Congratulations to Prof. Barrie Borich–Recipient of the HumanitiesX Fellowship!
Barrie Jean Borich and Heather Montes-Ireland (WGS) have been awarded a HumanitiesX fellowship for next academic year. This marks the third year (out of three) that English faculty have landed this fellowship. Chris Green was the first, then Miles Harvey, and now Barrie Borich!
(Tentative) Autumn 2023 Courses Have Been Posted
Course Carts are open. As always, course schedules will be updated and posted under the Classes menu tab on the front page of Ex Libris.
Latinx Studies Programs in the Midwest: Diálogo’s 25th Anniversary Symposium
Click HERE to register
Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch
The Writing Center’s digital literary magazine, The Orange Couch, is accepting submissions for their 4th issue. The magazine is revision-based and requires the writer to receive feedback either through a writing center appointment (we offer three modalities) or through either Writers Guild or the Latinx Writing Group (the Writing Center’s creative writing groups). Deadline is Tuesday, May 2nd,…Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch
An Interview with Anna Sortino, Author of “Give Me a Sign”
Recently, I had the chance to chat with Anna Sortino, a DePaul MAWP alumni whose first novel, Give Me a Sign, is being published at Penguin Random House. Anna shared some insights on graduating, shed some light on her process, and expressed what it was like representing Deaf culture. Give Me a Sign comes out…Continue reading An Interview with Anna Sortino, Author of “Give Me a Sign”
There’s Still Time To Apply For Community and Project Based Learning (CPBL) Internship Scholarship Program
Follow the LINK for more information!
Spring Conference SUBMISSION EXTENSION
Email your submissions to depaulenglishcon@gmail.com until April 7!
Call For Submissions: Graphê Has Extended Their Deadline To April 15
Graphê is acccepting submissions in the forms of academic writing, poetry, prose, creative non-fiction, and works of visual art from students across the city to be considered for publication in its coming Fall 2023 issue. Submissions will be considered for technical merit, boldness of content, and the ingenuity of a given piece. Interested students are…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Graphê Has Extended Their Deadline To April 15
Call For Submissions: Hex
Hex is a new online literary magazine based at Worcester Polytechnic Institute that publishes speculative flash fiction and prose poetry <1000 words. In their own words- We like it weird. Hex is currently open for free submissions. They especially encourage submissions from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ writers, writers with disabilities, and early-career writers. For more info,…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Hex
Call For Submissions: The Opal, Spalding University’s Literary Magazine Now Accepting Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, and Poetry
The Opal is set to release their second issue, June 2023. Submit your fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry through April 14th at theopalmag.com/submit/. There is no submission fee! The Opal is focused on providing emerging writers with the opportunity to have their voice heard. Check out more here
Call For Submissions: Another Chicago Magazine
Another Chicago Magazine is calling for poetry submissions– deadline is March 31, 2023! Follow the link to submit! We publish all kinds. Please submit no more than 5 poems and no more than 7 pages of poetry.
Check Out Miles Harvey’s The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material, a New Short Story Published in Conjunctions
In the mood for a story about a scam artist posing as a man of God? Read the piece that novelist Karen Russell describes as “a mutant menagerie of literary fiction … an oasis for weirdness and wonder.” You can find The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material HERE on…Continue reading Check Out Miles Harvey’s The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material, a New Short Story Published in Conjunctions
SLAG GLASS CITY’S 2023 Call for Submissions: CITY OUT OF TIME
CITY OUT OF TIMEHow does the city tell time? Stop time? Save time? Lose time?Keep time by the ticktock of an urban clock? The city out of time is a city where bridges fall and waters rise, where change is too late and never enough, where weather is breaking and transit is failing, where tent cities…Continue reading SLAG GLASS CITY’S 2023 Call for Submissions: CITY OUT OF TIME
Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm
This is a virtual event hosted on crowdcast. Charis welcomes Francesca Royster in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a discussion of Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance. A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides. Follow the link for more info.…Continue reading Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm
Don’t Miss This:
Reserve your free ticket here.
New Course Update: ENG 484 Writing Workshop- The Spoken Word
Writing Workshop: The Spoken WordWednesday 6:00-9:15In Person with professor Tara Betts When we hear the term spoken word, people often think of poetry slams, open mics, images of the Black Arts Movement, Beat Poets, and coffee houses. Now, that image has expanded to include television shows like “Def Poetry Jam,” “Verses & Flow,” BET’s “Lyric…Continue reading New Course Update: ENG 484 Writing Workshop- The Spoken Word
Call For Submissions: Ex Libris!
Ex Libris is taking submissions! We are looking to feature book reviews and interviews with alumni and faculty, written by current students. Have an idea, or a piece already written? Email Zach Sharp @ rsharp5@depaul.edu. Thanks, Zach
Don’t Miss This Opportunity To Win A Graduate Research Fellowship
DePaul’s Social Transformation Research Collaborative (STRC) was established in 2021 with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Humanities. The STRC is dedicated to exploring how the humanities can serve as a source of justice and healing for communities historically shaped by, and continuously facing, racism, violence, and dispossession. The STRC is…Continue reading Don’t Miss This Opportunity To Win A Graduate Research Fellowship
Call For Submissions: New Croton Review
The New Croton Review is accepting submissions thru April 15 for the Spring Issue (to be published on May 13). If you have unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photographs, or visual art that you’d like us to consider, please email to Review@CrotonArts.org. Our submission guidelines (click here) are fully explained on our website Review.CrotonArts.org, where you can also get past…Continue reading Call For Submissions: New Croton Review
Check Out Prof. Barrie Borich’s New Essay, The Everyday Invisible, Published In Conjunctions
You can read an excerpt of the essay here, and find the full piece in fall 2022 issue, Conjunctions:79, Onword. Conjunctions is a biannual literary anthology published by Bard College.
Call For Submission: Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize
The aim of the Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize is both to celebrate the best of new short fiction and to give winners the most visibility possible for their writing. That’s why we’ve teamed up with fifteen different literary and artistic institutions to offer not only a cash prize and writing retreats but to ensure…Continue reading Call For Submission: Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize
Another Chicago Magazine Is Offering A 2-3 Week Residency For Nonfiction Writers
ACM Residency In 2023, Another Chicago Magazine will award a free multi-week residency in Belfast, Maine, which is on the coast, about two hours north of Portland and one hour southeast of Bangor. S.L. Wisenberg, ACM editor and author of the forthcoming Juniper prizewinner, The Wandering Womb, is the final judge. Apply between January 15 and March 17; the portal closes…Continue reading Another Chicago Magazine Is Offering A 2-3 Week Residency For Nonfiction Writers
Graduate Student Fellowships
DePaul’s Social Transformation Research Collaborative (STRC) was established in 2021 with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Humanities. The STRC is dedicated to exploring how the humanities can serve as a source of justice and healing for communities historically shaped by, and continuously facing, racism, violence, and dispossession. The STRC is…Continue reading Graduate Student Fellowships
Apply For This Scholarship – Deadline January 23
The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s three graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2022 fall…Continue reading Apply For This Scholarship – Deadline January 23
Don’t Miss The Launch Of Francesca’s New Book, Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance, At Women And Children First Bookstore, February 9
To rsvp, click here Women & Children First is located in Andersonville at 5233 N Clark St
Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022
Erika was the very first student to work on a Big Shoulders Books project – before BSB even existed, in fact. After DePaul, she graduated with an MFA in African-American speculative fiction from University of Kentucky. Her award winning essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” has earned her a book deal with Scribner and will…Continue reading Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022
Check Out The New Publisher’s Weekly Piece And It’s Terrfic Plug For Francesca Royster’s Upcoming Book, Choosing Family
Follow this link to read the article! Professor Royster’s Choosing Family will be out early February!
A Huge Congratulations To Megan Heffernan!
Megan Heffernan has been awarded a fellowship from Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study for 2023-2024 to work on her next book, Resilient Books: Archival Science in an Age of Precarity. The Institute’s research theme for next year is “The Long Run,” and it’s described this way: “Practical decision-making, ethical evaluation, scientific modeling, and cultural meaning-making all…Continue reading A Huge Congratulations To Megan Heffernan!
Check Out Miles Harvey’s ‘Beachcombers In Doggerland’ A New Short Story Published By The Sun Magazine
Read ‘Beachcombers In Doggerland’ here!
Apply for this $10,000 Fellowship: Luminarts Cultural Foundation is Calling Writers 18-30
Deadline to Apply: February 17, 2023 Apply to the 2023 Luminarts Creative Writing Fellowship today! You could win $10,000, become a Luminarts Fellow, and as a Fellow be eligible for continued funding for your artistic and career development projects. Click HERE to get started, or contact us at info@luminarts.org or (312) 435-5961 ABOUT LUMINARTS:The Luminarts Cultural Foundation cultivates Chicago’s…Continue reading Apply for this $10,000 Fellowship: Luminarts Cultural Foundation is Calling Writers 18-30
Call For Submissions: Hayden’s Ferry Review
When we re-mix something, we re-imagine what it is, what it was, or what it has the capacity to be. We live in a constant state of re-mix, taking the substance of the world as we experience it, then creasing and folding it at the corners to create something new, but familiar. Novel, but known.…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Hayden’s Ferry Review
Call For Submission: Bridge
Bridge is a Chicago-based not for profit publishing and programming organization. Currently they are looking for submissions specifically in poetry and fiction for both their hardbound annual journal and their weekly magazine. Deadline is January 15. Bridge is a truly unique publication that also takes submissions in visual art, cultural criticism, design, and hybrid work. Please refer…Continue reading Call For Submission: Bridge
Tufts University Now Accepting Applicants for PhD in English Program
The English Graduate Program at Tufts University is now accepting applications for our Fall 2023 class, with a deadline of 15 January 2023. For more details, check out this letter from the graduate program.
Call For Submission: Radix Media Is Looking For The Next Megaphone Prize Winner
The Brooklyn based, independent publisher, Radix Media is currently accepting personal essay collections from emerging writers of color for this annual contest. The recipient of The Megaphone Prize will receive a $1000 reward, 20 author copies, and a publicity cycle dedicated to their debut. Author Hanif Abdurraqib will serve as this year’s judge, selecting only…Continue reading Call For Submission: Radix Media Is Looking For The Next Megaphone Prize Winner
Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
And look out for the winning piece, “We Moved Out of the Projects and into a Home”, to be featured in SRPR’s Winter issue! Check out the full announcement at SRPR: Contest. Meghan Malachi, our first-place winner, will receive $1000, an introduction written by Ashley M. Jones, and an invitation to read at SRPR’s annual…Continue reading Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
My Interview With Professor Kathleen Rooney and Her New Book, Where Are The Snows: See Her Read Tonight, Oct.19, 6-7 PM in ALH 103!
I recently had the opportunity to ask (via email) author, poet and Professor Kathleen Rooney about her newest poetry collection, Where Are The Snows. Along with the award winning book’s vital take on a world insistent on ending, we get to talking about the collection’s relation to Rose Metal Press and Poems While You Wait,…Continue reading My Interview With Professor Kathleen Rooney and Her New Book, Where Are The Snows: See Her Read Tonight, Oct.19, 6-7 PM in ALH 103!
Big Shoulders Books Featured in Chicago Tribune!
Check out this fantastic write-up about our Big Shoulders Books and the faculty that make it happen! DePaul project publishes Chicago stories, Studs Terkel style (chicagotribune.com)
Look Into: University of South Dakota’s Ph.D. in English, One of the Few Ph.D.’s That Allows You to Specialize in Creative Writing
Department of EnglishGraduate Programs The Master of Arts is a two-year program that offers you a choice between critical and creative specializations as well as multiple paths to completion. If you choose a creative writing emphasis, you take graduate-level workshops in multiple genres with professional writers that enable you to develop not only multi-genre fluency…Continue reading Look Into: University of South Dakota’s Ph.D. in English, One of the Few Ph.D.’s That Allows You to Specialize in Creative Writing
Don’t Miss This:
Reading and Signing featuring Kathleen Rooney and Tara Betts!
Step Right Up: Autumn Open Mic
Calling all MAWP & MALP students! On October 21st, join for an evening of community, art-sharing, and coffee at The Bourgousie Pig (6-8pm). Sign up to share your writing here: bit.ly/depaulautumnopenmic
Call For Submissions: Honey Literary
“Honey Literary is currently reading submissions for Issue 5, out February 2023! We publish two issues each year, one in winter, and one in summer. This reading period (for Issue 5) runs from September 1st, 2022 to December 15th, 2022.” Follow the link below for more info! Submit — Honey Literary
Don’t Miss This: October 20 & 21
An event put on by the Social Transformation Research Collaborative. Click on the flyer for more information and scan the QR to RSVP.
Curious About the Art of Translation?
Award winning translator Alta L. Price and the Program Director of DePaul’s German Program, Eugene Sampson will be discussing all-things translation in this unique event. Don’t miss this! October 11, 4:30-6:00 PM in SAC 161 You can also watch via zoom at https://depaul.zoom.us/j/93356266291
The Return of DePaul University Day at the Art Institute!
After a long, unavoidable hiatus, DePaul University Day at the Art Institute of Chicago is back! Join DePaul students, faculty, staff and retirees on Friday, September 30, 2022, 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.! Enjoy gallery talks by faculty and museum staff and music by DePaul alum, Hunter Diamond, at one of the world’s best museums and let…Continue reading The Return of DePaul University Day at the Art Institute!
Get a Job! The Getty is Hiring a Digital Content Editor Position
In their words: ~We are looking for a Digital Content Editor to develop engaging stories for broad, non-specialist audiences that draw from our work to research, develop, and model best practices for the long-term preservation of the world’s cultural heritage. The Digital Content Editor will identify and write these stories in consultation with subject area…Continue reading Get a Job! The Getty is Hiring a Digital Content Editor Position
Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders
The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse will be welcoming Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon for her talk, “Ecological Rhetorics in vivo/in situ: Precarity Infrastructure Across Borders,” on October 5, 2022 from 4:30-6:00PM in McGowan South 105. Please see attached flyer for details. Info here!
Minnesota State Arts Board Seeking Candidates For Key Positions
Are you looking for a position where you can make a difference? Where you can help make arts and creative activities available to residents and communities throughout the state? Where you can support the work of Minnesota’s creative individuals and organizations? Then consider applying for a position at the Arts Board: Grant program officer –…Continue reading Minnesota State Arts Board Seeking Candidates For Key Positions
Apply for a Fellowship With HumanitiesX
HumanitiesX, DePaul’s Experiential Humanities Collaborative, seeks six Student Fellows for the 2022-23 year. These are 10-12 hour/week positions that run from Oct.-June, paying up to $6517/student. For engaged students interested in the environment, it’s a great opportunity. Student Fellows assist faculty and community partners as they develop new HumanitiesX courses, and with the guidance of…Continue reading Apply for a Fellowship With HumanitiesX
Don’t Miss This:
Do you have an interest in graphic novels or discussing complicated issues in writing? Join Prof. Royster Prof. Shanahan for a free-form discussion about graphic novels, present and future, in the context of “Freedom to Read,” the One Book One Chicago theme for this year, and “Banned Books Week.” The discussion will take place from 10:10-11:10…Continue reading Don’t Miss This:
Thin Air Magazine is Now Accepting Submissions for Their 29th Issue: home·land
Thin Air Magazine, Northern Arizona University’s MFA-run literary journal, is calling for submissions for their Spring 2023 issue. Homeland is the theme at hand. In their own words: What defines a ‘homeland’? For this issue, we want work that explores the complex and malleable nature of homes, lands, and all that they encompass. Thin Air…Continue reading Thin Air Magazine is Now Accepting Submissions for Their 29th Issue: home·land
A Unique Teaching Opportunity for Musicians:
Intonation Music is a Bronzeville-based youth development/music education nonprofit. Right now they are looking to fill several different positions with people passionate about both music and community outreach: Lead Instructor, Co-Instructor and Development Manager. If you are interested in this very important opportunity, and in helping bring music to the youth of Chicago, click here…Continue reading A Unique Teaching Opportunity for Musicians:
Get Your Foot in the Door: New Internship Opportunities for BIPOC Students!
PubWest is launching their Fall internship program and is looking to place BIPOC students in paid entry-level positions within the publishing industry. This is a six month long, paid internship. The deadline to apply is September 30 and interviews will be held from October 3-7. Don’t sleep on this opportunity! If you’re interested, follow the…Continue reading Get Your Foot in the Door: New Internship Opportunities for BIPOC Students!
Interested in Applying for the Fulbright?
With the national deadline to apply, October 11, coming up, now is the perfect time to start your application! The Fulbright Scholarship allows students to travel abroad teaching English, or conducting research and study. All graduating seniors, graduate students, and alumni are eligible to apply. Interested? Rachel Scott will be holding an information session on the…Continue reading Interested in Applying for the Fulbright?
Calling For Volunteers to Serve on the Fulbright Campus Committee
With the national deadline (11 October) to apply for the Fulbright fast approaching, the Campus Committee is asking for volunteers to read applications and participate in interviews with the candidates. The campus interview and assessment are critical aspects of a student’s application and can greatly enhance their chances of obtaining this prestigious fellowship, which makes this…Continue reading Calling For Volunteers to Serve on the Fulbright Campus Committee
An Inconvenient Hour:
In addition to the excitement of the Printer’s Row Literary Festival this weekend in Chicago, faculty members Tara Betts (poet) and Michele Morano (creative nonfiction/memoir) will be part of “An Inconvenient Hour” reading series 5:30-6:30pm Saturday, 9/10 at Metropolis Coffee Shop, 1039 W. Granville Ave. Poets Tony Trigilio and Mary Ardery will also read. More…Continue reading An Inconvenient Hour:
Check out John Domini’s Review of Kathleen Rooney’s New Poetry Collection, “Where Are the Snows”
Read it in The Brooklyn Rail! https://t.co/EY6YziF44v
Publishing Cocktails: Have a Drink and Celebrate the Chicago Publishing Scene, September 22 at the Peckish Pig
You must RSVP to attend this event! Follow the link below to register: Publishing Cocktails at the Peckish Pig Tickets, Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM | Eventbrite
Upcoming Book by DePaul Alum, Zhanna Slor: Breakfall
Author of At The End of the World, Turn Left, Zhanna Slor’s upcoming book Breakfall is a domestic thriller about a young mother, fresh off a divorce, whose sultry affair with a married police officer leads to a scandal, but when people at her Jiu Jitsu gym start dying and disappearing, the only connection is…Continue reading Upcoming Book by DePaul Alum, Zhanna Slor: Breakfall
Apprenticeship at One Story
One Story has an exciting opportunity for a rising college senior or class of ’22 grad: a paid apprenticeship. Open this post for more information.
MMLA’s Upcoming Conference
The Midwestern Modern Language Association(MMLA) is excited to announce their upcoming 2022 Convention: Post-Now. The upcoming conference is in Minneapolis from November 16th-21st. Take advantage of the professional workshops available at the conference. Their CV workshop is available to all attending the conference. Attendees can sign up for a time to have their CV reviewed one-on-one with…Continue reading MMLA’s Upcoming Conference
New Podcast: DePaul Alum Interviews Professionals with Liberal Arts Advanced Degrees Working Outside Their Fields of Study.
MAWP alum Jesse Butts has started a podcast, The Work Seminar, devoted to liberal arts advanced degree holders considering work outside their fields of study.
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Call for Submissions
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Call for Papers
Call for Papers Attachment Issues: psychopolitics and the everyday3CT Lauren Berlant Graduate Student Conference April 15–16, 2022Deadline for paper proposals: Friday, February 11, 5:00pm CT When Frantz Fanon wrote about the mental disorders spurred by the “favorable breeding ground” of the Algerian War, he described a process through which the world forced itself into the mind.…Continue reading Call for Papers
Call for Submissions: Seeking New Talent & Emerging Black Writers
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