Call for Submissions From a New Press Started by a DePaul Alum

Call for Submissions ft. a DePaul Alum’s New Press!

Introducing Lillet (pronounced lee-lay after the French aperitif, that stimulates the appetite). Lillet publishes chapbooks. Prose, poetry, sketch/comedy scripts, some combination, or some new genre you’ve invented.  Their first open reading period is open from NOW until May 1. Submit on their website: lilletpress.com There is no reading fee or set number of manuscripts selected for publication this…Continue reading Call for Submissions ft. a DePaul Alum’s New Press!

Congratulations to these DePaul Writers!

This year’s Chicago Reader “Best of Polls” is open for voting through Feb. 8 and includes:  Alum Caro Macon Fleischer (BA 2016, MFA 2020) for Best Playwright Kathleen Rooney for Best Novelist Kathleen Rooney’s Poems While You Wait for Best Poetry Organization Congrats to all! Be sure to show your support by voting in the poll: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/best-of-ballot-voting-nominations/Content?oid=83800909#//

Alumni Shoutout!

Kenny Wassus, a MAWP grad and former BSB student worker, is now at the Wall Street Journal as a senior video journalist covering tech video. He has a pitch in for his first written piece, so stay tuned for when it might be in print! Wassus has also worked for New York Magazine, and you…Continue reading Alumni Shoutout!

Alum Profile: MAWP Meredith Boe

This autumn quarter Ex Libris correspondent Eric Canan sat down with MAWP alum Meredith Boe to dicuss life post-DePaul, paying the bills, and her recently published chapbook, What City.    Alum Profile: Meredith Boe   Since graduating from DePaul’s MAWP program in 2013, Meredith Boe has settled into a groove she can be proud of. She…Continue reading Alum Profile: MAWP Meredith Boe

Congrats to Alum: Matthew Manning

Congrats to DePaul alum Matthew Manning on publishing his story, “The Unlikely Encounter That Made Me Confront My Male Fragility,” on Medium.com! Read the full piece here.

An Interview with Mark Turcotte

Check out former DePaul student Guillaume Delabar’s published interview on Professor Mark Turcotte in TriQuarterly Magazine!

Congratulations to MAWP Alumnus Matthew Caracciolo!

Matthew Caracciolo’s  debut book THE WAYGOOK BOOK: A FOREIGNER’S GUIDE TO SOUTH KOREA will launch on December 4th! To read the prologue, visit https://matthewcaracciolo.com/. Congratulations, Matthew! The department is proud of you.

Alumni Spotlight!

June 2018 MAWP grad Cynthia Nwakudu is a finalist for the 2018 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award! The Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Awards (GBOMA) is an annual poetry competition founded by Pulitzer Prize winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks (1917-2000). The competition culminates in a live semi-finals event at which the top contestants selected by guest judges perform…Continue reading Alumni Spotlight!