For more information on Threshold, please visit their new website. Threshold will be awarding the Threshold Awards for Excellence in each of four literary categories. These categories include Dramatic Literature (one act plays and screenplay excerpts), Creative Non-Fiction (personal essays, literary journalism, memoirs, travel writing, etc), Fiction (short stories, novella or novel excerpts), and Poetry…Continue reading Threshold Awards for Excellence
Month: February 2011
Newberry Library Grad Student Conference in Renaissance Studies, A Reflection
Interested in graduate student conferences? Read first-year MAE student Melissa Smith’s take on the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students conference, which she attended in late January. The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St, hosted the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference from Jan. 27–29, drawing students from all over, including two of…Continue reading Newberry Library Grad Student Conference in Renaissance Studies, A Reflection
International Writing Centers Week Events
International Writing Centers Week February 14-18, 2011 Love Across Languages, a multilingual poetry reading. Come share your favorite love poems, in any language, and listen to others read some of their favorites. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. Where: Loop Student Center, North Café When: Monday, February 14. 3pm-6pm Literacy Narratives Reading and…Continue reading International Writing Centers Week Events
The New Chicago Manual of Style: More Than Just a Blue Cover
Have a love-hate relationship with the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)? I’m sure most of us do, and second-year MAWP student Trudie Gauerke talks about hers in this post about the most recent changes to the CMOS with the release of the sixteenth edition. If you too have a love-hate relationship with The Chicago Manual…Continue reading The New Chicago Manual of Style: More Than Just a Blue Cover
“I’m ‘In Process'”
When you read second-year MAWP student Christopher L. Smith’s contemplation on the meaning of being “in process,” as a writer, you’ll find yourself contemplating along with him, and maybe discovering or rediscovering why you chose to be a writer or go to graduate school.
Hunting the Smaller Jungle: While You Wait
Read earlier posts in this series by MAE student Sabrina Martin: Tips and Tricks for Your Cover Letter and Résumé How to Make the Most of Your Part-time Experience The Search for Teaching Positions at Two-Year Colleges After your cover letters have been completed, your LORs sent and your applications postmarked, what do you do…Continue reading Hunting the Smaller Jungle: While You Wait
Willow Springs Fiction Prize: Win $2000 + publication
Willow Springs Contest Submission Guidelines Every entrant receives a one year subscription to Willow Springs. The winner of the contest will receive a prize of $2,000, plus publication in Willow Springs. Include a $15.00 entry fee, or a $20.00 entry fee for international submissions. Submissions without an entry fee will not be judged. Send only…Continue reading Willow Springs Fiction Prize: Win $2000 + publication
Volunteer Opportunity at World Relief Chicago
This volunteer opportunity was provided to us by Colleen Corliss (MAE), who is a volunteer with World Relief Chicago. World Relief Chicago is a Christian non-for-profit social service agency that assists refugees through cultural adjustment and employment services, English classes for adults, children’s and family literacy programs, and immigrant legal services. World Relief Chicago currently…Continue reading Volunteer Opportunity at World Relief Chicago
EGSA General Meeting
A message from the English Graduate Student Association: Hello! We hope that everyone has been enjoying the school year thus far. Before we all become even busier than we are now, we would like to invite you to the large group meeting for the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA). As you may remember from the…Continue reading EGSA General Meeting
“Absurdity and the Everyday”
Absurdity and the Everyday University of Washington Seattle, Washington May 17-18, 2011 The University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference invites papers for its 2011 session: “Absurdity and the Everyday.” Given Jonathan Lee’s recent documentary on Paul Goodman and his nearly forgotten work Growing Up Absurd, we might consider the relevance of absurdity today. “Growing…Continue reading “Absurdity and the Everyday”