Good afternoon, everyone! Today, we have a few reminders, in addition to our list of next week’s events and deadlines.

May 1 Reminders

This is your reminder that submission windows for two contests and two creative writing journals are closing tonight: the ABA Journal / Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction (at 5:00 PM!), the Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize, Redivider‘s call for “new and under-published voices,” and Ninth Letter’s Special Web Edition on the theme of “Reversal”. (Click on each of these for submission details.)

Have you thought about earning DePaul degree credits while enjoying the experience of living and studying abroad for a few months? Applications to DePaul’s study abroad programs for next winter and winter–spring terms are also closing tonight. Click here for a list we’ve compiled of a few programs that appear to be especially conducive to English majors.

Week 6

• Monday, May 5:
  • “Writing the Life of John McGahern: The Pleasures and Problems of Literary Biography” (w/ Prof. Frank Shovlin), ALH 412, 5:00–6:00 PM (click here for details)
  • Poetry reading (w/ Profs. Chris Solís Green & Richard Jones), ALH 310, 6:30 PM (click here for details)

• Friday, May 9:
  • “AI in the Arts: Reshaping Creativity in the Digital Age” (DePaul AI Institute), Loop Campus, 11:00 AM–6:30 PM (click here for details)
  • at 5:00 PM: Spirit of DePaul Award submissions due (click here for details)

In case you missed it . . .

[Looking for Autumn Quarter 2025 course descriptions? Fear not! Our list of the department’s ENG course descriptions for AQ2025 will be posted soon; we’ll make an announcement as soon as the list is up.]