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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 graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE, MALP, MAWP, and MFA degrees. If you are interested, please see the attached documents and submit your application materials before the deadline. For questions about applying, please contact your program director. 

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 be expanded into a memoir, This Is Your Mother.

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 increasingly push us to consider causes that extend further and further into the past and consequences that extend further and further into the future. The Long Run Project will bring together humanists, scientists, social scientists, policy scholars, and artists to… Read Article →

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 to the &c submissions page for details on submission requirements for each individual category. Subscribe to Bridge online by clicking here or start an account in the free member’s section.

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