The Nelligan Prize for Short Fiction is open to submissions of previously unpublished short stories (50 pages max). The winner will receive $2,000 and publication in the 2015 fall/winter issue of the Colorado Review. The submission deadline is March 14, 2015. Writers may submit their pieces here for a $15 fee per story ($17/story for online submissions).
Narrative magazine is accepting fiction and nonfiction submissions for its winter 2015 story contest. The contest deadline is March 31, 2015, at midnight (PDT). Contest entrants may submit their work for a $22 fee, which includes three months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.
The Oklahoma Review, an online journal published by the department of English and foreign languages at Cameron University, is accepting fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry submissions until March 15. Students may email their submissions to okreview@cameron.edu. For detailed submission guidelines, download the Word doc or visit the website.
DePaul’s Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) department is offering an LSAT prep course. The eight-week course costs $699, which includes an assessment at the beginning of the course and Cambridge Educational Services’ Victory for the LSAT.
DePaul visiting assistant professor Mark Turcotte will be reading at this month’s installment of Sunday Salon Chicago, a free reading series, this Sunday, January 25. The event will take place at Riverview Tavern starting at 7 p.m. The audience will also hear work from Donald Evans, Goldie Goldbloom, Eric May, and Frances McNamara. Join the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) for its first winter quarter gathering!
The Guild Literary Complex is hiring a project coordinator for Brooksday, an annual event honoring Pulitzer Prize–winning Chicago poet Gwendolyn Brooks. This paid part-time position will run for about four months, from mid-February to mid-June. The application deadline is February 1, 2015. For more information, see the job posting on the Guild website.
DePaul literary magazine Crook & Folly is hosting the first of three workshops this Thursday. Students can receive one-on-one feedback on their writing from the editorial staff. To nab an assigned time slot, students should email their pieces to crookandfolly@gmail.com by Tuesday, January 20, at 7 p.m. Walk-ins are also available on a first-come, first-served basis. The word limits are as follows. Fiction and creative nonfiction: 5,000 words Micro prose: 1,000 words Poetry: One to three poems, up to three pages Crook & Folly Workshop Thursday, January 22 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m. Student Resource Room, second floor of Arts & Letters Hall For more… Read Article →
The Nazim Hikmet Poetry Competition is accepting submissions. Entrants may submit their poems here. The deadline is January 31, 2015. Winners will receive $100 each and an invitation to read their poems at the seventh annual Nazim Hikmet Poetry Festival.
Students can nominate their professors for a College of LAS Excellence in Teaching Award here. Nomination letters are due Monday, February 16. See the flyer for more information.
Name: James Neisen Program: MAE Graduate Assistantship: James works as a GA in the Writing Center. Fun fact: Before coming to DePaul to pursue a master’s degree in English, James earned an MFA in poetry at Syracuse University. *** The deadline to apply for 2015–2016 graduate assistantships is Friday, January 23.
Name: Kate O’Brien Bio: I am a second-year graduate student in the Master’s of Writing and Publishing program here at DePaul. I am primarily a fiction writer, but I also write for the web and enjoy writing in a variety of genres. I spent the three years between graduating from undergrad and beginning grad school teaching English abroad. I spent two years in Colombia and a year in France and did some traveling in between, and I am happy to work with writers on any piece of writing in English, Spanish, or French. Graduate Assistantship Description: I… Read Article →
The last day to apply for spring degree conferral is February 1, 2015.