Join professor Chris Green and student Clare Stuber on Tuesday, September 16, at 7 p.m. for this month’s installment of the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Readings. Open Door Readings take place on the third Tuesday of every month from September through May at 61 West Superior Street. The one-hour readings feature two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. The series is free and open to the public.
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The Fall 2014 Black River Chapbook Competition is now open to submissions of poetry and short fiction through October 31, 2014. Black Lawrence Press runs the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction twice a year. Entries should be between 16 and 36 pages in length. The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. You can submit entries here.
Congratulations to alumna Zhanna Slor! Slor’s work was published in the summer issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, and her group of essays—which appeared in the winter 2013 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review—recently received a notable mention in the The Best American Essays 2014.
Letter from Acting Director of the MAWP, Ted Anton Dear MAWP-ers, Congratulations on a great year of work, of reading your peers and writing your own essays, poems, stories and novels. I’m sure everyone is looking forward to summer and an opportunity to relax and think about nothing, which I highly recommend. We have had numerous accomplishments, with many more to come. I try to look on my colleagues’ accomplishments as a spur to pursue my own. We teachers need and support your success! I recall that some of the least successful writers in my… Read Article →
With graduation right around the corner Ex Libris went out to talk to 2014 graduates to find out what the future holds. We’re proud of the work our graduates have completed, and are excited about their futures! Caitlin Garvey Caitlin’s creative nonfiction piece, “Clutter”, will be published in the literary magazine Infinite Acacia (under their “Mother Knows Best” submission contest). Jessica Chiarella Jessica has been accepted into an MFA program. She will be attending UC Riverside’s fiction program starting this fall! Max Barry Max earned a distinction for his Master’s thesis. It is named Reaching for a Connection: Hand Imagery… Read Article →
MIKKI KENDALL AND HER ONLINE BEEFS WITH WHITE FEMINISTS
Write Pieces Inspired by Pieces in a Gallery Submit writing to “Inklight,” a meeting place of creative writing and photography published on the web site ofAfterimage: The Journal of Media Arts and Cultural Criticism published at Visual Studies Workshop in Rochester, New York. For this unique project, photographers submit original work, which is selected to be posted on theAfterimage web site. Writers then submit original creative writing inspired by one of the images on the web site (engaging in the process of ekphrasis). New “Inklight” features will be posted on our web site regularly and archived indefinitely. TO… Read Article →
Jeff Tangel over at the Chicago Tribune considers the “Little Free Library” in his Englewood neighborhood. Going on two years the library has been a resounding success, and signals that people, though resigned, are excited to learn, work, and gain knowledge. Read more here
Boston College Appoints Professor Murphy as the Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies The Burns Library Visiting Scholar in Irish Studies Chair was established in 1989 by a generous gift of the Burns Foundation of San Francisco, California. The Foundation was set up by the family of the Honorable John J. Burns, for whom the library is named. A distinguished scholar, writer or artist who has made significant contributions to Irish cultural or intellectual life is brought to Boston College for either a semester or full academic year. The Burns Scholar uses the library’s… Read Article →
The Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference The Northwestern University Summer Session is pleased to announce the 10th annual Northwestern Summer Writers’ Conference, a three-day summer institute dedicated to the creation and revision of novels, short-stories, nonfiction and poetry. The program is tailored to writers of all genres, backgrounds, and levels of experience, and welcomes anyone seeking a fuller understanding of the craft — and business — of writing. Participants may choose from a diverse array of panels and workshops, all designed to give participants valuable perspectives on their work in the supportive company of other writers…. Read Article →
Spring 2014 Story Contest OUR SPRING CONTEST is open to all fiction and nonfiction writers. We’re looking for short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, photo essays, graphic stories, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 15,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest. Narrative winners and finalists have gone on to win the Pushcart Prize, the Whiting Writers’ Award, and the Atlantic prize, and have appeared in collections such as The Best American Short Stories, The… Read Article →
Professor Sneed and Anton Recognized by the 2014 Awards for Books Published in 2013 Professor Christine Sneed recently won the award in Adult Fiction for her book Little Known Facts published by Bloomsbury. Professor Sneed worked at DePaul as an Assistant Visiting Professors from autumn of 2003 to autumn of 2012. She’ll be teaching, ENG 492 Writing Fiction this coming autumn. Professor Ted Anton was a Finalist in Adult Nonfiction for his work, Longevity Seekers: Science, Business, and the Fountain of Youth published by the University of Chicago Press. About the Prize Each year since… Read Article →