The Chicago Writers Showcase is back next month to celebrate upcoming releases from Chicago Authors, including DePaul English faculty Kathleen Rooney. The event takes place on Tuesday, June 2 at 6:30 p.m. at Haymarket House, and you can RSVP here. Here’s the full lineup:
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Thank you to everyone who participated in and/or attended our Annual Spring English Conference on Friday! We had a blast listening to the student and alumni panels, celebrating graduates and outstanding students, and hearing from our graduating MFA students.
Hi everyone! We are so excited to host our Annual Spring English Conference on Friday, May 15. Please see below for the full conference schedule, and please come out to enjoy the different panels and celebrations!
Join us for a conversation with Daisy Hernandez—poet, author and associate professor in Creative Writing at Northwestern University—about her new book Citizenship: Notes on an American Myth. The event will take place on Monday, May 18 at 1 p.m. in A&L 108, and will be followed by a group discussion with the author at 4:30 p.m. in the LatinX Cultural Center. See below for full details:
Paul Booth, an MFA alumni (’25) and a professor of Digital Communication and Media Arts at DePaul University, was recently published in Cosmic Horror Monthly for his story The Sound of Moonlight. The story is only in print, but you can read it below: Congrats, Paul!
Esther Choy, a graduate student in the MAWP program, was featured in NBC Chicago yesterday for the release of her new book Winning Without Persuading. Congrats, Esther! Watch the full interview here.
For the 2026 issue of the Department of English newsletter, we’re asking students, alumni and professors to describe a transformative reading experience—one in which you were somehow a different person by the time you put the book down. It could be a text that completely changed your way of seeing the world, but it could also be one that had a more subtle, if no less profound, impact on your life. In no more than 250 words, please tell us about that book and how it rocked your world. What were the circumstances of your… Read Article →
Katelyn Welsh, a graduate student in the MAWP program, was recently featured in CBS for being the first pole vaulter on DePaul University’s track and field team. Check out the full story here: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/depaul-university-pole-vaulter-katelyn-welsh/ Congratulations, Katelyn!
Suspended is meant for the stories that are complete, yet seem unfinished. The endings hang and dangle off the final page, like a pendulum, seeking answers. We want your poems or short fiction stories that are suspended in this regard, have suspenseful endings, or are ambiguous in nature at any or every turn. Send us your visual art that makes onlookers question its meaning. Submissions Suspended accepts simultaneous submissions. Let us know if your submission is accepted elsewhere. We charge $3 to submit. Upload your submission to our Submittable page, and please use a Microsoft Word document, Times New Roman 12 pt. font and double-spaced, for written… Read Article →
Join us on Monday, May 11 at 6 p.m. in SAC 161 for an event with authors Chris Watkins and David Welch. See below for more details:
The John T. Richardson Library is asking English majors to consider applying for a student assistant position in Special Collections and Archives. The position—which has been posted on the Campus Job Board—will close Monday evening, May 4. Library staff members will begin to review applications next Wednesday, May 6, and plan to have in-person interviews the week of May 18. Students who have used Special Collections and Archives in the past are often the strongest candidates, but all applicants will be considered. The anticipated start date for the student assistant position in Special Collections and Archives is… Read Article →
Check out these upcoming deadlines for submissions across genres, and specialized contests: Redivider Call for Submissions – April 30, 2026 Fiction Flash Fiction Poetry Memoir & personal essay Cultural critique Cover art The Massachusetts Review – April 30, 2026 Nonfiction Fiction Performance Poetry Translation Hybrid Art Mud Season Review – April 30, 2026 Full-length Manuscript Reviews Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Art Chicago Story Press – April 30, 2026 Essays Creative Nonfiction New Croton Review – Open Submissions There is no deadline, but the next issue will go live May 9, 2026. Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Artwork and photos Barry Spacks Poetry Prize – April 30, 2026 Gunpowder Press is accepting book-length manuscripts of 48–100 pages for the 12th annual Barry Spacks Poetry Prize, which honors Barry’s… Read Article →