Submit to the C.D. Wright Emerging Poet’s Prize! The grand prize includes $1,000 and publication (as well as an Editor’s Choice Prize of $250 and publication). This year, the contest is being judged by none other than Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown. The Arkansas International is a literary magazine sponsored by The University of Arkansas Graduate Program in Creative Writing and Translation. Check out their website: https://www.arkint.org/cd-wright-prize for more information.
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 2021 Winter graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE, MALP, MAWP, and MFA degrees. You are eligible to apply for a PTS award if: You have already completed at least two English graduate courses toward your MAE/MALP, MAWP, or MFA degree… Read Article →
If you weren’t able to join us last Friday for the 11th Annual Spring English Conference, you can now find all of the recorded panels here on the conference website.
The London and Dublin: Travel, Heritage, and History program during December Intersession examines the heritage, public history and travel narratives of both cities. These two cities are irrevocably entwined historically, in material culture and in public memory. This continued connection can still be seen today in the difficulty of constructing BREXIT and the ongoing connections between the UK and Ireland. The deadline has been extended to June 15, 2020. Apply on the Study Abroad application portal here. HIST 269/398: Intro to Public History Name ENG 272/379: Travel Literature and the Construction of Meaning The two… Read Article →
TellUs, the multilingual and multicultural e-magazine from the Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR), a program within the University Center for Writing-based Learning, is now LIVE. Find their first issue here.
Just TWO days until the 2020 Spring English Conference. Don’t miss out on thoughtful discussions on a variety of topics! To attend a specific panel, please RSVP at englishconference.dpu@gmail.com to access the Zoom link and password. _____________________________ SESSION 1 (1:00-1:45pm) Climate Writing: Maxwell Rowe-Sutton, Karen Rosen, Abby Vakulskas Exploring Place: Corinne Witt, Amelia Modes, Dan Carroll, Elizabeth Wayne SESSION 2 (2:00-2:45pm) Writing About Fear and Illness: Angie Raney, Cedar Sutter, Isabel Cartwright, Caley Koch Identity and Relationships: Caitlin Costello, Miakoda Frost, Tess Melvin, Juan Manuel Sandoval SESSION 3 (3:00-3:45pm) Beyond the Familiar: Caitlin Howland, Miriam Cortinovis, Averi Paulsen, Lucy Miller Redefining… Read Article →
Professor Miles Harvey will be discussing his new book, The King of Confidence, on June 3rd at 7 p.m. alongside authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack as part of the At Home with Literati Series with Literati Bookstore. Find more info about the At Home Literati series and the Zoom event here.
The Spokane Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions. Send them your previously unpublished manuscript of at least three short stories and a minimum of 98 pages for a chance at publication and a $2000 prize. The deadline is June 15th, 2020. Each year the finalist is selected by a guest judge. Past judges have included Alexis Smith, Molly Giles, and Sharma Shields.Previous winners include Valerie Vogrin, Dariel Saurez, Jaclyn Watterson, and Glori Simmons. Willow Springs Books is a non-profit, student-run literary press based out of Eastern Washington University’s MFA in Creative Writing. Each year, they… Read Article →
The deadline to submit to the 11th annual Spring English conference has been extended to this Friday, May 15th! Find full guidelines here. Initially, the department intended to host the conference through a website featuring video panels that could be accessed any time. After further consideration and discussion with students, however, the English department has decided to shift to synchronous panels to be held on Friday, June 5, 1-5pm via Zoom. The sessions will be recorded and posted to the conference website so that individuals who aren’t able to attend can later access the content. This… Read Article →
Tellus has extended their deadline for submissions to May 15th. Tellus is an online magazine celebrating the many voices of our DePaul community by showcasing the creative artwork and writing of multilingual and multicultural students. The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) program within the UCWbL acknowledges the definition of multilingual as anyone from a background in which various dialects of English are used, a background where English is an additional language, or a background in which English is a person’s native language but they grew up influenced by other languages or cultures. Those wanting to submit… Read Article →
Publishers Weekly has removed their paywall, making all of their content available for free. Students and faculty can access open issues of Publishers Weekly, starting with the March 16th issue at www.digitalpw.com. Those wishing to receive an alert when the new issue becomes available can sign up to receive it at www.publishersweekly.com/digitalnotification. The entirety of www.publishersweekly.com is available without logging in, as is the digital archive of issues of PW dating back to the very first issue in 1872, which can be found at archive.publishersweekly.com.