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by Ex Libris on January 22, 2020

Upcoming Events: ‘Responding To A Slow-Motion Emergency: Communicating Climate Change’

TONIGHT – How do you talk about a problem that’s too big to see? How do you demand action when it’s easier to delay? How does art speak in response to science? Come watch a wide-ranging group of artists and professors discuss these questions and more. From DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Paola Cabal, Liam Heneghan, Rebecca Johns-Trissler, and Kathryn Schaffer will pool their experience and expertise to help you understand how to grapple with something as daunting—and important—as climate change. This program is a part of the 2019-2020… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 21, 2020

Call for Submissions: The London Reader

Open Call: Stories of Inequality and Struggle Deadline February 5, 2020 The ‘20s have arrived with a roar. Another global recession looms before many have even recovered from the last. Millionaires flaunt their wealth on Instagram while delivery drivers work from apps on multiple smartphones to afford the increasing rent on their shared room. Housing, education, and everything except technology has grown more expensive while wages have flatlined. Austerity has led to more urban rough-sleepers as billionaires leave luxury flats empty for their investment portfolios. The gap between the rich and the poor has… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 21, 2020

Upcoming Events: Winter MAWP Director Pitch Meeting

Writing and Publishing students: Rebecca Johns Trissler, director of MFA/MA in Creative Writing and Publishing, is planning on holding another pitch meeting for anyone who wants to talk about 1) pitching their work for publication; or 2) pitching themselves for jobs in publishing or higher education. This quarter the meeting will be at noon on Friday, February 28th, in the 2nd Floor Student Lounge in ALH. If you’re graduating soon and are starting to think about your career or simply want to start sending your work out for publication, please RSVP to this address. There will be… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 20, 2020

Tutoring Opportunity: Children’s Dyslexia Center

Train to be a certified dyslexia tutor through the Children’s Dyslexia Center! The program is enrolling new students with a deadline of Jan. 31, 2020 and encourages any DePaul students who might be interested to apply. NOTE: The Center will extend their deadline for DePaul students. Applicants need to have an undergraduate degree or be graduating this spring. For those who want to get into teaching but not become a traditional classroom teacher, this is a great option. The Center Director for Children’s Dyslexia Center in the Chicago area is accepting applications for next… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2020

Call for Submissions: Nowhere Magazine Prizes and Open Call

Calling all travel writers and photographers—aspiring, seasoned and anywhere in between! Nowhere Magazine has set the dates for 2020 contributions. NAME: The Nowhere Emerging Travel Writers’ Prize WINDOW: 12 a.m. January 15, 2020, to 11:59 p.m. February 29, 2020 (EST) GENRES: Long-form fiction, short story, narrative nonfiction, essay, poetry PRIZE: US$500 + publication. Up to ten finalists also will be published. NOTES: Open only to writers who have never before been published. Multiple entries from a single author are welcome, but must be submitted individually. FEE: US$15 SUBMIT: https://nowheremag.com/contests/ NAME: The Nowhere Spring… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2020

Congrats to Christopher Watkins!

Congrats to DePaul English Graduate student Christopher Watkins on publishing his poem “After Hiding a Half-Emptied Bottle of Popov in My Sock Drawer and Blacking Out” in Foundry Journal! Read Chris’s full poem here.

by Ex Libris on January 16, 2020

Partial Tuition Scholarship Deadline is January 31st

The M.A. in English and M.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 two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2020 winter graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees. You are eligible to apply for a PTS award if: You have already completed at least two English graduate courses toward your MAE or MAWP degree You are enrolled in one or more English graduate classes for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 14, 2020

Abroad Opportunity: Trinity College Dublin Workshop

The Sancho Panza Literary Society, in residence for 10 day writer’s workshops at Trinity College Dublin each May/June, is now accepting applications for their 2020 Trinity College Dublin workshop! This year’s sessions will take place from May 25-June 3 and June 5-14. Last year, the workshops had a mix of undergrads, grad students, faculty, and older writers from 17 different colleges, including Williams, Emerson, Washington and Lee, George Mason,Amherst, Colorado, UMass, Penn, Memphis, UConn, and Cal, and Dr. Sean Forbes, the director of UConn’s creative writing program, will once again be returning as a member… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 13, 2020

Call for Submissions: The Poetry Society of Vermont’s 2020 National Contest

Submit your poetry to The Poetry Society of Vermont’s 2020 National Contest for the chance to win $1,000 in prizes and publication in The Mountain Troubadour! Submit three poems with $15 entry fee by February 1, 2020. Winner and five runners up will be published. The contest is judged by Joyce Thomas. Open to all poets! Top poem wins $500. Five runners up win $100 each. All winners published in 2020 Mountain Troubadour. $15 entry fee. You do not need to be a member of Poetry Society of Vermont to enter and win. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2020 Read the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 13, 2020

Abroad Opportunity: City Internships

City Internships has launched their 2020 Internship Program application process and invites students to apply. Their Student Aid offering is still open. The calculator for students to check their eligiblity is available here. CI’s Global Explorer Programs in Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne, Medellin, Santiago and Shanghai are filling quickly. Apply sooner rather than later. Students can of course continue applying to CI’s other larger and longer-running Internship Program locations; which include London, Los Angeles, New York City and more. Apply now at: https://city-internships.com/apply See also the attached flyer and CI’s website for further details.

by Ex Libris on January 10, 2020

Fellowship Opportunity: Luminarts

Applications are open for the 2020 Luminarts Creative Writing Fellowship. You could win $7,500, become a Luminarts Fellow, and as a Fellow be eligible for continued funding for your artistic and career development projects. The deadline to apply to the 2020 Creative Writing Fellowship is Friday, February 7, 2020. Click HERE to get started, or contact Luminarts at info@luminarts.org or (312) 435-5961.

by Ex Libris on January 9, 2020

Deadline Extended: MCLLM Papers

The 28th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media (MCLLM) at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, is currently accepting proposals for 15-20 minute presentations from individuals and panels. This year’s conference theme is Vision 2020: Seeing and Being Seen. This theme encourages argument-driven papers that explore topics concerned with representation and participation among a variety of identities (race, class, gender, etc.) in private and public spaces and across mediums (literature, film, television, etc.). Papers should look to address sociocultural or political issues as they relate to matters of representation throughout these spaces…. Read Article →

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