In celebration of Native American Heritage month, poets.org has collected work by and about Native American poets. Our very own Prof. Mark Turcotte has been featured! To read Professor Turcotte’s poem “Burn” click here. To see the full list of poems and essays, click here.
Congrats to Bethany Brownholtz, MAWP graduate! MAWP alumna (’13) Bethany Brownholtz will have excerpts of her thesis published in The Same but Different: Variantivity in Cognitive Linguistics to be published by the Peter Lang Publishing Group. Dr. Aleksandra Majdzińska in the Department of English and General Linguistics at the University of Łódź, Poland recently contacted Brownholtz about being included in the book. Brownholtz’s thesis, Exercises in Style: 21st Century Remix, is an extension of Raymond Queneau’s Exercises in Style, first published in French in 1947. In Queneau’s book, the same two-paragraph passage (Notation) is written… Read Article →
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The Gordian Review is accepting submissions! Since its inception, The Gordian Review (TGR) has made a commitment to publishing the voices of today’s graduate students and giving them a unique publishing opportunity just for them. The original idea came from Texas Review Press’ founder and late director, Dr. Paul Ruffin, who wanted to present the world a sneak peek of the next generation of writers. TGR is an annual online publication operated by SHSU graduate students who collect, select, and edit submissions. These graduates also design, produce, and publish the journal. TGR publishes works across… Read Article →
Every quarter, DePaul’s Writers Guild hosts an open mic Aloud! Thursday, November 9, 7 PM LPC Writing Center 2320 N Kenmore SAC 212 Chicago, Illinois 60614 Come share your work and/or listen to others read, celebrate DePaul’s writing community, and make new friends! To view the event page click here.
The ASK network connects DePaul students and graduates with alumni to explore college and professional transitions, life challenges, and university and career questions. You can gain exclusive first access to DePaul’s new mentorship community. The Alumni Sharing Knowledge (ASK) network is launching a new mentorship platform The platform will connect you with DePaul alumni who have been in your shoes. Connect with at least 3 mentors this week. When you join as a Student, you will be able to: * Expand your DePaul community * Connect with alumni in your city or industry of interest… Read Article →
RipRap Literary Journal Volume 40 would like to offer their humble invitation to talented writers and artists of all genres for their CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! They are currently accepting submissions for Artwork, Poetry, Short Fiction, Flash Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. There is no fee to submit. Submissions will be accepted until December 3, 2017. RipRap is a literary journal designed and produced annually by students in the Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing Program at California state University Long Beach. RipRap highlights new and emerging writes as well as enlightened interviews of award winning, published… Read Article →
The Call for Papers for the Sixteenth International Conference on Books, Publishing & Libraries, held 7 July 2018 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, US is now open! They invite proposals for paper presentations, workshops/interactive sessions, posters/exhibits, innovation showcases, and colloquia. The conference features research addressing the annual themes and the 2018 Special Focus: “Communicating Values – Scholarly Communication as Mediator, Agent, Actor.” For more information regarding the conference, visit the conference website here.
The Sixteenth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities, will be held on July 5-7, 2018 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, USA. First held at the University of the Aegean on the island of Rhodes in Greece in 2003, the conference has moved its location each year to different countries and continents, each offering its own perspectives on the human condition and the current state of studies of the human. This research network is brought together by a shared commitment to the humanities and a concern for their future. They invite proposals for paper presentations,… Read Article →
TedxDePaulUniversity is now accepting speaker applications from all vision vanguards and idea-generators for the annual event returning May 1, 2018. Now in its third year, the event aims to unite the DePaul community for a half-day of idea-driven programming and to promote faculty, staff, student and alumni thought leaders through the world-famous TEDx platform. With over 91,000 views of TEDxDePaulUniversity videos on YouTube alone, the event’s online accessibility and affiliation with the TEDx brand spreads our community’s ideas across the globe. This year’s theme is “Reimagine” — a single word inviting speakers to develop talks… Read Article →
Call for Submissions The November Open Reading Period Black Lawrence Press seeks innovative, electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts. During the June and November Open Reading Periods, they accept submissions in the following categories: novel, novella, short story collection (full-length and chapbook), poetry (full-length and chapbook), biography & cultural studies, translation (from the German), and the creative nonfiction. Black Lawrence Press accepts submissions exclusively through their online submission manager, Submittable.