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by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

In Conversation with Great Minds: Michael Shannon

 In Conversation with Great Minds: Michael Shannon Monday, January 29, 2018 DePaul Student Center, Room 120 2250 N Sheffield Avenue, Chicago 6:00 – 8:00 p.m.   Screening of Take Shelter (2011, dir. Jeff Nichols) 8:00 – 9:00 p.m.   Conversation Academy Award/Golden Globe nominee and SAG Award winner, Michael Shannon visits the DePaul Humanities Center and joins Center director H. Peter Steeves to talk about a career that has taken him from stage (“Bug”) to television (“Empire Boardwalk”) to film (Nocturnal Animals), establishing him as one of the most talented, compelling, creative, and original artists of our… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

DePaul Humaniteis Event: The Biblical Humanities

The Biblical Humanities Holy Ingestions: Sacrificial Bodies, Communion, and The Eucharist Wednesday, January 17, 2018 St. Vincent DePaul Parish 1010 West Webster Avenue, Chicago​ 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. Lectures and Performances 9:00 – 9:30 p.m. Wine and cheese reception sponsored by Saint Vincent de Paul Parish A sacrifice and a sacrament, the Eucharist brings together faith and practice in a way that causes us to think about the manner in which a community is constituted by what its members eat and how that ingestion is made possible and understood as something more—understood as a community… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

Summer Teaching Position Opportunity

Summer Teaching Positions Available: Teach Reading to Students of All Ages This Summer Earn more than $6,000 during the summer. Teachers typically earn between $500 and $800 per week while teaching. Gain over 500 hours of teacher-training and teaching experience with a variety of age groups.  Help students of all ages develop their reading skills and ability to become imaginatively absorbed in books. The Institute of Reading Development is seeking candidates for summer 2018 teaching positions. We seek applicants with an undergraduate degree or higher from any discipline. We provide a paid training program and… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

Allerton English Articulation Conference Call for Papers

Call for Proposals and Participation Social Responsibility and Accountability Within Our Discipline(s) 54th Allerton English Articulation Conference April 18-19, 2018 Allerton Park and Retreat Center Monticello, Illinois Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2018 In cooperation with Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming and the statewide Allerton Planning Committee, NIU’s Department of English is pleased to announce the 54th Allerton English Articulation Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 18-19, 2018. The Allerton English Articulation Conference, now in its tenth year of NIU sponsorship, brings together faculty from two- and four-year… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

The Masters Review January Deadlines

FEATURED! Winter Short Story Award for New Writers This one is our own contest, and it’s featured for so many good reasons! The Masters Review is looking for stories under 7000 words, written by emerging writers who have a way with words and a love for language! The winner receives $3000, publication, and agency review, and the runners-up also receive cash prizes, publication, and review. Don’t let this chance slip by! Details here. Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: January 15 Poetry and Fiction Prizes This is a compilation of Bayou Magazine’s two wonderful awards, the James… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 4, 2018

Apply for Graduate Assistantships by January 15

A reminder to graduate students (or prospective students) that deadlines for positions as a English Department Graduate Assistant are due January 15! Graduate assistants work roughly 20 hours  a week in the department and receive a tuition waiver for up to 12 courses and a $7,500 stipend. Interested parties can find out more below, download an application packet, and visit  on the department website for full details. Each spring, the English Department awards approximately 5-6 Graduate Assistantships for the upcoming academic year. Any current or prospective student in the MA in English, MA in Writing and Publishing, or either… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 3, 2018

Alicante Poetry and Translation Summer Institute

Sign up for a three-week intensive seminar in writing and translating poetry!  The instructors are Janet Holmes and Clyde Moneyhun, from the MFA program at Boise State University. Jane is a prolific poet and editor of the award-winning Ahsahta Press. Clyde is a translator of contemporary Catalan and Spanish poetry. The seminar will be taught in Alicante, Spain, and they have worked with the Escuela Elcano there to keep expenses to a minimum. The experience will be transformative for the participants, taking them forward in their own original poetry as well as their translations. Note… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 3, 2018

The Breakout 8 Writers Prize

Epiphany Magazine announces the first annual Breakout Eight Writers Prize sponsored by the Authors Guild Judged by Alexander Chee, Hannah Tinti, and Tracy O’Neill Purpose: To honor and support outstanding emerging literary voices amongst student writers, bringing visibility to the writers of our future. Prize: Eight writers will receive publication in Epiphany’s Breakout Eight special issue; a $250 cash prize; a year-long mentorship with Epiphany editor-in-chief, 2015 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and 2012 Center for Fiction fellow Tracy O’Neill; a complimentary one-year student membership to the Authors Guild, including free access to seminars, webinars, and the writers’… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 3, 2018

The Desperate Literature Short Fiction Prize

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE DESPERATE LITERATURE SHORT FICTION PRIZE Awarded for fiction under 2000 words. First Prize: – €1000 – A week’s residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation – A consultation with a US Literary Agent from Foundry Literary + Media Runners-up Prizes: – €250 (two prizes available) All Winners: – Publication in 3:AM, Structo Magazine, and A Women’s Thing – Participation in The Desperate Literature Prize Salon (a Salon, no less), at Desperate Literature, Madrid – Participation in The Desperate Literature Prize Salon, at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (TBC) – Participation in the Rizoma Film Festival (TBC)* All Shortlisted… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 22, 2017

Black Lawrence Press: Call for Submissions!

November Open Reading Period: Black Lawrence Press seeks innovative electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare themselves in our hearts and minds and won’t let go. During our June and November Open Reading Periods, we 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 creative nonfiction. Black Lawrence Press accepts submissions exclusively through our online submission manager, Submittable. We are not able to accept submissions via email or postal mail.

by Ex Libris on November 21, 2017

Write Your Heart Out

Big Shoulders Books is releasing its new book, Write Your Heart Out, in February! If you are, or have ever been, a teen in a relationship, then this book is for you! By turns moving, funny, sweet, and harrowing, the forty-four personal stories of Write Your Heart Out capture teen life as it really is. From crushes to heartbreak to the complexities of family love, teen writers offer insights into how we learn to negotiate relationships and what it means to reflect on experience. Write Your Heart Out includes writing prompts and blank pages, so… Read Article →

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