Posts by: Ex Libris
The deadline for applying for Spring ’16 Degree Conferral was February 1, 2016. This information was sent to all graduate students in the English Department via email, posted in Ex Libris, on our website and on the monitor on the second floor of Arts & Letters right outside of the English Department. The LA&S Graduate Student Services Office also sent out an email to all graduate students in the College with the information and it is posted on their website, as well. I believe that this year I also saw it displayed on a billboard… Read Article →
Applications for Spring Quarter 2016 Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) are now available. Find out more below, or fill out the form here. For the fall, winter, and spring quarters the MA programs in English and Writing and Publishing offer Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in the department’s two graduate programs in English. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for up to two courses per quarter taken toward the MA in English or MA in Writing and Publishing degree. [NOTE: PTS awards can be applied only to courses needed for the… Read Article →
The 2016 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for submissions. The closing date for entries is 30th April 2016. Stories can be on any theme or subject and entry can be made online via the website or by post. Entries must be previously unpublished with a maximum length of 4,000 words. There is no minimum length. There is an entry fee of £8 per story. 20 stories will be shortlisted for the first prize and published in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 9. 1st Prize is £1,000, 2nd Prize £700, 3rd Prize £400. 17… Read Article →
Sarabande Books has released the schedule of dates for their 2016 writing contests and submission sessions. The first two contests are for short fiction and poetry, both of which close April 30. The Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction will be guest judged by Stacey D’Erasmo and is open to previously unpublished short stories, novellas, or short novels. The Kathy A. Morton Prize in Poetry will be guest judged by Dean Young and is open to manuscripts that may have individual poems which have been published previously in magazines, chapbooks of less than 48 pages, or anthologies, but the collection as a whole must be… Read Article →
Continuing their Rogue Workshop Series, geared toward developing career skills through narrative techniques, the Career Center will be hosting “Stories Before Interviews.” The event will take place Thursday, April 14 and will focus upon developing storytelling skills that are applicable in a professional interview. Find out more on the flyer below, and RSVP on Handshake.
The DePaul Humanities Center will be hosting three exciting events throughout April, each with a unique focus upon English, language, and writing. The first, DePaulywood Squares, takes place on April 6, and features the English Department’s very own Anne Clark Bartlett. More on the flyer below or RSVP here. The next event, April 11, is an eclectic exploration of Moby Dick as the DHC continues their series “Making the Novel Novel.” More on the flyer below or RSVP here. The final event this April 21, “The Xenotext the Art of Genes, A Life of Extremes,” explores the boundaries between biology, music, and poetry. More on the flyer… Read Article →
Northwestern University will be hosting “WORD: A Panel on Native American Literature” featuring poet Simon Ortiz, scholar Kelly Wisecup, and DePaul’s own Mark Turcotte. The event is Friday on Northwestern’s campus. See the flyer below for more details.
This is a final reminder for students to submit to DePaul’s seventh annual Spring English Conference. The conference takes place on Friday, April 29th and submissions are due this Friday, April 1st. Find out more on the flyer below, see full submission requirements here, and send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. Find out more about keynote speaker Brian T. Edwards here, or check out his new book After the American Century.
Tomorrow, Wednesday March 16, the winter quarter LAS Faculty Research Symposium, “Constructions of History” will be held in the Student Center Room 314 A from 12:00-2:00 PM. The English Department’s own Paula McQuade will be presenting her work, “Second-Wave Feminism and the Recovery of Women Writers.” Find the full schedule below.
This Saturday the Newberry library will be hosting “The Turn to Religion: Women and Writing in Early Modern England.” The conference will focus on a new and exciting field of scholarship that explores the role of women’s devotional writing in shaping the English Reformation and Counter-Reformation. The conference is also in part a research methods workshop for early career graduate students. Leading the conference is Wayne State University’s Jamie Goodrich, and DePaul’s very own Paula McQuade! Ex libris would like to send accolades to the three participating DePaul MAE students: Hana Yoo, Robert Daniels, and… Read Article →
Gulf Coast is currently accepting submissions to their writing contest! The contest awards publication and $1,500 each to the best poem, essay, and short story, as well as $250 to two honorable mentions in each genre. The winners will appear in Gulf Coast 29.1, due out in Fall 2016, and all entries will be considered for paid publication on their website as Online Exclusives. The $23 reading fee includes a one-year subscription to Gulf Coast. Find out guidelines here, and send submissions online here.