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Open this post for information about the poetry and essay competitions. Deadline TODAY, April 12th.
Thank you to all who have already submitted! We’re aware of how busy the past few weeks have been, so we will be extending the deadline one more week to April 9th. 8 pg. maximum, no limit on number of submissions
There is no limit on how many pieces you submit, however please note that there is an 8-page limit for each piece. Thank you!
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 →
The DePaul English Department invites you to participate in the eleventh Spring English Conference. The Spring English Conference is an annual event in which DePaul English undergraduate and graduate students present academic and creative work. Although Covid-19 will make this year’s conference different from any other, the work we English students are doing is as important as ever, if not more so. As students of the English language, whether literature or creative writing, ours is the business of telling and interpreting stories. And whether Covid-19 influences your work directly or indirectly, stories are one of… Read Article →
In lieu of our annual in-person Spring English conference, the English department is now accepting submissions from students for a new 2020 Spring English Conference online launching June 1! This is an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their work and to share it with a positive, supportive community of DePaul faculty and peers. This year’s presentations will come in the form of pre-recorded videos posted on the Spring English Conference Website. Each video will be five minutes in length and may be in (but not limited to) the following areas: Fiction Creative Nonfiction Poetry… Read Article →
The English Department is looking for student writing for inclusion in the English Department newsletter. Photos are optional but welcome. If you would like to be included in the newsletter, please send your work the Department Assistant, Marc Schell at mschell2@depaul.edu Please note: Newsletter contribution is voluntary. We are not currently offering compensation for student writing.
The 2020 Spring English Conference, hosted by DePaul’s English department, is now open for submissions! Please see the attached flyer and full submissions guidelines for information on how to submit your writing: 2020 English Conference Full Submissions Guidelines 2020 Spring English Conference Call for Submissions
The submission portal for the 2020 LAS graduate student symposium at DePaul is now open! The submission deadline is March 27th. This year’s topic is The Question of Trust: Problems and Opportunities for the Intellectually Curious and Actively Engaged: Over the past four years, the media outlets we trust, the scientific findings we ponder, and the social mores we subscribe to have increasingly become a matter of political ideology in public discourse. Institutional and social trust has eroded. Differences are emphasized, and similarities recede into the background. The consensus-building approach of solidarity movements to… Read Article →
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 →