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by Ex Libris on March 14, 2017

Reminder: SPEC Submissions Due March 31!

This is a friendly reminder to English students and professors that the deadline to submit to the Spring English Conference is only a few short weeks away, Friday, March 31st ! Spring break is a great opportunity to review papers and pieces from finals and consider them for submission. Please see the flyer above for further details, or find a full call-for-submissions here. Submissions and questions can be sent to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com. We’d also like to announce that Natalie Y. Moore of WBEZ will be this years keynote speaker! Natalie is a longtime staffer at WBEZ… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 22, 2017

The Official SPEC 2017 Call-for-Submissions is Here!

Its the English Department’s favorite time of year! The official call-for-submissions for the 8th Annual Spring English Conference (SPEC) has been released! The Spring English Conference is a unique opportunity for DePaul English students from across the entire department – graduate, undergraduate, creative, literary studies, publishing, major, and minors – to come together and share their work in a friendly, comradely environment. The conference will take place on Friday, April 27, and the deadline to submit work is March 31. Full submission guidelines can be found online here. Any questions can be sent to the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 8, 2017

CFP: Graduate Student Papers on Subjectivity, Perception, Ontology

The British Modernities Group (BMG) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign invites graduate students to present papers at its twelfth annual interdisciplinary conference, “Changing the Subject: Subjectivity, Habitus, Behavior, and the End of the Subject.” The conference focuses on bring together work in ontology, literature, philosophy, psychology, and related fields to consider how scholars have responded to and interpreted questions of subjectivity and perception. The conference hopes to tackle a broad range of questions from the abstract and metaphysical to the political and material across a variety of disciplines. BMG will accept abstracts of no… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 11, 2017

Deadline Approaching! MCLLM 2017

The deadline for submissions and abstracts to the 25th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media (MCLLM) is at the end of this month, Friday, January 27! Hosted annually by Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, MCLLM is seeking proposals for 15-minute paper from individuals and panels on humanities research – especially graduate student submissions. Interested students can submit 200-500 word proposals to mcllm@niu.edu. Please include name, institutional afiliation, email, and phone number of each author. Panel proposals should include a brief overview of the panel’s theme and purpose, along with a 200-500 word abstract for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 5, 2017

Submit Proposals to the LAS Graduate Student Conference

The Fourth Annual Interdisciplinary LAS Graduate Student Conference is happening this spring and the deadline to submit is fast approaching! The conference takes place March 3 on the Lincoln Park Campus and is an opportunity for graduate students from across the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences to showcase their work and interact with work from students across departments. Students may propose individual papers or poster presentations. Papers can be completed or in-progress, and this conference can be a good opportunity to workshop a paper to be submitted to another academic conference. Submit online here. Submissions are due January 15…. Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 15, 2016

Call for Submissions: The Dialogue Between Science and Religion

Creative Nonfiction and Issues in Science and Technology are currently seeking submissions for their joint writing contest aimed at exploring and expanding the dialogue between religion and science. The contest is seeking original narratives, creative nonfiction pieces, and research work with a narrative focus. Essays should be unpublished and no longer than 5,000 words. There is a $20 reading fee. Prizes include $10,000 first place, $5,000 runner-up, five $500 honorable mentions, and publication for winning essays. Submissions are due Monday, December 12. Find full details here. This contest is part of the larger Think Write Publish initiative, find out more here.

by Ex Libris on November 15, 2016

Assay Call for Social Justice Submissions

Assay: A Journal of Nonfiction Studies, is currently open and searching for submissions for the Spring 2016 edition with a focus on social justice. See full submission guidelines online, or see the following letter from editor Karine Babine: I’m writing today to ask for your help to spread the word and the call about Assay’s spring issue. On Wednesday morning, we, like many of you, had no idea what to do, how to walk into our classrooms, what to say to our students. If you’re anything like me, walking into my composition class on Wednesday… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 22, 2016

Call for Submissions: The Newberry Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference

The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies is hosting its annual Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on January 26-28. The conference is a unique and enriching opportunity for graduate students interested in Renaissance, medieval and early modern research to meet peers from across the nation, an globally, to share and collaborate on work. Due to its interdisciplinary nature and broad scope, this is an ideal option for students who have never presented a paper at an academic conference before. The 2017 conference schedule will include workshops and sessions with rare books in addition to traditional conference sessions. The… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on June 16, 2016

Summer Publishing Opportunities and Events

As classes come to a close and summer break kicks-off, take a look at some of these summer chances to get published and literary events around the city. For creative writers, Prairie Schooner and Blue River are both accepting submissions this summer. Prairie Schooner’s annual summer nonfiction contest is open to all types of creative nonfiction essays up to 5,000 words. The entry fee is $20 and includes a copy of the Spring 2017 issue of Prairie Schooner, in which the winning essay will appear. Submission details here. Ran by Creighton University’s MFA program, Blue River is accepting summer submissions for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 3, 2016

Submit Proposals to the DHChicago Conference

DHChicago, in collaboration with the Macroanalysis and the Humanities Working Group, is accepting proposals for their digital humanities conference, “New Archival Knowledges,” being held at the University of Chicago May 19-20. DHChicago seeks to bring together scholars from across the Chicagoland area and across disciplines to present work on macroanalysis, or the computational analysis of textual data and metadata. Proposals are due Friday, May 6 and should include: a title, abstract of up to 250 words, and, in the email, the author’s name, a C.V., institutional affiliation, and email address. Send submissions and questions to… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 3, 2016

Luminarts Fellowship: Submissions Due Friday

Submissions for the Luminarts Fellowship for excellence in creative writing are due this Friday, May 6th. Writers submit two pages of stand-alone work or an excerpt in categories of poetry or prose and have the opportunity to win $5,000. Apply on their submissions page, or contact info@luminarts.org for more information.

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