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by Ex Libris on May 27, 2025

Week 9 Deadlines + 4 New Calls for Submissions

Happy Monday, everyone! (We can’t believe it’s Week 9 already!) This week, calls for submissions for six creative writing journals will be closing on Saturday; two more journal deadlines will close this Sunday. We’ll add these to the Week 9 deadline list further down. We also have four newly-listed calls for submissions. Scroll for more info on each of these! Calls for Submissions: (The information below has been copied from each journal’s website.) 1. Taco Bell Quarterly Deadline: July 31, 2025 About: My kids make books all the time for fun. Both of them want… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 19, 2025

THANK YOU!! + 7 More Calls for Submissions + Summer & Autumn Internships (Includes AQ Teaching Internship Placements)

Happy Monday, everyone! First, a huge thank you to everyone who attended our Spring English Conference & Celebration last Friday! We were excited to see so many students, alumni, friends, and family supporting our panelists and our award recipients. From the writing and accomplishments of English BA and MA students, to Prof. Mark Turcotte’s recent appointment as Illinois Poet Laureate, to the completion of MFA students’ theses, there was so much to celebrate! We’d also like to thank everyone who participated in our conference—especially our student panelists, who presented insightful literary analyses and meaningful creative… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 15, 2025

AQ2025 Course Descriptions! + 7 New Calls for Submissions + FINAL REMINDER: Spring English Conference & Celebration Tomorrow

Good afternoon, everyone! Today, have one reminder and two announcements. The big day is almost here: TOMORROW, at 10:00 AM, our Spring English Conference & Celebration begins! Click here for full details, the schedule of events, and directions/parking info for visitors. We hope to see you (and your friends and family) there! We’d also like to announce that, as of today, almost all of the Autumn Quarter 2025 course descriptions have been uploaded to the descriptions list; you can find these as a subtab under the “Classes” tab. Finally, we’ve found seven literary journals that… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on May 1, 2025

May 1 Reminders + Looking Ahead: Week 6

Good afternoon, everyone! Today, we have a few reminders, in addition to our list of next week’s events and deadlines. May 1 Reminders This is your reminder that submission windows for two contests and two creative writing journals are closing tonight: the ABA Journal / Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction (at 5:00 PM!), the Narratively x Belletrist True Romance Writing Prize, Redivider‘s call for “new and under-published voices,” and Ninth Letter’s Special Web Edition on the theme of “Reversal”. (Click on each of these for submission details.) Have you thought about earning DePaul… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 30, 2025

Congratulations to Prof. Mark Turcotte! + April 30 Reminders + Upcoming Event: “The Pleasures and Problems of Literary Biography” (w/ Prof. Frank Shovlin)

Good morning, everyone! We have a couple of announcements for today. Good morning, everyone! We have lots of announcements for today. First, some tremendous news: a huge congratulations to our very own Prof. Mark Turcotte, who has just been named by Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Arts Council (IAC), Illinois Humanities, and the Poetry Foundation as the sixth (and newest) Illinois Poet Laureate! As Governor Pritzker observes in his press release, “Mark Turcotte’s work reflects the complex and beautiful landscape of both our state and the country as a whole through his unique perspective as… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 24, 2025

Final Week 4 Reminders + Looking Ahead: Week 5

Good afternoon, everyone! As usual, we’re posting next week’s list of deadlines early, as well as listing a final event reminder for this week. These items include tomorrow’s UChicago networking event for student writers, applications for paid positions at DePaul’s Writing Center and DePaul student-run magazines 14East and Pueblo, submission windows for a few entries from our genre-focused journals list, and submissions to a few journals we posted earlier this year. Scroll down to view the list! Week 4 Week 5 In case you missed it . . .

by Laurance Matthews on April 22, 2025

April 22 Reminders

Good afternoon, everyone—and happy Earth Day! 💚🌎🌍🌏🌳🐿️ This is your reminder that tonight is the deadline for the Binc Foundation‘s Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Scholarship Prize. Any unpublished writer working on a full-length manuscript, graphic novel, or book-length comic, who is also currently employed at (or owns) a physical book or comic store in the U.S. or its territories—with a minimum of three months of continuous book or comic store employment—is eligible to apply for this scholarship. (Click here for full details.) We also hope you’ll join us tonight at 6:30 PM for a special… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 17, 2025

Thursday Reminders + Intercollegiate Writers’ Conference + Looking Ahead to Week 4 + Now Hiring: DePaul Student-Run 14 East & Pueblo

Good afternoon, everyone! Today, we have a submission reminder and a conference announcement, as well as an outline of next week’s deadlines and events. Scroll down for details on each of these! Submission Reminder This is your reminder that submissions to Shoegaze Literary Magazine‘s theme in translation (lost) will be closing tonight. Their description: “As a mag primarily interested in dreamscapes and distorted realities, we are interested in themes of listlessness, indulgence, and irreverent longing. we seek work that engages with what may be lost in communication (verbal, physical, digital, etc). when inhabiting these unfamiliar… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 15, 2025

April 15 Reminders

Good afternoon, everyone! This is your reminder to join DePaul faculty, staff, and students TONIGHT for “Faith Unfiltered: Why I Still Believe in God,” featuring Prof. Paula McQuade! This talk will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM in Rm. 100 of the Levan Center. (Snacks will be provided.) Click here for full details! Two submission windows closing tonight are for The Threepenny Review (click here for details) and for Spring 2025 Partial Tuition Scholarships (click here for details). Finally, our list of summer course descriptions is now available! (Some descriptions are still in the process of being added; please revisit the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 10, 2025

Weeks 2 & 3 Deadlines

Good afternoon, everyone! Below, we’d like to close out the week with some deadline reminders for the rest of this week and for next week. Some of these deadlines are for submission opportunities, but there are also several upcoming events (including Eric Puchner’s reading tonight in the Levan Center—click here for details). Scroll down to view the list! Week 2 Week 3 In case you missed it . . .

by Ex Libris on April 9, 2025

Spring Conference Submissions: Deadline Extended (April 13)!

Good afternoon, everyone! We’ve decided to extend our deadline for Spring English Conference Submissions! Please submit by this Sunday, April 13, to still be considered for conference participation. (Thanks very much to those of you who have already submitted your work!) In case you missed it . . . Our next Visiting Author is Eric Puchner, who will be reading and discussing his work tomorrow, April 10 (6:00 PM), in Levan 100! (Click here for details.) Other upcoming events include Faith Unfiltered with Prof. Paula McQuade (click here) and a Visiting Author reading with Nico… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on April 7, 2025

17 Genre-based Submission Opportunities!

Happy Monday, everyone! No reminders for today—just a note that the last day you will be able to drop courses without penalty is this Friday, April 11, at 11:59 PM. If you think that a course won’t work for you, have changed your plans, or are still waitlisted for a course, this might be the right option for you. Remember that after this date, you can no longer drop classes. Please contact advisor Jordan Kindle (jkindle@depaul.edu) if you have any questions or are still trying to register for your course(s). Below, we’ve compiled a list… Read Article →

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