Good morning, everyone! We have one event reminder for today, as well as another upcoming event announcement, a newly-listed call for submissions, and a newly-added part-time, remote internship opportunity (which offers a stipend of $300 per month). Scroll down for more info on each of these! Event Reminder: Poetry Reading at Northwestern As mentioned on the Week 8 Reminders list we posted on Monday, this is your reminder that Northwestern University’s poetry reading with poet and country singer Julian Talamantez Brolaski will be held TONIGHT at 5:00 PM. Undergrads, grads, faculty, and community members are all… Read Article →
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Happy Monday of Week 8! This week’s reminders—three upcoming events and three journal submission deadlines—will cover the weekend and next Tuesday, which includes the first days of March. Spring is almost here! Week 8 Wednesday, February 26: Thursday, February 27: Due Friday, February 28: Due Sunday, March 2: Week 9 Tuesday, March 4: In case you missed it…
Happy Friday, everyone! As of today, there’s only one month left until Spring Break officially begins. Many of you are already starting to think about your final projects and papers! Our first announcement is that submissions to Crook & Folly—DePaul’s own student-run literary journal (formerly known as Threshold)—will close this Sunday, February 23. This will be the final deadline for all written pieces. (Click here for details). For any undergraduates who may be thinking of pursuing an English graduate degree at DePaul, we’d like to highlight our BA + MA Combined Degree options (BA/MALP, BA/MAWP, and BA/Secondary Education English). The… Read Article →
In addition to the upcoming James Baldwin centennial event that we posted earlier this morning, we have another announcement today, especially for those of you with finished nonfiction work that you would like to have considered for book publication. The following is a message from Don Rosso of Unsung Voices Books: Unsung Voices Books is a new book publisher, dedicated to sharing stories from people and places worldwide whose voices aren’t heard enough in today’s media landscape. We’re reaching out to the American studies community in our search for authors. Your work puts you in… Read Article →
Welcome to Week 7! We have a few reminders for upcoming deadlines this week, along with some new calls for submissions from various journals. First off, applications for the LAS Excellence in Teaching Award are due tonight. (Click here for details on how to submit your nomination.) Research Workshop #3: “Cite, Cite, Cite!” will be held TOMORROW (February 18, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) in Rm. 313 of the Lincoln Park Student Center. (Click here for details.) Applications for the St. Albans Writer in Residence Program will close this Thursday, February 20. (Click here to read about this salaried position and to access the application… Read Article →
This is your reminder that Crook & Folly‘s annual Valentine’s Day Table will be set up this afternoon in the LPC Student Center from 1:00–3:00 PM. Meet the editorial team, join a blackout poetry session, and make Valentines, haikus, and other poems! DM the team on Instagram (@crookandfolly) with any questions. As we announced a few weeks ago, Crook & Folly—DePaul’s own student-run literary journal (formerly known as Threshold)—is currently accepting submissions for its 45th edition, with its art submission deadline this Friday, February 14 (click here for details) and its final deadline for written pieces next Sunday, February 23 (click here for details)…. Read Article →
Love is in the air this week…especially this Thursday (tomorrow!), from 1:00–3:00 PM in the Student Center! Meet the Crook & Folly team at their annual Valentine’s Day Table, where you’ll have the opportunity to make haikus, poems, and Valentines, as well as join in a blackout poetry session. DM the team on Instagram (@crookandfolly) with any questions! As a reminder, Crook & Folly—DePaul’s own student-run literary journal (formerly known as Threshold)—is currently accepting submissions for its 45th edition, with its art submission deadline this Friday, February 14 (click here for details) and its final deadline for… Read Article →
Happy Friday, everyone! First, we have one reminder for this week: submissions to Poetry Northwest‘s “Emerging Writers” and “Essays/Reviews/Interviews” categories, as well as the PNW James Welch Prize, will all close next Friday, February 15. (Click here for details.) In an earlier post last week, we briefly mentioned DePaul’s Certificate in Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges; today, we’d like to highlight this opportunity for all our grad students (including those of you who might be thinking of attending grad school at DePaul). If you choose to pursue this certificate, all 16 hours of course credit… Read Article →
Week 5 already! We hope things are going well for you so far as we near the halfway point of the quarter. Below are some reminders for this week, along with info from a few previous posts: As we mentioned last week in our Weeks 4 & 5 post: In case you missed it…
Happy Friday, everyone! In addition to the three journals with January 31 deadlines (listed in our earlier “Weeks 4 and 5 Reminders” post), graduate assistantship applications are also due today; click here for details. Two more reminders: tomorrow is the last day to apply for Spring Quarter (June) graduation, and Sunday is the last day of Crook & Folly‘s incentive period. Read below for two more journals that we’ve added to our submission list! These both have February deadlines. If you missed Prof. Morano’s email from this afternoon, scroll to the bottom of the page… Read Article →
As we finish Week 4 and move into Week 5, here are some reminders for the next several days. Since these two weeks are especially busy for submission deadlines, events, and other important dates, we’re posting this overview ahead of next Monday so you can get your schedules planned. Week 4 Thursday, January 30: Due Friday, January 31: Due Saturday, February 1: Due Sunday, February 2: Week 5 Due Monday, February 3: Tuesday, February 4: In case you missed it… Coming soon…Spring Quarter 2025 course descriptions! Stay tuned for the full list, which you’ll be… Read Article →
Submissions are now open for DePaul’s student-run literary magazine, Crook & Folly! Scroll down for deadline and submission details. (The info below has been copied from Crook & Folly.) Incentive Period Deadline: February 2, 2025, 11:59 PM (The incentive period allows your work to be seen by C&F staff prior to the submission deadline and gives you the opportunity to receive feedback on your work, revise, and resend for publication.) Final Deadline: February 23, 2025, 11:59 PM Submission Guidelines: Click here to reach the submission page!