Happy Monday—and welcome to Week 2! Here are a few deadline reminders for the week ahead (important LAS deadlines are highlighted in yellow): Due Tuesday, January 14 Due Wednesday, January 15 Due Friday, January 17
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Welcome back to a new quarter, and Happy New Year! As you settle into your new classes, check out these upcoming fellowship opportunities, calls for submissions, and contests for the year ahead! Scroll to the bottom of the list for a few reminders on previous posts and some important LAS deadlines for this quarter. (The information below has been copied from each journal or organization’s website.) Fellowship Opportunities: 1. Library Company of Philadelphia Fellowships 2025-2026 Applications due: January 15, 2025 Are you a rising senior, on track to graduate at the end of Spring Quarter 2025?… Read Article →
(The information below has been copied from the New Ohio Review‘s website.) Deadline: January 14, 2025 We are happy to announce the opening of the 2025 Ellis Prizes in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. NOR will award $750 for a poem or series of poems, a short story, and a piece of creative nonfiction submitted in each genre. The contests will be judged by alumni of the Ohio University Creative Writing program—E. M. Tran for Fiction, Zoë Bossiere for Nonfiction, and Jaswinder Bolina for Poetry. Pieces that are not selected by our judges will still be considered… Read Article →
We’ve been keeping you up-to-date on opportunities and events throughout the quarter—but it helps to see these all in one place! In case you need it, here’s a recap of all the fellowships, contests, and more with upcoming deadlines between now and early January (and a few with later deadlines, to help you plan ahead). Each item in the list below will have a hyperlink to its original post, where you can view more info and access application links. Fellowships, Workshops, and Residencies “Writing Between the Vines” Retreats for Writers (Available this February at four… Read Article →
Submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing that defies genre classification to Thin Air Magazine by October 20th to be considered for Issue 31 (print issue). This year’s theme is Metamorphosis!: art that ponders the metamorphoses we see in creation, in destruction, in reflection, in meditation, in stagnation, in art itself. Submit your pieces that engage with this theme via the Thin Air Magazine Submittable page. Thin Air Magazine is an MFA-run literary journal based out of Northern Arizona University. See Thin Air‘s submission guidelines below: We charge a $3.00 submission fee for our print… Read Article →
Submit your work (in any genre) to participate in one of a kind panels with your DePaul peers! The themes of each panel are determined by the work submitted to the organizing body. Send your work to SpringEnglishConference@gmail.com and help shape the event!
Crook & Folly is still accepting submissions for their 44th annual issue! Submit to DePaul’s literary and arts magazine now at crookandfolly.com Follow the magazine on IG @crookandfolly for updates and events
From their site: “Unwoven Literary Magazine, is a biannual magazine and project that publishes outstanding poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art created by both emerging and established artists. Unwoven organizes both in-person and virtual workshops for writers of all levels, hosts writing competitions, and illuminates the lives of working artists through discussion, behind-the-scenes looks, interviews, and more. Unwoven invites work from diverse creative voices that offer immersive, transportive, and reflective looks into the ongoing discussion of human existence. We believe your story alone holds a single, irreplaceable thread in a search for universal truths. As artist Alberto… Read Article →
Submissions are now open for The Orange Couch, the DePaul Writing Center’s literary magazine! The Orange Couch is a digital magazine for DePaul writers and alumni who want to publish their creative writing and work with other writers in the process of doing so.
“The ABA Journal will accept entries for the Contest through May 15, 2024. Entries must be original works of fiction of no more than 5,000 words that illuminate the role of the law and/or lawyers in modern society. The winner will receive a prize of $5,000. Entrants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and 21 years or older by May 15, 2024.” No entrance fee & 5K cash prize! Get your Grisham on and follow THIS LINK to submit
The Writing Center’s digital literary magazine, The Orange Couch, is accepting submissions for their 4th issue. The magazine is revision-based and requires the writer to receive feedback either through a writing center appointment (we offer three modalities) or through either Writers Guild or the Latinx Writing Group (the Writing Center’s creative writing groups). Deadline is Tuesday, May 2nd, 8AM!
Email your submissions to depaulenglishcon@gmail.com until April 7!