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Crossing Boundaries: Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference  Monday, April 16, 2018 4:00 – 9:00 pm Lincoln Park Student Center, Third Floor 2250 N. Sheffield Avenue Chicago, IL 60614 ​ Submissions The Fifth Annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, presented by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, is a conference featuring the research and creative work of graduate students in disciplines from around the university.​ Students from ​all DePaul graduate programs are eligible to submit proposals for discussion panels, paper, poster, mixed media, and other presentation types. We encourage students at different stages in their work to participate. Proposals can be… Read Article →

The Southeast Review is currently open for general submissions! In particular, they are looking for book reviews of recent works. If you are interested, please directly email the Book Reviews Editor, Daniel Moysaenko at serbookreview@gmail.com for more information. The Southeast Review accepts regular submissions for publication consideration year-round through Submittable. Their reading fee of $3 helps meet the cost of this service, and all proceeds are directed to a contributor’s fund, which allows them to pay their contributors. Send your work here. For general guidelines, visit the Southeast Review website here.  

The Book Stall Announces The Kelly Barnhill Micro-Fiction Prize The Book Stall, an independent bookstore in Winnetka, Illinois, is pleased to announce their first-ever micro-fiction contest in conjunction with Newbery Medalist Kelly Barnhill’s reading on Tuesday, February 27th at 6:30 PM. Ms. Barnhill will be sharing work from her new book, Dreadful Young Ladies and Other Stories. The contest winner will get an opening spot on the program that evening, and receive 25 copies of a limited-edition broadside of their work, as well as a $100.00 gift card from the store Submit your 300 –… Read Article →

Conference activities will take place May 10-11, 2018  The deadline for submissions is January 25, 2018 Paper submissions at different stages of research are welcome. Additional information and instructions for submissions are available here.  Please feel free to contact acosta@u.northwestern.edu and salihnur@u.northwestern.edu with any questions

Paper proposal deadline: Jan 31 Date of Conference: March 24  Keynote speaker: Dr. Nathalie Debrauwere-Miller Opposing Narratives of Victimhood: Jewish and Arab Muslims in Contemporary France “La relation à autrui est asymétrique : je ne dois pas attendre de réciprocité.”  Emmanuel Levinas. An interest in the Other is omnipresent throughout French and Francophone literature and literary theory. From Montaigne’s Les Cannibales to Colette’s Le pur et l’impur, the literary world has long sought to encounter and unmask the Other. Indeed, the history of literature itself could be considered an encounter with the Other, be it… Read Article →

Call for Proposals and Participation Social Responsibility and Accountability Within Our Discipline(s) 54th Allerton English Articulation Conference April 18-19, 2018 Allerton Park and Retreat Center Monticello, Illinois Proposal Deadline: February 1, 2018 In cooperation with Northern Illinois University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming and the statewide Allerton Planning Committee, NIU’s Department of English is pleased to announce the 54th Allerton English Articulation Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 18-19, 2018. The Allerton English Articulation Conference, now in its tenth year of NIU sponsorship, brings together faculty from two- and four-year… Read Article →

FEATURED! Winter Short Story Award for New Writers This one is our own contest, and it’s featured for so many good reasons! The Masters Review is looking for stories under 7000 words, written by emerging writers who have a way with words and a love for language! The winner receives $3000, publication, and agency review, and the runners-up also receive cash prizes, publication, and review. Don’t let this chance slip by! Details here. Entry Fee: $20 Deadline: January 15 Poetry and Fiction Prizes This is a compilation of Bayou Magazine’s two wonderful awards, the James… Read Article →

Epiphany Magazine announces the first annual Breakout Eight Writers Prize sponsored by the Authors Guild Judged by Alexander Chee, Hannah Tinti, and Tracy O’Neill Purpose: To honor and support outstanding emerging literary voices amongst student writers, bringing visibility to the writers of our future. Prize: Eight writers will receive publication in Epiphany’s Breakout Eight special issue; a $250 cash prize; a year-long mentorship with Epiphany editor-in-chief, 2015 National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree, and 2012 Center for Fiction fellow Tracy O’Neill; a complimentary one-year student membership to the Authors Guild, including free access to seminars, webinars, and the writers’… Read Article →

SUBMISSIONS OPEN FOR THE DESPERATE LITERATURE SHORT FICTION PRIZE Awarded for fiction under 2000 words. First Prize: – €1000 – A week’s residency at the Civitella Ranieri Foundation – A consultation with a US Literary Agent from Foundry Literary + Media Runners-up Prizes: – €250 (two prizes available) All Winners: – Publication in 3:AM, Structo Magazine, and A Women’s Thing – Participation in The Desperate Literature Prize Salon (a Salon, no less), at Desperate Literature, Madrid – Participation in The Desperate Literature Prize Salon, at Shakespeare and Company, Paris (TBC) – Participation in the Rizoma Film Festival (TBC)* All Shortlisted… Read Article →

November Open Reading Period: Black Lawrence Press seeks innovative electrifying, and thoroughly intoxicating manuscripts that ensnare themselves in our hearts and minds and won’t let go. During our June and November Open Reading Periods, we accept submissions in the following categories: novel, novella, short story collection (full-length and chapbook), poetry (full-length and chapbook), biography & cultural studies, translation (from the German), and creative nonfiction. Black Lawrence Press accepts submissions exclusively through our online submission manager, Submittable. We are not able to accept submissions via email or postal mail.

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