J Journal: New Writing on Justice is accepting literary fiction, poetry, memoir, and personal essay submissions that address the issue of justice. Writers may send up to three poems or 6,000 words of prose to: Editors, J Journal c/o Department of English John Jay College of Criminal Justice 524 West 59th Street, 7th Floor New York, NY 10019 For more information, see J Journal‘s submission guidelines.
Crossing Boundaries, the second annual LAS interdisciplinary graduate student conference, is accepting proposals for papers, panels, or posters through Friday, January 23, 2015. Students interested in presenting at the conference may submit proposals here. The conference, which will showcase work by graduate students across many departments and programs, will take place on Friday, March 6, 2015. The one-day event will kick off at 11 a.m. in McGowan South (1110 West Belden Avenue).
The Group Project is looking for storytellers, musicians, and other artistic collaborators—such as dancers, actors, illustrators, comedians, and journalists—for its next 7 Stories show. The multimedia performance will take place at Martin’s Corner Bar (2056 West 22nd Place) on Monday, February 23, at 8 p.m. TGP is also offering three-month internships. Over the course of the internship, students will help produce three performances. Contact Thegroupprojectemail@gmail.com for more information.
Wayne State University‘s sixth annual Group for Early Modern Studies (GEMS) graduate symposium welcomes abstracts from humanities graduate students working on the early modern period, broadly defined as 1400–1800. Abstracts should relate to the general theme of “will.” The symposium will take place on Friday, March 13, 2015, at Wayne State University in Detroit. The submission deadline is January 16, 2015. Students may submit their 250-word abstracts to gems.symposium@gmail.com. For more information, download the official call for papers as a Word doc or check out the graduate symposium website.
The Vine Leaves Literary Journal is accepting submissions of 50- to 60-page manuscripts for its annual Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award. The submission deadline is February 28, 2015. The contest winner will receive: 1) Cash prize of $500 2) Publication by Vine Leaves Press (paperback and eBook) 3) Twenty copies of the paperback 4) Worldwide distribution 5) Promotion through Vine Leaves Literary Journal and staff websites 6) 70% net royalty on all ebook and print sales
The American Graduate School in Paris is accepting abstracts for its 2015 conference, The Influence and Role of NGOs in Global Governance: From Grassroots to Global. The conference will take place in Paris April 23–24, 2015. The abstract submission deadline is January 30, 2015, and the final paper submission deadline is March 27, 2015. Students may submit abstracts of up to 500 words to conference@ags.edu as an attachment (Microsoft Word or PDF). For more information, visit the AGS conference website.
The deadline to submit abstracts for Mind, Body, and (Con)Text: Cognitive Approaches to Literature and Linguistics has been extended to January 15, 2015. School of Languages and Cultures 15th Annual Graduate Symposium March 6–7, 2015 Purdue University West Lafayette, Indiana Graduate students may submit abstracts of up to 250 words to slcsymposiumpurdue@gmail.com. The email submission should specify the presenter’s name, institution of affiliation, email address, and phone number. The abstract itself should not include any identifying information. In a separate attachment, students may also submit a short-form CV (one page). Both individual presentations and panels are welcome. The committee will award up to two $100 travel… Read Article →
Forget Me Not Theatre Company is accepting submissions of full-length, previously unpublished scripts for its spring 2016 New Work Production. Interested playwrights should email the following to submissions@forgetmenottheatreco.com: • Brief cover letter • Brief synopsis • Cast summary • Play (including cast list) in PDF or Word docx format • In the body of your email please answer the following: o Are you local to Chicago, IL? If NOT, please briefly describe your ability to travel to Chicago, IL and secure accommodation for the two-week workshop The submission deadline is January 20, 2015. For more information, visit the… Read Article →
The 23rd annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM) at Northern Illinois University is accepting proposals for 15-minute papers from individuals and panels. The conference will take place at Northern Illinois University March 27–28, 2015. This year’s theme is Ctrl, Alt, Delete. The deadline for proposals is January 16, 2015. Graduate students should send their 200- to 250-word proposals to mcllm@niu.edu, including the name, institutional affiliation, email, and phone number of each author. Panel proposals should include a brief overview of the panel’s theme and purpose and a 200- to 250-word abstract for each paper.
DePaul’s College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences invites all LAS graduate students to attend Crossing Boundaries, the second annual LAS interdisciplinary graduate student conference. The conference, which will showcase work by graduate students across many departments and programs, will take place on Friday, March 6, 2015. The one-day event kicks off at 11 a.m. in McGowan South (1110 West Belden Avenue). Those interested in presenting at the conference may submit proposals here. The submission deadline is January 16, 2015.
The University of St. Thomas English graduate program will host an interdisciplinary conference called Postcards from the Edge: Texts and Contexts on Friday, April 24, 2015. Email one-page proposals for individual papers, poster presentations, panels, or roundtables to the graduate conference coordinator, Andrea Gullixson (andrea.j.gullixson@gmail.com), by February 15, 2015. For more information, view the Postcards from the Edge flyer.
The 2015 Bristol Short Story Prize is now accepting entries. Stories must be previously unpublished and may be on any theme or subject. The maximum length is 4,000 words. The closing date for entries is midnight (BST) on April 30, 2015. Writers may submit their stories online or by post. The 2015 judging panel—chaired by Sara Davies—also includes Rowan Lawton, Sanjida O’Connell, and Nikesh Shukla. .