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Please join us next Tuesday, March 4 from 12 – 1 p.m. for a discussion of the little-known Victorian writer and activist Emma Frances Brooke. Barbara Tilley, Visiting Assistant Professor from the Department of Writing, Rhetoric and Discourse will present on Brooke’s life and work, with room for discussion. Tilley is working towards a book proposal, so feedback on her subject and on the process of preparing a book proposal are most welcome! Please take a look at the attached poster and the Facebook event page for more information and share widely with colleagues and… Read Article →
Collaborative Publishing Platform Seeking Writers Inkshares, an interesting alternative publishing venture in which they assist you in writing a proposal and develop a crowdsharing opportunity for an ebook. They are now looking for short stories and long form journalistic pieces. They will be at AWP promoting this new publishing venture, books to follow. Serious group responding to a serious interest in new formats in publishing. They’d contacted me to do some piece of long form journalism for them.
Attention 2014 Hudson Prize entrants: In lieu of paying the $25.00 contest entry fee, from Feb. 1 – Feb. 15, 2014, you may elect to have your fee waived by instead purchasing these two previous Hudson Prize winning books: The Last Game We Played (winner, 2006) and The Giving of Pears (winner, 2008) for $19.95, plus shipping. Purchase via the BUY button on this page, then enter your PayPal transaction ID in the corresponding box when you enter the Hudson Prize via the Early Bird Special Poetry or Fiction categories on Submittable. (The transaction ID code will appear at the top… Read Article →
Take this Opportunity for a Chance to be the Next Hay House Author! Learn the inside scoop from Doreen, author of over 50 books including her bestselling, Healing with the Angels. She’ll share secrets to her writing and publishing success with you! Joining Doreen for this two-day comprehensive workshop is President and CEO of Hay House, Reid Tracy, and Hay House Events Director and Certified Integrative Coach, Nancy Levin, both of whom will offer their expertise about writing and getting published in today’s market. Attend this conference for an EXCLUSIVE opportunity to enter a Hay… Read Article →
Call for Proposals and Participation Cultivating Our Discipline 50th Allerton English Articulation Conference April 16-17, 2014 Extended Proposal Deadline: February 17, 2014 http://www.niu.edu/Allerton In cooperation with Liberal Arts and Sciences External Programming and the statewide Allerton Planning Committee, NIU’s Department of English is pleased to announce the 50th Allerton English Articulation Conference, to be held Wednesday and Thursday, April 16-17, 2014. The Allerton English Articulation Conference, bringing together faculty from two- and four-year colleges and universities for discussions and presentations, takes place at the Allerton Park and Retreat Center in Monticello, Illinois. In… Read Article →
Forget Me Not Theatre Company seeks full length previously unproduced scripts for our Spring 2015 Workshop Production. Every year Forget Me Not Theatre Company produces one Mainstage production and one Workshop production. In our Workshop Series we work alongside a playwright in the final stages of script development to bring his or her words to life on stage. This process bridges the gap between a reading and a full production and provides a venue for the playwright’s vision while challenging his/her concept of what the piece can and should be. The Workshop Series consists of… Read Article →
2014 New South Writing Contest Now Open for Submissions The New South Writing Contest, awarding $1,000 to a winner in poetry and a winner in prose, and $250 to the runners up in each category, is now open. Contest guidelines are applicable from December to March ONLY. The deadline for contest submissions is March 15, 2014 at 11:59 PM. Submittable submissions will close automatically; mailed submissions will not be accepted. The 2014 New South Writing Contest will be be judged by Brian Oliu in the genre of poetry and Christopher Merkner in the genre of prose…. Read Article →
Deadline Approaching for Virginia Woolf Conference Time passes! The deadline for submitting proposals to the Annual International Conference on Virginia Woolf: Writing the World is approaching: 25 January 2014. Writing the World (Chicago 5-8 June 2014) promises to be lively. In addition to our keynote speakers, we plan the following special events—all-inclusive with your registration fee ($190 regular/$100 students, independent scholars, emeritus or part-time faculty): Poetry off the Shelf: A Woolf-Inspired Reading with Sina Queyras, June 4, 7 p.m. at The Poetry Foundation Newberry Library Bloomsbury Exhibit, June 4, 3-4:30 p.m.; June 5 10-11:30 a.m…. Read Article →
CCLaP is currently accepting three types of manuscripts for possible publication: –Full-length commercial novels or works of creative nonfiction, 60,000 to 120,000 words total; –Novella-sized manuscripts of the same type, 20,000 to 40,000 words in length; –And individual stories and essays for inclusion in our monthly magazine, ideally 5,000 to 10,000 words (although shorter and longer submissions are accepted as well). All books are published in an electronic version released under a Creative Commons license and a “pay what you want” scheme (including a free version), as well as a trade paperback printed by Lightning… Read Article →
Luminarts Cultural Foundation* is awarding over $120,000 in grant awards to 20 Chicago artists, musicians and writers. Encourage your students to apply and become Luminarts Fellows. Luminarts not only offers grant awards, but also provides young artists with mentorship opportunities to continue their own artistic pursuits, and serve as inspiration for other aspiring artists. To apply visit www.luminarts.org or contact us at info@luminarts.org for more information. As an educator we welcome and encourage you to share this opportunity with your students. *Formerly the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation Apply Now ABOUT LUMINARTS By recognizing, encouraging and rewarding Chicago’s most talented young… Read Article →
A Young Journal Seeks Submissions In late 2011, Jessica Bell and Dawn Ius founded Vine Leaves Literary Journal to offer the vignette, a forgotten literary form, the exposure and credit it deserves. The vignette is a snapshot in words, and differs from flash fiction or a short story in that its aim doesn’t lie within the traditional realms of structure or plot, instead it focuses on one element, mood, character, setting or object. The journal, published quarterly online, is a lush synergy of atmospheric prose, poetry, photography and illustrations, put together with an eye for… Read Article →