Just a reminder- as long as you’re getting your work ready to send out to these great new writing contests, don’t forget to submit it to Threshold as well. The deadline to submit to DePaul’s own literary arts magazine is this Friday, February 15th! *** Arcadia Magazine is currently accepting submissions for its inaugural short story contest. The winner will receive a prize of $1,000 and publication in Arcadia. The deadline for entry is February 15th, 2013. Fiction writers may submit a short story between 4,000 and 7,000 words, along with a $15 entry fee, via Submittable…. Read Article →
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Today in Student News, congratulations to MAWP student Raul Palma, who has won first place in the Mary Mackey Short Story contest for his story “Amaranthus.” As the first place winner of this competition, Raul has been invited to read his story in San Francisco in March and was awarded a $100 prize. As we posted earlier in Student News, “Amaranthus” is also scheduled to be published in 34th Parallel Magazine. You can find out more about the Mary Mackey Short Story prize and other contests in the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition at soulmakingcontest.us/story. Congratulations… Read Article →
This Monday, writer Lois Leveen will be speaking at an event sponsored by The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse and the Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies. Leveen is the author of The Secrets of Mary Bowser, a recent novel about a historical figure, Mary Bowser, a freed slave who later became a Union spy. Leveen’s talk, entitled “Telling Secrets: Mary Bowser, Race, Gender, and American History,” will take place this Monday, January 28th, at 4 p.m. in the Rosati Room (room 300) of the Richardson Library. This event is free and open… Read Article →
This month, the DePaul English Department is holding a series of Student Information Sessions with the candidates for the Assistant Professor of Early Modern English Literature, a tenure-track position in The Department of English to begin in September, 2013. A total of three sessions will be held in ALH 210-11, one for each candidate. All DePaul English Graduate Students are encouraged to attend and give their input. The second Student Information Session will be held this Friday, January 25th, with Megan Heffernan. Heffernan’s background includes: Ph.D., English Language and Literature, University of Chicago, expected March… Read Article →
The LAS Technology Center has been making some changes to the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences website. Now, graduate students can apply for the Graduate Research Funding (GRF) Program online. Follow the link and log in with your DePaul ID to learn more about GRFs and how to apply. *** As of today, January 18th, there is still room available for the upcoming Dinner on DePaul featuring alumni working in Writing & Publishing. This program will be held on Thursday, Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Center (2400 N. Sheffield). Registration… Read Article →
In the coming weeks, the DePaul English Department will be holding a series of Student Information Sessions with the candidates for the Assistant Professor of Early Modern English Literature, a tenure-track position in The Department of English to begin in September, 2013. A total of three sessions will be held in ALH 210-11, one for each candidate. All DePaul English Graduate Students are encouraged to attend and give their input. The first Student Information Session will be held tomorrow, Friday, January 18th, with Evan Gurney of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Gurney’s… Read Article →
Threshold, DePaul’s award-winning annual literary arts magazine, is now accepting submissions for its 2013 issue. Please see the following letter from Threshold‘s Editors in Chief, Borja Cabada (MAWP) and Rachel Harthcock (Undergraduate in English). To the DePaul Community, We are excited to announce that Threshold is now open for submissions for the 33rd issue. DePaul’s award-winning art and literary magazine is seeking writers and artists from any undergraduate and graduate programs who have original writing or visual pieces invested with the human experience. We are calling for compelling nonfiction essays, fiction pieces, poetry, plays, screenplays,… Read Article →
The Office of Alumni Relations would like to invite current students to an upcoming networking opportunity, Dinner on DePaul. Dinner on DePaul is a free dinner event in which DePaul invites 3 alumni in a specific professional field to have a roundtable Q&A with 15-20 students who are interested in that industry. The upcoming Dinner on DePaul will be Thursday, January 24 at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Center and will feature alumni currently working in Writing & Publishing. The alumni attending include: Jennifer Eckert (LAS MA ’06) Supervising Editor, National Geographic Learning Dean Monti (SNL ’96) Author, The Sweep of the… Read Article →
CALL FOR PAPERS At Play in the Space Between, 1914-1945 The 15th annual conference of the multidisciplinary society The Space Between: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 June 20-22, 2013, DePaul University, Chicago IL The 15th annual conference of the Space Between Society will explore the multifaceted subject of play as it relates to literature, art, history, music, theater, media, and spatial or material culture in any country between 1914 and 1945. From surrealist games to improvisational jazz, from Mrs Dalloway’s party to Archibald Motley’s Nightlife, from the exploits of the “Bright Young People” to the political… Read Article →
Academy Chicago Publishers is currently looking for two or three interns for an unpaid winter internship in the publishing industry. Zhanna Vaynberg, a recent MAWP graduate, is the managing editor at Academy Chicago Publishers in charge of finding interns, making this an especially promising opportunity for current DePaul English graduate students looking to get a foot in the door at a local independent publishing company. Academy Chicago Publishers provides a laid-back office environment where interns can pick their hours to work around their schedules. Tasks vary from marketing & social media to reading submissions, proofreading… Read Article →
There’s one last chance to enter the Tennessee Williams Literary Festival’s 27th Annual One-Act Play Contest, which is accepting submissions until November 1st, 2012. The Tennessee Williams Literary Festival is looking for never-produced one-act plays with a small cast that run no more than one hour in length.Finding fresh literary talent of all genres is at the heart of the Festival’s mission. The contests have nurtured writers at the start of their careers–and helped them move on to further publications, book deals, and in one case, a Pulitzer Prize. Grand Prize: $1,500 A staged reading… Read Article →
Please note that Ex Libris has made a few changes to the way that MAE course requirements are listed on the “Classes” pages. The new information reflects the fact that MAE course requirements are based solely on time period regardless of country, as well as the program’s more recent decision to replace the term “Modern” with “20th/21st Century.” And as always, we continue to add more course descriptions for Winter and Spring quarters as they come in, so if you’re still wondering what classes to take, have a look! *** There’s just one week left… Read Article →