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We would like to congratulate Marcy J. Dinius, Associate Professor in the department of English. Professor Dinius has been awarded her SECOND Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award (in just as many years) to Japan for Spring 2022. Dinius will lecture at Ochanomizu University and Tsuda University in Tokyo.
A DePaul MAWP alum wrote a book! And it comes out this month! Wow, we are so thrilled to celebrate Zhanna Slor and her debut novel, At the End of the World, Turn Left. Read the full review here.
We’re celebrating Poetry East’s 100th issue and 40th anniversary this April, National Poetry Month. Open this post for more information about the upcoming event on April 26th.
DePaul’s English Department extends a warm congratulations to our very own Megan Heffernan on the publication of her book Making the Miscellany: Poetry, Print, and the History of the Book in Early Modern England. Today marks one month since the book was released! Check it out here. Next month, Megan will be joining authors Laura Kolbys and Claire M. L. Bourne for a virtual celebration on May 14th at 10:00 a.m. Register here. This event is before the English Spring Conference, which will be recognizing student writing. Congratulations!
There is no limit on how many pieces you submit, however please note that there is an 8-page limit for each piece. Thank you!
Be sure to apply to this scholarship! The deadline is Sunday, January 31st. Learn more about the scholarship and its application form here.
In case you missed out on the Love Talks Event, we have the livestream recorded below! Open this post to watch the video. Be sure to check out Professor Michele Morano’s book, Like Love and Destiny O. Birdsong’s book, Negotiations
Fruit Bat is a Chapbook Press co-based in Chicago and Los Angeles, started by two DePaul alum and previous roommates. As posted on their About Page, they publish work that “embraces foraging: an unusual collection of ideas from a diverse set of perspectives with a basket of different emotions.” They will release their first three limited edition chapbooks in summertime 2021. Submissions open February 1 – February 28, 2021. Be sure to check out and submit to Fruit Bat Press & Lillet Press in support of our former students (and awesome new endeavors)!
Introducing Lillet (pronounced lee-lay after the French aperitif, that stimulates the appetite). Lillet publishes chapbooks. Prose, poetry, sketch/comedy scripts, some combination, or some new genre you’ve invented. Their first open reading period is open from NOW until May 1. Submit on their website: lilletpress.com There is no reading fee or set number of manuscripts selected for publication this round 50 pg max. Any comments/questions, lilletpress@gmail.com Be sure to check out and submit to Fruit Bat Press & Lillet Press in support of our former students (and awesome new endeavors)!