Category: Student News
Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
And look out for the winning piece, “We Moved Out of the Projects and into a Home”, to be featured in SRPR’s Winter issue! Check out the full announcement at SRPR: Contest. Meghan Malachi, our first-place winner, will receive $1000, an introduction written by Ashley M. Jones, and an invitation to read at SRPR’s annual…Continue reading Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
English Spring Conference: Submit Your Writing
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!
Partial Tuition Scholarship Deadline: January 31
The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s three graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2021 Winter…Continue reading Partial Tuition Scholarship Deadline: January 31
Watch the Spring English Conference Panels!
If you weren’t able to join us last Friday for the 11th Annual Spring English Conference, you can now find all of the recorded panels here on the conference website.
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Spring English Conference
The deadline to submit to the 11th annual Spring English conference has been extended to this Friday, May 15th! Find full guidelines here. Initially, the department intended to host the conference through a website featuring video panels that could be accessed any time. After further consideration and discussion with students, however, the English department has…Continue reading EXTENDED DEADLINE: Spring English Conference
Free Access to Publisher’s Weekly for MFA programs
Publishers Weekly has removed their paywall, making all of their content available for free. Students and faculty can access open issues of Publishers Weekly, starting with the March 16th issue at www.digitalpw.com. Those wishing to receive an alert when the new issue becomes available can sign up to receive it at www.publishersweekly.com/digitalnotification. The entirety of www.publishersweekly.com is available without logging in, as…Continue reading Free Access to Publisher’s Weekly for MFA programs
Discount on Author’s Guild Memberships
DePaul MFA/MAWP students are eligible to apply for a deeply discounted Author’s Guild membership for only $35. Click here: https://www.authorsguild.org/join/ (enter code CHAPTER20 during checkout for the discount). Author’s Guild members receive access to intellectual-property rights lawyers, review of contracts, discounted author’s website templates, professional development, and even media liability insurance.
Call for Submissions: 11th Annual Spring English Conference
The DePaul English Department invites you to participate in the eleventh Spring English Conference. The Spring English Conference is an annual event in which DePaul English undergraduate and graduate students present academic and creative work. Although Covid-19 will make this year’s conference different from any other, the work we English students are doing is as…Continue reading Call for Submissions: 11th Annual Spring English Conference
Call for Submissions: They Call Us Flawed
They Call Us Flawed, new feminist zine from DePaul English students, is seeking poems and short stories about beauty standards for their next issue. Those interested should send submissions to KailahPeters@gmail.com with the subject line “They Call Us Flawed Submission” by May 12.
DePaul MFA Students Reading with The Authors Guild
Join the Authors Guild and Chicago Regional Chapter Ambassadors from a safe distance for their springtime reading and open mic. Meet up onscreen with the Chicago literary community and hear work from readers whose work ranges from remarkable nonfiction on risk-related strategies for resilience to middle-grade fiction and contemporary lit in translation. Featured readers will…Continue reading DePaul MFA Students Reading with The Authors Guild
The Spring English Conference is going virtual this year!
In lieu of our annual in-person Spring English conference, the English department is now accepting submissions from students for a new 2020 Spring English Conference online launching June 1! This is an excellent opportunity for students to showcase their work and to share it with a positive, supportive community of DePaul faculty and peers. This…Continue reading The Spring English Conference is going virtual this year!