Save the date! The 10th annual Spring English Conference will be held on April 26, 2019. Submission guidelines will be coming soon. The Spring English Conference is a unique opportunity for DePaul English students from across the entire department to come together and share their work in a friendly, comradely environment. For questions, email englishconference.dpu@gmail.com
The Writers’ League of Texas is holding a manuscript contest, with the winners in 10 categories receiving a registration to the 2019 Agents & Editors Conference ($400 value) and a one-on-one consultation with the agent who selected their manuscript as the winner. The conference is June 28-30 in Austin, TX, and brings 20-25 agents and editors to downtown Austin for three days of panels, presentations, and one-on-one consultations. Attendees and agents alike say the conference is one of their favorite events of the year. The deadline to submit is January 31. Anyone interested… Read Article →
Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference ~ June 17-23 ~ Scholarships available! www.northwoodswriters.org/ Scholarship Application Deadline January 25, 2019 This summer, the Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference, which prides itself on its award-winning teaching faculty, will offer five intensive week-long workshops, and Terrance Hayes will be our Distinguished Visiting Writer.Peter Orner will lead the fiction workshop. Dustin Parsons will lead the creative non-fiction workshop. Two poetry workshops will be led by Camille Dungy and Ada Limón. Aimee Nezhukumatathil will lead a workshop exploring hybrid poetry and creative non-fiction. The conference takes place at Bemidji State University—a small university on a big lake in a small town in northern Minnesota—the perfect… Read Article →
The full conference June 17-22, 2018 includes 5 days of morning, afternoon, and late-night workshops One-on-one manuscript consultations 3 afternoon panels Opportunity to register for agent appointments with advanced submission of 5 pages. 7 afternoon/evening keynotes by well-known experts and authors Book signings and chances to meet author-speakers Opening night banquet on Sunday, June 17 Poolside Cocktail Reception Tuesday, June 19 Awards banquet on Friday evening, June 22 A week of networking, support and genuine camaraderie For more information and to register visit The Writers website here.
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The DePaul English Department invites you to attend our 9th Annual Spring English Conference on Friday, April 27 from 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM in Arts & Letters Hall. This daylong event celebrates and showcases the work of DePaul undergraduate and graduate students. Creative writing presentations include Poetry, Speculative Fiction, Fiction, and Creative Nonfiction. Literary studies presentations include Sexuality & Love, Identity & Class, and Music & Religion. We’re excited to welcome Nate Marshall as this year’s keynote speaker. Nate Marshall is from the South Side of Chicago. He is the author of Wild Hundreds and an… Read Article →
Submissions to the Spring English Conference will now be accepted until this Saturday, April 8! Send submissions to englishconference.dpu@gmail.com.
Save the date! The 9th annual Spring English Conference will be held on April 27, 2018. Submission guidelines will be coming soon. The Spring English Conference is a unique opportunity for DePaul English students from across the entire department to come together and share their work in a friendly, comradely environment. For questions, email englishconference.dpu@gmail.com
A note from Samantha Hoffman, executive director of the Chicago Writers Association Writers Conference regarding scholarships – deadline is 1/19. and the application process is relatively fast: I’m reaching out because we have writing conference scholarships to award to two students, two educators and two others. We have not yet received a single application from a student–please apply! The deadline is January 15th at midnight, but we will extend the deadline to January 19th to give them time to apply. All applicants need to do is write a 500-word essay and complete the application…. Read Article →
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