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by Ex Libris on March 14, 2025

Looking Ahead: Reminders for WQ Week 10, Finals Week, Spring Break, and SQ Week 1

Good afternoon, everyone! 🌼 With everyone finishing their final classes this week and moving on to getting final papers and projects wrapped up for next week, it can be easy to lose track of all the submission deadlines we’ve been posting lately on Ex Libris. You’ll still be hearing from us next week (and when the new quarter begins!), but to help you start planning your schedules, we’ve compiled a list of deadlines for this week/weekend, next week, Spring Break, and Week 1 of Spring Quarter. Scroll down for the full list! Key: yellow =… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 14, 2025

Gerald Paetsch Academic Advising Award

Happy Friday, everyone! (If you’re here in Chicago, we hope you’re enjoying the warm temps and sunshine today—a good mood-booster when working on final papers and projects!) In case you missed the email message from the university, scroll down for info on the Gerald Paetsch Academic Advising Award, which any English staff advisor or faculty advisor is eligible for. (The info below has been copied from DePaul’s email advertisement.) Has an academic advisor made a difference in your progress toward your educational goals? If an academic advisor has provided you with outstanding guidance, please nominate… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 13, 2025

Call for Submissions: 33 ⅓

Good afternoon, everyone! This is your reminder that tomorrow is the last day to submit teaching evaluations for your WQ2025 LAS courses. Submissions to Mistake House Magazine (click here for details) and the Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize (click here for details) will also close tomorrow night. Are you interested in writing a 30,000 word manuscript that takes a deep dive into your favorite musical album and/or artist? If you’re passionate about the music you like, take advantage of 33 ⅓’s unique call for book proposals! Scroll down for full details. (The information below has… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 12, 2025

Calls for Submissions to DePaul’s The Orange Couch! + Spring 2025 CPBL Internship Scholarships

Good morning, everyone! We have a few announcements today. These include a call for submissions to Issue 6 of The Orange Couch (the DePaul Writing Center’s annual publication) and information on LAS’s Community- and Project-Based Learning (CPBL) Internship Scholarships. Scroll down for more details on each of these! (The information below has been copied from The Orange Couch and las.depaul.) Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch Deadline: April 28, 2025, 12:00 PM CT About: The Orange Couch is seeking submissions for Issue 6 from all DePaul-affiliated writers writing in all types of creative genres—from poetry to fiction… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 10, 2025

Week 10 Reminders + 2 More Calls for Submissions!

Happy Monday, everyone! Welcome to Week 10—just one week before Finals Week, and just ten days before spring officially begins! 🌼🐦🌼🌼 We have two reminders for this week: first, that this Thursday (March 14) is the last day to submit teaching evaluations for LAS courses, and second, that this Friday (March 15) is the last day to submit your work to Mistake House Magazine and the Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize. (Click here for details on Mistake House submissions, and click here for details on the book prize.) Scroll down for two newly-listed calls for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 7, 2025

LAST CALL for Research Fellowship Applications and Short Story Prize Submissions!

Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s one brief reminder that tonight, two calls for submissions will be closing: applications to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s 2025 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship and submissions to the 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Click here for more details on the two-week summer research fellowship for grad students, and click here for more details on the contest (whose winning work will be performed and recorded live by an actor at Symphony Space and published on Electric Literature).

by Ex Libris on March 6, 2025

(Scholarship) Funding for Emerging Writers + Internships List for SQ2025 + Call for Submissions: Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize

This is your reminder that tomorrow, two calls for submissions will be closing: applications to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s 2025 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship and submissions to the 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Click here for more details on the two-week summer research fellowship for grad students, and click here for more details on the contest (whose winning work will be performed and recorded live by an actor at Symphony Space and published on Electric Literature). We also have a new call for submissions, info on a scholarship fund for emerging writers who currently work at a bookstore or comic shop, and the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 5, 2025

Final Research Workshop TODAY + 12 New Calls for (March) Submissions!

We have lots of new submission opportunities to share this morning! This is also your reminder that the last research workshop, Research Workshop #4: “Making the Best of a Conference,” will be held TODAY, March 4 (11:30 AM – 1:00 PM) in JTR 103 of the Richardson Library. (Click here for details.) If you’ve been thinking about submitting your work to our Spring Conference this year (deadline: April 4), this is a great opportunity to develop your conference skills! Scroll down for info on all of these new calls for submissions! [A word in your ear: many of… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on March 3, 2025

Week 9 Reminders + New Calls for Submissions: Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize & Ninth Letter Literary Awards

Happy Monday, everyone! The countdown begins: only 23 days until the official end of the quarter. This Friday, March 7, two calls for submissions will be closing: applications to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s 2025 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship and submissions to the 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Click here for more details on the two-week summer research fellowship for grad students, and click here for more details on the contest (whose winning work will be performed and recorded live by an actor at Symphony Space and published on Electric Literature). We… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 28, 2025

Irish Lit. Event TONIGHT w/ Former Irish President Mary Robinson + Last Call for Submissions to Ninth Letter & Peatsmoke Journal

Happy Friday, everyone! This is your reminder that today is the last day of the month. . . and that submissions to two of the journals on our list—Ninth Letter and Peatsmoke—will be closing tonight at 11:59 PM. (Click here for details.) We’d also like to highlight an exciting event for this evening: Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, will speak on campus tonight to launch the gift of her collection of 900 volumes of Irish literature to DePaul. President Robinson and Dr. Mary McCain of the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 27, 2025

Submit Your Work to DePaul’s 16th Annual Spring English Conference for Our 2025 Spring Conference & Celebration!

We frequently keep you updated on calls for submissions from other journals and institutions; but today, we’re very excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions to the English department’s very own Spring English Conference! This year, the Spring Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual MFA reading and the English awards ceremony, combining three of the department’s most important events. The Conference & Celebration will be held on May 16. It will also feature an alumni panel. Scroll down for more details! What is the Spring English Conference? The Spring English Conference… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on February 26, 2025

Poetry Reading Reminder + Career Talk Event + 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize + Paid Internship Opportunity: Electric Literature

Good morning, everyone! We have one event reminder for today, as well as another upcoming event announcement, a newly-listed call for submissions, and a newly-added part-time, remote internship opportunity (which offers a stipend of $300 per month). Scroll down for more info on each of these! Event Reminder: Poetry Reading at Northwestern As mentioned on the Week 8 Reminders list we posted on Monday, this is your reminder that Northwestern University’s poetry reading with poet and country singer Julian Talamantez Brolaski will be held TONIGHT at 5:00 PM. Undergrads, grads, faculty, and community members are all… Read Article →