Submissions are due April 30 for the Very Short Fiction Award and the Fiction Open contests from Glimmer Train. Very Short prizes include: 1st place $2,000 and publication, 2nd place $500, and 3rd place $300. Find guidelines here. Fiction Open prizes include: 1st place $3,000 and publication, 2nd place $1,000, and 3rd place $600. Find guidelines here.
Submissions are due on April 25 for The Writer‘s “The Great Break” contest. The 1st place prize includes $1,000 and publication in The Writer, 2nd place is $500 and online publication, and 3rd place is $250 and online publication. Entry fee is $25. Heidi Pitlor, editor of The Best American Short Stories and author of The Daylight Marriage will be judging entries. Find full details and stories here.
Join the Career Center for “Working for the Common Good” on April 27 for an event dedicated towards employment in social services, community service, and nonprofits. See the the flyer below for more information, or check out this sneak-peek PDF.
Professor Richard Squibbs will be conducting an Information Session for the Capstone Portfolio Requirement and Thesis Option on Saturday, April 23 in SAC 232. From 10:00- 11:00, he will explain the requirements for the Portfolio, describe how to submit your Portfolio materials using Digication, and answer any questions that you might have. From 11:00-12:00 he will discuss the Thesis Option with those students who choose it as a Final Requirement. If you are unable to attend this session, please contact Professor Squibbs at rsquibbs@depaul.edu to set up an individual appointment. Candidacy Continuation: If you have completed… Read Article →
MAWP student Christopher Flynn has won the 2016 Writer’s Studio Student Prize, which includes $500 and the opportunity to read his work at Printers Row Lit Fest on Saturday, June 11. Congratulations Christopher!
Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone’s story gets the audience it deserves. Many storytellers are marginalized and underrepresented, their stories hidden behind racial and class barriers. Can collaborative storytelling change this disparity? Please join Michele Morano, DePaul English Professor and co-founder of Big Shoulders Books Miles Harvey, Audrey Petty, author of High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing and Peter Orner, author of Underground America: Voices of Witness for a conversation about collaborative storytelling. Moderated by DePaul English Professor and editor of How Long Will I Cry?: Voices of Youth Violence, the evening will be dedicated to exploring the power… Read Article →
Crook & Folly, DePaul University’s award-winning, all-student, journal of literature and art, seeks applications from graduate and undergraduate students for two positions as 2017 Editors-in-Chief. The new editors will begin work planning for the new year late this Spring 2016 and will hire their section editors during Fall quarter 2017. Editors must be available and on-site for the entire 2016-2017 academic year. Candidates for Editor-in-Chief should write a one-page (250 words) application letter describing relevant experience and commitment as well as vision for the magazine, and email it, as an attachment, to Professor Borich on or… Read Article →
Join the Center for Identity, Inclusion and Social Change for “you are SO brave,” a performance and discussion lead by poet and activist Kay Ulanday Barret. See the flyer below for full details.
The visiting writers program will be hosting author Rebecca Makkai on Thursday, April 28 at 6pm in the Richardson Library Room 115. Find out more on the flyer below.
The deadline for applying for Spring ’16 Degree Conferral was February 1, 2016. This information was sent to all graduate students in the English Department via email, posted in Ex Libris, on our website and on the monitor on the second floor of Arts & Letters right outside of the English Department. The LA&S Graduate Student Services Office also sent out an email to all graduate students in the College with the information and it is posted on their website, as well. I believe that this year I also saw it displayed on a billboard… Read Article →
Applications for Spring Quarter 2016 Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) are now available. Find out more below, or fill out the form here. For the fall, winter, and spring quarters the MA programs in English and Writing and Publishing offer Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in the department’s two graduate programs in English. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for up to two courses per quarter taken toward the MA in English or MA in Writing and Publishing degree. [NOTE: PTS awards can be applied only to courses needed for the… Read Article →