riverSedge art and literature journal is now open for 2016 submissions. Submissions are due March 1, and can be submitted here. Guidelines are as follows: $5 submission fee 3 prizes of $300 for poetry, prose, and art Multiple submissions welcome Previously unpublished work only Simultaneous submissions welcome Submissions in English or Spanish welcome From the editors: “riverSedge is a literary journal of culture and literature with an understanding of its place in the nation. Its name reflects our specific river edge of the Rio Grande Valley, with an openness to publish writers who use English, Tex Mex,… Read Article →

Glimmer Train is currently accepting submissions for this season’s Short Story Award for New Writers! The contest is held three times a year, winter submissions close on February 29 (stay tuned for Spring and Fall dates). The reading fee is $18 per submission, and the grand prize includes $2,500 and publication in Glimmer Train Stories. Find out more information and submit here.

DePaul will be hosting their 2016 Thesis and Dissertation Conference this Saturday, February 6 from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm in Lincoln Park Student Center. See the flyer below for more information and RSVP here.

DePaul’s annual art and literature magazine is now open for submissions. Visit Crook & Folly online, or see the guidelines below to submit. All submissions due March 1st.

The Department of English is pleased to announce The Dontrey Britt-Hart Endowed Scholarship, a new funding opportunity for MAWP students. Consideration for this scholarship shall be given to a student enrolled in the Writing and Publishing Program in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences who is in good academic standing and has financial need.  Preference shall be given to women or students who have demonstrated an interest in/commitment to increasing the prevalence of, or improving the role of, women in higher education.  Preference may also be given to persons of color or students… Read Article →

The Minverva Rising Literary Journal, a journal dedicated to publishing creative works by women, is now open for submissions for their journal publication. The theme for this years submission cycle is ‘sisterhood,’ and submissions close on February 1. Visit them online to submit and find out more.

The University of Illinois at Chicago is hosting their annual graduate student conference Engendering Change this April 23. The conference focuses on themes of gender and sexuality, and this years theme is specifically oriented towards the intersection of racial and gender justice. Abstracts are due February 1st and can be emailed to engenderingchange2016@gmail.com. For more details download the call for papers.

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