Narrative is reading submissions for its seventh annual poetry contest. The prizes for the contest winners will be as follows: • First Prize: $1,500 • Second Prize: $750 • Third Prize: $300 • Ten finalists receive $75 each The submission deadline is July 20, 2015. There is a $23 fee for each entry. Poets may submit up to five poems here.
Glimmer Train is accepting submissions for its Fiction Open through June 30, 2015. The writing contest is open to all writers, subjects, and themes. The first-place winner garners $2,500 and publication. The reading fee is $20 per story. Writers may submit their stories here.
The Digital Youth Network (DYN) at DePaul’s College of Computing and Digital Media is seeking a summer camp coordinator for its summer camps, which help middle school students develop skills in design, electronics, and computer science. Interested applicants should send a résumé and cover letter to: ARoberson@digitalyouthnetwork.org.
WHEN: June 2 at 8 p.m. until June 3 at 8 p.m. WHERE: DePaul University’s Lincoln Park Campus Student Center, Room 120 2250 N Sheffield Ave. WHO: George Saunders is a New York Times–bestselling author who is known for his collections of short stories. His works include Congratulations, By the Way, Tenth of December, and CivilWarLand in Bad Decline. Born in Amarillo, Texas, Saunders grew up in the south suburbs of Chicago. He earned a degree in exploration geophysics from the Colorado School of Mines. After spending time as a geophysicist on the Indonesian island… Read Article →
Writers Guild, a multigenre creative writing group housed within the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL), is hosting its quarterly open mic, Aloud!, this Thursday, May 28, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in SAC 212. Participants are welcome to share their own writing or to read excerpts from work they admire. Writers Guild will supply snacks.
DePaul art and literary magazine Crook & Folly will celebrate the release of Edition 35 this Thursday, May 28, from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the DePaul Art Museum. Guest judges and Chicago writers Jonathan Eig, Jac Jemc, and Daniel Borzutzky will read; MAWP students Eric Hollander and Joe Hampton will provide their musical stylings; and magazines and snacks galore will be there for the taking. Crook & Folly will also introduce the 2015–2016 Edition 36 editors.
This Friday, May 29, at 1:30 p.m., University of Notre Dame digital initiatives librarian Eric Lease Morgan will lead a hands-on workshop on text mining for the humanities in the Scholar’s Lab. Those interested in attending may RSVP here. See below for more information.
The Ashton Group is seeking submissions of 60-minute one-act stage plays for its Finding Words initiative. The writer should be no older than 25. The play can be on any theme or subject. Writers should submit a synopsis (including the plot and character outline) and the first ten pages of the play to the Ashton Group’s associate director, Chris Loveless, at chrisloveless@hotmail.co.uk. There is a prize of £500 for the winning play, which will be produced by the Apprenticed Actors Company. All writers will receive feedback on their work. The submission deadline is Monday, July 6, 2015.
The 31st annual Printers Row Lit Fest, the Midwest’s largest outdoor literary festival, will take place June 6–7, 2015, in the historic Printers Row district (at Dearborn Street, from Congress to Polk Streets) in the South Loop. Now in its thirtieth year, the fest will feature more than 200 booksellers from across the country and more than 200 authors participating in panels, discussions, and a variety of other programs. DePaul associate professor Rebecca Johns Trissler will be the interviewer for the panel Good Wives: Jennifer Chiaverini and Allison Pataki in conversation with Rebecca Johns, and visiting assistant professor Emily Gray Tedrowe will be on the… Read Article →
Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) is celebrating the end of its 2014–2015 season with a spring reception on the rooftop of Pegasus in Greektown. When Wednesday, June 17, 6–8:30 p.m. 6–7 p.m. Networking and Submit Raffle Tickets 7–8 p.m. Raffle Drawings 8–8:30 p.m. Continue Networking Where Pegasus Restaurant and Taverna (free valet parking) 130 S Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60661 Registration/ Cost CWIP Basic and Premium Members $25; nonmembers $30 Cash or check only at the door. No refunds. Register online.
Fifth Wednesday Journal is accepting submissions of short essays of 800 words or fewer on the subject of small literary magazines and the advance toward a digital world for literature. The winning essayist will receive a one-year subscription to Fifth Wednesday Journal and a FWJ T-shirt, and his or her essay will appear in FWJ’s fall issue and blog. To submit, email miller@fithwednesdayjournal.org. Put “Essay Competition” in the subject line and include your name, e-mail address, and a postal address in your message, but separate from your essay. The submission deadline is July 1, 2015. FWJ will announce the winner on August 15,… Read Article →
The Sun, an independent, ad-free nonprofit magazine founded in 1974, is hiring a business manager and associate editor in its Chapel Hill, North Carolina, editorial office. The monthly magazine publishes personal essays, short stories, interviews, poetry, and photographs. The ideal candidate should be prepared to make at least a five-year commitment to The Sun.