The North American Review is accepting submissions for its inaugural Torch Memorial Prize for Creative Nonfiction, which commemorates writer and teacher Rafael Torch. The submission deadline is April 1, 2015. Eula Biss will judge the contest. The winner will receive $500 and publication in North American Review.
New Letters is accepting entries for its annual literary awards. Writers can submit their work here for a $25/entry reading fee. New Letters will award the following prizes: $1,500 New Letters Prize for Poetry for the best group of three to six poems $1,500 Dorothy Cappon Prize for the best Essay $1,500 Alexander Cappon Prize for Fiction for the best short story The submission deadline is May 18, 2015.
The Southampton Review, Stony Brook Southampton’s semiannual literary magazine, is accepting submissions of poetry, fiction, nonfiction and art. The submission deadline is May 1, 2015. See the flyer below for more information.
Crossing Boundaries, the second annual LAS interdisciplinary graduate student conference, is taking place on Friday, March 6, 2015, in McGowan South (1110 West Belden Avenue). The day’s events—which run from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.—include a faculty panel; poster presentations and paper panels featuring DePaul graduate student work; a keynote address by associate professor of English Miles Harvey; and a reception. All members of the DePaul community are welcome to attend. For a more detailed schedule, see the LAS graduate student conference program.
The faith-based Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center is hiring community organizers interested in social justice. DART will be hosting an online information session on Tuesday, February 24, at 7 p.m. CST. RSVP for the info session at www.thedartcenter.org/events. The start date for the position is June 29, 2015. Community organizers will work in Columbus, Ohio; Daytona Beach, St. Petersburg, Sarasota, and Tampa, Florida; and Lawrence and Topeka, Kansas. The annual salary is $34,000 with benefits.
Washington Post (February 13, 2015) “Heaving bosoms and joyous endings conquer Capitol Hill” Last week, the Post ran a story on a romance fiction conference held at the Library of Congress. The article featured DePaul English professor Eric Selinger, who noted, “The last thing popular romance needs is a man in a suit ‘mansplaining’ what belongs in the canon.”
DePaul’s chapter of Sigma Tau Delta, the collegiate English honor society, is hosting a movie night and discussion centered around The Godfather tomorrow night. See the flyer below for more information.
DePaul’s second annual Diversity Film Festival invites all currently enrolled DePaul students to submit films of up to 15 minutes in length. The submission deadline is May 10, 2015. Three student filmmakers will win cash prizes: $500 for first place, $300 for second place, and $200 for third place.
Crab Orchard Review, the literary journal of Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is accepting submissions from graduate and undergraduate students for the Charles Johnson Fiction Award, the Rafael Torch Literary Nonfiction Award, and the Allison Joseph Poetry Award. The winner in each category will receive $1,000 and publication. There is a $5 entry fee. The submission deadline is this Friday (February 20, 2015). Submit to the 2015 COR Student Writing Awards here.
Summer Literary Seminars (SLS) has extended the deadline for its 2015 literary contest to midnight tonight (February 17, 2015). The judges for the contest are Aimee Bender (fiction), Philip Graham (nonfiction), and Brenda Shaughnessy (poetry). The winners of this year’s contest will not only garner prizes sponsored by Guernica, Fence magazine, Ninth Letter, and Graywolf Press but will also receive tuition, airfare, and accommodations to the 2015 DISQUIET International Program in Lisbon, Portugal.
Congratulations to MAW alumnus Brian South, a Naperville North High School English teacher whose self-published debut novel—The Zombie Sheriff Takes Tucson: A Love Story—will be available for purchase on Friday, February 20. See this Chicago Tribune story for more details.
The MAE winter information session will take place on Wednesday, March 11, at 6 p.m. in Room 101 of the Welcome Center. The MAWP winter information session will take place on Thursday, February 19, at 6 p.m. in Room 103 of the Welcome Center.