The Vine Leaves Vignette Collection Award is open for submissions. Writers may enter a 50- to 60-page manuscript of vignettes. The winner receives a $500 prize, publication by Vine Leaves Press, and 20 copies of his or her book. The deadline is February 28, 2015. Submit your manuscript here.
Congratulations to alumnus Adam Dick! NightLights, an independent feature film he produced, enjoyed an initial weeklong run at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 in Beverly Hills and earned a positive review in the Los Angeles Times. These days, Adam is “generally working on writing scripts and getting films made.” He recently optioned a Holocaust survivor’s memoir and plans to develop it into a miniseries.
The Caribbean Chapter of the College English Association (CEA-CC) is accepting paper proposals for its 2015 annual conference, which will take place at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez March 12–13, 2015. The topic is Disability Studies. As the website states, “We welcome papers that investigate the cultural, social and political interactions of the humanities (arts, language and literature) and technology, as they relate to the conceptualizing Dis/Ability.” Submit an abstract of up to 100 words in the body of an e-mail (not an attachment) by September 30, 2014, to cea.cc.conference@gmail.com.
Summer Literary Seminars is hosting a four-day intensive writing program in Montreal October 2–5, 2014. Workshop leaders include Heather O’Neill, Brenda Shaughnessy, and Mikhail Iossel. The program cost is $395 CAD. Register and view the schedule here.
Crook & Folly, DePaul’s art and literary magazine, is accepting applications from graduate and undergraduate students for positions as 2015 issue editors. The deadline is noon on Monday, September 29. To apply, submit a one-page (250-word) letter describing relevant experience, commitment, and vision for the magazine as an email attachment to Professor Barrie Jean Borich at bborich@depaul.edu.
The Guild Literary Complex is seeking submissions for its 2014 Prose Awards. Illinois residents aged 18 and older may submit an original piece of up to 1,000 words. The winner in each category (fiction and nonfiction) will receive a cash prize of $500. The deadline to submit is Wednesday, October 1, 2014.
Join Big Shoulders Books and 826CHI this Friday, September 19, to celebrate the release of The 826CHI Compendium, Volume IV. The book release party is taking place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at DePaul’s Loop Campus, 14 E. Jackson, LL102 Basement Theater.
The Lascaux Prize in Poetry The deadline for the inaugural Lascaux Prize in Poetry contest is September 23, 2014. Poets may enter more than once and may submit up to five poems per entry. Pieces of all lengths and styles are welcome. The winner receives $1,000 and publication in The Lascaux Review. The Christine E. Eldin Memorial Fellowship The deadline for the inaugural Christine E. Eldin Memorial Fellowship is December 31, 2014. Submit the first 5,000 words of an unpublished middle-grade fiction manuscript and a comprehensive synopsis (up to 2,000 words). The winner receives $1,000 and a trophy. The Lascaux Prize… Read Article →
Apply by October 1, 2014 for Vermont Studio Center fellowships. VSC offers more than 34 fellowship awards for visual artists and writers. Fellowships cover the full cost of a four-week residency at Vermont Studio Center. Access the online application here.
Join professor Chris Green and student Clare Stuber on Tuesday, September 16, at 7 p.m. for this month’s installment of the Poetry Foundation’s Open Door Readings. Open Door Readings take place on the third Tuesday of every month from September through May at 61 West Superior Street. The one-hour readings feature two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. The series is free and open to the public.
The Fall 2014 Black River Chapbook Competition is now open to submissions of poetry and short fiction through October 31, 2014. Black Lawrence Press runs the Black River Chapbook Competition for an unpublished chapbook of poems or short fiction twice a year. Entries should be between 16 and 36 pages in length. The winner will receive book publication, a $500 cash award, and ten copies of the book. You can submit entries here.
Congratulations to alumna Zhanna Slor! Slor’s work was published in the summer issue of Michigan Quarterly Review, and her group of essays—which appeared in the winter 2013 issue of Michigan Quarterly Review—recently received a notable mention in the The Best American Essays 2014.