Glassworks publishes nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, and artwork, both digitally and in print. They are currently reading until December 15, 2024 for their 2025 print issue. Glassworks also publishes flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays (under 750 words each) every month in their online edition, Flash Glass. Submissions for Flash Glass are also accepted through December 15, 2024, and occasionally reopen throughout the year. More information about Glassworks and Flash Glass, sample issues, submission guidelines, and a link to submit via Submittable can be found at www.rowanglassworks.org. Glassworks is the literary magazine of Rowan… Read Article →

Submit your fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and writing that defies genre classification to Thin Air Magazine by October 20th to be considered for Issue 31 (print issue). This year’s theme is Metamorphosis!: art that ponders the metamorphoses we see in creation, in destruction, in reflection, in meditation, in stagnation, in art itself. Submit your pieces that engage with this theme via the Thin Air Magazine Submittable page.  Thin Air Magazine is an MFA-run literary journal based out of Northern Arizona University. See Thin Air‘s submission guidelines below: We charge a $3.00 submission fee for our print… Read Article →

The English Department seeks nominations for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to honor the great work our students do in their communities. If you are someone who volunteers, interns, or otherwise devotes time to assisting with community organizations, partners, and/or individuals, please nominate yourself for this award. Or, if you know someone whose commitment to community shows up… Read Article →

Join us in the Arts and Letters building for the Spring English Conference and engage with some of DePaul’s best writers in cross genre panel discussions and free snacks! The Keynote address will be held in room 103 at 11AM and followed by author panels from 12-5 on the third floor. Drop in any time!

TO: All Students in the MAE/MALP, MAWP, and MFA Programs FROM: Miles Harvey, Department Chair DATE: April 8, 2024 RE: 2024 Spring Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s three graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2024 Spring graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE, MALP, MAWP, and MFA degrees…. Read Article →

There are only two more weeks to submit your best work to our 2024 contests for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Ohio Review will be awarded for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay.Submit a story or essay of up to 20 pages or a poem or group of poems of up to 6 pages or a with a $22 entry fee, which includes a subscription to New Ohio Review, by April 15th.All entries are considered for publication.This year’s judges are Naomi Shihab Nye for poetry, Lily… Read Article →

The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes have again partnered on an exciting grant opportunity that may be of interest to your students. See below a brief summary of this initiative, and please feel free to circulate amongst your department or forward to any colleague not included here that you deem fit. The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program supports individuals in the early stages of their career in film and media criticism. Ahead of the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 3-9, 2024), two recipients will be selected and awarded the… Read Article →

Submit your work (in any genre) to participate in one of a kind panels with your DePaul peers! The themes of each panel are determined by the work submitted to the organizing body. Send your work to SpringEnglishConference@gmail.com and help shape the event!

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