Attention all creative writers! Consider submitting your work to one or several of the contests and literary magazines whose flyer is in this post. Here at the English Department, we’ve received several awesome calls for submissions. Take a minute to view all three packets of PDF documents to find the publication right for you. Calls for Submissions Packet 1 Calls for Submissions Packet 2 Calls for Submissions Packet 3
By MAE student Jonathan Kittl On Thursday, February 17, 2011 at the John T. Richardson Library, Professor James H. Murphy presented his newly published book, Irish Novelists & the Victorian Age. Professor Murphy started the evening with a brief explanation concerning his process in constructing this new work. Professor Murphy includes references to well over 200 Irish novelists. During the evening Professor Murphy noted several Victorian Irish authors are frequently passed over in favor of other “big name” writers whose work might be interpreted as relevant to or representative of Ireland. One of the examples… Read Article →
By MAWP student Brittany Petersen As we finish up the chocolates, watch the balloons deflate and lay Valentine’s Day 2011 to bed, it seems appropriate to turn back to the source from which we as English students and authors get our romantic fix the other 364 days of the year: romance literature. Wait—you do read romance novels, right? The romance genre is an easy target for criticism (we’ll get to that), and yet it’s one of the most profitable of the fiction categories: In 2008, out of more than 47,000 fiction books published in the… Read Article →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2011 During the month of March, the Chicago Public Library will host several fascinating and free events in continuation of its ongoing monthly Authors Series. In addition, the Library will be the venue for several free author discussions included in Columbia College Chicago’s 15th Annual Story Week Festival of Writers series. All of the author events will be held at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. For more information, please call (312) 747-4050 or visit chicagopubliclibrary.org. March 2011 Author appearances GRANT ACHATZ AND NICK KOKONAS In conversation… Read Article →
Read below this student news from MAE student Diana Anderson. She was recently hired to work as an editor and writer at Argonne National Laboratory. Have your own news or announcement? Email it to Molly Tranberg at mtranber@depaul.edu. I was hired after the first of the year as a Writer/Editor at Argonne National Laboratory, run by the Department of Energy. Argonne conducts leading-edge basic and applied scientific research to provide clean and safe energy solutions. Argonne is working to achieve the vision set by President Barack Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu: an economy based… Read Article →
For over 30 years, Transitions Abroad magazine has been the only publication dedicated to work, study, living, and cultural immersion travel abroad. Its purpose is the dissemination of practical information leading to a greater understanding of other cultures through direct participation in the daily life of the host community. In our mission to expand upon our pioneering publications and remain the most comprehensive Web portal and webzine for work, study, travel, and living abroad, we are currently soliciting submissions for annual Student Writing Contest focusing on study abroad and experiential student learning abroad. The following… Read Article →
Congratulations to Professor Jim Fairhall Winner, Tennessee Williams New Orleans Fiction Contest Professor Fairhall will read from his winning story, “Pink,” at the 25th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Sunday, March 27. For more information on the contest and the festival, see http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/ Professor James H. Murphy Professor Murphy will celebrate his new book, Irish Novelists and the Victorian Age, with a reading and reception at DePaul’ s Richardson Library. (see below for details) Professor John Shanahan (DePaul Humanities Fellow) and Professor June Chung Professor Shanahan will lead a discussion of the changing relations of… Read Article →
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A BOOK RELEASE PARTY This February, Michael Sidney Fosberg celebrates the release of his memoir, INCOGNITO: An American Odyssey of Race and Self-Discovery at Victory Gardens Biograph Theater, where in the summer of 2008 he presented his one-man, autobiographical play, Incognito. Playwright and Victory Gardens Theater Literary Manager, Aaron Carter, will conduct an interview with Mr. Fosberg followed by a short reading from the book. At age 34, writer-actor Michael Fosberg began a personal search for his biological father that turned up a whole lot more. Having grown up in a white… Read Article →
Read this post by MAWP student Matthew Caracciolo on writing and religion. How do the two intersect? Add your perspective to the discussion! DePaul’s student body represents a wide variety of religions. It’s surprising to me then that I hear little religious talk going on. Perhaps this is because I am a graduate student who doesn’t spend enough time on campus, but is it also possible that as a student body we’re focused on other priorities? As writing students in the English Department, we have a unique opportunity to incorporate religion into the work we… Read Article →
For more information on Threshold, please visit their new website. Threshold will be awarding the Threshold Awards for Excellence in each of four literary categories. These categories include Dramatic Literature (one act plays and screenplay excerpts), Creative Non-Fiction (personal essays, literary journalism, memoirs, travel writing, etc), Fiction (short stories, novella or novel excerpts), and Poetry (of all forms, up to three submissions per person). The winners will be selected by one of our prestigious judges and read a portion of their winning piece at our launch party in May. The winner will receive a monetary… Read Article →
Interested in graduate student conferences? Read first-year MAE student Melissa Smith’s take on the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students conference, which she attended in late January. The Newberry Library, 60 W. Walton St, hosted the Newberry Center for Renaissance Students 2011 Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference from Jan. 27–29, drawing students from all over, including two of DePaul’s Masters in English students—Brianna Tonner and Diana Anderson. I don’t know how many of you have been to the Newberry Library, but it’s beautiful. A stone façade with rounded archways, opening up into a foyer, with staircases, as well as… Read Article →
International Writing Centers Week February 14-18, 2011 Love Across Languages, a multilingual poetry reading. Come share your favorite love poems, in any language, and listen to others read some of their favorites. Students, faculty, staff, and alumni are welcome. Where: Loop Student Center, North Café When: Monday, February 14. 3pm-6pm Literacy Narratives Reading and Panel Discussion. Join us for a reading of real-life stories about reading, writing, and language, followed by discussion of what these narratives can teach us about writing. Where: Loop Student Center, Room 11013 When: Tuesday, February 15. 3:30pm-6pm Photo Caption… Read Article →