Nominate an LAS faculty member who has made a significant impact on your learning at DePaul. Use the link below to submit a letter to the LAS Awards Committee explaining why your nominee excels as a teacher and how they have positively influenced your experience. Nominations can be submitted individually or collaboratively with fellow students. All letters will remain confidential. Submit your nominations here by Monday, February 16. If you have any questions, contact LAS_ETA@depaul.edu.
ENG 426 The Essay: History, Theory, Practice is cross-listed with WRD 515 The Essay. Course description:In this course, we’ll study the essay: what it is and has been, and how we read and write essays now. We’ll situate the essay historically and within relevant disciplines, and focus on the contemporary essay. We will read essays alongside theory on essay form and style. Most important, you will write essays, largely on topics you choose. This class is a space where you can think in depth about your own writing style and goals, and explore your intellectual… Read Article →
Sourcebooks Outreach Fellowship Editorial Trainees will have the opportunity to be part of a unique, fully remote, stipend paid training program designed to provide a broad overview of the day-to-day work of an acquisitions editor. Broken down into three parts, the training program combines key editorial skills with valuable hands-on experience, guiding trainees through the editorial process while also giving them the opportunity to add a live project to their resume as they work directly with our Editorial Team. The Editorial Training Program starts on March 16, 2026 – May 29, 2026, with a break… Read Article →
The Ghost Story – The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition – January 31, 2026 Interested in flash fiction pieces of between 250 and 1,000 words Entry fee: $15 Brink Literary Journal No. 12 – February 1, 2026 Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Video Essay & Cinepoetry The Masters Review Winter Short Story Award for New Writers– February 1, 2026 PEN Emerging Voices Fellowship – February 2, 2026 The Emerging Voices Fellowship provides a virtual five-month immersive mentorship program for early-career writers from communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing world. The Journal Call for Submissions – February 15, 2026 Fiction Nonfiction Poetry Photo essays Author interviews Book reviews 2026 Harper’s Bazaar Short Story Competition – February 22, 2026 Submit an… Read Article →
After Anna Sortino graduated from DePaul’s MAWP program in 2019, she applied for a publishing mentorship program called Pitch Wars (which is now defunct) and was picked by renowned YA author Aiden Thomas. At the time, the program was encouraging authors to write stories inspired by their own lives and identities, which ultimately pushed Sortino to write stories centered with disabled characters living their lives and falling in love. She has published two YA books—Give Me A Sign (2023 via Penguin Random House) and On The Bright Side (2024 via Penguin Random House)—with another set… Read Article →
Galena LitFest returns this January with a month-long celebration of literary arts. The fest concludes with an engaging evening of poetry and conversation with Illinois Poet Laureate Mark Turcotte on January 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. In collaboration with the Galena Public Library and the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation, the event will be held at the Mąą Pįį Preserve and Center’s historic Hess House at 1221 N Ferry Landing Rd in Galena, IL. This free, hybrid event allows participants to choose between attending in person or virtually via Zoom. Register here!
There are tons of free events happening through The Center For Black Diaspora this quarter as part of “Black Imagination: At the Intersections of Blackness, Music, Magic and Creativity.” Check them all out below:
Join us on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026 for an interactive gaming experience developed by Professor Allen Turner of the School of Design. The audience is invited to discuss how the past has purpose today by demonstrating and celebrating the power of family, ancestral connections, and storytelling. This event continues in the yearly theme of “Black Imagination: At the Intersections of Blackness, Music, Magic and Creativity” at the Center for Black Diaspora. The event takes place 4 – 7 p.m. on Jan. 28 in the Lincoln Park Student Center, Room 314 AB.
Award-winning author Janet Burroway will be in conversation with Miles Harvey, DePaul professor and English Chair, about Janet’s new novel, Simone in Pieces at Bookends & Beginnings in Evanston on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 4 p.m. Janet is also the author of Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, (a bestseller through 10 editions) and has written eight previous novels, as well as a memoir, plays, short fiction, children’s books, and more. Recipient of the Florida Humanities Council’s Lifetime Achievement Award in Writing, she is Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor Emerita at Florida State University… Read Article →
The Luminarts Fellowship Program includes core awards in Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Classical Music, and Jazz Improvisation. Core Fellowships include an unrestricted monetary award of $10,000 – $15,000, depending on the discipline. Once an artist is awarded a Luminarts Fellowship, they are eligible to apply for additional opportunities for a period of 10 years. These opportunities include project grants, workshops, mentorship, and facilitated conversations that provide valuable insights into building a successful career in the arts. Apply here!
Submit your best work to New Ohio Review’s 2026 contests in 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 with a $22 entry fee between now and April 15th. For the cost of your entry, you will also receive two complimentary issues of NOR (37 and 38). See the full guidelines on the submissions page… Read Article →
The 2026 AWP Award Series is open for submissions! Submit your manuscript in poetry, creative nonfiction, short fiction, or the novel between now and February 28, at 11:59 p.m. ET, for a chance at a cash prize and publication by one of our partner presses. This year’s prizes will be judged by Maggie Smith, Kiese Laymon, Weike Wang, and Justin Torres. The 2026 AWP Conference and Bookfair will take place on March 4-7, 2026 in Baltimore, Maryland. Check out how to attend or get involved here.