The Opal is set to release their second issue, June 2023. Submit your fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry through April 14th at theopalmag.com/submit/. There is no submission fee! The Opal is focused on providing emerging writers with the opportunity to have their voice heard. Check out more here
Another Chicago Magazine is calling for poetry submissions– deadline is March 31, 2023! Follow the link to submit! We publish all kinds. Please submit no more than 5 poems and no more than 7 pages of poetry.
In the mood for a story about a scam artist posing as a man of God? Read the piece that novelist Karen Russell describes as “a mutant menagerie of literary fiction … an oasis for weirdness and wonder.” You can find The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material HERE on Conjunctions. A prequel to this piece, Beachcombers In Doggerland, was published in The Sun. Get the full story, read both!
CITY OUT OF TIMEHow does the city tell time? Stop time? Save time? Lose time?Keep time by the ticktock of an urban clock? The city out of time is a city where bridges fall and waters rise, where change is too late and never enough, where weather is breaking and transit is failing, where tent cities proliferate and mental health resources dissipate, where shop windows are boarded and the sidewalks are deserted, where leaders disinvest in community and reinvest in violence, where our Citizen apps blow up as citizens give up. But the city out of… Read Article →
This is a virtual event hosted on crowdcast. Charis welcomes Francesca Royster in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a discussion of Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance. A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides. Follow the link for more info. Click here to register on crowdcast.
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Writing Workshop: The Spoken WordWednesday 6:00-9:15In Person with professor Tara Betts When we hear the term spoken word, people often think of poetry slams, open mics, images of the Black Arts Movement, Beat Poets, and coffee houses. Now, that image has expanded to include television shows like “Def Poetry Jam,” “Verses & Flow,” BET’s “Lyric Café,” YouTube videos, Instagram poets, TED talks, and storytelling events like The Moth. In this course, students would engage with spoken word and performance poetry in various venues, including the page and stage. We will read, listen to, and watch… Read Article →
Ex Libris is taking submissions! We are looking to feature book reviews and interviews with alumni and faculty, written by current students. Have an idea, or a piece already written? Email Zach Sharp @ rsharp5@depaul.edu. Thanks, Zach
DePaul’s Social Transformation Research Collaborative (STRC) was established in 2021 with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Humanities. The STRC is dedicated to exploring how the humanities can serve as a source of justice and healing for communities historically shaped by, and continuously facing, racism, violence, and dispossession. The STRC is excited to announce the following grant-funded opportunity for current graduate students in LAS: GRADUATE STUDENT FELLOWSHIPS The STRC seeks applications for its four, six-month Graduate Research Fellowships for MA students whose primary scholarly or creative field lies within the humanities… Read Article →