Submit to the C.D. Wright Emerging Poet’s Prize! The grand prize includes $1,000 and publication (as well as an Editor’s Choice Prize of $250 and publication). This year, the contest is being judged by none other than Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown. The Arkansas International is a literary magazine sponsored by The University of Arkansas Graduate Program in Creative Writing and Translation. Check out their website: https://www.arkint.org/cd-wright-prize for more information.
Students are invited to attend a virtual lunchtime speaker panel hosted by the DePaul Nonprofit Management Club! This event will be held on Tuesday, February 16th from noon-1pm on zoom. RSVP at the link: Qualtrics RSVP Link The panel will feature three professionals who have applied their degrees in creative ways to do mission-oriented work beyond the nonprofit sector. The panel will be moderated by: Dr. Vance-McMullen – Assistant Professor – DePaul University School of Public Service. Panelists will be speaking about their time working in the following roles: Steven Rosado – Director of Strategic Partnerships and Engagement at the… Read Article →
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Be sure to apply to this scholarship! The deadline is Sunday, January 31st. Learn more about the scholarship and its application form here.
Jobs at Art Museums (JAM) is a career awareness event at the Art Institute of Chicago. This year the event has been reimagined as a series of 12 presentations on Zoom over the course of winter and spring. Each talk will focus on a different theme, from Art & Science, to Community Programs, to “Handle with Care” (staff who actually touch objects), and more. College and university students are invited to conversations with museum professionals representing a variety of departments and fields. Learn about upcoming internship and career opportunities and virtually socialize with peers and museum staff. Please see… Read Article →
Submissions for poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, dramatic literature, and micro-prose are now open! Any submissions sent in by 11:59 pm on February 12th will be given feedback and then have a chance to edit and resubmit their piece. After February 12th, all submissions will be received as is and the deadline is March 12th. Submissions to multiple genres are allowed; however, please include the genre you are submitting to in the email’s subject line. You may submit your work to multiple genres, but you are only allowed to submit up to three pieces for poetry…. Read Article →
In case you missed out on the Love Talks Event, we have the livestream recorded below! Open this post to watch the video. Be sure to check out Professor Michele Morano’s book, Like Love and Destiny O. Birdsong’s book, Negotiations
Fruit Bat is a Chapbook Press co-based in Chicago and Los Angeles, started by two DePaul alum and previous roommates. As posted on their About Page, they publish work that “embraces foraging: an unusual collection of ideas from a diverse set of perspectives with a basket of different emotions.” They will release their first three limited edition chapbooks in summertime 2021. Submissions open February 1 – February 28, 2021. Be sure to check out and submit to Fruit Bat Press & Lillet Press in support of our former students (and awesome new endeavors)!
Introducing Lillet (pronounced lee-lay after the French aperitif, that stimulates the appetite). Lillet publishes chapbooks. Prose, poetry, sketch/comedy scripts, some combination, or some new genre you’ve invented. Their first open reading period is open from NOW until May 1. Submit on their website: lilletpress.com There is no reading fee or set number of manuscripts selected for publication this round 50 pg max. Any comments/questions, lilletpress@gmail.com Be sure to check out and submit to Fruit Bat Press & Lillet Press in support of our former students (and awesome new endeavors)!
This year’s Chicago Reader “Best of Polls” is open for voting through Feb. 8 and includes: Alum Caro Macon Fleischer (BA 2016, MFA 2020) for Best Playwright Kathleen Rooney for Best Novelist Kathleen Rooney’s Poems While You Wait for Best Poetry Organization Congrats to all! Be sure to show your support by voting in the poll: https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/best-of-ballot-voting-nominations/Content?oid=83800909#//
Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/post-electioninauguration-panel-tickets-136863581657 to receive the zoom link
Join authors Michele Morano and Destiny O. Birdsong’s discussion as a part of the Visiting Writers Series. Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/love-talks-an-evening-with-michele-morano-and-destiny-o-birdsong-tickets-132143850815