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by Ex Libris on January 20, 2020

Tutoring Opportunity: Children’s Dyslexia Center

Train to be a certified dyslexia tutor through the Children’s Dyslexia Center! The program is enrolling new students with a deadline of Jan. 31, 2020 and encourages any DePaul students who might be interested to apply. NOTE: The Center will extend their deadline for DePaul students. Applicants need to have an undergraduate degree or be graduating this spring. For those who want to get into teaching but not become a traditional classroom teacher, this is a great option. The Center Director for Children’s Dyslexia Center in the Chicago area is accepting applications for next… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2020

Call for Submissions: Nowhere Magazine Prizes and Open Call

Calling all travel writers and photographers—aspiring, seasoned and anywhere in between! Nowhere Magazine has set the dates for 2020 contributions. NAME: The Nowhere Emerging Travel Writers’ Prize WINDOW: 12 a.m. January 15, 2020, to 11:59 p.m. February 29, 2020 (EST) GENRES: Long-form fiction, short story, narrative nonfiction, essay, poetry PRIZE: US$500 + publication. Up to ten finalists also will be published. NOTES: Open only to writers who have never before been published. Multiple entries from a single author are welcome, but must be submitted individually. FEE: US$15 SUBMIT: https://nowheremag.com/contests/ NAME: The Nowhere Spring… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 17, 2020

Congrats to Christopher Watkins!

Congrats to DePaul English Graduate student Christopher Watkins on publishing his poem “After Hiding a Half-Emptied Bottle of Popov in My Sock Drawer and Blacking Out” in Foundry Journal! Read Chris’s full poem here.

by Ex Libris on January 16, 2020

Partial Tuition Scholarship Deadline is January 31st

The M.A. in English and M.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 two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2020 winter graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and MAWP degrees. You are eligible to apply for a PTS award if: You have already completed at least two English graduate courses toward your MAE or MAWP degree You are enrolled in one or more English graduate classes for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 14, 2020

Abroad Opportunity: Trinity College Dublin Workshop

The Sancho Panza Literary Society, in residence for 10 day writer’s workshops at Trinity College Dublin each May/June, is now accepting applications for their 2020 Trinity College Dublin workshop! This year’s sessions will take place from May 25-June 3 and June 5-14. Last year, the workshops had a mix of undergrads, grad students, faculty, and older writers from 17 different colleges, including Williams, Emerson, Washington and Lee, George Mason,Amherst, Colorado, UMass, Penn, Memphis, UConn, and Cal, and Dr. Sean Forbes, the director of UConn’s creative writing program, will once again be returning as a member… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 13, 2020

Call for Submissions: The Poetry Society of Vermont’s 2020 National Contest

Submit your poetry to The Poetry Society of Vermont’s 2020 National Contest for the chance to win $1,000 in prizes and publication in The Mountain Troubadour! Submit three poems with $15 entry fee by February 1, 2020. Winner and five runners up will be published. The contest is judged by Joyce Thomas. Open to all poets! Top poem wins $500. Five runners up win $100 each. All winners published in 2020 Mountain Troubadour. $15 entry fee. You do not need to be a member of Poetry Society of Vermont to enter and win. Deadline: Feb. 1, 2020 Read the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 13, 2020

Abroad Opportunity: City Internships

City Internships has launched their 2020 Internship Program application process and invites students to apply. Their Student Aid offering is still open. The calculator for students to check their eligiblity is available here. CI’s Global Explorer Programs in Chicago, San Francisco, Melbourne, Medellin, Santiago and Shanghai are filling quickly. Apply sooner rather than later. Students can of course continue applying to CI’s other larger and longer-running Internship Program locations; which include London, Los Angeles, New York City and more. Apply now at: https://city-internships.com/apply See also the attached flyer and CI’s website for further details.

by Ex Libris on January 10, 2020

Fellowship Opportunity: Luminarts

Applications are open for the 2020 Luminarts Creative Writing Fellowship. You could win $7,500, become a Luminarts Fellow, and as a Fellow be eligible for continued funding for your artistic and career development projects. The deadline to apply to the 2020 Creative Writing Fellowship is Friday, February 7, 2020. Click HERE to get started, or contact Luminarts at info@luminarts.org or (312) 435-5961.

by Ex Libris on January 9, 2020

Deadline Extended: MCLLM Papers

The 28th annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language and Media (MCLLM) at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL, is currently accepting proposals for 15-20 minute presentations from individuals and panels. This year’s conference theme is Vision 2020: Seeing and Being Seen. This theme encourages argument-driven papers that explore topics concerned with representation and participation among a variety of identities (race, class, gender, etc.) in private and public spaces and across mediums (literature, film, television, etc.). Papers should look to address sociocultural or political issues as they relate to matters of representation throughout these spaces…. Read Article →

by Ex Libris on January 9, 2020

Call for Submissions: Disquiet Literary Prize

New Deadline: January 10, 2020. Disquiet is now accepting contest submissions for The Disquiet Literary Prize for writing in any genre. The top winners in each genre will be published: the fiction winner in Granta.com, the nonfiction winner in Ninthletter.com, the poetry winner in The Common. The grand prize winner will receive a full scholarship including tuition, lodging, and a $1,000 travel stipend to Lisbon in 2020. In addition to the main prize, contest entrants may wish to be considered for: The Denis Johnson “STAGAYA” scholarship for a writer who has not yet published a… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 18, 2019

Writing Workshops Abroad: Ireland and Italy

The University of New Orleans Writing Workshops Abroad invite undergraduate and graduate students from around the globe to apply for a summer of scholarship and cultural activities in Cork, Ireland and at Brunnenburg Castle, Italy. In the summer of 2020 UNO Ireland: Writing Workshops & Creative Arts will continue for its eighth consecutive year, with courses in creative writing, plus options in literature, history, and fine arts. After taking a look at the program’s courses and award-winning faculty, consider submitting an application. UNO-Ireland Program 2020 details: Dates: June 16-July 18, 2020 Program Cost: 32 days for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on November 18, 2019

Call for Submissions: Foothill Poetry

Claremont Graduate University’s poetry journal Foothill is open for submissions! Find more details below and on the attached submissions flyer. Submissions of up to six unpublished, English-language-based poems composed in any poetic genre or form are welcome from poets actively enrolled in a graduate program anywhere in the world. Graduate-student poets writing in a foreign language are welcome to submit, so long as the work is translated into English. We will happily give the translator credit. Foothill accepts simultaneous submissions, and read them year round. The journal asks for first publishing rights, with rights reverting to the… Read Article →