Paid Opportunity for Fiction Writers: Radish Fiction, a mobile app for serial fiction, is hiring freelance writers who can write commercial fiction in Romance, YA, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Paranormal, and other genres. They welcome creative writers experienced in screenwriting, playwriting, podcasts, soap operas, comic books, novel-writing, and other serial-form mediums to apply. They have developed original story concepts and detailed outlines for several projects, broken up into ‘seasons’ of twenty 1500-word chapters. They will give these detailed chapter outlines to writers and commission sample chapters from them. Those who best capture the requirements below will… Read Article →
Here are some of our MAE and MAWP students that are soon to graduate or have already graduated! To receive a student spotlight, please send your information to the Ex-Libris editor, Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu. Courtney Aubrecht will be graduating this summer with her MAWP degree! After graduation she plans to focus more on writing and to get published in magazines but after graduation she intends to turn her attention back on the creation of stories, either in visual formats or in the written word. Another goal of hers is to extend her education to others, either through literacy… Read Article →
The English Department will be hosting our annual End-of-the-Year Celebration on Friday, June 1st from 3:00-5:00 pm. We would love to celebrate with you! The celebration will held in the second-floor atrium of Arts & Letters Hall. We will have a short program honoring our outstanding students and this year’s graduates. Please come and join in the festivities on Friday, June 1st!
Boston Review’s Annual Poetry Contest: Two Weeks Left! Just over two short weeks remain to enter Boston Review‘s poetry contest! This year’s contest will close on June 1st and will be judged by Mary Jo Bang. Boston Review has long been home to award-winning and critically-lauded poetry, publishing poets such as John Ashbery, Jorie Graham, Anne Carson, Major Jackson, Juan Felipe Herrera, and many more. Submit your entry today for the chance to join their ranks! With your entry, you will receive a complimentary copy of Boston Review’s forthcoming literary issue. Enter by June 1,… Read Article →
The winner of the Halifax Ranch Fiction Prize will receive $2,500 and publication in an upcoming issue of American Short Fiction. Submissions will be open until June 1, 2018. General Guidelines – Submit your entry online between March 8, 2018 and June 1, 2018. – The winner will receive a $2,500 prize and publication in an upcoming issue of American Short Fiction. – Please submit your $20 entry fee and your work through Submittable. International submissions in English are eligible. The entry fee covers one 6,500 word fiction submission. – All entries must be single, self-contained… Read Article →
Congrats to Kathleen Rooney on her new book, The Listening Room! The Listening Room by Kathleen Rooney is a novel in flash fictions that looks at the paintings and life of the Belgian Surrealist artist René Magritte from the perspectives of his wife Georgette and their shared series of beloved Pomeranian dogs, all called Loulou. The hybrid book draws heavily on Rooney’s recent work as the co-editor of Magritte’s Selected Writings, a lost manuscript that she rediscovered, edited, and brought out for the first time ever in an English edition in Fall 2016 in both the UK and… Read Article →
The full conference June 17-22, 2018 includes 5 days of morning, afternoon, and late-night workshops One-on-one manuscript consultations 3 afternoon panels Opportunity to register for agent appointments with advanced submission of 5 pages. 7 afternoon/evening keynotes by well-known experts and authors Book signings and chances to meet author-speakers Opening night banquet on Sunday, June 17 Poolside Cocktail Reception Tuesday, June 19 Awards banquet on Friday evening, June 22 A week of networking, support and genuine camaraderie For more information and to register visit The Writers website here.
Dear MAE and MAWP Students: The English Department is pleased to announce the new Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement for graduate students. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to honor the great work our students do in their communities. If you are someone who volunteers, interns, or otherwise devotes time to assisting with community organizations, partners, and/or individuals, please nominate yourself for… Read Article →
