Matthew Caracciolo’s debut book THE WAYGOOK BOOK: A FOREIGNER’S GUIDE TO SOUTH KOREA will launch on December 4th! To read the prologue, visit https://matthewcaracciolo.com/. Congratulations, Matthew! The department is proud of you.
Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers Deadline: October 31, 2018 1st place wins $2,500, publication in Glimmer Train and 10 copies. 2nd place wins $500, or if chosen for publication, $700. 3rd place wins $300, or if chosen for publication, $700. (All submissions are considered for publication.) ►Please note: This is Glimmer Train’s last New Writer contest of the year. The next—and final one—will be held in March/April 2019. Open only to emerging writers who haven’t had fiction appear in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Previous online publication is fine.)… Read Article →
$750 New Letters Publication Award in Fiction Deadline: October 28, 2018 (@ midnight PST) 2018 Story Topic: Children For more information and to submit, visit http://newletters.org/writers-wanted/october-fiction-award
Brine Literary is currently seeking poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for its second issue. They are also looking for art/photography for our cover art contest! Brine Literary is an international journal of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction. They are committed to showcasing the brightest voices of today, both established and emerging. The journal publishes both online and in print semi-annually (with our next issue coming out November/December 2018). Brine, in conjunction with The Pickling Poet, presents a unique publishing opportunity which allows our writers to reach a huge audience well beyond normal literary circles. In addition to their free online journal, with each purchase from The Pickling Poet (both… Read Article →
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT! Get to know MAWP candidate: Savy Leiser! 1. What program are you in, and how did you choose DePaul? I am in the MAWP program! MAWP is the only program I’ve found that combines all of my passions: creative writing, editing, teaching, and journalism. It was also important to go to a school where I could be a graduate assistant, since I couldn’t afford to pay tuition or take on more loans at this time. My assistantship at the writing center has been amazing, and makes me even more grateful to be a… Read Article →
The Crambo is accepting submissions! The Crambo welcomes submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, cartoons, short graphic fiction, and visual art. Graduate students from any university are welcome to submit. All work must be original, previously unpublished, and in English. They do not accept simultaneous submissions. It is the author’s responsibility to retract their submission if their work is accepted by another publication. Please feel free to submit as many pieces as you wish. Please create separate submissions for different genres (poetry, fiction, art, etc.). The submission process: Read and accept Article Submission Agreement. Provide… Read Article →
Join in a worldwide effort to transcribe a digitized 17th century manuscript by coming to the Scholars Lab, room 103, in the John T. Richardson Library on Thursday, October 25th from 1:00-5:00pm. The Transcribathon is being put on by the Early Modern Poetry Online Project or EMPOP. DePaul University will be joining the National University of Ireland Galway, Virginia Commonwealth University, Northern Virginia Community College, and The Folger Shakespeare Library in transcribing a miscellany from the Folger that contains guides on fishing, instructions on making fireworks, medicinal recipes, and poetry by Petrarch, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare. The… Read Article →
The Sonora Review is pleased to announce that it is open to contest submissions for Issue 75: DESIRE until November 5th. Sonora Review is run entirely by graduate students in the MFA program at the University of Arizona. They are among the oldest student-run literary journals in the country, and the SR has been devoted since its founding in 1980 to offering a venue for exciting new and emerging authors, as well as prominent southwestern writers and artists. Guidelines: The theme is DESIRE. For a sense of what they are looking for, please see the contest submissions preview. Include a cover letter with a brief biography, your… Read Article →
In the Slag Glass City it’s COOLER by the LAKE! We invite you all to have a look at the new newsletter from our journal of the urban essay arts. Students who would like the opportunity to work on this DePaul-made magazine, and learn more about the history and practice of literary journals, should consider enrolling in the mixed grad and undergrad Winter Quarter course ENG 305/477 Idealists and Happy Fools, The American Literary Magazine. Learn more about the class, and the magazine, here: https://tinyurl.com/CoolerbytheLakeAQ2018