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by Ex Libris on October 18, 2018

Call for Submissions: Brine Literary

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 →

by Ex Libris on October 18, 2018

Student Spotlight: Savy Leiser

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 →

by Ex Libris on October 18, 2018

Call for Submissions: The Crambo

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 All work must be original, previously unpublished, and in English.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 →

by Ex Libris on October 15, 2018

Transcribathon

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 →

by Ex Libris on October 15, 2018

Call for Submissions: The Sonora Review

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 →

by Ex Libris on October 15, 2018

Check out the Slag Glass City Newsletter!

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

by Ex Libris on October 11, 2018

Call for Submissions: The London Reader

#MeToo: Stories of Survival Deadline October 30th, 2018 The London Reader is issuing an open call for short stories, creative non-fiction, poetry, art, true stories, and all other creative writing from those who want to stand up and speak out against sexual harassment, assault, intimate partner violence, or any other unwanted sexual conduct. The #MeToo movement has begun to reveal just how many people have been affected by an often-ignored, but all-too-common, culture of sexual entitlement and violence. Survivors are increasingly standing up, telling their stories, and forcing the world to listen. This issue of the London Reader will… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 9, 2018

826CHI Education Internship Opportunity

by Ex Libris on October 9, 2018

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Blacklist Journal is currently seeking submissions from talented student writers and artists across the country. Are you an avid reader, writer, or artist? Do you enjoy crafting prose or poetry? Would you like to see these works published in a journal? If so, Blacklist Journal, Brandeis University’s first national undergraduate journal of literature and art, is preparing their upcoming fall issue for in print and online publication. They are a student-run publication seeking work that balances clarity, experimentation, and bite. They seek to publish avant-garde work that creates a challenging narrative. Blacklist Journal publishes fiction,… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 8, 2018

Call for Submissions: Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize 2018

The fourteenth Anthony Hecht Poetry Prize is open for submissions. Anyone over the age of 18 who has not already published more than one full-length poetry collection may submit. The winner will receive a purse of $3000, and his or her collection will be published by Waywiser in the USA and the UK in the fall of 2019. The winner and the judge will give a reading at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington D.C. on the day the book is launched. Past judges include Richard Wilbur, Mark Strand, Mary Jo Salter, Rosanna Warren, Charles… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 4, 2018

Script Writing Job Opportunity

A note from Jessica Best, creator of a sci-fi podcast: “I have a paid opportunity for your students, if they are interested in sci-fi and script-writing. My award-winning audio fiction podcast, The Strange Case of Starship Iris, is heading towards its second season, and I’m looking to hire staff writers for the writers’ room. The pay would be $60 per (roughly 40-minute) episode. Writers of color, transgender writers, nonbinary writers, and/or queer writers are especially encouraged to apply. The deadline is October 15th. “The Strange Case of Starship Iris is a series about outer… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on October 4, 2018

1960’s Black Theater & Performative Readings with DePaul Theater Students

The Center for Black Diaspora along with Dexter Zollicoffer and students from the DePaul Theater School will hosted an hour-long performance from three African-American Playwrights of the 1960’s onMonday, October 8, 2018 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. Please register via the Eventbrite link provided here:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1960s-black-theater-performative-readings-with-depaul-theater-students-tickets-48379398082 These performances include the following playwrights and works: Wine in the Wilderness by Alice Childress Funnyhouse of a Negro by Adrienne Kennedy Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin The above event is a part of a series of the events organized around the theme of the Black 1960’s. Among them will be an exhibit of Ebony and Jet Magazine covers on the… Read Article →