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by Ex Libris on September 15, 2017

The 2018 Public Space Fellowships

A Public Space is an independent magazine of literature and culture. Applications will open for the 2018 Public Space Fellowships on September 15. The aim of these fellowships is to seek out and support writers who embrace risk in their work and their own singular vision. Writers who have not yet contracted to publish a book are invited to apply. Three fellowships will be awarded, which will include: —six months of editorial support from A Public Space editors to prepare a piece for publication in the magazine; —a $1,000 honorarium; —the opportunity to meet with members of the… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 14, 2017

Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize

For 27 years, the Missouri Review’s Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize (open for submissions through October 2) has discovered and honored the best fiction, poetry, and nonfiction in the country. First prize in each genre is $5000, and they will announce three runners-up and ten finalists in each category. Each entry is $22 by mail or $25 online. Each entry is carefully read by the editorial staff and receives a one-year digital subscription to TMR and a paperback copy of Jane Gillette’s The Trail of the Demon and Other Stories. Deadline: October 2. Click here to learn more and enter.

by Ex Libris on September 14, 2017

The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Submissions open September 1-30 for the annual The Journal / Charles B. Wheeler Poetry Prize In addition to publication under a standard book contract by The Ohio State University Press, the winning author receives the Charles B. Wheeler Prize of $2,500. THE RULES: Entries of at least 48 typed pages of original poetry must be submitted electronically during the month of September. The submitter’s name or other identifying information should appear only on a separate cover page. All manuscripts will be read and judged anonymously. Manuscripts will be screened, in accordance with… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 14, 2017

Autumn ‘17 MAE Final Requirement Information

Attention MAE Students: Here are important details about registering for the Autumn ‘17 MAE Final Requirement. A complete description of the Capstone Portfolio and Thesis Option can be found on Ex-Libris here and on the MAE website here. Who Needs to Register: Current MAE students who have completed their course requirements and current MAE students who will complete their course requirements in Autumn ’17. The deadline for applying for Autumn 17 Degree Conferral is Thursday, September 28. Registration for Final Requirement: If you plan on submitting your Portfolio or your Thesis in Autumn ‘17, please… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

Jewish Studies Graduate Student Association’s 2018 Conference

Indiana University’s Jewish Studies Graduate Student Association is pleased to announce the 6th Annual Jewish Studies Graduate Student conference, sponsored by the Robert A. and Sandra A. Borns Jewish Studies Program. The conference is titled “Jewish Storytelling: Traditions & Transformations” It will be held on Thursday, February 8 and Friday February 9, 2018 in Bloomington, Indiana. Abstracts are due to mailto:jsgsacon@indiana.edu by Friday, October 27 For more information see the flyer above.

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

Black River Chapbook Competition Now Open

The Black River Chapbook Competition is a semi-annual prize from Black Lawrence Press for a chapbook of short fiction or poems. The competition is open to new emerging and established writers. They are accepting chapbooks of poems or short fiction between 16-36 pages in length. Winners will receive $500 and publication. Entry deadline for the Fall Competition: October 31, 2017 Find out more details and submit your work here.

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

Good News for Alumnus Thom Kudla!

The English Department received wonderful news that alumnus Thom Kudla’s latest book, HOW I AM DIFFERENT, was named a finalist in the Poetry Category of the 2017 Next Generation Indie Book Awards! The ebook version won multiple medals in the 2017 Global Ebook Awards. HOW WE ARE DIFFERENT (HWAD), an Apple app based on that book, was recognized by the Independent Book Publishers Association as a Benjamin Franklin Digital Award Silver Honoree. To download the app, visit this site: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hwad/id1220860133?mt=8. Thom’s books of poetry COMMENCEMENT and OUT OF CONTEXT won the 2017 IndieReader Discovery Award for… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

CWIP Fall Kickoff 2017

Chicago Women in Publishing Announces Jian Ping, Memoirist, as 2017 Fall Kickoff Keynote Speaker In addition to being the author of Mulberry Child: A Memoir of China, Jian Ping is also an adjunct faculty professor at DePaul’s School of New Learning. Event Details: When: Wednesday, September 20, 2017 6:00-8:30 p.m. Where: U.S. Bank Building (40th floor) 190 S. LaSalle St., Chicago IL 60603 For more information see press release flyer above or visit the CWIP website here. *To register click here. *If you are a DePaul student, registration is only $20.

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

Visiting Writer: Sarah Pappalardo

The Department’s Visiting Writers Program begins this Fall with Sarah Pappalardo, co-creator of Reductress, the first and only satirical women’s magazine. The event takes place Thursday, September 21 at 6pm, in Arts & Letters 103. See the flyer above for full details.

by Ex Libris on September 12, 2017

Contest for New Writers and Poets!

Sequestrum is holding a contest through October 15th for new writers and poets (anyone yet to publish a book-length manuscript). Their aim is to showcase work by candidates in some of the top creative writing programs. The Sequestrum library contains NEA & Guggenheim Fellows, Pulitzer Prize nominees, and other award-winning poets and novelists; they hope to put some of today’s emerging talents alongside them. For more information see flyer above, or visit Sequestrum’s website here.

by Ex Libris on September 8, 2017

Radical Machines: Chinese Computing and The Future of Writing with Dr. Thomas Mullaney

From John Shanahan—Associate Dean & Director of Liberal Studies, Associate Professor of English: At first, the topic might seem only for East Asian studies and History students, but it is not. It is about writing, reading, and changing interfaces. His book is getting a lot of attention because he has shown how much the history of the mobile phone interface had little-known global roots.Mullaney’s path-breaking scholarship has excavated an untold history of, for instance, how Chinese computer engineers in the 1950s and 1960s pioneered “predictive text input” – i.e. the interface we use on our… Read Article →

by Ex Libris on September 8, 2017

Glimmer Train’s New Writer Award

New Writer Award: 1st place $2,500 and publication. Deadline: 10/31. (The Fiction Open and Very Short grace periods end on 9/10.) Make a submission here. Open only to emerging writers whose fiction has not appeared in any print publication with a circulation over 5,000. (Previous online publication is fine.) The 1st-place winner will be published in Glimmer Train and will receive $2,500 and 10 copies of that issue. Second- and 3rd-place win $500/$300, respectively, or, if accepted for publication, $700. Winners and finalists will be announced in the January bulletin, and contacted directly the previous… Read Article →

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