Happy Monday, everyone! First of all—a huge thank you to all of you who submitted work to our Spring Conference! We’re looking forward to going through your submissions! Today, we have a few announcements for summer course registration and the Spirit of DePaul Award. Scroll down for more info on each of these! Spirit of DePaul Award (The information below has been copied from the Division of Mission and Ministry.) Deadline: May 9, 2025, 5:00 PM CST About: Nominations are now being accepted for the Spirit of DePaul Award. All faculty, staff and students are… Read Article →
Good afternoon, everyone! Below, we’d like to close out the week with some deadline reminders for the rest of this week and for next week. Some of these deadlines are for submission opportunities, but there are also several upcoming events (including Eric Puchner’s reading tonight in the Levan Center—click here for details). Scroll down to view the list! Week 2 Week 3 In case you missed it . . .
Good afternoon, everyone! We’ve decided to extend our deadline for Spring English Conference Submissions! Please submit by this Sunday, April 13, to still be considered for conference participation. (Thanks very much to those of you who have already submitted your work!) In case you missed it . . . Our next Visiting Author is Eric Puchner, who will be reading and discussing his work tomorrow, April 10 (6:00 PM), in Levan 100! (Click here for details.) Other upcoming events include Faith Unfiltered with Prof. Paula McQuade (click here) and a Visiting Author reading with Nico… Read Article →
Good afternoon, everyone! For our next visiting author, we’re excited to welcome Eric Puchner to our Lincoln Park campus! His book Dream State was recently chosen as Oprah’s Book Club’s Book of the Month and was selected as Book of the Week by People and The New York Times, among many other accolades. The reading will be held this Thursday, April 10 at 6:00 PM in Rm. 100 of the Levan Center (2322 N Kenmore Ave). Check out the flyer below for more details!
Happy Monday, everyone! No reminders for today—just a note that the last day you will be able to drop courses without penalty is this Friday, April 11, at 11:59 PM. If you think that a course won’t work for you, have changed your plans, or are still waitlisted for a course, this might be the right option for you. Remember that after this date, you can no longer drop classes. Please contact advisor Jordan Kindle (jkindle@depaul.edu) if you have any questions or are still trying to register for your course(s). Below, we’ve compiled a list… Read Article →
Good afternoon, everyone—and Happy Friday! We hope that Week 1 has gone smoothly for all of you as we begin the new quarter. Below are some important deadline reminders for this evening: The submission window for Poetry Wales will close tonight at 6:00 PM CST. (Click here for details.) The deadline for Spring Quarter course registration is tonight at 11:59 PM CST. (Click here for the full list of the department’s graduate-level courses.) If you dropped a class, found out that a book you bought is not required reading, or need to return your book(s) for another reason, today… Read Article →
Good morning, everyone! We have a special event announcement for you today, as well as details on how you can get a job at DePaul’s Writing Center for next year and how to apply for a SQ2025 Partial Tuition Scholarship (PTS). Scroll down for more info on each of these! Upcoming Event: Faith Unfiltered Join DePaul students, faculty, and staff for “Faith Unfiltered: Why I Still Believe in God,” featuring Prof. Paula McQuade! This talk will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 15, in Rm. 100 of the Levan Center. (Snacks… Read Article →
Good afternoon, everyone. Happy April 1! One thing today that isn’t a joke: this is your final reminder that the submission window for North American Review‘s Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize will close at midnight, Pacific Standard Time (2:00 AM CST). (Click here for details.)
Welcome back, everyone! We hope you all had a safe and relaxing break. We have a few reminders for deadlines today and this week, as well as a call for submissions for the LAS Grad Student Symposium (abstracts due this Friday). This is your (final) reminder that no less than fourteen submission opportunities will be closing tonight! Please note that some of these submission deadlines are before 11:59 PM CST. [Click here to view our breakdown post that compares and contrasts these submission opportunities.] These are: Below are reminders for other Week 1 deadlines: Friday, April 4:… Read Article →
Happy Friday, everyone! We have a few reminders for this afternoon: 1. Today is the last day to return (or purchase) your rented textbooks! You can return these to the bookstore on either campus via mail or in person. For returning via MAIL: Rentals returned via mail must be postmarked by the Rental Return Due Date. Place all of the books you’re returning in the same box; be sure to use the same return shipping label. [To access and print your shipping label, sign into https://depaul.bncollege.com/, go to “Course Materials & Textbooks,” and select “Return… Read Article →
Good afternoon, everyone—and happy first day of spring! For our next Visiting Author event, join us in welcoming Nico Lang back to campus for a reading and talk on their recent book, American Teenager! In addition to being an award-winning author, reporter, and editor, Nico is also one of our DePaul alumni. This reading is open to the public and will be held on Wednesday, April 23 (6:00–7:30 PM) in Rm. 154 of the SAC. Read the flier below for full details!
Happy Monday, everyone—and Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️ We hope that finals week is off to a good start for you. Last week, we posted a list of deadlines between March 10 and April 6. This list features some LAS deadlines, some miscellaneous deadlines, and several deadlines for creative writing publications and contests/competitions. There are lots of options for where to submit your work—but which submission opportunity is right for you? To help you decide where your work would best fit, we’ve compiled a few charts and lists below; these compare and contrast what each… Read Article →