Rowan University’s graduate literary magazine, Glassworks is currently open for submissions for their spring and fall print issues until December 15. Glassworks publish nonfiction, fiction, poetry, hybrid pieces, craft essays, new media, and art both digitally and in print. Full submission details can be found online. Glassworks also accepts submissions year-round of flash fiction, prose poetry, and micro essays for their online edition Flash Glass.
The Santa Ana Review, the University of California, Riverside’s literary journal is open for submissions until November 15 (and reopens in spring from January 15-March 15). The Santa Ana River Review is accepting Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and the visual arts and is open to established, emerging, and new writers. Find full submission details and submit online. Currently, they are also holding The Santa Ana River Review Dramatic Works Contest. They are searching for new, exciting, and challenging work in the world of performance writing. They are accepting ten-minute works (12 pages or less) of any medium (play,… Read Article →
Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) is hosting an informative networking around their mentorship program. The event takes place on October 20th from 6:00-8:00 PM at 404 Wine Bar. To join CWIP’s Mentorship Program, you must be a member, but this event is free and open to the public. Find out more details from their press release and register online here.
The English Department’s Visiting Writer Series kicks off this quarter with a “Celebration of the Short Story,” featuring Prof. Christine Sneed and alum Kristin FitzPatrick. The event takes place Thursday, October 13 at 6 pm in the Richardson Library Room 115. See the flyer below for more details.
The Gordian Review is an online literary journal operated by and for English and creative writing students at the graduate level. They are currently seeking submissions of fiction, and nonfiction from graduate level students. Find full details on the flyer below. Submissions are due by October 31.
The Indiana Review is seeking submissions to their 2016 Fiction Prize. Story submissions up to 8,000 words in length are accepted from established and emerging writers. The contest winner will receive $1,000 and publication. Complete guidelines can be found here, and there is a $20 entry fee (which includes a year subscription to the journal). Submissions are due October 31.
Bellow is a message from Crook & Folly editors who are searching for staff: Crook & Folly, DePaul’s award-winning art and literary magazine, is assembling a staff of undergraduate and graduate students for the 2016/17 academic year. Positions include: section editors and readers for each literary genre, copy-editors, social media/marketing, and public relations coordinators. If you are interested in becoming involved as a member of the magazine’s team, please send an email, as an attachment to crookandfolly@gmail.com with the following information: Name Contact information Year in school, major/concentration Application letter of 150-200 words or less describing any relevant experience, commitment, and… Read Article →
The Newberry Center for Renaissance Studies is hosting its annual Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Conference on January 26-28. The conference is a unique and enriching opportunity for graduate students interested in Renaissance, medieval and early modern research to meet peers from across the nation, an globally, to share and collaborate on work. Due to its interdisciplinary nature and broad scope, this is an ideal option for students who have never presented a paper at an academic conference before. The 2017 conference schedule will include workshops and sessions with rare books in addition to traditional conference sessions. The… Read Article →
The DePaul Art Museum in collaboration with the annual Lit & Luz Festival of cultural exchange between Chicago and Mexico City (organized by MAKE literary magazine) is hosting a conversation between artists Jorge Méndez Blake and Dianna Frid on how their respective cities, libraries, and poetry have influenced their work. The discussion will be moderated by Mexico City-based writer and art critic Gabriela Jauregui and DPAM assistant curator Mia Lopez. Presented in conjunction with the exhibit, “On Space and Place: Contemporary Art from Chicago, Los Angeles, Mexico City and Vancouver.” It will be in both Spanish and English…. Read Article →
The Chicago Climate Festival, an initiative hosted by DePaul University’s Institute for Nature & Culture is an even dedicated to climate change activism and spoken word Raptivate!. The evening will include a presentation by Melissa Brice, founder of Chicago 350, a performance by Joey Fine Rhyme a climate-change educator, and an open mic session. The event takes place on October 5th from 6:30-8:30 pm in McGowan South Room 105. Currently the event is seeking open mic volunteer and interested students can RSVP at cskolnik@depaul.edu. See the attached flyer for more details.
MAE students who are planning on graduating after Autumn Quarter 2016 please take not of a few key deadlines. First, the deadline to apply for degree conferral is October 1. Apply on Campus Connect under the student center tab. In conjunction with conferral, MAE students must submit their final requirements (a capstone portfolio or thesis option) by September 29. Students can send this information to Assitant Director of Graduate Programs Janet Hickey. For students not planning to graduate this Autumn Quarter, there will be an information session on final requirements on Saturday, October 1 in SAC 240. The session will… Read Article →
C&R Press is currently accepting applications for two internship positions. The positions include a social media intern and editorial intern, click the hyperlinks to find out more. C&R is also currently open to full length manuscripts in multiple formats and has no formal reading period. Find more information here. More about CR Press: We love books. Literature matters in today’s world because it lets us explore and share the best of what we think, and who we can be. Good fiction, nonfiction and poetry grow understanding and imagination, take us into new lives and show… Read Article →