Andrea Pelose is a second-year MAWP student and Marketing Director for the Guild Literary Complex, among other things. In today’s guest post, Andrea shares her experiences in the Guild Complex with us and explains how (and why!) to get involved. As grad students, we’ve mastered the art of busy. We have workshop pieces to write, polished works to submit, query letters to finish, and reading lists to stay informed on trends. Not to mention, we have jobs and families that generally like to know we’re alive. This is why it’s easy to get wrapped up… Read Article →
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The MFA Creative Writing Program of Old Dominion University and Barely South Review are pleased to announce The Norton Girault Literary Prize Inaugural 2012 Competition is now open The Norton Girault Literary Prize will be offered in 2012 for FICTION (annual prize will alternate among Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction genres)– one prize will go to a single short story up to 25 pages (double-spaced). The winning story will receive $1,000 and publication in Barely South Review. One honorable mention will also be selected for publication. The Norton Girault Literary Prize is named after Norton Girault (learn… Read Article →
Last week we shared with you a list of dates and deadlines for submitting your abstracts, writings, and resumes. Today we have another list of dates to mark in your calendars, but this time of great literary events taking place in the coming weeks. Some are on campus and some are out in the city, but all promise to be well worth your time! — Sunday, January 29th – Sunday Salon Chicago, a monthly literary reading series featuring local and national authors, will be taking place at Black Rock (3614 N Damen Ave) at 7… Read Article →
By now, most Ex Libris readers have probably already heard about– and started getting excited for– the 2012 Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Annual Conference & Bookfair in Chicago. The conference will host more than 400 presentations, a keynote address by Margaret Atwood, and attract more than 550 publishers to the bookfair. If you are interested in registering and have not already done so, take advantage of the pre-registration rates to save and to avoid long-lines at on-site registration. Prior to January 23rd, the student rate is just $40; after that it goes… Read Article →
This is a great week to get involved with the Guild Literary Complex and check out some of their Chicago literary events, because tomorrow begins their “Mid-October Sampler Platter.” There’s lots to choose from! Tuesday Oct. 11th: “Crossing State Lines: An American Renga” A film screening, discussion and renga poetry from Crossing State Lines: An American Renga with the Poetry Foundation. CSL features 54 poets from around the country, and the evening will include light refreshments, clips from a documentary film about the project, and the chance to be a part of a future Chicago… Read Article →
*Reminder: Tomorrow, Sept. 20 is the LAST DAY TO DROP A CLASS without penalty!* The University Center for Writing-based Learning invites students to join a writing group. Writing Center GA Claire Rooney sends us the following information: The Writer’s Guild and Writing Groups by Request The Writing Groups team at the UCWbL is pleased to announce the expansion of our group offerings at the Lincoln Park and Loop campuses! The Writer’s Guild Want to flex your creative writing muscles outside of class? The Writer’s Guild meets every Thursday from 4-5:30pm at the Richardson Library (Room… Read Article →
It’s that time of year again. Threshold is ready to celebrate the release of our 31st edition with our annual Launch Party. The event will be off-campus this year at Lincoln Hall. Featuring readings by Brandon Thompson, Jason Smith, Tracy Sluciak, Devon Mary Doherty, Laura Given, Marianne Chrisos, Kyle Mantegna, Colin Michael Kelahan, & Michael Dekhtyar, Joanna Krynski. Special appearances by judges Scott Blackwood, Stephen Markley, Adam Clay, and Philip Dawkins. The program will begin at 6 pm with mingling and art display. Readings will kick off around 6:30 and last until 7:45. There will… Read Article →
This year, Threshold introduced the first-ever Threshold Award for Excellence in each of our literary categories. We had the distinct honor to work with four talented writers, who selected our final recipients. Threshold is now pleased to present the work of judges Scott Blackwood, Stephen Markley, and Adam Clay in an on-campus reading. Each judge will be reading excerpts from one of their published works. We will then open it up to the audience for question, advice, and discussion. Threshold Judge Reading Thursday, May 12th 5-7 pm Rosati Room #300 John T. Richardson Library 2350… Read Article →
MAWP student Stephanie Crets now writes for Time Out Chicago. You can read a recent article “Go Time,” on the Time Out Chicago: Kids website. Congratulations, Stephanie! Have your own announcements? Email mtranber@depaul.edu to see your accomplishments on Ex Libris!
Thursday, April 14, 2011 Master Class with William Lychack 3:30-5 pm Location (on Lincoln Park campus) TBA Reading by William Lychack 6 pm Richardson Library, room 400 2350 N. Kenmore Free & open to the public The MAWP is pleased to announce an exciting opportunity for graduate students to work with visiting writer William Lychack, author of The Architect of Flowers, a new short-story collection that novelist Charles Baxter describes as “an amazing accomplishment, very complex and exceptionally beautiful.” In addition to reading from his work on the evening of April 14, Lychack has agreed… Read Article →
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2011 During the month of March, the Chicago Public Library will host several fascinating and free events in continuation of its ongoing monthly Authors Series. In addition, the Library will be the venue for several free author discussions included in Columbia College Chicago’s 15th Annual Story Week Festival of Writers series. All of the author events will be held at the Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State St. For more information, please call (312) 747-4050 or visit chicagopubliclibrary.org. March 2011 Author appearances GRANT ACHATZ AND NICK KOKONAS In conversation… Read Article →
Congratulations to Professor Jim Fairhall Winner, Tennessee Williams New Orleans Fiction Contest Professor Fairhall will read from his winning story, “Pink,” at the 25th Annual Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival on Sunday, March 27. For more information on the contest and the festival, see http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/ Professor James H. Murphy Professor Murphy will celebrate his new book, Irish Novelists and the Victorian Age, with a reading and reception at DePaul’ s Richardson Library. (see below for details) Professor John Shanahan (DePaul Humanities Fellow) and Professor June Chung Professor Shanahan will lead a discussion of the changing relations of… Read Article →