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We are excited to announce that Rita Leganski will be the keynote speaker at this year’s Spring English Conference. Leganski is a 2009 graduate of DePaul’s MAWP program, and this February she celebrated the release of her first book The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow, a magical realist tale in the Southern Gothic tradition, which started out as a short story in Dan Stolar’s fiction class. We are honored to have Leganski speak at the conference, and we hope her presence encourages participation in this great student-run event. As a reminder, the Spring English Conference is… Read Article →
Design Cloud would like to invite the Depaul English department to join them on Thursday, February 21st for their first ever Poetry Night. Poetry Night will run from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Scheduled readings will fill the first hour and any and all interested poets are invited to read their work during an open mic portion during the second hour. Featured Readers include Matthew Corey, Susan Hogan, Paul Luikart, Jason Noah and Mylo Reyes. There will be a $5 suggested donation. Design Cloud describes themselves as, “an innovative space, a collective resource, a culture… Read Article →
Reminder: As current grad students are enrolling in Winter Quarter classes this week, don’t forget to check the course descriptions for Winter 2013 and Spring 2013. Many course times, locations, and descriptions have been updated– some of them very recently! *** The English Department is excited to announce their next Career Panel: “How to Become an Editor.” This panel will take place on Tuesday, October 30th from 6:15-7:15 p.m. in Arts & Letters Hall room 308. Panelists will include Donna Seaman, senior editor for Booklist, Jonathan Messinger, co-publisher of Featherproof Books, and Perrin Davis, senior… Read Article →
All DePaul English graduate students, undergrads, and faculty are invited to the English Department’s End-of-the-Year Party on Friday, June 1st. Stop by the DePaul Art Museum from 3:00-5:00pm for refreshments, awards, and fun to celebrate the end of a successful year. *** The American Bar Association Section of Litigation is seeking an editor/project manager who can work on a contract basis for two months, with renewal or permanent position possible. Work consists of editing and posting content of 12 Section of Litigation committee e-newsletters. Additional responsibilities include choosing articles for social media release and writing… Read Article →
Chicago Public Library’s Poetry Fest is coming up on April 28th. Poetry Fest is a free, day-long festival of entertaining poetry readings, workshops, performances and discussions taking place from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Harold Washington Library Center. Join us for a day filled with fresh voices, unique perspectives and compelling artists. For more information about Poetry Fest visit chipublib.org/eventsprog/programs/poetry_fest . Award-winning poet Jimmy Santiago Baca appears as the keynote speaker, replacing Les Murray, at the Chicago Public Library’s 13th Annual Poetry Fest on Saturday, April 28 at the Harold Washington Library Center,… Read Article →
Last week, a few lucky women from the MAWP program got to attend an event offered by Chicago Women in Publishing. Among them was Rhiannon Falzone, who was generous enough to write about what she learned at the event and share it with the rest of us in a very detailed guest post. You can read more of Rhiannon’s writing at any time at her personal blog, chicagogirlmoveson.blogspot.com. Thanks, Rhiannon! *** Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) is a nonprofit volunteer organization that began in 1972. This organization exists for non-professional editors and writers and individuals currently… Read Article →
Have a love-hate relationship with the Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS)? I’m sure most of us do, and second-year MAWP student Trudie Gauerke talks about hers in this post about the most recent changes to the CMOS with the release of the sixteenth edition. If you too have a love-hate relationship with The Chicago Manual of Style, then you likely had mixed feelings when the University of Chicago Press released the new sixteenth edition late last summer. Recently I attended the Chicago Women in Publishing presentation “Editing by the Book: An AP and Chicago Style… Read Article →
Interested in networking? This guest post by Lindsay Branca (MAWP), who is a student member of Chicago Women in Publishing, will explain how to get involved in one of Chicago’s best publishing organizations. Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) is a non-profit volunteer organization that serves the city of Chicago and its surrounding suburbs. Don’t let the name fool you, though, it’s not just women who are members of this organization. CWIP was formed in 1972 for professionals in the publishing industry and allied fields. Its members are copy and manuscript editors, web content writers and… Read Article →
A message from Professor Dan Stolar: Threshold, DePaul’s student-produced literary magazine, seeks two editors. The application should consist of a one page letter detailing your relative experience and plans for the magazine. Please include your Student ID and contact information in the letter. Even if you are not chosen as one of the two editors, this is the best way to get involved in producing the magazine as all of the letters are passed along to the eventual editors. Calls for creative works will come later in the year. Applications are due in the Threshold… Read Article →
Looking for Summer Work? Our large financial client in Riverwoods, IL is seeking summer help from June-August. Hourly pay-rate is $11.50-$13.50 depending on experience Candidate must be willing and able to pass an FBI background check and ten panel drug screen. Job Description Edit all documentation to the prescribed style. Meet with and mentor curriculum designers, helping them to adhere to the appropriate style as they create training materials. Requirements • BA in (or credits toward) English or Journalism • Minimum 2 years’ writing and editing experience • Excellent writing and editing skills, including basic… Read Article →
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