Your Week 9 Recap: A List of Upcoming Deadlines for Fellowships, Calls for Submissions, etc.!

We’ve been keeping you up-to-date on opportunities and events throughout the quarter—but it helps to see these all in one place! In case you need it, here’s a recap of all the fellowships, contests, and more with upcoming deadlines between now and early January (and a few with later deadlines, to help you plan ahead).…Continue reading Your Week 9 Recap: A List of Upcoming Deadlines for Fellowships, Calls for Submissions, etc.!

Applications NOW OPEN for the Library Company of Philadelphia’s 2025-26 Fellowships Cycle!

Are you a rising senior, on track to graduate at the end of Spring Quarter 2025? Are you a recent graduate or a current grad student interested in archival research collections? Are you working on your doctorate or thinking about a Master’s thesis? Consider applying for one of these fellowships! Following a short description of…Continue reading Applications NOW OPEN for the Library Company of Philadelphia’s 2025-26 Fellowships Cycle!

Support Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul English students at the MMLA’s 65th Annual Convention!

Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul grad students Carmen Romero Lopez, Rebecca Hathaway, and Zach Cleir will be participating in the Midwest Modern Language Association’s 65th Annual Convention next week! Read below for full details on this event. We hope you’ll attend these interesting discussions! Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave Schedule:Friday, November 15Third floor,…Continue reading Support Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul English students at the MMLA’s 65th Annual Convention!

Reminder: Scholarship Applications Due Sun. Nov. 3 + Study Abroad UK Applications due TODAY, Nov. 1!

We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween yesterday! Below are reminders for two upcoming deadlines as we start off November: scholarship applications and the UK study abroad. Be sure to get these in on time, if you’re interested! 1. Study Abroad UK (Spring Break 2025) Still feeling the Halloween spirit? Apply for DePaul’s…Continue reading Reminder: Scholarship Applications Due Sun. Nov. 3 + Study Abroad UK Applications due TODAY, Nov. 1!

Upcoming Scholarships for English Majors!

English majors: check out DePaul’s upcoming scholarships for grads and undergrads! These three are exclusively for English majors: Scholarship amounts range from $1,200 to $10,000, and students are welcome to apply for more than one scholarship. Scan the QR code or visit Scholarship Connect at https://depaul.academicworks.com to apply for these and other scholarships! Application deadline:…Continue reading Upcoming Scholarships for English Majors!

Looking for a Teaching Job in Creative Writing? Consider a fellowship at Emory University! (Apply by Nov. 25)

Apply by 10:59 PM CST on November 25, 2024 to either of Emory University’s open fellowships in Atlanta, Georgia! See details below. (The following information has been copied from Emory University.) For questions or more information, contact Nora Lewis at nora.lewis@emory.edu. Poetry Fellowship 2025-2027 Interfolio link to apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/155819 Application deadline: 11:59pm ET, November 25,…Continue reading Looking for a Teaching Job in Creative Writing? Consider a fellowship at Emory University! (Apply by Nov. 25)

Reminder: The Dead Zone Film & Poem Reading is TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 22!

This is your reminder that The Dead Zoo film and reading is tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22! Join us from 6:30 – 7:30, at DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont Street). A 20-minute film based on Prof. Chris Green’s sonnet crown The Dead Zoo (poems from the perspective of endangered or extinct animals, plants, and places)…Continue reading Reminder: The Dead Zone Film & Poem Reading is TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 22!

Still planning your Spring Break? Apply for DePaul’s “Gothic Monsters” study abroad to the UK!

Students accepted to the program will be enrolled in ENG 286/475 (Topics in Popular Literature) for this spring quarter and MPOP 363/520 (Topics in Fandom: Fan Tourism) for the upcoming winter quarter. Application deadline: November 1! Itinerary: London, Bath, Whitby, and Edinburgh Want to learn more? View the Spring Break 2025 program list at https://programsabroad.depaul.edu/ and click “United Kingdom: Gothic Monsters” for course…Continue reading Still planning your Spring Break? Apply for DePaul’s “Gothic Monsters” study abroad to the UK!

Anxious About Climate Change? Take Solace In Art At THE DEAD ZOO Poem-Film and Conversation!

Join us at The Dead Zoo film and reading on Tuesday, October 22, from 6:30 – 7:30, at DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont Street), for DePaul’s Sustainability Month! A 20-minute film based on Prof. Chris Green’s sonnet crown The Dead Zoo (poems from the perspective of endangered or extinct animals, plants, and places) will play silently while other poets help him read…Continue reading Anxious About Climate Change? Take Solace In Art At THE DEAD ZOO Poem-Film and Conversation!

WQ2025 Course Descriptions Now Posted!

Click here to view the winter quarter list [update 10/11]: http://www.english-exlibris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-11-24_WQ2025-Course-Descriptions_Grad.pdf (Course descriptions can always be found under the “Courses” tab in the header of this website.)

[Updated 10/4:] Upcoming Calls for Submissions (includes a musical submission opportunity!)

Several literary journals are interested in your work! Below are a few publications with upcoming submission deadlines between mid-October and the end of the year. Entries closest to the top of the list are the most time-sensitive. (The information below has been copied from each journal’s website.) Deadline: October 16, 2AM CST About: Submission Page/Guidelines:…Continue reading [Updated 10/4:] Upcoming Calls for Submissions (includes a musical submission opportunity!)

Workshop Opportunity for Writers: PEN America Emerging Voices Workshop

 (The information below has been copied from Pen America’s website.) Deadline: October 5, 2024, 10:59 PM CST The Emerging Voices Workshop in Los Angeles serves early-career writers from communities underrepresented in the publishing world. An outgrowth of the long-running Emerging Voices Fellowship, this in-person craft intensive shares the goal of demystifying publishing, cultivating literary community, and diversifying…Continue reading Workshop Opportunity for Writers: PEN America Emerging Voices Workshop

Call for Submissions to the Missouri Review’s 34th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize!

The Missouri Review‘s 34th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize is accepting submissions through Tuesday, October 1! One winner from each genre (fiction, nonfiction, and poetry) will receive a $5,000 cash prize, as well as publication and promotion. Winners will be announced in early 2025. There is a $4 reading fee for each genre. Click…Continue reading Call for Submissions to the Missouri Review’s 34th Annual Jeffrey E. Smith Editors’ Prize!

Autumn 2024 Course Descriptions Available!

Course descriptions for Autumn Quarter 2024 are now available! Click here to view the list. (You can also view course descriptions for AQ2024, and any quarter, by mousing over the “Classes” tab at the top of the Ex Libris homepage.)

Spring English Conference: Friday May 10

Join us in the Arts and Letters building for the Spring English Conference and engage with some of DePaul’s best writers in cross genre panel discussions and free snacks! The Keynote address will be held in room 103 at 11AM and followed by author panels from 12-5 on the third floor. Drop in any time!

Partial Tuition Scholarship:

TO: All Students in the MAE/MALP, MAWP, and MFA Programs FROM: Miles Harvey, Department Chair DATE: April 8, 2024 RE: 2024 Spring Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to…Continue reading Partial Tuition Scholarship:

Submit to This: The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program

The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes have again partnered on an exciting grant opportunity that may be of interest to your students. See below a brief summary of this initiative, and please feel free to circulate amongst your department or forward to any colleague not included here that you deem fit. The Chicago…Continue reading Submit to This: The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program

Spring English Conference Deadline Extended! April 7

Submit your work (in any genre) to participate in one of a kind panels with your DePaul peers! The themes of each panel are determined by the work submitted to the organizing body. Send your work to SpringEnglishConference@gmail.com and help shape the event!

Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29)

Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29) The Tin House Resident will be housed in a 900 square ft. studio apartment next to the Tin House Workshop office in Northwest Portland. The apartment includes a full kitchen, bathroom, and a small living room/office with WiFi. There are several coffee shops, restaurants, and…Continue reading Tin House Fall Residency Program (Portland, Oregon – Deadline March 29)

The Woolf Call for Submissions (Issue 6: “Music” – Deadline March 25)

The Woolf Call for Submissions (Issue 6: “Music” – Deadline March 25) The Woolf is an online magazine of new writing and visual art. Published twice a year out of Switzerland, we welcome short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art from anywhere in the world. As long as it makes us howl. Hear, play or make it.…Continue reading The Woolf Call for Submissions (Issue 6: “Music” – Deadline March 25)

The Cut Call for Pitches

The Cut Call for Pitches The Cut (of the New Yorker) publishes stories that address our readers’ lives head-on, with generous wit, honesty, and power. We are in a dynamic conversation with women about the issues that matter to them most—politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, fashion, and issues relating to equality—and we’re always looking for ideas…Continue reading The Cut Call for Pitches

Necessary Fiction Call for Summer Flash Fiction (Deadline May 1)

Necessary Fiction Call for Summer Flash Fiction (Deadline May 1) Necessary Fiction will publish weekly flash fiction each Wednesday for your summer reading enjoyment beginning in June and lasting through Labor Day. Here are 10 things we’ve noticed about our broad aesthetic tendencies over the years: We’re often fans of the absurd, the off-kilter, and the darkly comic. We tend to…Continue reading Necessary Fiction Call for Summer Flash Fiction (Deadline May 1)

december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1)

december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1) “december invites submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, biography, literary journalism, social or cultural commentary or analysis), and visual art (print or digital). december magazine was founded in Iowa City in 1958 by a group of poets, writers, and artists who declared, “We are humanists…far more concerned with…Continue reading december Call for Submissions & 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards(Deadline May 1)

Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels

Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels “Berkley launched its Open Submission Program in 2021 with the goal of creating a direct submission channel to editors in hopes of reaching more potential authors and sharing their works with the world. At Berkley, we strive to publish commercial fiction that reflects the world we…Continue reading Berkley | Penguin Random House Open Submission Program Call for Novels

Career Opportunities at the Oxford American

The Oxford American is hiring Associate Editors and Editorial Interns. Follow the LINK for more info! “The Oxford American is a nonprofit quarterly  published by The Oxford American Literary Project, Inc.,  in alliance with the University of Central Arkansas (UCA). “

Spring English Conference is Coming Soon!

Please include your name, area of study/major, genre and length of piece. If the piece is theory or literary analysis, include a brief abstract. All applicants must be currently enrolled in the English program. We will accept pieces from English minors, but English majors will be prioritized.

Check it Out > The Seminary Co-op Featuring BSB and Chicago Mosaic

The most recent BSB release, Chicago Mosaic: Immigrant Stories of Objects Kept, Lost, or Left Behind continues to garner attention in the media. Check out the new mention in The Seminary Co-op, order a copy from Big Shoulders Books or grab one from the English Department.

Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships in Fiction and Poetry: Apply by March 1!

Applications are now open for the WICW Poetry and Fiction Fellowships, awarding stipends of at least $40,000 and generous health benefits. The submission deadline is March 1. Please read these instructions and eligibility requirements, before selecting your application genre below.  To be eligible, applicants must have completed or be scheduled to complete an MFA or PhD in…Continue reading Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships in Fiction and Poetry: Apply by March 1!

Call For Submissions: Have Your Work Seen in the Inaugural Issue of UnWoven Literary Arts Magazine

From their site: “Unwoven Literary Magazine, is a biannual magazine and project that publishes outstanding poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art created by both emerging and established artists. Unwoven organizes both in-person and virtual workshops for writers of all levels, hosts writing competitions, and illuminates the lives of working artists through discussion, behind-the-scenes looks, interviews, and…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Have Your Work Seen in the Inaugural Issue of UnWoven Literary Arts Magazine

Crook & Folly is STILL Accepting Submissions > Until 2/23

Submit your best work in Fiction, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry or Drama to be featured in the 44th annual issue of DePaul’s arts and literature magazine! Go to crookandfolly.com for more info on submissions, and to check out past works and our growing archive of past editions. And follow us on IG @crookandfolly

Join Current MFA Student Meghan Malachi at Dorothy on February 18th for a Night of Jazz & Poetry

Featuring Meghan Malachi, Carmani Edwards and DePaul Jazz alum Aliyah Jones, who organized the event to highlight Black women artists in Chicago. Don’t miss this special event at Dorothy, 2500 W Chicago Ave. Doors open at 6pm and the artists go on at 7pm. Dorothy will reopen to the public at 8:30pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and at…Continue reading Join Current MFA Student Meghan Malachi at Dorothy on February 18th for a Night of Jazz & Poetry

Apply Now for a Partial Tuition Scholarship> Applications Due February 13

TO: All Students in the MAE/MALP, MAWP, and MFA Programs FROM: Miles Harvey, Department Chair DATE: February 2, 2024 RE: 2024 Winter Quarter Partial Tuition Scholarship Awards The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to…Continue reading Apply Now for a Partial Tuition Scholarship> Applications Due February 13

Internship Opportunity: Suspended Magazine Editorial Internship

DePaul alum—and a former assistant editor for Slag Glass City—Jadae Sweezer has started a new magazine, Suspended Magazine, and is looking for interns! If you have questions you can write Jadae directly at suspendedmag@gmail.com. Suspended Magazine is a literary magazine, registered as a not-for-profit literary organization, that publishes short fiction, poetry, and visual art in physical print…Continue reading Internship Opportunity: Suspended Magazine Editorial Internship

A Late Addition to the Winter Schedule:

ENG 477: Digital Publishing: Digital Publishing Models, Issues, and Ethics Taught by Nuria Sheehan This course provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the evolving field of digital publishing. Students will learn the core elements and strategies of digital publishing and examine current and emerging publishing models. We will discuss critical issues such as the blurring…Continue reading A Late Addition to the Winter Schedule:

Check Out this Incredible Write-Up on DePaul’s Blue Book in Poets & Writers

DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing 2022 and Chris Solis Green, who edited the project, have received yet another glowing piece written about the project, this time in Poetry & Writers, the prominent national trade magazine founded in 1970. Ex Libris would like to congratulate Chris Green and all of the student editors…Continue reading Check Out this Incredible Write-Up on DePaul’s Blue Book in Poets & Writers

Celebrate the ’23 Fellows, and Apply for the ’24 Fellowship Yourself!

The Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are among the largest awards for emerging poets between the ages of 21-31. The Poetry Foundation is excited to showcase the 2023 fellows in a public reading on Saturday, October 21 at 2:00PM (CT), hosted by Joy Priest at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. Applications for the 2024 Ruth Lilly…Continue reading Celebrate the ’23 Fellows, and Apply for the ’24 Fellowship Yourself!

Interested in a Career in Teaching?

Southern Teachers has 750 member schools around the South that list English teaching jobs with us each year. We provide individualized service to each candidate, helping them find jobs that suit their interests, talents, and geographic preferences. This is a free service for candidates! Our member schools value Southern Teachers’ recruitment assistance and pay all the costs for our…Continue reading Interested in a Career in Teaching?

Apply to be a Humanities and Writing Tutor at Harold Washington College

Student Success is our #1 Priority! Harold Washington College supports students in their classes through peer, professional, and embedded tutoring. Harold Washington College is currently seeking a part-time Humanities/ Writing Tutor. This position is responsible for bridging the gap between the college and the needs of the student. This position also helps students make academic progress, while…Continue reading Apply to be a Humanities and Writing Tutor at Harold Washington College

HumanitiesX is Now Accepting Applications:

Announcing Six Student Fellowship Positions:Each year, HumanitiesX, DePaul’s Experiential Humanities Collaborative, offers six paid Student Fellowships to undergraduate or graduate students. Applicants for the 2023-24 HumanitiesX Student Fellowships should have curiosity about and/or experience related to our annual theme, Democracy & Rights.  Student Fellows work approximately 10-12 hours/week between November 2023 and June 2024. Fellows…Continue reading HumanitiesX is Now Accepting Applications:

Check Out Prof. Jessica Easto’s New Book, How To Taste Coffee, and Join Her at the Dayglow Launch Party

A must-read for any lover of coffee, How to Taste Coffee inspires readers to taste widely and sip consciously, with more appreciation, more discernment, and a greater sense of wonder. When: Friday, October 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. (CT) Where: Dayglow’s Chicago location in the Kimball Arts Center (1757 N. Kimball Ave.) Purchasing a copy of the book…Continue reading Check Out Prof. Jessica Easto’s New Book, How To Taste Coffee, and Join Her at the Dayglow Launch Party

Ava O’Malley

Check out Ava O’Malley’s recently published work here!

Crook & Folly is Hiring:

DePaul’s Literary and Arts magazine is hiring for Section Editors, Readers, Social Media Team, and Copy Editors. Crook & Folly is an award winning publication, printed annually, dedicated to exhibiting student work in Poetry, Fiction, Drama, Creative Nonfiction, and Flash Fiction. Literary pieces are accompanied by visual contributions from students of the Art School of DePaul. I…Continue reading Crook & Folly is Hiring:

NEW Class Added to the Autumn Quarter Schedule: Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous

Check Classes in the menu bar for full course schedules. ENG 484 Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous Dave Welch M 6:00-9:15 (Hybrid) “The Fantastic,” writes Tzvetan Todorov, “is that hesitation experienced by a person who knows only the laws of nature, confronting an apparently supernatural event.” In this class,…Continue reading NEW Class Added to the Autumn Quarter Schedule: Writing Workshop Topics: Writing the Fantastic, the Uncanny, and the Marvelous

Job Opening: Cincinnati Review

The Cincinnati Review is hiring for a new position, assistant managing editor (Assistant Editor Publications, in the official university terminology). This person will create and maintain a coordinated social media presence for the magazine, as well as mentor graduate students in that practice, and oversee web writing and scheduling. They’ll also work on events and…Continue reading Job Opening: Cincinnati Review

Nominate a Fellow Student for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement

The English Department seeks nominations for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to honor the great work our students do in their communities.…Continue reading Nominate a Fellow Student for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement

Artists’ Residency Opportunity with Writers, Visual Artists, Faculty, Advanced Students, Curators, Gallerists, & Other Creatives – Taleamor Park

Taleamor Park offers self-directed residencies for artists and writers in all media who seek a restorative and productive countryside interlude of two weeks or more. Located near Lake Michigan 60 miles east of Chicago, Taleamor Park affords trails, woods, pollinator habitats, and ponds within a working grain and farm. Restored vintage barns and outbuildings offer private, spacious, and well-lit studio spaces that…Continue reading Artists’ Residency Opportunity with Writers, Visual Artists, Faculty, Advanced Students, Curators, Gallerists, & Other Creatives – Taleamor Park

Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch

The Writing Center’s digital literary magazine, The Orange Couch, is accepting submissions for their 4th issue. The magazine is revision-based and requires the writer to receive feedback either through a writing center appointment (we offer three modalities) or through either Writers Guild or the Latinx Writing Group (the Writing Center’s creative writing groups). Deadline is Tuesday, May 2nd,…Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Orange Couch

Call For Submissions: Graphê Has Extended Their Deadline To April 15

Graphê is acccepting submissions in the forms of academic writing, poetry, prose, creative non-fiction, and works of visual art from students across the city to be considered for publication in its coming Fall 2023 issue. Submissions will be considered for technical merit, boldness of content, and the ingenuity of a given piece. Interested students are…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Graphê Has Extended Their Deadline To April 15

Call For Submissions: Hex

Hex is a new online literary magazine based at Worcester Polytechnic Institute that publishes speculative flash fiction and prose poetry <1000 words. In their own words- We like it weird. Hex is currently open for free submissions. They especially encourage submissions from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ writers, writers with disabilities, and early-career writers.  For more info,…Continue reading Call For Submissions: Hex

Call For Submissions: Another Chicago Magazine

Another Chicago Magazine is calling for poetry submissions– deadline is March 31, 2023! Follow the link to submit! We publish all kinds. Please submit no more than 5 poems and no more than 7 pages of poetry.

Check Out Miles Harvey’s The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material, a New Short Story Published in Conjunctions

In the mood for a story about a scam artist posing as a man of God? Read the piece that novelist Karen Russell describes as “a mutant menagerie of literary fiction … an oasis for weirdness and wonder.” You can find The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material HERE on…Continue reading Check Out Miles Harvey’s The Complete Miracles of St. Anthony: Definitive Edition with Previously Unpublished Material, a New Short Story Published in Conjunctions

Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm

This is a virtual event hosted on crowdcast. Charis welcomes Francesca Royster in conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs for a discussion of Choosing Family: A Memoir of Queer Motherhood and Black Resistance. A brilliant literary memoir of chosen family and chosen heritage, told against the backdrop of Chicago’s North and South Sides. Follow the link for more info.…Continue reading Tune in to Watch Francesca Royster in Conversation with Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Friday, February 17, 2023 – 7:30pm to 8:30pm

Call For Submissions: Ex Libris!

Ex Libris is taking submissions! We are looking to feature book reviews and interviews with alumni and faculty, written by current students. Have an idea, or a piece already written? Email Zach Sharp @ rsharp5@depaul.edu. Thanks, Zach

Don’t Miss This Opportunity To Win A Graduate Research Fellowship

DePaul’s Social Transformation Research Collaborative (STRC) was established in 2021 with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Humanities. The STRC is dedicated to exploring how the humanities can serve as a source of justice and healing for communities historically shaped by, and continuously facing, racism, violence, and dispossession. The STRC is…Continue reading Don’t Miss This Opportunity To Win A Graduate Research Fellowship

Call For Submissions: New Croton Review

The New Croton Review is accepting submissions thru April 15 for the Spring Issue (to be published on May 13). If you have unpublished poetry, fiction, nonfiction, photographs, or visual art that you’d like us to consider, please email to Review@CrotonArts.org. Our submission guidelines (click here) are fully explained on our website Review.CrotonArts.org, where you can also get past…Continue reading Call For Submissions: New Croton Review

Another Chicago Magazine Is Offering A 2-3 Week Residency For Nonfiction Writers

ACM Residency In 2023, Another Chicago Magazine will award a free multi-week residency in Belfast, Maine, which is on the coast, about two hours north of Portland and one hour southeast of Bangor. S.L. Wisenberg, ACM editor and author of the forthcoming Juniper prizewinner, The Wandering Womb, is the final judge. Apply between January 15 and March 17; the portal closes…Continue reading Another Chicago Magazine Is Offering A 2-3 Week Residency For Nonfiction Writers

Graduate Student Fellowships

DePaul’s Social Transformation Research Collaborative (STRC) was established in 2021 with generous funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for the Humanities. The STRC is dedicated to exploring how the humanities can serve as a source of justice and healing for communities historically shaped by, and continuously facing, racism, violence, and dispossession. The STRC is…Continue reading Graduate Student Fellowships

Apply For This Scholarship – Deadline January 23

The M.A. in English, M.A. in Literature and Publishing, M.A. in Writing and Publishing, and M.F.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s three graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2022 fall…Continue reading Apply For This Scholarship – Deadline January 23

Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022

Erika was the very first student to work on a Big Shoulders Books project – before BSB even existed, in fact. After DePaul, she graduated with an MFA in African-American speculative fiction from University of Kentucky. Her award winning essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” has earned her a book deal with Scribner and will…Continue reading Congrats To DePaul Alumni Erika J. Simpson Whose Essay, “If You Ever Find Yourself,” Has Been Featured In Best American Essays 2022

A Huge Congratulations To Megan Heffernan!

Megan Heffernan has been awarded a fellowship from Notre Dame’s Institute for Advanced Study for 2023-2024 to work on her next book, Resilient Books: Archival Science in an Age of Precarity. The Institute’s research theme for next year is “The Long Run,” and it’s described this way: “Practical decision-making, ethical evaluation, scientific modeling, and cultural meaning-making all…Continue reading A Huge Congratulations To Megan Heffernan!

Apply for this $10,000 Fellowship: Luminarts Cultural Foundation is Calling Writers 18-30

Deadline to Apply: February 17, 2023 Apply to the 2023 Luminarts Creative Writing Fellowship today! You could win $10,000, become a Luminarts Fellow, and as a Fellow be eligible for continued funding for your artistic and career development projects. Click HERE to get started, or contact us at info@luminarts.org or (312) 435-5961 ABOUT LUMINARTS:The Luminarts Cultural Foundation cultivates Chicago’s…Continue reading Apply for this $10,000 Fellowship: Luminarts Cultural Foundation is Calling Writers 18-30

Call For Submission: Bridge

Bridge is a Chicago-based not for profit publishing and programming organization. Currently they are looking for submissions specifically in poetry and fiction for both their hardbound annual journal and their weekly magazine. Deadline is January 15. Bridge is a truly unique publication that also takes submissions in visual art, cultural criticism, design, and hybrid work. Please refer…Continue reading Call For Submission: Bridge

Call For Submission: Radix Media Is Looking For The Next Megaphone Prize Winner

The Brooklyn based, independent publisher, Radix Media is currently accepting personal essay collections from emerging writers of color for this annual contest. The recipient of The Megaphone Prize will receive a $1000 reward, 20 author copies, and a publicity cycle dedicated to their debut. Author Hanif Abdurraqib will serve as this year’s judge, selecting only…Continue reading Call For Submission: Radix Media Is Looking For The Next Megaphone Prize Winner

Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!

And look out for the winning piece, “We Moved Out of the Projects and into a Home”, to be featured in SRPR’s Winter issue! Check out the full announcement at SRPR: Contest. Meghan Malachi, our first-place winner, will receive $1000, an introduction written by Ashley M. Jones, and an invitation to read at SRPR’s annual…Continue reading Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!

My Interview With Professor Kathleen Rooney and Her New Book, Where Are The Snows: See Her Read Tonight, Oct.19, 6-7 PM in ALH 103!

I recently had the opportunity to ask (via email) author, poet and Professor Kathleen Rooney about her newest poetry collection, Where Are The Snows. Along with the award winning book’s vital take on a world insistent on ending, we get to talking about the collection’s relation to Rose Metal Press and Poems While You Wait,…Continue reading My Interview With Professor Kathleen Rooney and Her New Book, Where Are The Snows: See Her Read Tonight, Oct.19, 6-7 PM in ALH 103!

Look Into: University of South Dakota’s Ph.D. in English, One of the Few Ph.D.’s That Allows You to Specialize in Creative Writing

Department of EnglishGraduate Programs The Master of Arts is a two-year program that offers you a choice between critical and creative specializations as well as multiple paths to completion. If you choose a creative writing emphasis, you take graduate-level workshops in multiple genres with professional writers that enable you to develop not only multi-genre fluency…Continue reading Look Into: University of South Dakota’s Ph.D. in English, One of the Few Ph.D.’s That Allows You to Specialize in Creative Writing

Step Right Up: Autumn Open Mic

Calling all MAWP & MALP students! On October 21st, join for an evening of community, art-sharing, and coffee at The Bourgousie Pig (6-8pm). Sign up to share your writing here: bit.ly/depaulautumnopenmic

Call For Submissions: Honey Literary

“Honey Literary is currently reading submissions for Issue 5, out February 2023! We publish two issues each year, one in winter, and one in summer. This reading period (for Issue 5) runs from September 1st, 2022 to December 15th, 2022.” Follow the link below for more info! Submit — Honey Literary

Don’t Miss This: October 20 & 21

An event put on by the Social Transformation Research Collaborative. Click on the flyer for more information and scan the QR to RSVP.

Curious About the Art of Translation?

Award winning translator Alta L. Price and the Program Director of DePaul’s German Program, Eugene Sampson will be discussing all-things translation in this unique event. Don’t miss this! October 11, 4:30-6:00 PM in SAC 161 You can also watch via zoom at https://depaul.zoom.us/j/93356266291

Get a Job! The Getty is Hiring a Digital Content Editor Position

In their words: ~We are looking for a Digital Content Editor to develop engaging stories for broad, non-specialist audiences that draw from our work to research, develop, and model best practices for the long-term preservation of the world’s cultural heritage. The Digital Content Editor will identify and write these stories in consultation with subject area…Continue reading Get a Job! The Getty is Hiring a Digital Content Editor Position

Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders

The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse will be welcoming Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon for her talk, “Ecological Rhetorics in vivo/in situ:  Precarity Infrastructure Across Borders,” on October 5, 2022 from 4:30-6:00PM in McGowan South 105. Please see attached flyer for details. Info here!

Minnesota State Arts Board Seeking Candidates For Key Positions

Are you looking for a position where you can make a difference?  Where you can help make arts and creative activities available to residents and communities throughout the state?  Where you can support the work of Minnesota’s creative individuals and organizations?  Then consider applying for a position at the Arts Board:  Grant program officer –…Continue reading Minnesota State Arts Board Seeking Candidates For Key Positions

Apply for a Fellowship With HumanitiesX

HumanitiesX, DePaul’s Experiential Humanities Collaborative, seeks six Student Fellows for the 2022-23 year. These are 10-12 hour/week positions that run from Oct.-June, paying up to $6517/student. For engaged students interested in the environment, it’s a great opportunity. Student Fellows assist faculty and community partners as they develop new HumanitiesX courses, and with the guidance of…Continue reading Apply for a Fellowship With HumanitiesX

Don’t Miss This:

Do you have an interest in graphic novels or discussing complicated issues in writing? Join Prof. Royster Prof. Shanahan for a free-form discussion about graphic novels, present and future, in the context of “Freedom to Read,” the One Book One Chicago theme for this year, and “Banned Books Week.” The discussion will take place from 10:10-11:10…Continue reading Don’t Miss This:

Thin Air Magazine is Now Accepting Submissions for Their 29th Issue: home·land

Thin Air Magazine, Northern Arizona University’s MFA-run literary journal, is calling for submissions for their Spring 2023 issue. Homeland is the theme at hand. In their own words: What defines a ‘homeland’? For this issue, we want work that explores the complex and malleable nature of homes, lands, and all that they encompass. Thin Air…Continue reading Thin Air Magazine is Now Accepting Submissions for Their 29th Issue: home·land

Get Your Foot in the Door: New Internship Opportunities for BIPOC Students!

PubWest is launching their Fall internship program and is looking to place BIPOC students in paid entry-level positions within the publishing industry. This is a six month long, paid internship. The deadline to apply is September 30 and interviews will be held from October 3-7. Don’t sleep on this opportunity! If you’re interested, follow the…Continue reading Get Your Foot in the Door: New Internship Opportunities for BIPOC Students!

Calling For Volunteers to Serve on the Fulbright Campus Committee

With the national deadline (11 October) to apply for the Fulbright fast approaching, the Campus Committee is asking for volunteers to read applications and participate in interviews with the candidates. The campus interview and assessment are critical aspects of a student’s application and can greatly enhance their chances of obtaining this prestigious fellowship, which makes this…Continue reading Calling For Volunteers to Serve on the Fulbright Campus Committee

An Inconvenient Hour:

In addition to the excitement of the Printer’s Row Literary Festival this weekend in Chicago, faculty members Tara Betts (poet) and Michele Morano (creative nonfiction/memoir) will be part of “An Inconvenient Hour” reading series 5:30-6:30pm Saturday, 9/10 at Metropolis Coffee Shop, 1039 W. Granville Ave. Poets Tony Trigilio and Mary Ardery will also read. More…Continue reading An Inconvenient Hour:

Apprenticeship at One Story

One Story has an exciting opportunity for a rising college senior or class of ’22 grad: a paid apprenticeship. Open this post for more information.

MMLA’s Upcoming Conference

The Midwestern Modern Language Association(MMLA) is excited to announce their upcoming 2022 Convention: Post-Now.   The upcoming conference is in Minneapolis from November 16th-21st. Take advantage of the professional workshops available at the conference. Their CV workshop is available to all attending the conference. Attendees can sign up for a time to have their CV reviewed one-on-one with…Continue reading MMLA’s Upcoming Conference

Call for Papers

Call for Papers Attachment Issues: psychopolitics and the everyday3CT Lauren Berlant Graduate Student Conference April 15–16, 2022Deadline for paper proposals: Friday, February 11, 5:00pm CT When Frantz Fanon wrote about the mental disorders spurred by the “favorable breeding ground” of the Algerian War, he described a process through which the world forced itself into the mind.…Continue reading Call for Papers