Good afternoon, everyone! This is your reminder to join DePaul faculty, staff, and students TONIGHT 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 in Rm. 100 of the Levan Center. (Snacks will be provided.) Click here for full details! Two submission windows closing tonight are for The…Continue reading April 15 Reminders
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Monday Reminders + Spirit of DePaul Award Nominations Now Open
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…Continue reading Monday Reminders + Spirit of DePaul Award Nominations Now Open
Weeks 2 & 3 Deadlines
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…Continue reading Weeks 2 & 3 Deadlines
Spring Conference Submissions: Deadline Extended (April 13)!
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…Continue reading Spring Conference Submissions: Deadline Extended (April 13)!
Upcoming Visiting Author Event: Eric Puchner (April 10)
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…Continue reading Upcoming Visiting Author Event: Eric Puchner (April 10)
17 Genre-based Submission Opportunities!
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…Continue reading 17 Genre-based Submission Opportunities!
Important April 4 Deadline Reminders
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…Continue reading Important April 4 Deadline Reminders
The Writing Center is Hiring! + SQ2025 Partial Tuition Scholarships + Upcoming Event: Faith Unfiltered (w/ Prof. Paula McQuade)
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…Continue reading The Writing Center is Hiring! + SQ2025 Partial Tuition Scholarships + Upcoming Event: Faith Unfiltered (w/ Prof. Paula McQuade)
Submission Reminder: Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize
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! / SQ2025 Week 1 Reminders + LAS Grad Symposium Call for Submissions
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…Continue reading Welcome Back! / SQ2025 Week 1 Reminders + LAS Grad Symposium Call for Submissions
Upcoming Visiting Author Event: Nico Lang (April 23)
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…Continue reading Upcoming Visiting Author Event: Nico Lang (April 23)
Which Upcoming Submission Opportunity Is Right for You?
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…Continue reading Which Upcoming Submission Opportunity Is Right for You?