Just TWO days until the 2020 Spring English Conference. Don’t miss out on thoughtful discussions on a variety of topics! To attend a specific panel, please RSVP at englishconference.dpu@gmail.com to access the Zoom link and password. _____________________________ SESSION 1 (1:00-1:45pm) Climate Writing: Maxwell Rowe-Sutton, Karen Rosen, Abby Vakulskas Exploring Place: Corinne Witt, Amelia Modes, Dan Carroll, Elizabeth Wayne…Continue reading RSVP to the 11th Annual Spring English Conference this Friday
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At Home with Literati series: Professor Miles Harvey in Conversation with authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack.
Professor Miles Harvey will be discussing his new book, The King of Confidence, on June 3rd at 7 p.m. alongside authors Donovan Hohn and Eileen Pollack as part of the At Home with Literati Series with Literati Bookstore. Find more info about the At Home Literati series and the Zoom event here.
Call for Submissions: The Spokane Prize for Fiction
The Spokane Prize for Short Fiction is open for submissions. Send them your previously unpublished manuscript of at least three short stories and a minimum of 98 pages for a chance at publication and a $2000 prize. The deadline is June 15th, 2020. Each year the finalist is selected by a guest judge. Past judges…Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Spokane Prize for Fiction
EXTENDED DEADLINE: Spring English Conference
The deadline to submit to the 11th annual Spring English conference has been extended to this Friday, May 15th! Find full guidelines here. Initially, the department intended to host the conference through a website featuring video panels that could be accessed any time. After further consideration and discussion with students, however, the English department has…Continue reading EXTENDED DEADLINE: Spring English Conference
Deadline Extended: Tellus Submissions
Tellus has extended their deadline for submissions to May 15th. Tellus is an online magazine celebrating the many voices of our DePaul community by showcasing the creative artwork and writing of multilingual and multicultural students. The Collaborative for Multilingual Writing and Research (CMWR) program within the UCWbL acknowledges the definition of multilingual as anyone from a background in…Continue reading Deadline Extended: Tellus Submissions
Free Access to Publisher’s Weekly for MFA programs
Publishers Weekly has removed their paywall, making all of their content available for free. Students and faculty can access open issues of Publishers Weekly, starting with the March 16th issue at www.digitalpw.com. Those wishing to receive an alert when the new issue becomes available can sign up to receive it at www.publishersweekly.com/digitalnotification. The entirety of www.publishersweekly.com is available without logging in, as…Continue reading Free Access to Publisher’s Weekly for MFA programs
Call for Art: The Pandemic City by Slag Glass City
The Slag Glass City is working on a new social media campaign called The Pandemic City. If you take photos (anything from casual phone photos to art photographs) that you believe may be a good fit for the campaign, the Slag Glass City would be more than grateful for the additional images! They will post on Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter,…Continue reading Call for Art: The Pandemic City by Slag Glass City
Call for Submissions: Publishing Lab Prize at UNO Press
The University on New Orleans Press is now accepting submissions for their Publishing Lab Prize. Now entering its sixth year, the UNO Press Publishing Lab is looking for full length fiction manuscripts for this year’s prize. The selected author will receive a ten thousand dollar ($10,000) advance on royalties and a contract to publish with…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Publishing Lab Prize at UNO Press
Discount on Author’s Guild Memberships
DePaul MFA/MAWP students are eligible to apply for a deeply discounted Author’s Guild membership for only $35. Click here: https://www.authorsguild.org/join/ (enter code CHAPTER20 during checkout for the discount). Author’s Guild members receive access to intellectual-property rights lawyers, review of contracts, discounted author’s website templates, professional development, and even media liability insurance.
Call for Submissions: The Backwaters Prize in Poetry
The University of Nebraska Press has announced the Backwaters Prize in Poetry competition is now open. The winner will be awarded a $2,000 cash prize and the honorable mention will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize. Both winners will be awarded the publication of their book by the University of Nebraska Press under its imprint,…Continue reading Call for Submissions: The Backwaters Prize in Poetry
Call for Submissions: 11th Annual Spring English Conference
The DePaul English Department invites you to participate in the eleventh Spring English Conference. The Spring English Conference is an annual event in which DePaul English undergraduate and graduate students present academic and creative work. Although Covid-19 will make this year’s conference different from any other, the work we English students are doing is as…Continue reading Call for Submissions: 11th Annual Spring English Conference