StoryStudio Chicago is looking for volunteers to help with their conference on October 5th and 6th! It is StoryStudio’s 2nd annual Writers Festival hosted by Columbia College Chicago. Curated by Artistic Director Rebecca Makkai, the two-day Festival features an amazing line-up of authors led by Keynote Speaker Garth Greenwell. Both graduate and undergraduate students are welcome to volunteer…Continue reading Volunteers Needed: StoryStudio Chicago Writers Festival
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Chicago Women in Publishing Fall Kickoff Event
Chicago Women in Publishing is hosting a Fall Kickoff event this Friday, September 20th! More information from CWIP here: Chicago Women in Publishing (CWIP) is excited to announce this year’s Fall Kickoff speaker is none other than Carol Fisher Saller. Until her retirement last year, Carol was best known as the witty and practical voice…Continue reading Chicago Women in Publishing Fall Kickoff Event
An Interview with Mark Turcotte
Check out former DePaul student Guillaume Delabar’s published interview on Professor Mark Turcotte in TriQuarterly Magazine!
Recent Alumni and Upcoming Graduates Spotlight!
Here are some of our MAE and MAWP students that are soon to graduate or have already graduated! To receive a student spotlight, please send your information to the Ex Libris editor, Camila Restrepo crestre4@depaul.edu or the Assistant Director of Graduate Programs, Meredith Ferrill mferrill@depaul.edu *If there is an error in your entry, (pronouns, spelling,…Continue reading Recent Alumni and Upcoming Graduates Spotlight!
Call for Submissions: Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Deadline: June 30, 2019 Entry Fee: $28 Cash Prize: $2,000 E-mail address: willowspringsbooks@gmail.com Website: http://www.willowspringsbooks.org/submit A prize of $2,000 and publication by Willow Springs Books is given annually for a short story collection. Submit a manuscript of three or more stories totaling at least 98 pages with a $27.50 entry fee by June 30. Visit…Continue reading Call for Submissions: Spokane Prize for Short Fiction
Literature for Justice Event
Literature transforms the way we look at the world, deepening our understanding of even the most complex issues of today. Recognizing the strength of the written word, the National Book Foundation’s Literature for Justice program brings broad awareness to the issue of mass incarceration in America through the power of books. Join us for an…Continue reading Literature for Justice Event
Crook & Folly Launch Party
The launch party for Crook & Folly’s 39th edition will be Wednesday, May 22 from 4:30-6:30pm at the DePaul Art Museum. See flyer for more details.
Crook & Folly Editors Application Deadline is Friday May 17th
Crook & Folly, DePaul University’s award-winning, all-student, journal of literature and art, seeks applications from graduate and undergraduate students for two challenging and exciting volunteer positions as 2019 Editors-in-Chief. The new editors will begin work planning for the new year late this Spring 2018 and will hire their section editors during Fall quarter 2018. Editors-In-Chief must…Continue reading Crook & Folly Editors Application Deadline is Friday May 17th
Author Conversation: HERE IS WHERE I WALK – Leslie Roberts & Michele Morano
Author Conversation: HERE IS WHERE I WALK – Leslie Roberts & Michele Morano Leslie Carol Roberts turns her daily walks in San Francisco’s Presidio into revelations of deeper meaning, reflecting on her travels as well as her home life as the single mother of two. In this finely crafted eco-memoir, each place provides Leslie with…Continue reading Author Conversation: HERE IS WHERE I WALK – Leslie Roberts & Michele Morano
Call for Submissions: Glimmer Train
Glimmer Train will be be accepting submissions through May 15, 2019! For more info and to submit, check out the Glimmer Train website here.
Bill & Irene Beck Award
Dear Graduate Students: 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…Continue reading Bill & Irene Beck Award
Barbara Smith Writer-in-Residence Program
Twelve Literary Arts (TLA) is an intergenerational incubator for poets and writers of color based in Cleveland. They are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit literary arts education organization that work with poets and writers from the time they are 14 years of age all the way through their mid-careers. One of their signature programs is The Barbara Smith Writer-In-Residence…Continue reading Barbara Smith Writer-in-Residence Program