Good afternoon, everyone! Today, we have a few reminders, in addition to our list of next week’s events and deadlines. May 1 Reminders This is your reminder that submission windows for two contests and two creative writing journals are closing tonight: the ABA Journal / Ross Writing Contest for Legal Short Fiction (at 5:00 PM!),…Continue reading May 1 Reminders + Looking Ahead: Week 6
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Congratulations to Prof. Mark Turcotte! + April 30 Reminders + Upcoming Event: “The Pleasures and Problems of Literary Biography” (w/ Prof. Frank Shovlin)
Good morning, everyone! We have a couple of announcements for today. Good morning, everyone! We have lots of announcements for today. First, some tremendous news: a huge congratulations to our very own Prof. Mark Turcotte, who has just been named by Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois Arts Council (IAC), Illinois Humanities, and the Poetry Foundation…Continue reading Congratulations to Prof. Mark Turcotte! + April 30 Reminders + Upcoming Event: “The Pleasures and Problems of Literary Biography” (w/ Prof. Frank Shovlin)
Final Week 4 Reminders + Looking Ahead: Week 5
Good afternoon, everyone! As usual, we’re posting next week’s list of deadlines early, as well as listing a final event reminder for this week. These items include tomorrow’s UChicago networking event for student writers, applications for paid positions at DePaul’s Writing Center and DePaul student-run magazines 14East and Pueblo, submission windows for a few entries…Continue reading Final Week 4 Reminders + Looking Ahead: Week 5
April 22 Reminders
Good afternoon, everyone—and happy Earth Day! 
This is your reminder that tonight is the deadline for the Binc Foundation‘s Susan Kamil Emerging Writers Scholarship Prize. Any unpublished writer working on a full-length manuscript, graphic novel, or book-length comic, who is also currently employed at (or owns) a physical book or comic store in the…Continue reading April 22 Reminders
Thursday Reminders + Intercollegiate Writers’ Conference + Looking Ahead to Week 4 + Now Hiring: DePaul Student-Run 14 East & Pueblo
Good afternoon, everyone! Today, we have a submission reminder and a conference announcement, as well as an outline of next week’s deadlines and events. Scroll down for details on each of these! Submission Reminder This is your reminder that submissions to Shoegaze Literary Magazine‘s theme in translation (lost) will be closing tonight. Their description: “As…Continue reading Thursday Reminders + Intercollegiate Writers’ Conference + Looking Ahead to Week 4 + Now Hiring: DePaul Student-Run 14 East & Pueblo
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
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
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?
Looking Ahead: Reminders for WQ Week 10, Finals Week, Spring Break, and SQ Week 1
Good afternoon, everyone! 
With everyone finishing their final classes this week and moving on to getting final papers and projects wrapped up for next week, it can be easy to lose track of all the submission deadlines we’ve been posting lately on Ex Libris. You’ll still be hearing from us next week (and when…Continue reading Looking Ahead: Reminders for WQ Week 10, Finals Week, Spring Break, and SQ Week 1
LAST CALL for Research Fellowship Applications and Short Story Prize Submissions!
Happy Friday, everyone! Here’s one brief reminder that tonight, two calls for submissions will be closing: applications to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s 2025 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship and submissions to the 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize. Click here for more details on the two-week summer research fellowship for grad students, and click here for more details on the contest (whose winning work will…Continue reading LAST CALL for Research Fellowship Applications and Short Story Prize Submissions!