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
Category: Creative Writing
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)!
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
Calls for Submissions to DePaul’s The Orange Couch! + Spring 2025 CPBL Internship Scholarships
Good morning, everyone! We have a few announcements today. These include a call for submissions to Issue 6 of The Orange Couch (the DePaul Writing Center’s annual publication) and information on LAS’s Community- and Project-Based Learning (CPBL) Internship Scholarships. Scroll down for more details on each of these! (The information below has been copied from…Continue reading Calls for Submissions to DePaul’s The Orange Couch! + Spring 2025 CPBL Internship Scholarships
Week 10 Reminders + 2 More Calls for Submissions!
Happy Monday, everyone! Welcome to Week 10—just one week before Finals Week, and just ten days before spring officially begins! 
We have two reminders for this week: first, that this Thursday (March 14) is the last day to submit teaching evaluations for LAS courses, and second, that this Friday (March 15) is the last…Continue reading Week 10 Reminders + 2 More Calls for Submissions!
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!