Category: Career Builders

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

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!

(Scholarship) Funding for Emerging Writers + Internships List for SQ2025 + Call for Submissions: Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize

This is your reminder that tomorrow, 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 be performed…Continue reading (Scholarship) Funding for Emerging Writers + Internships List for SQ2025 + Call for Submissions: Terry Tempest Williams Creative Nonfiction Prize

Week 9 Reminders + New Calls for Submissions: Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize & Ninth Letter Literary Awards

Happy Monday, everyone! The countdown begins: only 23 days until the official end of the quarter. This Friday, March 7, 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…Continue reading Week 9 Reminders + New Calls for Submissions: Prairie Schooner Raz-Shumaker Book Prize & Ninth Letter Literary Awards

Irish Lit. Event TONIGHT w/ Former Irish President Mary Robinson + Last Call for Submissions to Ninth Letter & Peatsmoke Journal

Happy Friday, everyone! This is your reminder that today is the last day of the month. . . and that submissions to two of the journals on our list—Ninth Letter and Peatsmoke—will be closing tonight at 11:59 PM. (Click here for details.) We’d also like to highlight an exciting event for this evening: Mary Robinson,…Continue reading Irish Lit. Event TONIGHT w/ Former Irish President Mary Robinson + Last Call for Submissions to Ninth Letter & Peatsmoke Journal

Submit Your Work to DePaul’s 16th Annual Spring English Conference for Our 2025 Spring Conference & Celebration!

We frequently keep you updated on calls for submissions from other journals and institutions; but today, we’re very excited to announce that we are now accepting submissions to the English department’s very own Spring English Conference! This year, the Spring Conference will be held in conjunction with the annual MFA reading and the English awards…Continue reading Submit Your Work to DePaul’s 16th Annual Spring English Conference for Our 2025 Spring Conference & Celebration!

Poetry Reading Reminder + Career Talk Event + 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize + Paid Internship Opportunity: Electric Literature

Good morning, everyone! We have one event reminder for today, as well as another upcoming event announcement, a newly-listed call for submissions, and a newly-added part-time, remote internship opportunity (which offers a stipend of $300 per month). Scroll down for more info on each of these! Event Reminder: Poetry Reading at Northwestern As mentioned on the…Continue reading Poetry Reading Reminder + Career Talk Event + 2025 Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story Prize + Paid Internship Opportunity: Electric Literature

LAST CALL for Crook & Folly Submissions + Spotlight on Combined Degree Programs

Happy Friday, everyone! As of today, there’s only one month left until Spring Break officially begins. Many of you are already starting to think about your final projects and papers! Our first announcement is that submissions to Crook & Folly—DePaul’s own student-run literary journal (formerly known as Threshold)—will close this Sunday, February 23. This will be the final…Continue reading LAST CALL for Crook & Folly Submissions + Spotlight on Combined Degree Programs

LAS Teaching Awards Due Tonight (& other reminders) + More Calls for Submissions

Welcome to Week 7! We have a few reminders for upcoming deadlines this week, along with some new calls for submissions from various journals. First off, applications for the LAS Excellence in Teaching Award are due tonight. (Click here for details on how to submit your nomination.) Research Workshop #3: “Cite, Cite, Cite!” will be held TOMORROW (February 18, 11:30 AM…Continue reading LAS Teaching Awards Due Tonight (& other reminders) + More Calls for Submissions

Submission Deadline Reminder + Certificate Spotlight: Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges (Includes Internship)

Happy Friday, everyone! First, we have one reminder for this week: submissions to Poetry Northwest‘s “Emerging Writers” and “Essays/Reviews/Interviews” categories, as well as the PNW James Welch Prize, will all close next Friday, February 15. (Click here for details.) In an earlier post last week, we briefly mentioned DePaul’s Certificate in Teaching English in Two-Year…Continue reading Submission Deadline Reminder + Certificate Spotlight: Teaching English in Two-Year Colleges (Includes Internship)

LAST CHANCE for These Fall 2025 Study Abroad Programs! (Apply by Sunday, Feb. 9!)

Have you thought about earning DePaul degree credits while enjoying the experience of living and studying abroad for a few months? Consider applying to one of DePaul’s study abroad programs to spend next fall term in Australia, Mexico, or a European university! The following applications, for universities with course offerings that are especially conducive to…Continue reading LAST CHANCE for These Fall 2025 Study Abroad Programs! (Apply by Sunday, Feb. 9!)