DePaul’s award-winning arts and literature magazine, Crook & Folly, is seeking undergraduate and graduate students for their 2019/2020 staff! Positions include section editors and readers, copy-editors, and social media and marketing. If you are interested in applying, please email your name, contact information, year and major, a short bio, and 150-200 words on what you…Continue reading Call for Staff: Crook & Folly
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Writing Specialist Job Opportunity
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology is searching for a part-time Writing Specialist. Position summary: The Chicago campus is seeking a part-time (20 hours per week) Writing Specialist to provide evening and weekend writing support to students enrolled in predominantly master’s and doctoral programs. In collaboration with faculty, the Writing Specialist will help develop group and…Continue reading Writing Specialist Job Opportunity
Volunteers Needed: StoryStudio Chicago Writers Festival
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
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
March 12 Funding Application Deadline: Artists’ Residencies at Taleamor Park
The writers’ and artists’ residency Taleamor Park offers a $750 MacKenzie Fellowship, coupled with a work-exchange assistantship, for each of the six two-week sessions between May 11 and September 28. March 12 is the application deadline for these fellowships and assistantships. Need-based tiered pricing is also available. Anyone with strong work, good references, and demonstrated…Continue reading March 12 Funding Application Deadline: Artists’ Residencies at Taleamor Park
Creative Writing Fellowship Opportunity
The Creative Writing Fellowship awards two $7,500 Luminarts Fellowships for excellence in creative writing in the categories of prose and poetry, in fiction and nonfiction. Applicants submit a two-page written piece (either a stand-alone piece or an excerpt of a larger piece such as a novel or short story). Entries are submitted and reviewed by an…Continue reading Creative Writing Fellowship Opportunity
Chicago Shakespeare Theater Education Internship
Chicago Shakespeare Theater is currently seeking applicants for part- or full-time internships during the summer of 2019. This internship provides the opportunity to devote a number of weeks to researching a play—its historical and social contexts, its publication and production history, and its critical history—and to develop resources for hundreds of educators who will teach…Continue reading Chicago Shakespeare Theater Education Internship
Ireland Study Abroad Program for DePaul students
The University of New Orleans Writing Workshops Abroad invites undergraduate and graduate students at DePaul to apply for a summer of scholarship and cultural activities in Cork, Ireland. DePaul Prof. Miles Harvey will be co-teaching a Creative Nonfiction workshop in this program. Courses are available in every genre of Creative Writing, plus additional options in Literature, Philosophy &…Continue reading Ireland Study Abroad Program for DePaul students
WQ 2019 PTS Application
Applications are now available for Winter Quarter 2019 Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) Awards. Find out more here, and download the application here. The M.A. in English and M.A. in Writing and Publishing programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize the outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s two graduate programs. Partial…Continue reading WQ 2019 PTS Application
Script Writing Job Opportunity
A note from Jessica Best, creator of a sci-fi podcast: “I have a paid opportunity for your students, if they are interested in sci-fi and script-writing. My award-winning audio fiction podcast, The Strange Case of Starship Iris, is heading towards its second season, and I’m looking to hire staff writers for the writers’ room. The…Continue reading Script Writing Job Opportunity
C&R Call for Submissions + Editorial Positions
C&R Press is looking for submissions for their Tide Pool Series! Submit your best short collection of Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-fiction, Hybrid, Essay, and or Memoir by October 8th! Please send your edgy and risk-taking, dynamic work! They also have available positions in the roles of Reader, Editorial Intern, and Assistant Editor. See details below.…Continue reading C&R Call for Submissions + Editorial Positions