Hannah Pittard Reading, Call for Papers from Purdue, SLS Writing Contest, and DFI Fellowship Information

Join us this THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 at 6 p.m., for a reading by DePaul’s own Professor Hannah Pittard at the DePaul University Bookstore at 1 East Jackson in the Loop. Prof. Pittard wrote the critically acclaimed novel, The Fates Will Find Their Way. She is also the winner of the 2006 Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction…Continue reading Hannah Pittard Reading, Call for Papers from Purdue, SLS Writing Contest, and DFI Fellowship Information

Student News, Food Drive, and More

Happy Friday! Congratulations to current M.A.W.P. student Zhanna Vaynberg, for getting a story published in the upcoming Fall issue of Euphony Journal, and for receiving an honorable mention in Glimmer Train‘s August 2011 Short Story Award for New Writers for another story of hers, “Things You Should Never Tell Your Mother.” — The DePaul Can:…Continue reading Student News, Food Drive, and More

Partial Tuition Scholarships, Alumni News, and a Networking Event

Current MAE and MAWP students, check your email! The MAE and MAWP programs are offering Partial Tuition Scholarships (PTS) to recognize outstanding academic achievement of students in the English department’s two graduate programs. Partial Tuition Scholarships provide a partial reimbursement for tuition paid for 2011 autumn graduate courses in English taken toward the MAE and…Continue reading Partial Tuition Scholarships, Alumni News, and a Networking Event

Threshold Awards for Excellence

For more information on Threshold, please visit their new website. Threshold will be awarding the Threshold Awards for Excellence in each of four literary categories. These categories include Dramatic Literature (one act plays and screenplay excerpts), Creative Non-Fiction (personal essays, literary journalism, memoirs, travel writing, etc), Fiction (short stories, novella or novel excerpts), and Poetry…Continue reading Threshold Awards for Excellence