Happy Week 10, everyone! Scroll down for a few reminders of upcoming events and deadlines for the week ahead (including our One Book, One Chicago announcement for Gabrielle Zevin’s author visit). [The dates to mark down are this Wednesday (13th), this Friday (15th), and this Saturday (16th)!] 1. One Book, One Chicago’s banned book: Tomorrow…Continue reading Week 10 Events & Deadlines: One Book, One Chicago + MMLA + Application Reminders!
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Your Week 9 Recap: A List of Upcoming Deadlines for Fellowships, Calls for Submissions, etc.!
We’ve been keeping you up-to-date on opportunities and events throughout the quarter—but it helps to see these all in one place! In case you need it, here’s a recap of all the fellowships, contests, and more with upcoming deadlines between now and early January (and a few with later deadlines, to help you plan ahead).…Continue reading Your Week 9 Recap: A List of Upcoming Deadlines for Fellowships, Calls for Submissions, etc.!
Support Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul English students at the MMLA’s 65th Annual Convention!
Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul grad students Carmen Romero Lopez, Rebecca Hathaway, and Zach Cleir will be participating in the Midwest Modern Language Association’s 65th Annual Convention next week! Read below for full details on this event. We hope you’ll attend these interesting discussions! Where: Hilton Chicago, 720 S. Michigan Ave Schedule:Friday, November 15Third floor,…Continue reading Support Dr. Jonathan Gross and DePaul English students at the MMLA’s 65th Annual Convention!
Lots of Calls for Submissions + 2 Workshops + a Writers’ Retreat!
Happy Monday! Here are some upcoming calls for submissions between the end of the month and early next year, as well as info on two fall poetry workshops over Zoom. Below this list is a description of “Writing Between the Vines,” a 2025 writers’ retreat at four California vineyards. (The information below has been copied…Continue reading Lots of Calls for Submissions + 2 Workshops + a Writers’ Retreat!
Reminder: The Dead Zone Film & Poem Reading is TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 22!
This is your reminder that The Dead Zoo film and reading is tomorrow, Tuesday, October 22! Join us from 6:30 – 7:30, at DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont Street). A 20-minute film based on Prof. Chris Green’s sonnet crown The Dead Zoo (poems from the perspective of endangered or extinct animals, plants, and places)…Continue reading Reminder: The Dead Zone Film & Poem Reading is TOMORROW, Tuesday, October 22!
Anxious About Climate Change? Take Solace In Art At THE DEAD ZOO Poem-Film and Conversation!
Join us at The Dead Zoo film and reading on Tuesday, October 22, from 6:30 – 7:30, at DePaul’s Cortelyou Commons (2324 N. Fremont Street), for DePaul’s Sustainability Month! A 20-minute film based on Prof. Chris Green’s sonnet crown The Dead Zoo (poems from the perspective of endangered or extinct animals, plants, and places) will play silently while other poets help him read…Continue reading Anxious About Climate Change? Take Solace In Art At THE DEAD ZOO Poem-Film and Conversation!
Workshop Opportunity for Writers: PEN America Emerging Voices Workshop
(The information below has been copied from Pen America’s website.) Deadline: October 5, 2024, 10:59 PM CST The Emerging Voices Workshop in Los Angeles serves early-career writers from communities underrepresented in the publishing world. An outgrowth of the long-running Emerging Voices Fellowship, this in-person craft intensive shares the goal of demystifying publishing, cultivating literary community, and diversifying…Continue reading Workshop Opportunity for Writers: PEN America Emerging Voices Workshop
Upcoming Discussion on Place and Displacement in the Craft of Fiction
Join us Wednesday, October 2nd, at 6PM (in Levan 100) as the English Department and Department of Modern Languages cohost “Place and Displacement in the Craft of Fiction,” with authors and professors Miles Harvey and Gazmend Kapllani!
Visiting Author Series: Amina Gautier
Join us Tuesday, October 29, at 7PM (in ALH 103) to welcome award-winning author Amina Gautier! Gautier’s publications include four short story collections: At-Risk, Now We Will Be Happy, The Loss of All Lost Things, and most recently, The Best That You Can Do. Gautier is currently a professor in the MFA program at the University of Miami. For any…Continue reading Visiting Author Series: Amina Gautier
Spring English Conference: Friday May 10
Join us in the Arts and Letters building for the Spring English Conference and engage with some of DePaul’s best writers in cross genre panel discussions and free snacks! The Keynote address will be held in room 103 at 11AM and followed by author panels from 12-5 on the third floor. Drop in any time!
Don’t Miss This> Writers on Writing: Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Jericho Brown and University Chicago Professor Robyn Schiff
Writers on Writing: Jericho Brown and Robyn Schiff Thursday, May 9, 6 to 7 pm CDT At the Newberry Library in Chicago or livestreamedRegistration in advance is required for both the in-person program and the livestream. Registrants will receive a link to the recording on the Newberry’s YouTube when it is available.FOLLOW THE LINK!