Whether it’s a family member, relative, friend, neighbor, or another talented teen in your community (or classroom), tell them about the opportunity to get published in DePaul’s Blue Book! The submission deadline for Blue Book 2024 is coming up on January 31, 2025, soon after the holidays. DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing…Continue reading Know Any Talented High School Writers or Artists? This Holiday Season, Spread the Word About DePaul’s Blue Book!
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Fellowship Opportunity: Eudora Welty Fellowship
The Mississippi Department of Archives and History is accepting applications for the 2025 Eudora Welty Research Fellowship. Offered in partnership with the Eudora Welty Foundation, this annual fellowship awards a $5,000 stipend to one graduate student to conduct research using the Eudora Welty Collection at MDAH for two weeks during the summer. Click here to…Continue reading Fellowship Opportunity: Eudora Welty Fellowship
Fellowship and Workshop Opportunity for Emerging Writers (SmokeLong Quarterly)
SmokeLong Quarterly Emerging Writer Fellowship 2025 [The information below has been copied from the SmokeLong submissions portal.] Deadline: December 15, 10:59 PM CST About: Submission Page: https://smokelong.submittable.com/Submit
2024 Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement
The English Department seeks nominations for the Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement. This award is named for a family whose support of our own Big Shoulders Books makes possible the publication of socially conscious literature by and about Chicagoans. In the spirit of this generosity, we would like to honor the great work our students…Continue reading 2024 Bill and Irene Beck Award for Community Engagement
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!
Join Current MFA Student Meghan Malachi at Dorothy on February 18th for a Night of Jazz & Poetry
Featuring Meghan Malachi, Carmani Edwards and DePaul Jazz alum Aliyah Jones, who organized the event to highlight Black women artists in Chicago. Don’t miss this special event at Dorothy, 2500 W Chicago Ave. Doors open at 6pm and the artists go on at 7pm. Dorothy will reopen to the public at 8:30pm. Tickets are $10 in advance and at…Continue reading Join Current MFA Student Meghan Malachi at Dorothy on February 18th for a Night of Jazz & Poetry
A Special Crook & Folly Call For Submissions:
Spooky Submissions ContestHosted by Crook & Folly Link to Submit: HERERules and Guidelines:What qualifies as a Spooky Submission?You tell us! What do you fear? What do others fear? What keeps you upat night? What makes you question if you’re still dreaming? Regale us withyour encounters in the paranormal, your close calls with the occult, yourmost…Continue reading A Special Crook & Folly Call For Submissions:
Celebrate the ’23 Fellows, and Apply for the ’24 Fellowship Yourself!
The Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships are among the largest awards for emerging poets between the ages of 21-31. The Poetry Foundation is excited to showcase the 2023 fellows in a public reading on Saturday, October 21 at 2:00PM (CT), hosted by Joy Priest at the Poetry Foundation in Chicago. Applications for the 2024 Ruth Lilly…Continue reading Celebrate the ’23 Fellows, and Apply for the ’24 Fellowship Yourself!
HumanitiesX is Now Accepting Applications:
Announcing Six Student Fellowship Positions:Each year, HumanitiesX, DePaul’s Experiential Humanities Collaborative, offers six paid Student Fellowships to undergraduate or graduate students. Applicants for the 2023-24 HumanitiesX Student Fellowships should have curiosity about and/or experience related to our annual theme, Democracy & Rights. Student Fellows work approximately 10-12 hours/week between November 2023 and June 2024. Fellows…Continue reading HumanitiesX is Now Accepting Applications:
Check out this Feature in Newsline on Chris Green & DePaul’s Blue Book
‘DEPAUL’S BLUE BOOK’ HIGHLIGHTS SOME OF NATION’S BEST HIGH SCHOOL WRITING “It’s amazing what teenagers are capable of creating. This anthology is a testament to the talent that’s in our young people,” Solís Green says. You can read the rest of the article here