The Brooklyn based, independent publisher, Radix Media is currently accepting personal essay collections from emerging writers of color for this annual contest. The recipient of The Megaphone Prize will receive a $1000 reward, 20 author copies, and a publicity cycle dedicated to their debut. Author Hanif Abdurraqib will serve as this year’s judge, selecting only…Continue reading Call For Submission: Radix Media Is Looking For The Next Megaphone Prize Winner
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Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
And look out for the winning piece, “We Moved Out of the Projects and into a Home”, to be featured in SRPR’s Winter issue! Check out the full announcement at SRPR: Contest. Meghan Malachi, our first-place winner, will receive $1000, an introduction written by Ashley M. Jones, and an invitation to read at SRPR’s annual…Continue reading Congratulations to Meghan Malachi, Winner of the 2022 Spoon River Poetry Review Editor’s Prize!
Big Shoulders Books Featured in Chicago Tribune!
Check out this fantastic write-up about our Big Shoulders Books and the faculty that make it happen! DePaul project publishes Chicago stories, Studs Terkel style (chicagotribune.com)
Look Into: University of South Dakota’s Ph.D. in English, One of the Few Ph.D.’s That Allows You to Specialize in Creative Writing
Department of EnglishGraduate Programs The Master of Arts is a two-year program that offers you a choice between critical and creative specializations as well as multiple paths to completion. If you choose a creative writing emphasis, you take graduate-level workshops in multiple genres with professional writers that enable you to develop not only multi-genre fluency…Continue reading Look Into: University of South Dakota’s Ph.D. in English, One of the Few Ph.D.’s That Allows You to Specialize in Creative Writing
Get a Job! The Getty is Hiring a Digital Content Editor Position
In their words: ~We are looking for a Digital Content Editor to develop engaging stories for broad, non-specialist audiences that draw from our work to research, develop, and model best practices for the long-term preservation of the world’s cultural heritage. The Digital Content Editor will identify and write these stories in consultation with subject area…Continue reading Get a Job! The Getty is Hiring a Digital Content Editor Position
Writing & Rhetoric Across Borders
The Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse will be welcoming Dr. Jennifer Clary-Lemon for her talk, “Ecological Rhetorics in vivo/in situ: Precarity Infrastructure Across Borders,” on October 5, 2022 from 4:30-6:00PM in McGowan South 105. Please see attached flyer for details. Info here!
Thin Air Magazine is Now Accepting Submissions for Their 29th Issue: home·land
Thin Air Magazine, Northern Arizona University’s MFA-run literary journal, is calling for submissions for their Spring 2023 issue. Homeland is the theme at hand. In their own words: What defines a ‘homeland’? For this issue, we want work that explores the complex and malleable nature of homes, lands, and all that they encompass. Thin Air…Continue reading Thin Air Magazine is Now Accepting Submissions for Their 29th Issue: home·land
Calling For Volunteers to Serve on the Fulbright Campus Committee
With the national deadline (11 October) to apply for the Fulbright fast approaching, the Campus Committee is asking for volunteers to read applications and participate in interviews with the candidates. The campus interview and assessment are critical aspects of a student’s application and can greatly enhance their chances of obtaining this prestigious fellowship, which makes this…Continue reading Calling For Volunteers to Serve on the Fulbright Campus Committee
An Inconvenient Hour:
In addition to the excitement of the Printer’s Row Literary Festival this weekend in Chicago, faculty members Tara Betts (poet) and Michele Morano (creative nonfiction/memoir) will be part of “An Inconvenient Hour” reading series 5:30-6:30pm Saturday, 9/10 at Metropolis Coffee Shop, 1039 W. Granville Ave. Poets Tony Trigilio and Mary Ardery will also read. More…Continue reading An Inconvenient Hour: