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!
Internship Opportunity: Agate Publishing!
Agate Publishing: Training Internships (January 1 – June 30) See below for a description of the Agate Publishing internship! If interested in this internship, please email your cover letter and resume to Prof. Green (CGREEN1@depaul.edu) first; he will then instruct you on whom to contact at Agate. You can also contact Prof. Green with any…Continue reading Internship Opportunity: Agate Publishing!
Upcoming Scholarships for English Majors!
English majors: check out DePaul’s upcoming scholarships for grads and undergrads! These three are exclusively for English majors: Scholarship amounts range from $1,200 to $10,000, and students are welcome to apply for more than one scholarship. Scan the QR code or visit Scholarship Connect at https://depaul.academicworks.com to apply for these and other scholarships! Application deadline:…Continue reading Upcoming Scholarships for English Majors!
Looking for a Teaching Job in Creative Writing? Consider a fellowship at Emory University! (Apply by Nov. 25)
Apply by 10:59 PM CST on November 25, 2024 to either of Emory University’s open fellowships in Atlanta, Georgia! See details below. (The following information has been copied from Emory University.) For questions or more information, contact Nora Lewis at nora.lewis@emory.edu. Poetry Fellowship 2025-2027 Interfolio link to apply: http://apply.interfolio.com/155819 Application deadline: 11:59pm ET, November 25,…Continue reading Looking for a Teaching Job in Creative Writing? Consider a fellowship at Emory University! (Apply by Nov. 25)
Upcoming Contest: Frontier Poetry’s Portrait Prize!
Read below for submission details for Frontier Poetry’s upcoming 2024 Portrait Prize! Submissions close December 15, 2024, and the winners will be selected and published in early to mid-spring of 2025. (The information below has been copied from Frontier Poetry’s information page.) Maybe you’ve seen her. We don’t know her real name—we just know her…Continue reading Upcoming Contest: Frontier Poetry’s Portrait Prize!
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!
Still planning your Spring Break? Apply for DePaul’s “Gothic Monsters” study abroad to the UK!
Students accepted to the program will be enrolled in ENG 286/475 (Topics in Popular Literature) for this spring quarter and MPOP 363/520 (Topics in Fandom: Fan Tourism) for the upcoming winter quarter. Application deadline: November 1! Itinerary: London, Bath, Whitby, and Edinburgh Want to learn more? View the Spring Break 2025 program list at https://programsabroad.depaul.edu/ and click “United Kingdom: Gothic Monsters” for course…Continue reading Still planning your Spring Break? Apply for DePaul’s “Gothic Monsters” study abroad to the UK!
[Updated 10/14:] Upcoming Calls for Submissions!
Several literary journals are interested in your work! Below are a few publications with upcoming submission deadlines between mid-October and the end of the year. (You may have seen some of these in an earlier post, but a few more have been newly added.) Entries closest to the top of the list are the most…Continue reading [Updated 10/14:] Upcoming Calls for Submissions!
Tin House Writers’ Residencies 2025
Are you a writer who is working on their next book? Or, are you a new writer, working on your debut manuscript? Consider applying for a Tin House writer’s residency as you finish your next project! Read below to learn about the residencies available for June – August 2025. (The information below has been copied…Continue reading Tin House Writers’ Residencies 2025
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!
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
WQ2025 Course Descriptions Now Posted!
Click here to view the winter quarter list [update 10/11]: http://www.english-exlibris.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/10-11-24_WQ2025-Course-Descriptions_Grad.pdf (Course descriptions can always be found under the “Courses” tab in the header of this website.)