Get Involved in the DePaul Student Literary Scene!

Threshold, DePaul’s award-winning, student-run literary magazine is recruiting! As new co-editors, Rachel Harthcock (undergraduate) and Borja Cabada (graduate, MAWP) are excited about the prospects of putting together a terrific team that will help them create another great issue this year. They are looking for committed students (both graduate and undergraduate) to fill the editor positions…Continue reading Get Involved in the DePaul Student Literary Scene!

Calls for Submissions and Papers

The Chicago Reader, Chicago’s largest free weekly newspaper and a nationally recognized leader in the alternative press, is now accepting submissions for its 13th annual Pure Fiction issue—a collection of short stories by local fiction writers paired with illustrations by local artists. Please send your fiction of up to 3,000 words to fiction@chicagoreader.com by November…Continue reading Calls for Submissions and Papers

Threshold Seeks New Editors, Updates at the Library, and More

Today in student news, congratulations to Rhiannon Falzone (MAWP), who got a story published on ChicagoSide, a new online Chicago sports magazine. Rhiannon’s story, “Chicago Hoops’ League-Leading Guard Is Back — And It’s Not D-Rose,” is her second piece for the site. Congratulations also to Bethany Brownholtz (MAWP), who has been named the new Assistant…Continue reading Threshold Seeks New Editors, Updates at the Library, and More

Dramatic Literature Course, Philosophy Conference, and New Writing Contests

It’s the second day of the quarter, and hopefully by now all you grad students have your classes picked out, but if you’re making last minute adjustments or looking for something different, please note that Rachel Shteir, one of DePaul’s 2011-12 Humanities Fellows, is teaching a special topics course in the spring on Chekhov and…Continue reading Dramatic Literature Course, Philosophy Conference, and New Writing Contests

One Extended Deadline and Two New Calls for Submissions

The deadline for the Old Dominion University Norton Girault Literary Prize 2012 has been extended to March 9th, 2012!  Complete details and guidelines can be found here:  http://barelysouthreview.digitalodu.com/the-norton-girault-literary-prize/, but the main facts are: This year’s competition is in fiction Send your best story of up to 25 pages Cost is $25 per entry Entries will…Continue reading One Extended Deadline and Two New Calls for Submissions

Norton Girault Literary Prize, Superstition Review, and Anobium Books

The MFA Creative Writing Program of Old Dominion University and Barely South Review are pleased to announce The Norton Girault Literary Prize Inaugural 2012 Competition is now open The Norton Girault Literary Prize will be offered in 2012 for FICTION (annual prize will alternate among Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction genres)– one prize will go to a…Continue reading Norton Girault Literary Prize, Superstition Review, and Anobium Books