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!
Writers on Writing: Jericho Brown and Robyn Schiff
Thursday, May 9, 6 to 7 pm CDT
At the Newberry Library in Chicago or livestreamed Registration 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!
There are only two more weeks to submit your best work to our 2024 contests for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Three prizes of $1,500 each and publication in New Ohio Review will be awarded for a poem or group of poems, a short story, and an essay. Submit a story or essay of up to 20 pages or a poem or group of poems of up to 6 pages or a with a $22 entry fee, which includes a subscription to New Ohio Review, by April 15th. All entries are considered for publication. This year’s judges are Naomi Shihab Nye for poetry, Lily Hoàng for nonfiction, and Kate Bernheimer for fiction. Please see expanded guidelines on our Submittable page. We can’t wait to read your work! -The Editors
The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes have again partnered on an exciting grant opportunity that may be of interest to your students. See below a brief summary of this initiative, and please feel free to circulate amongst your department or forward to any colleague not included here that you deem fit.
The Chicago Film Critics Association and Rotten Tomatoes Emerging Critics Program supports individuals in the early stages of their career in film and media criticism. Ahead of the 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival (May 3-9, 2024), two recipients will be selected and awarded the following:
-Festival Pass to all screenings and events
-Media Day access
-Mentoring Hours with CFCA members
Access to pitching RottenTomatoes.com Editorial Staff
-$2,500 grant
Individuals from underrepresented groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
For more details about the program and access to apply, please refer to the link below. Applications are open now through April 10, 2023.
Submit your work (in any genre) to participate in one of a kind panels with your DePaul peers! The themes of each panel are determined by the work submitted to the organizing body. Send your work to SpringEnglishConference@gmail.com and help shape the event!
The Midwest Modern Language Association (MMLA) is excited to announce that our Undergraduate Research Symposium will be held in Chicago, IL from November 14-16.
The Symposium is an integral component of the MMLA’s annual convention, which is a gathering of faculty members and graduate students from across the Midwest who present papers on their latest research. Our goal in hosting the Symposium is to showcase and celebrate promising research by undergraduate students as well as offer a professional development opportunity that is especially useful to those who are interested in attending graduate school.
Proposals for a 15-20-minute, oral presentation of a 7-10-page, double-spaced paper are due by May 01. While we happily accept proposals on any literary topic and time period, we particularly welcome those that engage this year’s theme, “Health in/of the Humanitites.” Please Note: The Undergraduate Research Symposium will be fully in person. No virtual or hybrid panels will be scheduled.
Visit the MMLA’s member portal for more information on our proposal guidelines and the Undergraduate Student Paper Prize. Inquiries may be directed to Krislyn Zhorne at mmla@luc.edu.
Kindest regards,
Krislyn Zhorne
Program and Editorial Fellow | Symposium Coordinator
The Tin House Resident will be housed in a 900 square ft. studio apartment next to the Tin House Workshop office in Northwest Portland. The apartment includes a full kitchen, bathroom, and a small living room/office with WiFi. There are several coffee shops, restaurants, and grocery stores within walking distance of the apartment and access to public transit.
Parents Residency September This residency is open to writers with children 18 years of age or younger (as of March 1st, 2024).
General Residency October This residency is intended for any writer working on a full-length manuscript.
Each Residency comes with a $1500 stipend, a 100$ Lyft credit, and a public reading/reception at Bishop & Wilde. Residents may also have an opportunity to meet (virtually) with editors from Tin House Books and participate in other gatherings with members of Portland’s literary community.
The Woolf is an online magazine of new writing and visual art. Published twice a year out of Switzerland, we welcome short fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry and visual art from anywhere in the world. As long as it makes us howl.
Hear, play or make it. Be stilled, stunned, changed, warped, saved, ruined or reborn by it. Music is the prompt for Issue 6 – so send us your best.
Guidelines:
WORDS
Microfiction: <100 words (up to 3 pieces in one document)
Flash fiction: <1000 words
Short story: <2500 words
Creative nonfiction: <2500 words
Prose poetry: <300 words
ART
Photography: up to 5 images, with an optional max. 100-word statement
Illustration/design: up to 5 images, with an optional max. 100-word statement
Film: max. 30 seconds, with an optional max. 100-word statement
Format: 12-point legible font, double-spaced (except for poetry), single space between sentences, no PDFs
File name: title of the piece or, for microfiction, the first piece
The Cut (of the New Yorker) publishes stories that address our readers’ lives head-on, with generous wit, honesty, and power. We are in a dynamic conversation with women about the issues that matter to them most—politics, feminism, work, money, relationships, mental health, fashion, and issues relating to equality—and we’re always looking for ideas that add to that conversation. Our stories go through a collaborative and thorough editorial process, and writers are paid at competitive rates.
What we’re looking for:Smart, generous, funny writing that engages with TheCut’s readers and finds a natural home on our website under one of our four verticals: POWER, SELF, STYLE, and CULTURE. We’re always open to essay, column, and feature pitches.
Necessary Fiction will publish weekly flash fiction each Wednesday for your summer reading enjoyment beginning in June and lasting through Labor Day. Here are 10 things we’ve noticed about our broad aesthetic tendencies over the years:
We’re often fans of the absurd, the off-kilter, and the darkly comic.
We tend to fall for beautiful language or an unexpected phrase.
We’re interested in how a story gets told.
We prefer stories that are stories, not static moments or a character’s memories lacking broader context.
We’re open to reading the slyly speculative, the strange, the uncanny, and the weird.
We love when stories take a risk.
We rarely find body part humor all that funny.
We publish fiction; please don’t send us poems. We aren’t qualified for those.
We find that stories dependent upon very particular pop culture references sail right over our heads.
We especially encourage marginalized and traditionally underrepresented writers to submit, though your piece does not have to encompass those themes.
Widely acclaimed by fans, musicians and scholars alike, the 33 ⅓ series dives deep into your favorite artists, albums and genres. In October 2003 we published our first ever batch of 33 ⅓ books, each one focusing on a popular LP. Since then we’ve covered many artists and albums, from Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures to Celine Dion’s Let’s Talk About Love, Duran Duran’s Rio to Kraftwerk’s Computer World, and Madvillain’s Madvillainy to Britney Spears’s Blackout. Each album covered in the series occupies such a specific place in music history, so each book-length treatment is different.
Since the formation of the original 33 ⅓ series, we’ve partnered with Spotify on the 33 ⅓ Podcast, hosted by renowned record producer and DJ, Prince Paul. We’ve launched 33 ⅓ Brazil, 33 ⅓ Japan, 33 ⅓ Oceania, 33 ⅓ Europe, and in 2024, will be launching 33 ⅓ South Asia. Most recently we released Genre: A 33 ⅓ Series, which guides readers through musical sub-genres that have intrigued, perplexed, or provoked listeners. 20 years, 6 spin-off series, and over 200 books later, we’re still going strong!
Short stories, 2k-8k words long (with the 3,000-5,500 range being our real sweet spot). What are we looking for? Honestly, best indicator is to read a story or two we’ve already published. Second best indicator is to generally be familiar with Aaron’s taste and what he’s published on HAD, and Hobart before that.
Every published story will be paired with original art, and I am paying both writer and artist $100. Submissions will be open until the end of March. Please only submit once per submission period.
“december invites submissions of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction (essays, memoirs, biography, literary journalism, social or cultural commentary or analysis), and visual art (print or digital). december magazine was founded in Iowa City in 1958 by a group of poets, writers, and artists who declared, “We are humanists…far more concerned with people than dogmatic critical or aesthetic attitudes.” december was a pioneer in the “little” magazine and small press movement, publishing cutting-edge fiction, poetry, non-fiction, and art.
december has a distinguished legacy of publishing the early work of little-known writers and artists, many of whom became major literary figures, including Donald Barthelme, Marvin Bell, Stephen Berg, Rita Mae Brown, Raymond Carver, Stephen Dunn, Donald Hall, Michael Harper, Donald Justice, Ted Kooser, Philip Levine, Joyce Carol Oates, Marge Piercy, William Stafford, C.K. Williams, Charles Wright, and James Wright.”
We are pleased to announce our 2024 Curt Johnson Prose Awards will be judged by Leslie Jamison (Nonfiction) and Tlotlo Tsamasse (Fiction) click here for more information on our judges. Prizes are $1,500 and publication in our Fall/Winter 2022 issue for First Place (fiction and nonfiction); $500 and publication in our Fall/Winter 2022 issue for honorable mention (fiction and nonfiction). All finalists will be listed in the awards issue.
Maximum of 8,000 words for fiction and non-fiction. Name and address on cover letter only. $20 entry fee includes copy of Awards issue.
AUTHOR NAME OR OTHER IDENTIFYING INFORMATION SHOULD NOT APPEAR IN YOUR TITLE OR ANYWHERE ON YOUR UPLOADED OR HARD COPY DOCUMENT.
decemberaccepts submissions online through Submittable.
We do not accept simultaneous submissions, but we generally provide a response within eight weeks. Contest submissions generally take longer because of the review process.
decemberalso accepts submissions through the U.S. mail. If submitting by mail, please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE) with sufficient postage, your $20.00 entry fee (check or cash), and indicate if you would like your manuscript returned. Multiple entries accepted with additional $20.00 entry fee per submission. december assumes no responsibility for delayed, lost, or damaged manuscripts.
“Berkley launched its Open Submission Program in 2021 with the goal of creating a direct submission channel to editors in hopes of reaching more potential authors and sharing their works with the world. At Berkley, we strive to publish commercial fiction that reflects the world we live in and to bring readers stories that encompass a full range of backgrounds, experiences and unique perspectives.
Beginning March 18, 2024 at 9:00am ET, we will accept the first 1,000 submissions. We are looking for full-length adult novels in the following genres: romance, women’s fiction, mystery, suspense and thrillers, horror, science fiction, and fantasy.”
Program Rules
1. Submissions will only be accepted during the announced submission window. Submissions sent outside of this time frame will not be considered.
2. We will only accept 1,000 submissions for consideration during this window. Once we receive the first 1,000 submissions, we will close the window. This is to ensure we can respond to writers in a timely manner.
3. Authors must be unagented. If an offer for publication is made, authors may seek an agent to represent them before negotiations.
4. Projects may only be submitted once.
5. Authors may only make submissions for works they have completed.
6. Authors may not make submissions that have used AI in their creation, whether in the outlining or writing of the manuscript.
7. Submissions must include a 1-page synopsis, the first 10 pages of the manuscript, an author bio, and a query letter with links to social media platforms, if applicable, and any other information you wish the editors to consider. A query letter is an introductory one-page letter that tells an editor something about the story, something about the writer, and why Berkley should publish the book.
Please include your name, area of study/major, genre and length of piece. If the piece is theory or literary analysis, include a brief abstract. All applicants must be currently enrolled in the English program. We will accept pieces from English minors, but English majors will be prioritized.
The most recent BSB release, Chicago Mosaic: Immigrant Stories of Objects Kept, Lost, or Left Behind continues to garner attention in the media. Check out the new mention in The Seminary Co-op, order a copy from Big Shoulders Books or grab one from the English Department.
“Submit through Duosuma. Anyone enrolled in an undergraduate institution in 2023-24 is eligible to submit. Accepted submissions will be published in our 25th issue, in print and online, and all contributors will be invited to share their work at virtual and in-person release parties this May. For a bit of inspiration, check out our website. “
Furrow is UW-Milwaukee’s award-winning, undergraduate-run literary journal that showcases art and writing by students from across the U.S.
“Unwoven Literary Magazine, is a biannual magazine and project that publishes outstanding poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art created by both emerging and established artists. Unwoven organizes both in-person and virtual workshops for writers of all levels, hosts writing competitions, and illuminates the lives of working artists through discussion, behind-the-scenes looks, interviews, and more.
Unwoven invites work from diverse creative voices that offer immersive, transportive, and reflective looks into the ongoing discussion of human existence. We believe your story alone holds a single, irreplaceable thread in a search for universal truths. As artist Alberto Giacometti said, “the object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create reality of the same intensity.” We strive to foster a space where each story, writer, and artist shares the devastatingly beautiful burden of unraveling truths with creativity, authority, and integrity.”
Guidelines as follows:
Poetry – no more than five poems
Fiction or non-fiction – no more than 5,000 words
Word docs only as an attachment with subject line SUBMISSION Name of College_Name of writer
Submit your best work in Fiction, Flash Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry or Drama to be featured in the 44th annual issue of DePaul’s arts and literature magazine!
Go to crookandfolly.com for more info on submissions, and to check out past works and our growing archive of past editions.
Thursday, Feb 22, please join us in Levan 100 at 6 pm to celebrate the launch of MAWP ’16 grad Avery Cunningham’s debut novel The Mayor of Maxwell Street (Disney/Hyperion) at 6 pm.
Submissions are now open for The Orange Couch, the DePaul Writing Center’s literary magazine! The Orange Couch is a digital magazine for DePaul writers and alumni who want to publish their creative writing and work with other writers in the process of doing so.
Boulevard has extended the deadline for Nonfiction submissions in their Emerging Writers Contest. Nonfiction pieces can be submitted now until February 7th. Fiction submissions close May 1st, and Poetry closes June 1st. $18 submission fees and $1,000 reward for winners.
DePaul alum—and a former assistant editor for Slag Glass City—Jadae Sweezer has started a new magazine, Suspended Magazine, and is looking for interns! If you have questions you can write Jadae directly at suspendedmag@gmail.com.
Suspended Magazine is a literary magazine, registered as a not-for-profit literary organization, that publishes short fiction, poetry, and visual art in physical print form once a year. We’re in our second year of publishing, and we need 1-2 interns to help us with our operations. Responsibilities include:
Using Submittable to read submissions and evaluate them based on quality and our mission statement.
Copyediting and proofreading accepted submissions and contributor bios.
Run social media if needed.
Learn what it takes to run a literary magazine! For further information on the magazine, check out our website here: suspendedmagazine.org/ The internship can go as long as the end of June, when we close submissions, or the end of the spring quarter if desired. Please send your resume or any questions you have to our email (suspendedmag@gmail.com).
“The ABA Journal will accept entries for the Contest through May 15, 2024. Entries must be original works of fiction of no more than 5,000 words that illuminate the role of the law and/or lawyers in modern society. The winner will receive a prize of $5,000. Entrants must be U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents and 21 years or older by May 15, 2024.”
Must be 21 or older. No entrance fee & 5K cash prize! Get your Grisham on and follow THIS LINKto submit
Undergraduate writers and artists everywhere are invited to submit to Folio, the literary magazine of Holy Family University.
Your submissions will be returned with feedback, for those who are looking to grow their portfolio!
More information about the upcoming magazine can be found at its website, foliomagazine.org
Folio accepts submissions via Submittable. Please visit the submissions page at foliomagazine.org/submit for full submission instructions. The deadline for submissions for the Spring 2024 issue is March 15, 2024.
DePaul’s Blue Book: Best American High School Writing 2022 and Chris Solis Green, who edited the project, have received yet another glowing piece written about the project, this time in Poetry & Writers, the prominent national trade magazine founded in 1970.
The Underground would like to congratulate Chris Green and all of the student editors who made Blue Book happen!
If you’re interested in procuring a copy, you can order one HERE
Spooky Submissions Contest Hosted by Crook & Folly
Link to Submit: HERE Rules and Guidelines: What qualifies as a Spooky Submission? You tell us! What do you fear? What do others fear? What keeps you up at night? What makes you question if you’re still dreaming? Regale us with your encounters in the paranormal, your close calls with the occult, your most cursed tales! We want your best (and worst) stories and visual art to get us in the mood for Halloween!
When do submissions open? Submissions officially start October 1st and end the 29th! Why the 29th? On Halloween we will feature the winners of the Art submissions and Literature submissions on our Instagram. A double feature! Want to submit? Click the link at the top of this document, or the link in our Linktree on Instagram to submit!
Each author/artist gets up to three submissions in either category total For Literature, please submit Word Documents and Google Documents only! We will not take PDF submissions. We need to be able to edit and/or format the chosen piece for social media. For Art, we will take PDF, JPG, or PNG submissions. Any other document types will not be accepted for republishing.
What is the prize? Our winning submission will not only receive a special feature on our social media, but will also receive exclusive copies of Crook & Folly. In addition, the winning pieces will automatically be considered for the 44th edition of Crook & Folly, launching in May of 2024!
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 and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowships will open March 4, 2024 with an April 15, 2024 deadline. For more information on the fellowships, please follow the link
Southern Teachers has 750 member schools around the South that list English teaching jobs with us each year. We provide individualized service to each candidate, helping them find jobs that suit their interests, talents, and geographic preferences. This is a free service for candidates! Our member schools value Southern Teachers’ recruitment assistance and pay all the costs for our service. Questions?Schedule a time to chat with us.
Student Success is our #1 Priority! Harold Washington College supports students in their classes through peer, professional, and embedded tutoring. Harold Washington College is currently seeking a part-time Humanities/ Writing Tutor. This position is responsible for bridging the gap between the college and the needs of the student. This position also helps students make academic progress, while promoting independent learning and self-reliance. If you are interested in working in a fast-paced environment and enjoy working with students, consider joining our team.
For more information, or to start your application, follow the link
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 must commit to the full duration of the fellowship. Fellows are paid $17.00/hour.
Applications for HumanitiesX Student Fellowships are due October 15, and more details are available on our website and in the full job description. Students can apply via the campus job board, where the position details may be found under the listing “Student Fellow: HumanitiesX”.
We invite you to forward this announcement and the attached flyer to students or student groups that may be interested in this opportunity.
Founded in 2001, Collision Literary Magazine publishes undergraduate writing and art from all over the world. Collision accepts fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and art, with a particular interest in experimental work that challenges style and structure. It is a student-run publication housed under the English Department at the University of Pittsburgh. Collision will be accepting submissions starting August 29, 2023. Submissions will close on January 12, 2024.
A must-read for any lover of coffee, How to Taste Coffee inspires readers to taste widely and sip consciously, with more appreciation, more discernment, and a greater sense of wonder.
When: Friday, October 20 from 7 to 10 p.m. (CT)
Where: Dayglow’s Chicago location in the Kimball Arts Center (1757 N. Kimball Ave.)
Purchasing a copy of the book enters you to win a Rancilio Stile grinder at the party! For the best chance to reserve a copy, purchase before October 1. *Grinder will be given out at the event*
Come celebrate the launch of How to Taste Coffee, the newest book by Jessica Easto, author of Craft Coffee: A Manual. Beverages and light nibbles will be served. This event is open to the public, but tickets (free!) are required; please reserve yours today.
Get Your FREE tickets and a copy of How To Taste Coffee HERE
The Underground 