Attention student activists! Since 1961 the Davis-Putter Scholarship Fund has provided need-based scholarships to students at the college level who are involved in building movements for social and economic justice. Early recipients worked for civil rights, against McCarthyism, and for peace in Vietnam. Recent grantees have been active in the struggle against racism, sexism, homophobia, and…
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English Department Awards and Scholarships
Submissions are now being accepted for several awards. Why not send something in? Your might even win a few bucks. CRTW’s Jumpmettle Award for best graduate student fiction: Submit up to 15 pages of fictional prose to Christine Hume (in English Dept mailbox), with a cover sheet. Coversheet should include: Full Name Student Number Title…
EMU Alumnus Barry Graham’s Forthcoming Short Story Collection
Barry Graham, a recent graduate of EMU’s MA in Creative Writing program, will soon add the short story collection The National Virginity Pledge to his list of published works. You can learn more about Barry’s book at www.anothersky.org or by clicking here.
First Annual Writers’ Holiday in the Tropics Contest
Win a one-week writing retreat in Costa Rica. You must be currently enrolled in or a recent graduate of a graduate level creative writing program. Find out the details at: http://www.costaricawriters.com/contest.html Entry deadline: April 1, 2009 Brought to you by Costa Rica Writers’ Retreats in sponsorship with the Vermont College of the Arts and Orlando Writers’…
Missouri Review Audio & Video Competition
The postmark deadline for the second annual Missouri Review Audio & Video Competition, with its $4,500 in prize money, is Dec. 1. Writers of all types and experience levels can participate. Categories of interest to writers include: Voice-Only Literature, Narrative Essay, and Documentary categories. There is a “Best Student Entry” for each category. Every entrant receives…
Free Copies of “The Writer’s Chronicle”
Free copies of the AWP (Associated Writing Programs) magazine, The Writer’s Chronicle, are available to pick up in the English Department mailroom. This magazine contains articles on writing and writers as well as an extensive list of upcoming contests and grants.
Call for Papers at Feminist Poetics & Activism conference
Advancing Feminist Poetics and Activism: A Gathering CUNY Graduate Center, Fall 2009 In celebration of its tenth year, Belladonna (belladonnaseries.org) will join with The CUNY Graduate Center’s Women’s Studies Certificate Program, Center for Research on Women and Society, Center for Humanities, Poetics Group, and English Department to present a conference aimed at advancing and broadcasting…
Cellar Roots Accepting Submissions
Cellar Roots is currently accepting submissions for its 39th edition. You can get full submission guidelines and submit online through the Cellar Roots website: www.emich.edu/cellarroots. Works of fiction, poetry, and art in all mediums are welcome. Deadline: DECEMBER 1st, 2008 Don’t forget to submit! This is a great chance to have your work published in a beautiful,…
Cider Press Review: Call for Manuscripts
Cider Press Review is now accepting manuscripts for the 2008 Annual Book Award. The CPR Book Award offers $1000 and publication for a full-length book of poetry. Manuscripts will be accepted between September 1 and November 30, 2008 (postmark). Final Judge for the 2008 award is Dorothy Barresi, American Book Award winner and author of…
Call for Papers for CIP
The inaugural Conference on Intellectual Property (CIP) will be held on June 12-13th 2009 at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY, and will include keynote addresses by Laura M. Quilter, M.L.S., J.D. and painter Joy Garnett. Whether it be the submission of student papers to plagiarism-detecting websites, the marketing of a movie that chronicles the…