University of Illinois Creative Writing Program News, Events, and Info
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Ryo Yamaguchi Named Finalist for Noemi Poetry Prize
CW alumnus Ryo Yamaguchi was named a finalist for the 2013 Noemi Press Book Award for Poetry for his collection titled The Refusal of Suitors, which the press will also be publishing. Congratulations to Ryo!
High Rise Stories Reviewed in Chicago Trib & WSJ
Monday, September 23, 2013
Calls for Submissions & Other Opportunities, 9/23
Here are a few recent calls for submissions and other opportunities for writers & students:
Twelve Winters Press Anthology
Twelve Winters Press is accepting submissions for an anthology of poetry, prose poetry, and flash fiction (1,000 words maximum) inspired by the theme of "extinguished and extinct." Certainly contributors will want to think in terms of animals that have become or are fast becoming extinct, but also plants, insects, even bacteria and viruses.
Feel free to think of extinguished and extinct in more abstract terms as well: disappeared ecosystems; eras; political, social, cultural, and artistic movements. As long as you're thinking extinguished and/or extinct, we want to take a look at it.
Contributors may submit up to five total pieces (poem, prose poem, and/or flash fiction).
Contributors will be paid in two copies of the anthology, which is planned for a 2014 release. We look forward to reading your work. (twelvewinters.submittable.
Philip Levine Prize in Poetry: Deadline 9/30
The submission deadline for the 2013 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is Sept. 30. This year's contest will be judged by Philip Levine, former U.S. Poet Laureate and recent winner of the prestigious Wallace Stevens Award for Outstanding and Proven Mastery in the Art of Poetry. New this year: easy online payments! Just follow the links for the full guidelines or to access the online payment area, or see flier below:
Guidelines:
http://www.fresnostate.edu/
Online Payment Option:
https://commerce.cashnet.com/
The winning manuscript will receive publication and a $2,000 prize.
NEA Lit Dept Internships
Black Lawrence Press's Fall 2013 Black River Chapbook Competition is currently open and accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction through October 31. For full guidelines and to submit, visit the website
Twelve Winters Press Anthology
Twelve Winters Press is accepting submissions for an anthology of poetry, prose poetry, and flash fiction (1,000 words maximum) inspired by the theme of "extinguished and extinct." Certainly contributors will want to think in terms of animals that have become or are fast becoming extinct, but also plants, insects, even bacteria and viruses.
Feel free to think of extinguished and extinct in more abstract terms as well: disappeared ecosystems; eras; political, social, cultural, and artistic movements. As long as you're thinking extinguished and/or extinct, we want to take a look at it.
Contributors may submit up to five total pieces (poem, prose poem, and/or flash fiction).
Contributors will be paid in two copies of the anthology, which is planned for a 2014 release. We look forward to reading your work. (twelvewinters.submittable.
Philip Levine Prize in Poetry: Deadline 9/30
The submission deadline for the 2013 Philip Levine Prize in Poetry is Sept. 30. This year's contest will be judged by Philip Levine, former U.S. Poet Laureate and recent winner of the prestigious Wallace Stevens Award for Outstanding and Proven Mastery in the Art of Poetry. New this year: easy online payments! Just follow the links for the full guidelines or to access the online payment area, or see flier below:
Guidelines:
http://www.fresnostate.edu/
Online Payment Option:
https://commerce.cashnet.com/
The winning manuscript will receive publication and a $2,000 prize.
NEA Lit Dept Internships
Black Lawrence Press's Fall 2013 Black River Chapbook Competition is currently open and accepting submissions of poetry and short fiction through October 31. For full guidelines and to submit, visit the website
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
U of I News Bureau Features Pyg Lit
The University of Illinois News Bureau published a feature today in their campus news showcasing our upcoming Pygmalion Literary Festival. The festival, co-sponsored by Ninth Letter and the Carr Reading Series, is scheduled for September 27-28 in various venues in Urbana and Champaign. The complete article can be read here.
Friday, September 13, 2013
Professor Joy Harjo Performs at KCPA, 9/21/13
Global Transfer Afterglow:Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band
Saturday, September 21, 2013, at about 9:30pm
Stage 5
Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
500 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
500 South Goodwin Ave, Urbana, IL 61801
Admission Free
Joy Harjo and the Arrow Dynamics Band
Best known for her stark, powerful poems, Joy Harjo
(Mvskoke/Creek Nation) has won the William Carlos Williams Award from
the Poetry Society of America and the Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Native Writers Circle of the Americas. Her
memoir, Crazy Brave, won the 2013 PEN Center USA Literary Award for
Creative Nonfiction. With her band, she plays a raucous sax, sings and
speaks her poetry, and unites Native American music with jazz and rock.
The Arrow Dynamics Band features Joy Harjo (saxophone,
vocals), Larry Mitchell (guitar), Howard Cloud (bass), and Tony James
(drums).
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Faculty/Staff News
Associate Director Steve Davenport's essay "No Apology for Happiness," originally published in the Northwest Review, is featured this week on the Breast Cancer Consortium website.
Professor Audrey Petty is on tour this fall for her new book, High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing (McSweeney's Voices of Witness Series). Appearance dates and info about the book can be found at the McSweeney's website.
Professor LeAnne Howe's latest book, Choctalking on Other Realities, will be published in October. Professor Howe will join Professor Joy Harjo at the Illini Union Bookstore on October 9 for a reading from their latest works.
Professor Audrey Petty is on tour this fall for her new book, High Rise Stories: Voices from Chicago Public Housing (McSweeney's Voices of Witness Series). Appearance dates and info about the book can be found at the McSweeney's website.
Professor LeAnne Howe's latest book, Choctalking on Other Realities, will be published in October. Professor Howe will join Professor Joy Harjo at the Illini Union Bookstore on October 9 for a reading from their latest works.
Calls for Submissions
It's the beginning of submission season! Fiction writers, poets, and creative nonfiction writers--if you are looking for places to send your work, here are some opportunities.
The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Competition accepting submissions until October 1 in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Winner receives $5000 prize and publication. Contest fee also gets you a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review, a long-respected literary journal published at my alma mater.
Thin Air Magazine, published at the University of Northern Arizona, is accepting submissions for its 20th issue until December 1.
For poets with a full-length manuscript, The OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry is now accepting submissions. The selected winner will receive a $2500 honorarium and publication by OSU Press. All entrants will receive a subscription to The Journal with their entry fee.
The Guild Literary Complex is currently accepting submissions for its 2013 Prose Awards. This is an annual competition for short fiction and short nonfiction, with a cash prize of $250 in each category. The competition is open to Illinois residents 18 years old and older, and the deadline to submit is Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
The Southern Review is now open for submissions and is offering a 25% discount on subscriptions to members of MFA programs with offer code MFA25.
The Missouri Review Editors' Prize Competition accepting submissions until October 1 in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction. Winner receives $5000 prize and publication. Contest fee also gets you a one-year subscription to the Missouri Review, a long-respected literary journal published at my alma mater.
Thin Air Magazine, published at the University of Northern Arizona, is accepting submissions for its 20th issue until December 1.
For poets with a full-length manuscript, The OSU Press/The Journal Wheeler Prize for Poetry is now accepting submissions. The selected winner will receive a $2500 honorarium and publication by OSU Press. All entrants will receive a subscription to The Journal with their entry fee.
The Guild Literary Complex is currently accepting submissions for its 2013 Prose Awards. This is an annual competition for short fiction and short nonfiction, with a cash prize of $250 in each category. The competition is open to Illinois residents 18 years old and older, and the deadline to submit is Tuesday, October 1, 2013.
The Southern Review is now open for submissions and is offering a 25% discount on subscriptions to members of MFA programs with offer code MFA25.
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