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Scrawl Radio

The American Dream (Scrawl S1 E12)

Today’s Scrawl Radio show focused on performance and craft. Performances by host Devin of his award-winning video “the American Dream,” and by first-and-second-place winners of last week’s…

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Writing about Writing

Agents, Contests, Jobs, and Journals: Resources for Writers

Sifting through the clutter of literary contests posted online or catalogued in different publications can be a very daunting task for writers who wish to submit their…

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New Media Outreach and Events Writing about Writing

NewTown Writers

Still painfully sunburnt from the Chicago Pride Parade on Sunday, I thought I’d take some time to promote an LGBT writers’ association based here in the Windy…

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Scrawl Radio

Scrawl Call

Ever wanted to do a reading or performance of your work for a live audience? Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, song, script or screenplay? Scrawl—the UCWbL’s own radio show—is…

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Writing about Writing

Pockets, Public Readings, and Prompts for Poems

Last Thursday, April 14th, was Poem in Your Pocket Day, and we at the UCWbL got into the act. Poem in Your Pocket Day has been a…

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Writing about Writing

Happy National Poetry Month!

Welcome to a new quarter, everyone, and welcome as well to April, National Poetry Month! In 1996, the Academy of American Poets designated the first National Poetry Month, and it…

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Outreach and Events

Open House: DePaul Writers Guild Meeting

The DePaul Writers Guild is having an open house meeting this Friday, February 18th, from 5:00-6:30pm at the LPC Writing Center. See the following link for to…

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Outreach and Events

Love Across Languages

What are you doing on the afternoon of February 14th? We hope that you’re coming to Love Across Languages, a multilingual poetry reading in the Loop’s North Cafe!