Spring Quarter Writing Boot Camps

Four writing boot camps have been scheduled for Spring quarter to help students complete their assignments. Faculty-led sessions are designed for undergraduate or graduate SNL students who currently have an incomplete grade on their transcript or a current project to complete.

Upcoming Writing Boot Camps:

• Saturday, May 21, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Naperville Campus
• Wednesday, May 25, 5:30-9 p.m., Loop Campus
• Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Loop Campus
• Saturday, June 4, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., O'Hare Campus

To register, email SNLevents@depaul.edu with your desired session. Walk-ins are also welcome! Please do bring a flash drive, your copy of the incomplete contract (if needed), and all prior assignment preparation (including research material, assignment instructions, and assignment writing format). Also be sure to let your faculty mentor know that you plan to attend if you are working on an assignment for an incomplete grade.

Click on the image below for more information or contact SNLwriting@depaul.edu.

Aloud! Open Mic this Thursday in LPC

Writers Guild, a multigenre creative writing group open to the entire DePaul community and based out of the University Center for Writing-based Learning (UCWbL), is hosting its quarterly open mic night, Aloud!, this Thursday, May 12, in Lincoln Park.

Open mic sign-up begins at 7 p.m. and the event itself will start around 7:15. Co-facilitator and DePaul instructor Jennifer Finstrom says, "We hope you'll bring some work to share with us, but we're just as happy if you come to listen, be inspired, and eat snacks." The featured reader for the evening is writer and musician Eric Hollander.

Details for the event are below. Contact Jennifer Finstrom (jfinstro@depaul.edu), co-facilitator Michele Ledbetter (mledbet1@depaul.edu), or SNLwriting@depaul.edu with any questions. Hope to see you there!

What: Aloud!, an open mic night featuring Eric Hollander
Who: Hosted by Writers Guild and open to all of DePaul
Where: LPC Writing Center, SAC 212
When: 7-9 p.m. (arrive at 7 to sign up for the open mic)
Why: An inspiring evening celebrating creativity and the written word!

Congrats to 2016 Writing Showcase Winners

After careful review of this year's submissions, the SNL Writing team determined the winners of SNL’s Writing Showcase 2016 (in alphabetical order):

Patrick Benson: "Designing A Curriculum For High School Students Based On The National Coalition For CORE ARTS Standards For Music Technology"

Annette Davis: "Annette Davis Creative Writing Works"

Judy M. Davis: "Treating Mental Illness in Jails and Prisons"

Jason Meyer: "Sundown, You Better Take Care: The Shadow Lurking 'Round Your Back Stairs"

Diana Moody: "Assessment of the Cap and Trade Approach to Mitigate Carbon Dioxide Emissions"

Travis Moore-Murray: "Tennyson’s Tithonus"

Please join us in congratulating these winners as well as all of this year's entrants, their instructors, and their mentors. We're proud and grateful for the wonderful work we've seen this year and the supportive SNL community.

If you’d like more information about SNL’s Writing Showcase or an application for the 2016-2017 submission period (due April 1, 2017) please email SNLwriting@depaul.edu.

Hello Procrastination

Many students (and instructors!) are well acquainted with the strange mix of apathy and desperation that comes from a looming deadline and an empty page. YouTuber Kieutri Intiar responded to a friend's procrastination bug by creating an inspiring and pointed version of Adele's latest hit. Check it out below and then get writing!