When most UP students start to look for an internship, they focus on organizations nearby, or perhaps as far afield as downtown Portland. But senior English major Hannah Robinson moved all the way to New York City for her publishing internship last summer. Here’s her story, and some suggestions she offers for others seeking similar…
Calling All Artists: Fall Contests
Attention all Pilots! The Narrative 30 Below Contest is offering up to $1500 and is open to all artists including writers, photographers, filmmakers, and performers. Ten finalists will be given $100 prizes aside from those winning first, second, or third places. All entries are eligible for the Narrative Prize as well as a feature on…
Literacy Narratives
In English 317, the course that trains Writing Assistants to work in the Writing Center, one of the assignments is to write a “literacy narrative.” Because these can provide such refreshing insights into the meandering ways in which we become our English major selves, Dr. Larson has shared two of them with us this term. …
Albion Review Competition
For those of you interested in contests and competitions, The Albion Review is now accepting 2013-2014 submissions. The Albion Review is a literary journal from Michigan featuring undergraduate students’ art such as fiction, poetry, and essays. $200 in prizes is available to the featured undergraduates. The deadline is November 1, 2013. Requirements include: students must…
Internships with Willamette Weekly
“Arts & Culture interns work with a team of four editors producing the print paper’s food, music, film, theater and books sections as well as blog posts and our special sections. Internships are geared toward interests and knowledge, but involve a wide variety of subjects and tasks. A&C interns work closely with staff editors on…
Fall Internships
Earlier this month we shared some important basics about internships. Here’s a link to the Career Center’s October “Focus on Internships,” which lists twelve Humanities-related internships as well as some upcoming info sessions for those seeking such positions. http://us7.campaign-archive1.com/?u=b3279be6579c662a47dde0c17&id=84198c2ffd&e=82265c2e3c…
Interning for NUCL: Take the Plunge!
NUCL, the regional undergraduate conference we organize and host annually, doesn’t happen till spring (this year, April 5), but the planning begins in fall. Three interns work on the conference alongside the faculty co-chairs (Professors Weiger and Brassard, this year), taking on work such as: managing email communication and the database; updating marketing materials; working…
Get Ready for Wordstock 2013!
It’s that time of the year again- Wordstock is back! Wordstock is an annual festival featuring over 150 authors and hundreds of independent publishers, non-profit organizations, independent booksellers, and more. It is the largest book and readings festival in the Pacific Northwest, and it’s right here in Portland. Whether you’re an English major/minor or not,…
“Dr. Lou” Masson Kicks Off Readings and Lectures Series
Wednesday, September 25th, we kick off this year’s English Readings and Lectures Series with a visit from a dear friend of the Department. Professor Emeritus Louis Masson—“Dr. Lou” as he is fondly known to students and alumni—will read from his new book Across the Quad, a collection of essays springing from his 40-plus years of…
So You Want An Internship?
There’s lots of talk these days at UP and all over about the importance of internships. Completing an internship in a field you might want to pursue as a career after graduation provides a great way to learn more about this field (do you really know what “branding” or “social media” companies do?), not to…