Dear Graduate Students, A reminder that the submission deadline for the annual Nancy Comley Prize for best English graduate essay is this *Thursday, April 12*. We hope you consider submitting something, whether it's an essay you've already written for a class, a work-in-progress, or your thesis essay. Please see attached for the submission guidelines/instructions. And we're so excited about our 5th annual English graduate conference, "Shattering Silences," coming up next week on *Wednesday, April 18*. You can find the full conference schedule and more info at http://shatteringsilences.qwriting.qc.cuny.edu/. We'll be over in the library for most of the day and then in the Godwin-Ternbach Museum for the keynote. There will be free coffee in the morning, lunch, and a reception to follow. Please come out and support your wonderful fellow grad students! Best, Caroline -- Caroline Kyungah Hong Associate Professor of English Director of Graduate Studies (English MA) Queens College, CUNY 65-30 Kissena Blvd. Klapper Hall 604 Queens, NY 11367-1597 caroline.hong@qc.cuny.edu