Travel Writing Prize

Sliced Bread Magazine is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Study Abroad Office here at the University of Chicago to co-sponsor the Travel Writing Prize! This is a travel writing contest for all U of C study abroad students to participate in and an excuse to record your memories about your travels.

Over $350.00 in prizes are available! The winning submissions will be featured in a special section of the 2008-2009 Sliced Bread Magazine coming out in May as well as in publications by the Study Abroad Office. Make your mark as the first generation of U of C students to showcase their travel writing!

For more information on deadlines and how to submit, please visit Why We Travel.

When leaves fall...

It's that time of the year again. After the languid, hot days of Chicago summer, life returns to the Quads and Sliced Bread calls for submissions! In our third-year, we're still looking for the freshest voices here on campus. Because bread is the universal binding agent of the world (we all eat it), this means we're also (and still) looking for fresh voices to show the incredible diversity of talent here at The University of Chicago.

Deadline: Monday, January 12, 2009.

Head on over to our Submissions page to find out more about how to submit. Our rules and guidelines have changed since last year, so please read over everything carefully before you send in your work. 

We're looking forward to reviewing your work! Don't procrastinate, because as we all know, the quarter system flies by faster than the destruction of the subjunctive.

We are also accepting new staff members. If you you would like to join our staff, you must attend an info session. For more information, please see How to Join Our Staff page.

Sliced Bread + Fire Escape Films = FIREBREAD

Sliced Bread Magazine and Fire Escape Films are proud to announce a joint-launch party, FIREBREAD, sponsored in part by Festival of the Arts! For more information (and we mean extensive information), click here.

FIREBREAD is a one night extravaganza featuring great literature, smashing art, mind-blowing live music, and fantastic film screenings. It is also the night that the long-awaited 2008 issue of Sliced Bread comes out!

This year, Sliced Bread Magazine and Fire Escape Films, the premier student film group at the University of Chicago, has teamed up to present to you, our readers, not just a magazine, but also a DVD of the best student short films. FIREBREAD is a celebration of this collaborative effort.

Who: You, your friends, and your family
What: A launch party
Where: Underneath the FOTA tent in Hutchinson Courtyard at the Reynolds Club, 5706 South University Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60637
When: 8:00-11:00 PM on Tuesday, May 13
Why: Because you need to experience FIREBREAD

The following student bands have signed to play:

Leopold and Loeb (www.myspace.com/leopoldandloebchicago)
Saturday Realism (www.myspace.com/saturdayrealism)
The Dub Dirty Love Jazz Club (often featured at Pepperland parties)
The Butts (louder than your mother)

Catering is courtesy of the lovely folks at the Culinary Club (http://culinary.uchicago.edu)

Menu for FIREBREAD

Honey nut cake. Fruitcake w/ pistachios, apricots, and olives. Chocolate-chai cupcakes. Carrot, cardamom, and cashew cupcakes. Chocolate-dipped lime shortbreads. Halvah-nut-sesame cookies. Fresh oranges with orange flower water and cinnamon. Dried dates, figs, dark bread, honey, and goat cheese. Cardamom and mango-coconut lassis.