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Happy Holidays! We hope you have a fun (and safe!) break, and we can’t wait to bring you our 2021 journal next term. Thank you to everyone who submitted, and we’ll see you next year! ☃️

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Submissions for our journal close tonight. Make sure to get your work to us (link in bio) by the end of the day!

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We’re hosting a fundraiser with @chipotle on MONDAY (11/16)!  If you stop by their Naperville location (22 E Chicago Ave. Ste 103) from 5pm-9pm and show them this flyer or order online with the code 6ML3WKB, we’ll get 33% of the proceeds. Thanks for your support!

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30North holding a fundraiser at Chipotle!

Go treat yourself and support us at the same time!

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Remember to submit your work before November 20. 

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Happy Election Day! Remember to stay safe, go out and vote today. Your voice matters!

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The wait is over! Come join our online open-mic tonight to share your work and listen to what everyone else has been working on - we’d love to have you. 🎃 The Zoom call will run from 6:30-8:30. You can perform your work live or send us a pre-recorded (maximum 5 minutes) video via Box. Please remember that you need to use your real name to be admitted into the Zoom call. 🎃 Scroll through for more info, and DM us with any questions! See you tonight! 🍂 MEETING ID: 284 112 0198 PASSCODE: 564703

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ICYMI: We posted an article on our website about how to deal with rejection in the writing world.  Check it out on our website now!

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UPDATE:  Due to weather concerns, The Underground has been moved fully online!  Super spooky.  We still want to see you, so please join the Zoom and share your work with us.  Video submissions are still open and will be up until the event, so if you want to pre-record your performance, go for it!  Just remember that video submissions have a maximum time limit of 5 minutes.  If you’d rather perform live, we’d love that too.   🎃 Costumes are still encouraged for the online event. 🍂 Meeting info: ID: 841 7000 3150 Passcode: 564703

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Friendly reminder that we’re accepting submissions for our 2021 journal!  You can submit your unpublished work through our website (link in bio), where you’ll find more information on what’s needed for your work to be considered.

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Sophia Hiatt is a freshman, double majoring in Music Composition and Shimer Humanities, minoring in Religious Studies. She enjoys writing song lyrics, plays, and short stories. She hopes to someday work as a professional musician. Sophia is passionate about her faith and social justice. She has a dog named Buster and cat named Jane. Sophia loves crafts, baking, and journaling.

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Rejection in the Writing World: Don't be ashamed of it, Embrace it

Rejection in the Writing World: Don’t be ashamed of it, Embrace it

Before you decide to quit writing because you got rejected, remind yourself why you write. Remind yourself why writing is your passion. Rejection should not be a motivation to quit; look at it as a motivation to improve as a writer, to create new opportunities for yourself. What is it that makes writers hesitate to publish their work? Well, there are a lot of reasons. One reason may be because…

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Jules Billings is a first year at North Central College, majoring in Writing with a minor in French! She’s a proud member of the North Central Women’s Cross-country and Track teams and a fledgling participant in The Feminist Society and TSAB. She began her obsession with reading at a young age and dreams of publishing her own novel someday! Outside of school, Jules loves drawing and hanging out with her big family. Although this is her first year with 30 North, she can’t wait to give it her all!

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Tori Meyn is a senior at NCC. She majors in English Studies of Writing and will have her BA in spring '21.  She is a First Gen. student, as well as a transfer student from College of DuPage. Tori is interested in animals, nature, and food (big foodie). She thrives off of coffee, tattoos, and the trees. Although she majors in English, her life-long dream is to own a homestead and one day write a novel, of a sort, while on this journey.

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Arden Kurhayez is a senior at North Central College, focusing her studies on Organizational Communication, English, Interactive Media, Speech Communication, and Public Relations.  Aside from 30N, she is involved with both North Central’s book club and first-gen program and is an Account Executive at Cardinal PR, North Central’s public relations firm.  She is also an award-winning researcher in collaboration with a small research team at North Central that studies social media influencers.  Outside of North Central, she is a singer/songwriter and guitarist for the pop/rock band, Double Identity, and is working on writing her first novel.

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Cassidy Anderson is a transfer student at North Central College, she is working on her Human Resource Management Major. While being a part of 30N is new, she is also part of Cardinal Chorus and the Women's Lacrosse team. She has always loved writing poetry and fictional stories. She’s excited to be part of a new community and school.

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Diani Alvarenga is majoring in creative writing at North Central College and also has her own bookstagram page that consists of her small writings and book reviews. Her favorite store is Barnes and Noble. She would like to have her writings published one day.