Good morning, everyone. Below, the latest collection of opportunities. More to come when our newsletter goes out to subscribers later this week.
Descant (Canada) invites general submissions, as well as work for three upcoming themed issues: "Hotels" (deadline: June 1, 2007), "Cats" (deadline: July 1, 2007), and "Dogs" (deadline also July 1, 2007." Considers poetry, short stories, novel excerpts, plays, essays, interviews, musical scores, and visual presentations. No simultaneous submissions. Pays: $100 (presumably in Canadian funds) on publication. Be sure to check the Web site for information on each themed issue and the names of the guest editors.
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A new issue of Contrary is now online; this Web-based publication is now open to submissions for its summer issue. Accepts fiction, poetry, and "commentary." Deadline: June 1. Paying market. Submission guidelines here.
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The Southern Review is looking for a new editor. Check the announcement here.
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Marietta College (Georgia) seeks applicants "for the position of Assistant Professor of English with pre-Civil War emphasis; preference will be given to candidates who have taught and published poetry." Position will be one-year or tenure-track, "depending on qualifications." Ph.D. required. Review begins April 1, 2007. More information at HigherEdJobs.com.
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Co-sponsored by Enterprise Community Partners and the Freedom Forum, the 2007 Excellence in Urban Journalism Award "is intended to encourage and recognize quality reporting on major issues facing the nation's urban areas, particularly inner cities. Two winners will be selected and each will receive an award and a check for $2,500." U.S. entries only. Work must have been published or broadcast during the 2006 calendar year. No entry fee. Required entry form (at the site). Deadline: May 31, 2007.
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Attention, writers in the UK/Republic of Ireland: GalleyCat reports on the Daily Mail First Novel Contest, with a deadline of July 2, 2007. It awards a publishing contract with Transworld Publishers (a division of The Random House Group Limited), and an advance of £30,000.
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Blue Cubicle Press seeks stories and poems for Tales from the Clinic, which will contain "stories from the healthcare worker's point of view. Your story can be set in a hospital, hospice, anywhere care is given (evan an ambulance)." Pays: $5-$50 "depending on the length and rights requested." Will consider previously published material. See the announcement here.
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Find specific editorial requests (fiction and nonfiction) from horror-focused Dark Recesses Press here (paying market).
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