Good morning, practicing writers. Here's this week's batch of listings. Subscribers to our free monthly newsletter will get a whole lot more in their inboxes at the end of this week, when our May issue goes out. It's never too late to sign up!
The Massachusetts Cultural Council (Boston) is looking for a research intern for the Massachusetts Poetry Outreach Project. Pays a $500 stipend. Details here.
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Saint Vincent College (Latrobe, PA) seeks applications for a full-time, one-year appointment as Assistant Professor or Instructor in English (creative fiction and non-fiction and introductory literature and composition). See full announcement at the Chronicle of Higher Education.
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Futuristic Motherhood: Alternative Visions of Mothering, is "an anthology of speculative fiction stories about the future of motherhood." Seeking submissions (deadline: September 15, 2007). Pays: $100 plus two copies. Details here. (via CRWROPPS)
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Elan, "a magazine of Muslim culture," is looking for writers. "We cover the cultural lifestyle of the jet setting young professional Muslim. Our stories discuss topics such as: fashion, music, travel, business, and other concerns that our audience may have. We absolutely do not speak about religion and politics, but instead we look at living life." Pays: $500-$800/story. See the announcement here.
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Attention, writers in Washington State! "Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship awards $6,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based, not a project-based award." This year's fellowship competition is open to those practicing "Music, Media, Literature and Crafts disciplines." Deadline: June 22, 2007. More information and application materials are available here.
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If you're a resident of Mississauga/Brampton, Ontario, you're eligible for this contest from Rogers Television, asking you to express in an essay (500 words or less) "why your mom is your hero" and deserves to win $2500 (presumably in Canadian dollars) of gifts. Deadline: May 2, 2007. (via placesforwriters.com)
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Find updated theme information for CommonTies.com submissions here. Pays: $100-$200 for personal stories and now considers previously published material.
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I've been meaning to mention this resource for quite awhile. You'll find news about (and reviews of) new magazines--that may well be open to freelance submissions--at Samir Husni's Mr. Magazine.com. In most cases, you'll need to do much more research on your own (you won't always find guidelines available when you click through the links provided, for example), but you still may locate some publishing possibilities here.
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