Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

The Tin House Spring 2008 issue will be themed "Off the Grid." "We're looking for fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by or about people or institutions that function (or don't function) out of the bounds of 'normal' society. For the 'Lost and Found' section we are looking for brief appreciations of texts written outside of conventional publishing--prison, exile, mental institutions, in secret." Deadline: November 1, 2007, "but please submit before then as the issue will get crowded early." Submission guidelines here.

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Hayden's Ferry Review plans a themed issue on "The Grotesque." The journal "is looking for prose, poetry, and visual art that explore the humanity, beauty, and reality of the literary grotesque--the monstrous, the unusual, the abnormal. Deadline: January 15, 2008. See the call here. Pays: $25/page (to a maximum of $100), plus copies and a subscription.

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Fiction writer Bathsheba Monk is running a short story contest. The winning story will be posted on her Web site and its author will receive $500. "Other stories of note will be posted with their author's permission." There is no entry fee. More information available here. NB: I checked with Ms. Monk because I initially did not see a deadline listed; she tells me that the deadline is December 31, 2007, and that that information will soon be added to the Web site.

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The Goody Two Shoes of 2007-Inspiration Good Deeds Contest invites submissions about your own or someone else's good deeds. The top entry and three runners-up will be published in The Point of Life Global Newsletter and on Point of Life Web site. The winner receives $500. NO ENTRY FEE. Deadline: December 31, 2007. More information here. (via CRWROPPS)

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Applications/nominations sought for the editorship of The Georgia Review. "Founded in 1947, The Georgia Review is one of America's premier journals of arts and letters, publishing some of the best poetry, fiction, and art being created today, along with a rich blend of interdisciplinary essays and book reviews./The Editor reports to the Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at the University of Georgia and works
with a seven-member faculty editorial board and a group of advisory and contributing editors.The staff consists of six full-time employees and a half-time graduate research assistant." More information here

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"The Franklin & Marshall English Department invites applications from creative non-fiction writers for a possible three-year visiting Assistant Professorship, to begin in the fall of 2008. Significant publications, including at least one book, commitment to undergraduate teaching, and a terminal degree in creative writing are required. Teaching experience in a secondary genre is welcome. The 3/2 teaching load will include a multi-genre introductory creative writing course, a non-fiction writing workshop, literature offerings, and involvement in the College's general education program. The writer we seek will become part of a thriving writing community, which includes a Creative Writing major, a Writers House, and an impressive reading series, including the F&M Emerging Writers Festival." See the announcement here.

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The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) "seeks an Assistant Professor in Fiction Writing, tenure track. Requirements include (1) a history of excellent teaching, (2) a substantial record of publication, and (3) an MFA or PhD in Creative Writing. Additional publications in a second genre are preferred. Besides significant creative output, duties will include both graduate and undergraduate workshops, instructor-designed graduate Special Topics courses, and active supervision of student writing projects on all levels." More information here.

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DePauw University (Indiana) invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning August 2008 in Fiction Writing. "M.F.A. or equivalent terminal degree required; rank and salary commensurate with experience./Knowledge and experience in other genres helpful. Teaching includes introductory/advanced courses in creative writing, introductory literature, and first-year college writing. Promise of publication and teaching excellence required. Commitment to undergraduate teaching in liberal arts setting essential." More information here.

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"The Department of Writing at the University of Victoria invites applications for a position as the Harvey Stevenson Southam Lecturer./Successful applicants will serve one semester, from January through April, as a visiting professor in the Department of Writing. During his or her appointment, the visiting writer will give a public lecture on issues related to contemporary journalism, will teach one journalism or non-fiction course, and will serve as a mentor and advisor to students within the Department of Writing." According to the announcement, they're looking for a writer "of national stature." Find out more here.