Monday, September 14, 2009

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Sage Cohen is offering a scholarship for her online class, Poetry for the People. Applications are due by Friday, September 18, and there's no fee to apply. This scholarship is valued at $250, and is open only to U.S. residents at this time. (And Sage is a great poet and teacher! Revisit our interview with her to become acquainted with her thoughts on the life poetic.)
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"The Southern Review is thrilled to celebrate the literary side of our national pastime. We're currently accepting submissions for a special feature about baseball to be published in the Spring 2010 issue. Please send your previously unpublished poems, stories, and essays by November 1. Play ball!"
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Especially for Oregon writers: Oregon Humanities has announced the theme for its spring 2010 issue. Focused on "look," the issue "will explore various topics, including aesthetics, design, visual literacy, appearance, and images as communication tools." For the full call and detailed guidelines/pay rates, click here.
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Attention, Canadian writers: Recliner Books, based in Calgary, Alberta, is a new independent press "currently looking for literary fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction targeted at an adult audience....We hope to publish four titles this year which will be made available in stores and online." (via placesforwriters.com)
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Several teaching opportunities for fictionists: Cleveland State University is looking for an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing (fiction), the University of San Diego invites applications from fiction specialists for an Assistant Professor position, and Centenary College (N.J.) seeks an Adjunct Instructor for a fiction workshop. There's also a tenure-track position in poetry available at the University of Nevada-Reno.
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Clark University (Mass.) is looking for a Director of Communications, Worcester Polytechnic Institute (Mass.) seeks a Writer/Project Manager, and the Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics (Md.) is looking for a Science Writer.

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