Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Grant opportunity for New Hampshire writers: Artist Entrepreneurial Grants. "Recognizing that artist entrepreneurs contribute significantly to New Hampshire’s economy, this grant category supports opportunities that will increase the capacity of professional artists, including the development of business skills needed to support their art making, participation in programs intended to raise the level and quality of their art making, and participation in programs that will bring their art to the widest possible markets." Check the website for details on eligible projects/expenses. Requests may be made for grants from $250 to $1,000. Deadlines: August 6, 2010 (for projects between October 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011) and January 14, 2011 (for projects between March 1, 2011 - September 30, 2011). No application fee.
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Attention, Australian writers! SmallRoom seeks your words (and will pay $100 AU for selected work). Submissions should run no longer than 1500 words. "Remember, it can be anything: microfiction, poetry, feature article, angry letter, you name it. We only ask that you inspire us. Is that too much to ask?" (NB: According to Duotrope.com, where I discovered this publication, writers "must be Australian to submit.)
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Tablet Magazine is looking for interns: "If you have experience in journalism and are familiar with the landscape of American Jewish life, we’d love to hear from you. We are hiring interns to work two or three days a week at our office in New York City. Interns will assist the editorial staff with research and administrative tasks, as well as contributing blog posts and full features, and will receive paid stipends." Apply by August 2 (fall term internships begin August 16).
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Job announcement from Texas State University-San Marcos: "Assistant professor of English, specialty in fiction writing, with secondary specialization in non-fiction writing. The successful applicant is expected to maintain an active record of publication in fiction and/or creative non-fiction and to teach primarily in the graduate fiction program and to direct MFA theses, with some teaching of undergraduate creative writing. Teaching assignment may include other undergraduate literature or composition courses. Course load is 2/2 plus direction of at least four thesis students each year. Reading of admission portfolios required every January."
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AboveTheLaw.com seeks a "Morning Docket" blogger. Pays: "modest monthly stipend."
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The Chronicle of Higher Education is looking for a European correspondent. "We are looking for someone who has lived in Europe for several years, speaks a second language, and has a minimum of five years' reporting experience. Our correspondents also must have the curiosity and experience needed to develop a wide network of sources and look beyond daily news headlines for story ideas. A background in science and technology reporting is a plus. The Chronicle is an independently owned newspaper based in Washington, D.C. It is widely read by college and university administrators, faculty members, graduate students, policymakers, and journalists. The new Global Edition is part of a broad effort to deepen our readership outside of the United States. Our international correspondents receive a monthly retainer and payment by the word."
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Georgetown University (D.C.) seeks a Senior Writer/Editor, the University of Nevada-Reno is looking for an Assistant Writer/Writer, and Stevens Institute of Technology (N.J.) seeks a Staff Writer.
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I'm busy putting the finishing touches on the August Practicing Writer newsletter, which will go out to subscribers at the end of this week. If you're not yet a subscriber, please join us (it's free, and your e-mail address will be kept private). Also, don't forget that our free paying-market e-books for essayists and book reviewers will be retired on August 1--you still have the week to download your copies.

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The Writer's Center of Bethesda, Md., has announced its Undiscovered Voices Fellowship: "The Writer’s Center seeks promising writers earning less than $25,000 annually to apply for our Undiscovered Voices Fellowship. This fellowship program will provide complimentary writing workshops to the selected applicant for a period of one year, but not to exceed 8 workshops in that year. We expect the selected fellow will use the year to make progress toward a completed manuscript of publishable work....In addition, the fellow will give a reading from his or her work at the close of the fellowship period (June 2011) and will be invited to speak with local high school students on the craft of writing." There is no application fee. Deadline: July 1, 2010.
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Writers in Washington State, take note: "The Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Program provides support for artist-generated projects, which can include (but are not limited to) the development, completion or presentation of new work. GAPs are open to artists of all disciplines and offer a maximum of $1,500 for projects." No application fee. Deadline: June 25, 2010.
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"Oklahoma City University seeks applications for part-time faculty to teach in a new low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program, scheduled to begin in Summer 2011. We seek faculty committed to creative and professional writing, writing pedagogy, and teaching online as well as in workshop formats during twice-a-year residencies. Genres of interest include fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and screenwriting, although writers who cross genres, or write in a secondary, specialized genre, are also welcome to apply."
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The University of Michigan is looking for a Senior Writer, Harvard University (Mass.) seeks a Senior Writer/Project Manager, and Temple University (Penn.) is looking for a Director of Communications and Marketing.
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Finally, all of our newsletter subscribers had time this weekend to peruse and get a head start on taking advantage of the (no-fee) opportunities presented within. Examples: the Bard Fiction Prize, the Poole Literary Festival New Media Prize, and the Quiddity Book Trailer Contest for Writers and Small Presses. Plus: calls for submissions/notice of submission deadlines from paying publications including The Pedestal Magazine, Orion, and West Coast Line. Sorry you missed out? Subscribe! It's free, and we do not sell/rent/share subscriber e-mail addresses.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

For you practicing writers who are based in New York State outside the five boroughs of New York City: New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Strategic Opportunity Stipends "are designed to help individual artists of all disciplines take advantage of unique opportunities that will significantly benefit their work or career development. Literary, media, visual, music and performing artists may request support ranging from $100 to $600 for specific, forthcoming opportunities that are distinct from work in progress." Deadline: May 25, 2010. No application fee.
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Maine writers, hurry up if you want to apply for a Maine Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship ($13,000). Deadline is May 14. No application fee indicated.
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From Robert Lee Brewer, in the Writer's Market newsletter: "I will be editing the 2011 Songwriter's Market, which means I have another hat to put on my head. It also means I need to assign some articles for the book. This is where you come in. Please forward this newsletter to anyone who may be interested in pitching an article for the 2011 Songwriter's Market. Also, please tweet or post on online forums, Facebook, etc. You have my permission. Here's what I need: Articles on the business of songwriting and/or interviews with those in the business. If you're unsure, please use a previous edition of Songwriter's Market as a guide. Please send pitches (without attachments) to me at robert(dot)brewer(at)fwmedia(dot)com with the subject line: 2011 Songwriter's Market Pitch. Deadline for pitches: May 31. Good luck!"
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From the AbsoluteWrite.com discussion boards: "Hazard Cat can now pay more to our contributors. We are looking for cat fiction, poetry, art, essays, and personal cat stories. We pay 1/2 cent per word for fiction, essays, and personal stories, and $5 for art and poetry. Here is a link to our submission guidelines: http://hazardcat.blogspot.com/p/submissions.html. We look forward to hearing from you."
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StoryCorps (N.Y.) seeks a Manager for Marketing & Communications, the College of Notre Dame of Maryland is looking for a Writer/Editor, and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences (Mass.) seeks a Writer.

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First things first: Find out who won our market e-book giveaways here!
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Sage Cohen has announced a scholarship (worth $250) for one of her Poetry for the People online classes. The courses (Level 1 and Level 2) begin in mid-January, and scholarship applications will be welcomed through Monday, December 28. There's no application fee. (By the way, Sage has recently signed her second book deal with Writer's Digest Books: We can look forward to The Productive Writer: Success Strategies for Writing More and Selling More, to be released in 2010. Congratulations, Sage! I, for one, am already looking forward to that book!)
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Attention, Canadian poets! The Arc Poetry Magazine Poet in Residence opportunity is open to Canadian citizens "with a strong background in the practice of contemporary poetry." This "virtual residency" will run from October 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. The Poet in Residence provides mentoring and feedback to "poets whose work shows promise." The selected poet will also produce a commissioned work for publication in Arc and will travel to help promote the launch of the issue containing his/her work. Pays: "The contract fee for the poet in residence will be $9,000 [Canadian dollars], which will be paid on a monthly basis. Standard writer's fee rates will apply" for the work that appears in the magazine. Deadline: January 31, 2010 (received). There is no application fee.
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From the Poets & Writers contest blog: "The M Restaurant Group, China-based sponsor of the Shanghai International Literary Festival, is offering two three-month residencies in China and India to writers of any nationality working in English. One residency, in the bustling city of Shanghai, will take place before March 2011, and the India residency—located, by contrast, in a somewhat isolated area near the southern town of Pondicherry—will occur between November 2010 and February 2011. Each residents will receive one thousand dollars in addition to airfare, lodging, and meals (or, in the case of the Shanghai resident, a stipend to cover meals). Poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers are all eligible." Deadline: January 15, 2010 (received). No application fee indicated.
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For those practicing writers residing in my former state of Massachusetts: 2010 Artist Fellowships in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be awarded in sums of $7,500/fellowship and $500/finalist. Applications will be accepted through January 25, 2010. There is no application fee indicated.
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From MomBloggersClub.com: "If you would like to share blogging tips or your perspective on mom blogging, here's your chance to do it. We're looking for blogging how-to articles, opinion pieces, and essays about mom blogging to be featured in the weekly member newsletter and published here on the Mom Bloggers Club. Word count: 400-800 words." Pays: "$25 per article that will be paid via PayPal one month after publication." Will consider "exceptional" reprints.
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From the University of Central Oklahoma: Seeking "Writer in residence, novelist and/or short story writer; play/screenwriting experience desirable. Teach two classes per semester, including advanced novel or short story writing and introductory creative writing classes; serve on M.F.A. and M.A. thesis committees in creative writing; participate in co-curricular activities in support of the creative writing program."
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Bowling Green State University (Ohio) seeks a Writer/Communication Specialist, the University at Buffalo (N.Y.) seeks a Senior Staff Assistant with significant writing responsibilities, and Hendrix College (Ark.) is looking for an Associate Director of the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation Programs in Literature and Language.

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Arts Residency Cairo (ARC) "is open to visual artists, writers, artists working in mixed media, sculptors, dancers and performance artists. We are an international arts residency where artists may stay from 2 nights to one month (an extension of one month can be possible)." Offers "two full stipends per year. Due to the high number of applicants for these two places the deadline for proposals is brought forward to December 1st. These two artists will receive free accommodation & food for the duration of their stay (up to one month). Travel and other expenses are not covered." No application fee indicated.
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Attention, Maine fiction writers: This is your year to apply for the Dibner Fellowship (poets, you'll have your chance next year). "The Martin Dibner Fellowship is given to promising Maine writers who have not published a full-length book. Fellowships are meant to help further writing skills and experience. Attendance at writing workshops is the primary purpose for support; assistance with living expenses while finishing a writing project will also be considered." Grant size ranges from $500 to $1,000. No application fee. Deadline: January 15, 2010.
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"The PEN Translation Fund provides grants to support the translation of book-length works of fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, or drama that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an egregiously flawed translation. There are no restrictions on the nationality or citizenship of the translator, but the works must be translated into English." Past grants have run $2,000-$3,000, and there is no application fee. Deadline: January 14, 2010. NB: "The PEN Translation Fund is very pleased to announce that candidates who submit eligible poetry translation projects to the PEN Translation Fund may now also be considered for the National Poetry Series' new Robert Fagles Translation Prize for the translator of a book of contemporary poetry written by a living poet. The Fagles Prize is awarded every other year, and will next be awarded in 2010. The winner of the Fagles Prize receives a $2,000 cash award and publication of the project by an esteemed literary publisher. The translated poet receives a $500 honorarium."
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"Phillips Academy [Mass.] seeks a writer-in-residence to fill the Roger F. Murray Chair in Creative Writing beginning in the academic year 2010-11. The term of appointment is two years with a possible renewal. The writer-in-residence is expected to teach two seminar classes (maximum 15 students per class) in creative writing per term. Minimum requirements include at least one published book and experience in the teaching of creative writing at the university or secondary level."
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"The Department of English at the University of Massachusetts Lowell seeks an energetic and collaborative colleague for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Creative Writing-Poetry."
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"The University of Michigan-Flint invites applications for a tenure-track position in Creative Writing at the Assistant Professor level beginning in Fall 2010. The appointment carries a 3-3 teaching load divided between undergraduate and M.A. courses in Creative Writing and introductory and/or advanced courses in a second field. Expertise in fiction or narrative forms preferred. Desirable secondary areas include a literary area (including American literature before 1900, British before 1800, Queer Theory, Feminist Theory, or Genre Studies, esp. in drama), pedagogy in English Studies, Digital Humanities (esp. in conjunction with a literary or writing area), or Composition/Rhetoric (esp. in postcolonial rhetoric or the rhetoric of gender, race, and class)."
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Eastern Kentucky University's graduate programs have announced part-time faculty positions in poetry writing and literature and fiction writing and literature.
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Temple University (Penn.) is looking for a Public Affairs Communications Manager, Savannah College of Art and Design (Ga.) seeks a Writer/Editor, and San Jacinto College (Texas) is looking for a Social Media Coordinator/Web Writer.

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Writers who have received their terminal degree in creative writing within the last five years have until November 1 to apply for an Axton Fellowship at the University of Louisville (Ky.). "The purpose of these fellowships is to provide recent graduates with time to further their own work, to associate them with a distinguished faculty, and to allow them to contribute to a vibrant creative writing community. This year one fellow in fiction will be appointed for the academic years 2010-2011 and 2011-2012, and will be awarded a stipend and benefits."
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Another opportunity for fiction writers, also with a November 1 deadline, and also without an application fee: the Dzanc Prize. This award "provides monetary aid in the sum of $5,000, to a writer of literary fiction. All writers applying for the Dzanc Prize must have a work-in-progress they can submit for review, and present the judges with a Community Service Program they can facilitate somewhere in the United States. Such programs may include anything deemed "educational" in relation to writing. Examples would include: working with HIV patients to help them write their stories; doing a series of workshops at a drop-in youth homeless center; running writing programs in inner-city schools; or working with older citizens looking to write their memoirs. All community programs under the Dzanc Prize must run for a full year."
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And still more from the fiction world: The Sunday Times EFG Private Bank Short Story Award is a new prize administered by Booktrust (U.K.) Open to authors published in the U.K. or Ireland, it seeks an unpublished (or published after January 1, 2009) story and confers a first prize of £25,000 (£500 for each of the five runners-up). Deadline: November 30, 2009.
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Check this post from the Hayden's Ferry Review blog for details on an upcoming free poetry workshop at the Scottsdale (Ariz.) Museum of Contemporary Art.
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Assistant Professor position open: "The English Department at Hollins University [Va.] seeks to fill a tenure-track position in creative writing at the undergraduate and M.F.A. levels. The six-course load includes teaching responsibilities in multi-genre creative writing courses, graduate tutorials in fiction, appropriate courses in literature, as well as thesis advising. Hollins University expects its faculty to participate actively in program and departmental administration, university-level governance, and co-curricular programming."
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"Nebraska Wesleyan University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Creative Writing: Poetry. This faculty member will teach other writing courses (e.g., fiction, non-fiction, scriptwriting, publishing, journalism, or grantwriting), and may also teach in other departmental areas. All English Department faculty teach General Education classes in composition, literature, or interdisciplinary studies. This faculty member will share responsibility for a visiting writers series and for the campus creative writing magazine.
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"The Department of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas" is searching for a Fiction Writer, RANK OPEN. This is a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track position available fall 2010. Duties include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses and participating in screening applications for distinguished MFA program. Significant publication is expected.
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"The English Department at St. Lawrence University [N.Y.] invites applications for a one-year, visiting position in poetry. The successful candidate will teach both levels of our coursework in introductory and advanced poetry writing. Ability to offer coursework in early British literature is also desirable."
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East Carolina University (N.C.) seeks a Writer/Editor, Temple University (Penn.) is looking for a Law School Publications Editor, and Harvard University (Mass.) seeks a Stewardship Writer for a time-limited position.

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The Department of English at CUNY's Brooklyn College "invites applications for a tenure track position in the teaching of the craft of poetry, both in the Master of Fine Arts in Poetry program and in the undergraduate English program. The candidate should be conversant with late 20th and early 21st century poetry -- postmodern and post-colonial poetic communities and practices such as ethnopoetics, language-based poetry, performance poetry, e-poetry, gender- and culturally-based poetry -- as well as with the canon and prosody."
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From the Creative Nonfiction newsletter: "With our newfound success publishing blogs in our Best CNF collections...we've decided to expand our horizons and will now be accepting blog nominations for upcoming journal issues. Please note, blog nominations will be accepted only through our online submission manager and only during specific reading periods. We are currently accepting blog nominations until August 31, 2009. We're looking for: Vibrant new voices with interesting, true stories to tell. Narrative, narrative, narrative. Posts that can stand alone, 2000 words max, from 2009. For more information, or to nominate a blog, click here." Pays: "We will contact individual bloggers before publication and pay a flat fee for one-time reprint rights."
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Attention, poets & fiction writers from New Jersey: It's your turn to apply for the Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers, Inc. While the "all-expenses-paid visit" to New York City provided to the winners may not seem all that exceptional if you live in the Garden State, each awardee also receives a $500 honorarium, a public reading, and an optional one-month residency at the Jentel Artist Residency Program in Wyoming. Plus, your journey to NYC won't be just any ordinary trip via the PATH or New Jersey Transit: this New York City visit will facilitate meetings with editors, agents, publishers, and other writers. Deadline is December 1, 2009. There's no entry fee.
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For a collection to be titled Permanent Vacation: Living and Working in Our National Parks, Bona Fide Books is looking for "literary essays about your experience working in our [U.S.] national parks, from Denali to the Everglades, Yellowstone to Yosemite. Some go seeking commune with nature; others to escape. Diverse park experiences are desired. Although we enjoy tree-hugging epiphanies, we also want to read about day-to-day life, and the societal implications of living in the park. What happened there, and how did it influence your life? Writers will receive $100 for their story and one copy of the collection." Deadline: January 5, 2010.
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New online lit journal: The Enchanted Conversation, still under construction but accepting submissions, is a place "where lovers of fairy tales can write and read and find community." Pays: $.04/word for articles, flat rate of $10 for poems, and varying rates for art. Accepted contributors must have Paypal accounts. (via Worldwide Freelance Writer)
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Ohio University is looking for a Senior Manager, Internal Communications; Washington & Jefferson College (Penn.) seeks a Communications Specialist/Writer; and Willamette University (Ore.) is looking for an Associate Director of Media Relations.
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Last but not least: I'm polishing the next issue of The Practicing Writer. Our September newsletter, replete with more opportunity news, will go out to subscribers next weekend. Don't miss it!

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

The weekend move went spendidly, and I am now ensconced in a wonderful new home. Thanks to all of you who wrote in, privately or here on the blog, with your good wishes. But given the press of events, I hope you'll excuse me for not offering a typical Monday morning post.

Instead, I'll point you to a resource I learned about from the divine Deonne Kahler: Mira's List. I can't believe I didn't know about this amazing repository of grant, fellowship, residency, and other information.

Also, the Fund for Women Artists (now known as WomenArts) has just released its latest newsletters for theatre and film/video artists. Many of the opportunities described therein are open to everyone (including writers outside film/theatre/video, and artists who are not women!), so check those out as well.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

G&A: The Contest Blog, reminds us that seven state-specific award opportunities are approaching. Writers who are residents of Arizona, California, Delaware, Illinois, Maryland, Ohio, and Pennsylvania should take note!
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Inaugural Best of the Best Ebook Contest is open "to all self-published or independent e-press published novels. Your novel must be available to the public for purchase before you enter." Winner receives $250 USD; each of 30 semi-fianlists will have their novels showcased for a day on the Editor Jennifer Web site. No entry fee. Deadline: August 31, 2009. (via PayingWriterJobs)
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The summer issue of Contrary, a "journal of unpopular discontent," has just been published, so it may be a good time to remind you that the next submission deadline is September 1. Pays: $20/byline, $60 for featured work. Check for specific guidelines for fiction, poetry, commentary, and reviews.
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Jacquie Flynn is a new agent at Joelle Delbourgo Associates. She specializes in nonfiction: business and career, technology, science, psychology, self-help, and parenting.
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Kaplan University is looking for online composition faculty.
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San Jose State University (Calif.) seeks a Director of Communications; Indiana University is looking for an Editorial Consultant; and the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, based at George Mason University in northern Virginia, welcomes applications for a Conference Assistant.

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Writers in the Schools (WITS) [Houston] "is looking for writers and educators who can teach the joy of creative writing to young people. Employment is part-time, typically 2-6 hours of teaching, one day a week from September – May. A yearlong commitment is required." Pays: $55/teaching hour. Deadline: August 3, 2009.
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"The Writer’s Center, metropolitan DC’s community gathering place for writers and readers, is currently accepting submissions for several competitive Emerging Writer Fellowships. Emerging Writer Fellows will be selected from applicants who have published up to 2 book-length works of prose and up to 3 book-length works of poetry. We welcome submissions from writers of any genre, background, or experience. Emerging Writer Fellows will be featured at The Writer’s Center as part of their Emerging Writers Reading Series. The readings, held on Friday evenings, bring together writers in different genres with a backdrop of live music. The Writer’s Center book store will sell titles by the Emerging Writers throughout the season in which they appear in an effort to promote them and their work to a wide audience. Selected Fellows are invited to lead a special Saturday workshop at The Writer’s Center, with compensation commensurate with standard Writer’s Center provisions. Fellows receive an all-inclusive honorarium to help offset their travel costs in the amount of $250 or $500, depending on their place of departure." No application fee. Deadline: August 15, 2009. (via CRWROPPS)
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Attentions, writers who teach undergraduates: The National Endowment for the Humanities has announced competitions for teaching development fellowships and course development grants.
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Stephanie Maclean is a new agent at Trident Media Group, with interests in romance, women's fiction, and young adult.
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From the NCTE Inbox newsletter: "Lessons from Literature is currently being taught in literature classes across the nation. Teachers are invited to submit an original lesson plan for any book that explores relationship violence or abuse. If your lesson is chosen to be added to the program, you'll earn $100! Submit your lesson plan by July 31."
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"The Department of English at Wheaton College invites applications for a tenure-track position in creative writing. Open rank. The ideal candidate would have both a specialization and a strong record of publication in creative non-fiction with a secondary specialization in fiction, poetry, or some area of literature. Evidence of successful teaching and an enthusiasm for teaching composition and general education literature are also important. Ph.D. or MFA required."
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Marymount Manhattan College (New York) is looking for a Public Relations Specialist; Time Out New York is looking for a part-time Assistant Web Editor and an Editorial Assistant; and the Marine Biological Laboratory (Mass.) seeks a Director of Foundation and Corporate Relations.

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Poets & Writers, Inc., is looking for a managing director.
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Sarabande Books, an independent, nonprofit, literary press established in 1994, is seeking a Marketing Director/Development Assistant. They are looking for an individual with a strong commitment to contemporary poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as superior organizational and public relations skills. Minimum BA, MFA, and /or experience desirable. Candidates must be self-starters and highly attentive to details and deadlines. The position includes full-time salary, health, dental, and retirement benefits, private office equipped with a Mac, and ample marketing budget. Job responsibilities include:

* Marketing and publicity for each of ten annual titles
* Attendance at three annual book conferences
* Twice yearly visits to NYC book reviewers
* Some fundraising activity

Please send letter, resume, three phone references, and a list of your top fifteen favorite contemporary poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction titles by June 15 to Sarah Gorham at sgorham(at)sarabandebooks(dot)org. (via KFW Hot Flash)
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Attention, Maine writers! "The Individual Artist Fellowships reward artistic excellence, advance the careers of Maine artists, and promote public awareness regarding the eminence of the creative sector in Maine." Deadline: June 12, 2009. Award is $13,000. No application fee indicated.
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Get to know literary agent Christine ("Chris") Morehouse through this interview on the Guide to Literary Agents blog.
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Contributors are sought for The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today. "Contributors receive a modest honorarium."

Resource for Canadian Writers

We get quite a view visitors from Canada here at Practicing Writing. This is for you, friends!

I've been meaning to share this find (which I discovered thanks to the Paying Writer Jobs group) with you for awhile, and now seems to be the time! It's a list of resources and tips for Canadian writers, with a focus on locating grants and awards. Enjoy.

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This is the week: Our May Practicing Writer newsletter will be going out to subscribers midweek. And I am very excited about the feature article/interview! It's never too late to subscribe. Our newsletter is FREE and we keep your e-mail address confidential. Join us!
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Attention, writers in Washington State! "The Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship awards $7,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based, not a project-based award. Fellowship recipients must present a Meet the Artist Event to a community that has little or no access to the artist and their work." Applications are currently open to literary artists. Deadline: June 12, 2009. No application fee indicated. More information here.
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"The CQ Global Researcher, a monthly issues-backgrounder published by CQ Press (a division of SAGE Publications) is seeking freelancers to write in-depth reports on global issues. At least five years experience covering international affairs preferred. Recent 10,000-word reports have focused on Darfur, Separatist Movements, Crisis in Pakistan and Child Soldiers. Reporters can be U.S.-based or overseas." Pay is "not specified." For more information, click here.
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Chuck Sambuchino provides a "new agency alert" and introduces The McVeigh Agency. To learn more about the agency's areas of interest, click here.
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And, as always, I'm glad to point out a few jobs for writers!
Assistant Director, Furious Flower Poetry Center, James Madison University (Virginia)
Assistant Curator, Poetry Collection, University at Buffalo (New York)
Communications and College Relations Manager, Baruch College/City University of New York
Admission Writer/Editor, Ithaca College (New York)
Director of Communications, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Development Communications Writer, Haverford College (Pennsylvania)
Writer/Editor, Loyola Marymount University (California) and Writer/Editor, Loyola Marymount University (California)

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Thanks to David LaBounty for sending me this call: "Overtime, a series of one-story chapbooks about the workplace, is going quarterly. We are looking for stories between 5,000 - 12,000 words where work is a central theme. We will consider simultaneous and previously published submissions. (We will also consider serializing novels about the workplace. Please query first.) We pay between $25 and $50, depending on length and rights acquired." For details, click here.
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Arvon (UK) "is glad to announce that an anonymous writer, and past Arvon student, has donated a £350 grant for one person from the voluntary sector to attend a course in 2009. To apply you must currently volunteer either full or part time within a charity." There is no application fee. Deadline: February 28, 2009. More info here.
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And here's another way to save on taking a writing course: Sage Cohen is offering a scholarship for a writer to take her online "Poetry for the People" class (I happen to be a veteran of that course). The next class begins in March, and Sage is taking scholarship applications through Sunday, February 15. There's no application fee. Click here for details and application instructions.
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CV2 (Canada) is looking for poetry for its Spring 2009 issue: "Nothing but the poetry folks, no theme, no critical writing." Deadline: February 10, 2009. And before you know it (February 15, 2009), submissions will be due for "essays with accompanying selection of poetry" for "the green issue," out this summer. More info here, and details on pay rates, etc. here. (via placesforwriters.com)
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Via e-mail from Yona Zeldis McDonough, fiction editor for Lilith magazine (which describes itself as "independent, Jewish and frankly feminist"): "I am always actively seeking fiction submissions (stories and occasionally novel excerpts), and the magazine is receptive to new writers who want to pitch reviews, articles and essays." To learn more about Lilith and the work it publishes, click here.
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Thanks to practicing writer Ken Bielen for reminding me that this is the season to apply for the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts Literature Fellowships. This year, applications are open to prose writers. There's no application fee, so far as I see, and the deadline is March 5, 2009. Lots more info here.
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And, of course, a few college and university jobs for your consideration:
Director of Advancement Communications and Executive Editor of the Alumni & Friends Magazine, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Assistant Web Designer/Content Editor, Northwestern University-Kellogg School of Management (Illinois)
English Instructor Pool, Santa Rosa Junior College (California)

Friday Find: Featured Resources for Practicing Writers

Over on my Web site, you'll find a "Resources" page designed to assist practicing fictionists, poets, and writers of creative nonfiction. A considerable chunk of the page is devoted to a chronological listing of the resources spotlighted in each month's Practicing Writer newsletter. The newsletter will soon celebrate its fifth birthday, so I think this is a good time to remind you of the years' worth of "finds" you can peruse via a single screen. Enjoy, and have a wonderful weekend.

The Wednesday Web Browser: A Crop of Congratulations

What a Wednesday! Here's raising a virtual glass to the following Practicing Writer pals!

Congratulations to Tayari Jones, one of eight writers recently awarded a United States Artists Foundation grant.

And congratulations to Deonne Kahler, the new Editor-in-Chief of Ozone Park.

And on a happily related note, kudos to Lisa Romeo, a contributor to the debut issue of the aforementioned Ozone Park, who read from her work at Monday's launch party.

The Wednesday Web Browser: Getting Grants, Reading Your Work, and a Recent Read

Want some tips on winning grants for your writing? Check out this sage advice from BJ Epstein.
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I was wandering around Lisa Romeo's blog, and found a link to a terrific article Lisa published offering tips for reading your work in public.
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I've posted some thoughts on Danit Brown's Ask for a Convertible over on my other blog.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Writers (of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction and experimental forms) in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota: You may be eligible for a Bush Artist Fellowship. "The program will provide up to fifteen artists with unrestricted grants of $48,000 each distributed over twelve to twenty-four month periods. In addition, fellows will receive up to $2,000 each to plan and implement an individual communications strategy. Artists may use a fellowship to explore new directions, continue work already in progress, or accomplish work not financially feasible otherwise." Deadline: November 7, 2008. No application fee indicated. See the announcement here.
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"The 'when I was 13' Story website seeks true life tales of your teen years, stories that will move readers." Pieces should run 250-600 words. Pays: $25 ($10 for reprints). Guidelines here. (via WritersWeekly.com)
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Culture11, which says it seeks "to publish exceptional reportage, skillful storytelling, provocative cultural analysis and intellectually honest argumentation," is looking for freelance writers. "Our subject matter includes the arts, politics, education, leisure, faith, family, ideas, community, technology, commerce and media. Our editorial slant is big tent right-of-center -- as open-minded about what we publish as The New Republic, The New Yorker or The New York Times Magazine, but on the center-right rather than the center-left. We'll publish apolitical pieces, explicitly conservative and libertarian pieces, and even an occasional left-of-center piece. We're committed to rendering the world as it is, engaging ideas rather than dismissing them, and conversation rather than polemic." Pays: "We negotiate payment on a per piece basis and pay rates competitive with other Web magazines like Slate and Salon." See the announcement over on the J-Jobs Database.
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Meet new literary agent Rachel Downes over on the Guide to Literary Agents blog. From the Q&A: " I am looking to acquire YA and middle grade fiction of all kinds; science fiction; and nonfiction in the following subjects: narrative, history, pop culture, humor, science, women’s studies and social science."
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And meet agent Michael Bourret over on the Children's Writer's and Illustrator's Market blog. According to the blog, Bourret "is interested in a wide range of books, from middle grade and young adult fiction, to arts and entertainment, to serious nonfiction."
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'Tis the season! Those academic job announcements seem to be showing up almost daily. Here are some teaching (and non-teaching) jobs for writers that I've recently found:

Assistant Professor of English (Poetry), Willamette University (Oregon)
Assistant Professor of Poetry, University of California-San Diego
Assistant or Associate Professor of Creative Writing (Poetry), University of California-Santa Cruz
Assistant Professor in Creative Writing (Fiction), San Jose State University (California)
Helen Herzog Zell Visiting Professorship in Creative Writing (Fiction), University of Michigan
Tenure-track faculty in English (Creative Nonfiction, open rank), Wheaton College (Illinois)
Distinguished Faculty Member (Fiction), New York University
Tenured position in English (Fiction), New York University
Tenure-track faculty in English (Fiction, open rank), Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
Senior Writer/Editor, Emory University (Georgia)
Senior Staff Writer, Cornell University (New York)
Writer/Editor (Retention Communications Assistant), Penn State
Associate Editor, Chao Center for Asian Studies, Rice University (Texas)
Communications Officer, Exeter College/University of Oxford (UK, via BJ Epstein)

Friday Find: Last Chance to Access 275 No-Cost Contests and Competitions

At long last, the day has come. Today is the LAST day you can access our e-book detailing 275 contests, grants, scholarships, and similar opportunities to enrich your writing practice without paying "entry" or "reading" fees to do so--and at a vastly discounted price. Tomorrow our guide will be withdrawn from circulation. Get it while you can!

Really Useful Reminder from Tayari Jones

Tayari reminds us to check in with our local/state arts councils to learn about upcoming grants deadlines for artists and writers. This is excellent advice.

In addition to Googling wisely, as Tayari suggests, you might want to refer to the Arts Over America Web site, with its state arts agency directory and other useful links, to locate geographically appropriate grant opportunities for you!

(By the way, Tayari is currently in residence at the Blue Mountain Center, and is posting from there. You can see her photos of the place here.)