Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

The Birdsong Micropress Winter 2010 Poetry & Prose Contest will award prizes (one in each category) of $50, publication in Birdsong #14, 10 complimentary copies of the zine, and a featured spot in the organization's Brooklyn reading series in mid-December. Submit by October 10, 2010. No entry fee. (via Poets & Writers)
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New policies for unsolicited submissions to Tin House Books and Tin House magazine have been announced. I've posted the text of the press release here.
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NoTreeBooks invites submissions of dialogue-driven short stories for three themed e-anthologies: (1) vampires, ghosts, zombies, and other "creature stories"; (2) contemporary cowboy romance stories; and (3) "sleeping with exes," stories "about couples who break up but still have a relationship." There are lots of details available at the website. Submissions are open until all anthologies are filled. Pays: $50-$100 to each anthology contributor-author, on publication, plus possible royalties.
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Graphic fiction competition for those living in the U.K./Republic of Ireland: The Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize will award a first prize of £1,000 and publication in The Observer Review. The runner-up will receive £250, with publication on www.guardian.co.uk and the Vintage website. There is no entry fee. Deadline: October 6, 2010.
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Pilot Books Micro-Residencies (Summer 2010): "Introducing an experimental micro-residency program for writers who want to work and write chez Pilot Books. Each receives a stipend, access to brainfulls of reading material, and hours of writing time punctuated by light literary conversation and the occasional sales transaction. Pilot Books will then publish the author-resident’s new poetry, prose, fiction, or comics in a limited edition chapbook series, 'FINANCIALS.' One-day ($80) and two-day ($160) residencies are available: July 2, July 4, July 10-11, July 18, July 24-25, August 7-8, August 21-22, August 28, September 4-5." For more details/application info, visit HTMLGIANT. No application fee. Apply fast!
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Saint Louis University (Mo.) seeks a Writer, Columbia Business School (N.Y.) is looking for a Writer, and the Stanford School of Education seeks a Writer/PR Director (see job #38382).

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Tin House has announced the theme for its Spring 2011 issue: The Mysterious. (What's a bit mysterious to me is the fact that a deadline of September 30 is listed; since Tin House is not open to unsolicited submissions between May 31 and September 1, I'm inferring that you can submit work for this issue EITHER before May 31 OR during September.) "We realize that it is spookily far in advance, but we wanted to get a jump on reading stories, poems, and essays about the unknown and the unknowable, from quantum physics to what lies in the depths of the soul, from unexplainable phenomenon to interpersonal mysteries." Note also that "our summer and winter issues are not themed, and Tin House considers submissions for all upcoming issues regardless of theme." See the guidelines for more info.
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New Young Translators' Prize: "In honour of Harvill Secker’s centenary in 2010, celebrating 100 years of publishing quality international writing, Harvill Secker and Waterstone’s have teamed up to recognise the achievements of young translators at the start of their careers. This is an annual prize, which will focus on a different language each year. To tie in with Argentina’s role as guest of honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair, the inaugural prize will centre on Argentinian writer Matías Néspolo’s short story ‘El hachazo’." The prize is open to translators between the ages of 16 and 34. There will be a £1,000 prize, and there is no entry fee. Deadline: July 31, 2010. (via Publishers Weekly)
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Anthology to be titled Appalachian Folklore: Dark Tales of Superstition and Old Wives' Tales seeks stories up to 2,500 words. Deadline: September 1, 2010. Pays: $.03/word plus one copy. Check the guidelines to learn more (via Duotrope)
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A few paid internship listings: Yakima Herald-Republic (Wash.), the Chronicle of Higher Education (D.C.), and the Center for Ecoliteracy (telecommuting and Berkeley, Calif.).
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Oklahoma State University is looking for a Visiting Professor in Poetry. "One year appointment or two one-semester appointments, rank open, beginning August 2010. MFA or Ph.D. in Creative Writing with significant poetry publications and teaching experience required. Teaching 2 workshops per semester. Salary competitive."
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F+W Media seeks a "results-driven manager to serve as Managing Editor for F+W Media's Writer's Digest brand, responsible for managing the editorial staff, allocating resources across projects as needed, and ensuring all book-related products (whether print or online based) get done on time at an acceptable quality level. Work with designers, production dept., and marketing staff as quality control from contract signing to the printer. Make sure that the finished products are what the company intended."
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Duke University Libraries (N.C.) is looking for a Director of Communications, Suffolk University (Mass.) seeks a Senior Writer/Editor, and the University of Notre Dame (Ind.) is looking for both a Senior Writer/Editor and a Web Content Editor.
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Coming soon! The next issue of our monthly newsletter, The Practicing Writer. Should go out by week's end. Don't miss it!

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Creative Nonfiction is seeking essay submissions for a new book project, Immortality, to be published by Southern Methodist University Press. They're looking for new essays "from a variety of perspectives on recent scientific developments and the likelihood, merits and ramifications of biological immortality. We're looking for essays by writers, physicians, scientists, philosophers, clergy - anyone with an imagination, a vision of the future, and a dream (or fear) of living forever." Submissions must be postmarked by August 6, 2010. The journal "typically" pays $10/printed page.
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Fiction or literary nonfiction writers from North or South Carolina: The Novello Literary Award "gives Carolina writers an opportunity to have their work published and distributed nationally. The winning author receives a book contract with [Novello Festival Press], which includes publication of the work and a $1,000 advance against royalties. The winner will be announced in Fall 2010, and the work chosen will be published in Fall 2011. The award is underwritten by the Cold Mountain Foundation, which was founded by award-winning and best-selling author Charles Frazier and his wife, Katherine." Deadline is May 1. There is no entry fee.
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"Creative writers whose work in any genre reflects a keen awareness of the natural world and an appreciation for both scientific and literary ways of knowing are invited to apply for a weeklong writing residency at Mount St. Helens. The Mount St. Helens Field Residencies will take place July 18-24, 2010, with a base camp near Randle, WA, and will be held in conjunction with the 2010 Mount St. Helens Science Pulse, a gathering of ecologists and research scientists who are engaged in field work on Mount St. Helens. Residency writers will be able to join ecologists on field trips to various locations on Mount St. Helens, interact informally with scientists, and to focus on writing projects that embody creative responses to the volcano and its varied landscapes and the role of volcanic landscapes in the imagination and culture of the Northwest." Deadline: May 1, 2010 (received). There is no application fee; there IS a $1,000 honorarium.
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The University of Wisconsin-Madison seeks a Teacher and Program Coordinator, Continuing Education in Writing. A master's degree and relevant experience required. "Candidates should have published and taught genre fiction and show evidence of competencies in most of the following: teaching writing skills, coaching and critiquing writers, program planning and evaluation, staff and ad hoc teaching supervision, excellent interpersonal skills, conference speaking, classroom management, teaching via distance as well as face-to-face, grant writing, personal computer and educational technology skills, budget management, and experience with non-traditional delivery systems."
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The Macondo Foundation (San Antonio, Texas), founded by Sandra Cisneros, is looking for an Executive Administrator: "The Macondo Foundation is conducting a national search for an Executive Administrator. Responsibilities include: fundraising, organizational business administration, event planning and public communications."
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Grinnell College (Iowa) is looking for an Editorial Director, Smith College (Mass.) seeks a Director of Campaign Communications, and Claremont Graduate University (Calif.) invites applications for an Assistant Director of Media and Online Relations.

Quotation of the Week: Steve Almond

People, Twitter is seriously great for discovering nifty, blogworthy quotations. Take this discovery via @The_Rumpus, who found it via @CherylStrayed

"If asking contributors to write for free then collecting 50K is good karma, what’s bad karma?"
--Steve Almond

Source: An e-mail exchange published in The Coachella Review.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Among the many tidbits tucked into the April issue of The Practicing Writer (which went out to subscribers last week): the Stowe Prize, a new $10,000 award to "recognize a United States author whose written work makes a tangible impact on a social justice issue critical to contemporary society"; the Writers' Dojo Residencies at Sitka Center for Art and Ecology; submission alerts for a slew of publications, including Glimmer Train, Subtropics, and a new "novella digest"; and so much more.
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From Sage Cohen: "Would you love to take the Poetry for the People Level 1 or Level 2class starting in early May but can’t afford it? Then you qualify for The Poetry for the People Scholarship. And the time to apply is now!" Application deadline: April 15. No application fee. There will be one scholarship awarded per online class, and I can tell you from my own student experience that Sage is an excellent teacher.
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"Barrelhouse board member and all-around DC art scene hero Philippa Hughes is looking for writers to write short blog posts about the DC art scene for The Pink Line Project website, specifically the Art Chat section. The purpose of Art Chat is to provide the emerging collector and art enthusiasts with information about the DC art scene, to inspire them to participate in the community of people who are culturally curious, to provide accessibility to an otherwise intimidating and seemingly unwelcoming world." Pays: $50 for minimum 300 words. Check link above for details.
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"A Cup of Comfort® is a bestselling book series featuring uplifting true stories about the experiences and relationships that inspire and enrich our lives. These personal essays are written by people from all walks of life and provide unique personal insights into powerful universal truths. Now, Cup of Comfort has once again joined hands with REDBOOK magazine to sponsor a true story contest! Enter the Cup of Comfort/REDBOOK Your Love Story Contest for a chance to win $1,000, have your story excerpted in REDBOOK magazine, and publish your story in A Cup of Comfort for Couples!" No entry fee. Deadline: April 20, 2010.
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From MediaBistro.com's job announcements (free access, but you need to register to see the full posting): "mb LEARN is looking for a dynamic, spirited instructor to teach our Novel Writing class in New York starting in mid-April. This class meets for 12 weeks and will take students through the process of writing a novel, focusing on the market and publishing process as well as the craft of writing. Throughout the class, students will turn in pages for critique by the teacher and fellow students, producing up to 100 pages of a draft by the end of the class. Ideal candidate will be a recently published novelist or editor who works with novels. Classes run several times throughout the year, so there is an opportunity for continuous teaching."
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"The Penn State Altoona English Program is taking applications for a one-semester teaching residency in fiction writing. The residence, designed to offer an emerging writer substantial time to write, offers a $5,000 stipend and an additional $5,000 allowance to cover room and board in return for teaching one sophomore-level creative fiction writing workshop during the Fall 2010 semester (August 23-December 16). The resident writer will also give two readings and work informally with our English majors. Benefits are not included. We are looking for a writer with publications in literary magazines. Emphasis will be placed on the quality of the work submitted. A Master's degree in Creative Writing or English is required. Teaching experience is preferred. The application should consist of a writing sample (one short story or ten pages from a novel); a CV, including publishing history; and one or more letters of recommendation. Send to: Emerging Writer Residency, Dr. Thomas Liszka, Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts, Job # 31665, Penn State Altoona, 3000 Ivyside Park, Altoona, PA 16601-3760. Review of applications will begin May 17, 2010, and continue until the position is filled. For additional information about Penn State Altoona, please visit our web page at http://www.aa.psu.edu."
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Johnson C. Smith University (N.C.) is looking for an Editor (Web Content), the University of South Florida seeks a Webmaster, and the New York Public Library is looking for a Deputy Director for its Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

"Established in 1999 and supported through a generous grant from the Samuel Goldberg & Sons Foundation, the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers is among the very first of its kind to highlight new works by contemporary writers exploring Jewish themes. The prize spotlights promising new talent, and is awarded to an American fiction writer for a first or second full-length work that was published in the previous calendar year. Submissions must be made by the publisher. The award includes a prize of $2,500, as well as a one-week residency at Ledig House International Writers Colony in New York’s Hudson Valley." There is no entry fee. Deadline: March 1, 2010.
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"Oysters & Chocolate is now seeking submissions for our upcoming erotica anthology, to be published by Seal Press (2011)." Work must be previously unpublished. Pays: $100 plus two copies of the book. Deadline: March 15, 2010.
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The Guide to Literary Agents blog interviews agent B.J. Robbins, who seeks "quality fiction—both literary and commercial—and general nonfiction, with a particular interest in memoir, biography, narrative history, pop culture, sports, travel/adventure, medicine and health."
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As mentioned in the latest issue of The Practicing Writer, 'tis the season to apply for admission to the Sozopol Fiction Seminars in Sozopol, Bulgaria. "An advanced discussion among writers of fiction in Bulgarian and English, this gathering hosts fiction writers from Bulgaria and from English-speaking countries, including but not limited to the U.S. and the U.K. All participants are selected on a competitive basis. For three intense days, the participating writers are given the opportunity to explore their craft through mutual exchange under the guidance of one English-speaking and one Bulgarian fiction writer. In addition to the morning workshops, the programme includes special guest lectures and informal roundtables on various issues from the lifecycle of the book, including how to work with agents, editors, translators, and publishers." English-language workshops are led by Elizabeth Kostova. The 2010 seminars will take place May 27-June 1. Participants receive scholarships covering tuition, room and board, in-country transportation, and 75% of international travel." There is no application fee. Deadline: March 15, 2010.
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Wayne State College (Neb.) is looking for an Instructor/Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. "Completed MFA or PhD required for appointment at rank of Assistant Professor; completed Masters degree required for appointment at rank of Instructor. Successful teaching experience and substantial publication record required. Four courses per semester divided among fiction and poetry workshops, literature, and composition. Advising and committee work as assigned. Responsibility for WSC Press, Plains Writers Series, poetry and fiction slams and undergraduate literary magazine. A strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and to developing collegial relationships with colleagues is expected."
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Lafayette College (Penn.) seeks an Alumni Communications Editor, East Carolina University (N.C.) is looking for a Public Communication Specialist, and the New York University School of Law seeks a Writer.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

Anthology call: "First published in 1895, The Time Machine by Herbert George (H.G.) Wells is a blueprint for science fiction and horror that persists to this day: underneath the science and the theories that attract a reader's mind, there is an underlying story of a person who struggles with the question that burns in the heart of every man: what does it all mean? Well, now we have a chance to find out. Northern Frights Publishing is looking for stories inspired by The Time Machine. Stories that delicately reach into our past. Stories that boldly stride into the future. And everything in between. Send us your stories of paradoxes and contradictions, show us what happens when we mess with our timelines or create new ones. Take us to the edge of the dying earth millions of years in the future. Show us its birth. Most importantly, though, show us the people affected when we rip through the walls of the fourth dimension." Deadline: December 31, 2009. Prefers unpublished work. Pays: "$0.01US (One Cent) per word up to $50.00, and one contributor copy, paid on publication through Paypal." Update: Thanks to practicing writer Lawrence Schimel for pointing out to me that the publisher's guidelines show a call for a second Wells-related anthology, too.
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Richmond Family Magazine, a monthly magazine "for expectant, new, and veteran parents in Greater Richmond" (Va.), will consider essays and opinion. "We are interested in humorous, touching, or serious pieces that help Richmond parents build healthy families. Topics might include a child's first haircut, sending your oldest off to college, or wrestling with the decision to go back to work." Previously unpublished work only. "We buy exclusive periodical rights and electronic rights." Pays: on acceptance, "based on experience and quality of work." (via Wooden Horse Magazine News)
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From the Kentucky Literary Newsletter: "Lexington's Carnegie Center is currently seeking applicants from all over Kentucky for the Young Women Writers Project, an empowering program with intensive workshops focused on self-expression through writing. Thanks to support from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, this program is free to participants. E-mail jmattox(at)carnegieliteracy(dot)org."
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From Gettysburg College (Penn.): (Emerging Writer Lecturership) "One-year appointment, beginning August 2010, for a creative writer who plans a career that involves college-level teaching, to teach three courses per semester, including Introduction to Creative Writing and an advanced course in the writer's genre, as well as to assist with departmental writing activities. Mentorship for teaching and assistance in professional development provided. M.A., with a concentration in creative writing, M.F.A., or Ph.D. with creative dissertation, required. Teaching experience and literary magazine publications are essential. Competitive salary."
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From City College of New York-CUNY: "The Department of English seeks a senior faculty member who is a dually accomplished Creative Writer and an Americanist."
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From Columbia University (New York): "The Writing Program seeks to fill a position either as Assistant or Associate Professor (tenure-track research faculty) or as Assistant or Associate Professor of Professional Practice (practice faculty) specializing in fiction to teach graduate and undergraduate writing workshops and seminars, and to advise on graduate theses, effective July 1, 2010."
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California State Univesity-Fresno seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor (fiction writing).
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From the University of Tampa (Fla.): "The Department of English and Writing in the College of Arts and Letters seeks a candidate for an Assistant Professor of English, tenure track, in creative writing (poetry) to begin August 2010."
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From Rosemont College (Penn.): "The Undergraduate College of Rosemont College invites applications for an adjunct instructor to teach Creative Writing Poetry in the spring 2010 semester. Qualified applicants will possess at least an M.F.A. in Creative Writing; additionally, applicants must have prior experience teaching this or a similar course. Course times are set at Tuesday/Thursday, 3:10 to 4:40."
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From Bennington College (Vt.): "Bennington College seeks two published writers of distinguished literary accomplishment to teach literature and writing to highly motivated undergraduates. In keeping with our commitment to the teacher-practitioner model, we seek writers of poetry, fiction, drama or nonfiction whose own interests and abilities as teachers will shape our future curriculum. We are committed to teaching major works in the history of literature, and likely candidates will demonstrate the ability to teach a broad spectrum of essential works."
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Bemidji State University (Minn.) seeks an Assistant Professor of English (creative nonfiction).
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Seton Hall University (N.J.) is looking for a Legal Media Officer, the University of South Flordia seeks a Communications and Media Officer; and Stanford University (Calif.) invites applications for a Director of Stewardship/Associate Director of Communications.
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And last, but definitely not least: December's Practicing Writer newsletter will go out to subscribers next weekend. Not yet a subscriber? Please join us! There's no cost to subscribe, we post only paying opportunities (and those that DO NOT charge fees), and we'll keep your e-mail address confidential.

The Wednesday Web Browser

Big congrats to Tayari Jones, whose third novel, The Silver Girl, has been accepted for publication by Algonquin Books.
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Diane Lockward reviews The Working Poet: 75 Exercises and a Poetry Anthology.
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Thanks to Anne-Marie Nichols's article on blog analytics, I'm learning more about you, dear readers!
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Please tune in tomorrow over on My Machberet for a guest post from memoirist Jessica Handler on her recent visit to a Jewish book festival.

Guest Post: Lisa Romeo on Crafting A Contest Winner

As promised, I present to you guest commentary from Lisa Romeo on the craft decisions that went into "43 Lies About My Child," a recent winner in Masha Hamilton's 31 Hours Parents' Intuition Contest. Thank you so much, Lisa, for sharing this with us.

I actually still don't know what to properly call this piece. It's definitely creative nonfiction, and in my mind, a type of personal essay, though the form is unusual. It requires some visual assistance via the regular and italics fonts to distinguish the two voices on the page. Some have called it "fragmented memoir," others a prose poem, and that's fine with me.

About three years ago, an essay I wrote about having a child who clearly had developmental difficulties but for which there was no specific diagnosis, was included in an essay collection and, in an adapted shorter form, in The New York Times.

I had a lot of left over material, including a list of things people had said to me over the years, beginning when my son was a baby and continuing until he was an adolescent. It was, I suppose, "advice" offered in a well-meaning way, but which struck me as judgmental, and infuriated me because I couldn't at the time summon the confidence to reply.

I knew I wanted to write something that addressed these voices that were still in my head, but it didn't seem to fit in to the form of a traditional personal essay. I didn't want to be whiny on the page either. So I played with it as a prose poem for a while, and then as a humor piece; neither really worked, so I put it aside.

Meanwhile, Ann Hood referred me to a nonfiction piece she'd written for Tin House's special issue about lies and is now part of her memoir, Comfort. In the essay, she addressed all the trite and generic things people said to her about grief, in the period after she had lost her young daughter.

I realized something similar could work for me, with some changes. In Ann's piece, she lays out the standard lines, such as, "time heals," and then through short narratives, shows them to all be lies -- how passing time has not eased her pain when she sees spring dresses in Target even a year after the girl's death. She doesn't really talk back to the crowd so much as takes the reader inside the narrator's experience with each "lie."

I wanted to do something less narrative, more satirically "prescriptive" and I began to play with the idea of a parody of the type of articles in parenting magazines – 12 ways to help your shy child. I knew whatever I did had to be voice-driven, really all about three distinct voices: The annoying voice of the nosy outsider; the narrator's I'm-the-Mama-Bear-Don't-Cross-Me voice I knew was inside me somewhere, but had never been in evidence when I needed it; and a third voice which lurks behind – that voice inside every mother's head telling her she knows what's true about her child. Eventually, I put the first two voices directly on the page in opposition to one another, and the third exists more or less in the background.

Originally, there were 81 "lies," then 76, but one of my writing friends pointed out that the piece loses its urgency over the long stretch in such a contrived format. So I trimmed down to 50, but I was still trying to cover every base, every facet of his and my journey over about 12 years.

I submitted it for an essay collection, and the editor rejected it, but gave me excellent advice about improving the pacing, and cutting to the bone so that the piece would really bleed on the page, instead of just hinting at distress. I stopped trying to cover it all, and got more selective about which "lies" to include.

That took me to 43 lies and by then the "advice" proffered, and the narrator's responses – were all shorter and more sharply focused, and much less tactful. I had been trying to protect even the people who had said awful things to me, and was still trying to make the narrator seem nice! Another writer friend who I asked to read it noticed that the best lines were the ones where I was allowing the mother's voice to really lash out.

Finally I gave myself permission to "answer" in the way I never would have in my own skin back then. That's when the piece began to have an edge; it was no longer tentative. I allowed my narrator to be someone who doesn't give a fig what anyone else thinks, which is not necessarily how I am in life. In that sense, maybe there's a bit of fiction at play – the narrator as she wishes she could have been; then again, I suppose that's the creative part of the nonfiction.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

New residency program: "El Gouna (Egypt) Writers’ Residency will be launched in 2010 and will host three sessions a year during the months of February, May and June. The length of each session is one month. During each session, four to six writers are invited to enjoy a full month’s complimentary stay at a beautiful villa in El Gouna, where they will enjoy an intellectual haven providing them with opportunities to interact and exchange thoughts with writers from different walks of life." Application deadline: November 30, 2009. No application fee indicated.
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Workers Write!, the series from Blue Cubicle Press, is looking for submissions for a volume to be titled Tales from the Courtroom, which "will contain stories and poems from the legal worker's point of view (lawyers, judges, court reporters, bailiffs, and so on). Your story should be set anywhere legal work is performed, but we are not looking for stories about court cases or whodunits." Deadline: September 1, 2010 ("or until the issue is full"). Pays: $5-$50. Will consider previously published material. Details here.
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From an ad in latest issue of AWP's The Writer's Chronicle: "PEN/Faulkner Foundation Award for Fiction. A prize of $15,000 is given annually to a U.S. writer to honor a work of fiction published in the previous year. Additional prizes of $5,000 each are awarded to four finalists. Rilla Askew, Kyoko Mori, & Al Young will judge. Publishers, agents, or authors may nominate novels or short story collections published in 2009 by submitting four copies of each book (or bound galleys) by Oct. 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the Web site for complete guidelines."
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"TWO LINES World Writing in Translation is currently accepting translations for its seventeenth volume, to be edited by award-winning translators Natasha Wimmer and Jeffrey Yang." Check the detailed guidelines at the Web site. Deadline is November 25, and "a nominal honorarium" will be offered.
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The University of Dayton (Ohio) offers a one-year post-graduate fellowship, with possibility of renewal for a second year. "Established in honor of the University of Dayton English Department's longest serving poet and first African-American faculty member, the Herbert W. Martin Fellowship is designed to advance inclusive excellence and creative writing in the University and community. We invite applications from creative writers who demonstrate sustained personal engagement with communities that are underrepresented in the academy and who bring this asset to their teaching and scholarship. Responsibilities include teaching 2 courses per semester, including creative writing courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels, one course in a non-dominant or non-Western literature, and possibly one course in first-year composition; giving readings on campus and in the community; contributing to the Department's biennial LitFest celebration; and serving on MA creative thesis committees." Check the faculty job listings at the university's Web site for the full announcement.
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Murray State University (Ky.) has advertised the "Nancy and Rayburn Watkins Endowed Professorship in Creative Writing. Department of English and Philosophy. Full-time, nine month, non-tenure track position to begin August 2010. Qualifications: M. F. A. in Creative Writing or equivalent required. Must have distinguished record of publication in creative nonfiction and fiction. Evidence of excellence in teaching required. Responsibilities: Teach two courses per semester, participate in the Reading Series and the low-residency M. F. A. in Creative Writing Program, and engage in appropriate service."
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Fontbonne University (Mo.) "seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English to develop a program in professional writing that builds on our curricular strengths in non-fiction writing and journalism. Candidates should be grounded in the liberal arts, and possess the ability to teach courses in two or more of the following areas:professional writing, journalism, and composition."
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The English Department at Rhodes College "seeks a Fiction Writer to join the Department at the level of Assistant Professor (Tenure Track). We seek a published fiction writer, with specialties in American or other literatures, to teach a 2/3 load in our Creative Writing and Literature track within the English Department."
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Denison University "seeks a tenure-track assistant professor in fiction writing; possible secondary interests may include playwriting, screenwriting, hypertext, graphic novels, or new media. Ability to engage issues of race and ethnicity in the classroom is desired." Check the faculty job listings at the Web site for the full announcement.
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Princeton University (N.J.) is looking for a staff writer, Montgomery County (Penn.) Community College seeks a part-time copy writer, and the Writers Guild of America, West, (Calif.) is looking for a New Media Program Manager.

The Wednesday Web Browser

Live from Bowdoin College: "Matt O’Donnell, Camille T. Dungy, and Jeffrey Thomson, co-editors of From the Fishouse: An Anthology of Poems that Sing, Rhyme, Resound, Syncopate, Alliterate, and Just Plain Sound Great, along with fellow poets Adrian Blevins, Emily Warn, and Bowdoin Writer-in-Residence Anthony Walton, will read poems to celebrate this new collection." Follow the Webcast here, tonight at 7:30 p.m. (U.S. Eastern).
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Lisa Romeo interviews Grace Bauer, Guest Editor of Prairie Schooner's new Baby Boomer issue. (Bonus: journal subscription giveaway!)
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BJ Epstein has announced that she'll be blogging a bit less frequently for the next few weeks, but for a very good reason: She is in the process of moving "in order to take up a post as a lecturer in literature and translation" in an English university. Congrats, BJ!
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And just for fun: Fernham reveals what it's like to have the Clintons dining at the next table.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

"Subtropics 9, a special all-translation issue, will be published in January 2010. This autumn we will be considering prose works (fiction and non-fiction) in translation only. Beginning January 1, 2010, we will resume reading prose works written in English."
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In the latest Writing-world newsletter, editor Moira Allen notes: "I'm interested in feature articles on ways in which you have benefited from social networking as a writer. Whether it's blogging, Facebook, Twitter, texting or whatever, if you've found a way to attract more readers and/or sell more writing, I want to know about it. Articles must offer specific tips that writers can follow, with examples ('I did this and you can do it too') and, of course, any relevant links. Query or send your complete manuscript to Moira Allen, Editor, 'editors(at)writing-world(dot)com.' (For details about our terms and guidelines, visit http://www.writing-world.com/admin1/guidelines.shtml.)"
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New anthology call from Seal Press: And Then It Shifted: Women Open Up About Leaving Men for Women. Seeks essay submissions ("strongly" encourages queries beforehand) by December 1. Pays: "Amount will vary, depending on experience and other variables ($50 and up)." Check out the detailed call here.
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"The Amherst College Creative Writing Program invites applications from fiction writers for the position of Visiting Writer, to begin July 2010."
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"For appointment beginning in the fall of 2010, we seek a writer of creative non-fiction to teach two semesters at The George Washington University as the Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Washington."
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Roosevelt University (Ill.) is looking for an Assistant Director of Communications.

Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

From LaChance Publishing: "We're gearing up for an eye-opening anthology called Women Reinvented. It will feature inspiring, first-person, TRUE stories of up to 2,400 words by women who have made new lives for themselves. Have you?" Paying opportunity (although pay rates are not disclosed in the announcement I've linked to, the publisher's Web site indicates payment to be "up to $150.")
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According to the Guide to Literary Agents blog, agent Diane Freed of FinePrint Literary Management "is looking for nonfiction projects in the categories of advice/relationships, spirituality, inspiration, health/fitness, memoir, narrative nonfiction, popular culture, lifestyle, women’s issues, the environment, and humor. Her fiction interests generally are commercial and literary fiction, including women’s commercial fiction."
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Entertainment Weekly (Los Angeles) "is offering a part-time editorial internship starting in mid-September. The position pays $10/hour and will last three months. In addition to office duties such as transcribing, interns will have the opportunity to write for the magazine and/or its website, EW.com."
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According to MediaBistro's job listings (you'll need a free subscription to access them), MediaBistro itself is looking for an "Essay to Memoir" instructor.
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"The Department of English at Pomona College seeks a distinguished writer of fiction for appointment to the Roy Edward Disney '51 Professorship in Creative Writing. Responsibility to teach creative writing and literature courses of one's own choosing; load negotiable. The Roy E. Disney Chair is a senior appointment; salary commensurate with rank and accomplishment."
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"The English Department of Willamette University invites applications for the tenure-track Hallie Brown Ford Chair in Writing. We seek a fiction writer of distinguished achievement who is dedicated to the teaching of writing and prepared to work with the department on developing the curriculum in creative writing. Substantial publication and an MFA or equivalent are required. The Ford Chair will customarily teach four courses per year and organize a series of readings and other events. Salary is competitive."
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"Penn State York invites applications for an Assistant Professor of English (tenure-track, 36 weeks)to begin August 2010 or as negotiated. Responsibilities: Teach creative writing (poetry preferred) and business writing (both intermediate and advanced). Administer undergraduate writing program and oversee writing tutoring. Secondary responsibilities may include one or more of the following: teaching introductory and advanced theatre arts, philosophy of literature/literature of philosophy, American literature after 1865, and/or introductory composition; and/or supervising student literary magazine."
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"Western Michigan University invites applications for a tenure-track academic year position in Creative Writing (Fiction), to begin December 14, 2009, at the rank of Assistant Professor, pending budgetary approval."
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New England Law (Mass.) is looking for a Publications Writer/Manager; Smith College (Mass.) seeks an Assistant Editor; and Rutgers (N.J.) is looking for an Editor/Writer.

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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!

Subscriber Successes

Congratulations to newsletter subscribers Adrienne Ross and Carol Bowman on their recent successes.

Adrienne's essay, "Startling Epiphany," took third place among prose submissions in this year's Portia Steele Awards. And Carol's story, "Repairing a Broken Doll," appears in the latest Workers Write! anthology, Tales from the Couch.

As always, please remember that I LOVE hearing about successes that come your way via a discovery in our newsletter or on this blog. Please, please, share your good news, and let me brag about you!

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This practicing writer is on vacation this week, but before leaving, I prepared a number of posts for you. Enjoy, and see you back here "live" next week!

Kent State University (Ohio) seeks an individual "to coordinate and assist in the planning, management and outreach of the Wick Poetry Center."
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Eastern Illinois University is looking for an Assistant Professor of English: "Tenure-track position in Creative Writing. We seek candidates with expertise in one or more of the following: playwriting and screenwriting, fiction, poetry, nonfiction. Publication in area of specialization and competence in teaching of creative writing at undergraduate and graduate levels required. Successful candidate will be able to contribute to our two-year MA program with concentrations in Creative Writing, Literary Studies, and Professional Writing and to our undergraduate major and General Education curricula. We seek excellent teachers with wide interests and creative promise. PhD by date of appointment."
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The University of Nottingham (UK) sseeks to fill two Lecturer posts within the Department of Writing and Creativity in the School of English Studies: "We would welcome interest from practising creative writers and from academics that also publish creative work and have an interest in teaching creative writing. Applications from any area or period of English studies and any creative literary genre (drama as well as fiction and poetry) are invited. Applications are also welcome from those with interests in other creative genres (such as life-writing and travel writing), or who work with popular or more technical forms of creative written expression."
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The New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award confers a $10,000 prize to an American writer age 35 or younger for a novel or short story collection. There is no entry fee. Books must be written for adults and must have a publication date between January 2009 and December 2009. Submission must come from the publisher. Deadline: August 28, 2009.
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Submissions are invited for a Seal Press anthology to be titled Gender Outlaws: The Next Generation. Detailed call available at the Web site. Deadline: September 1, 2009. Reprints may be accepted. Pays: $50 plus two copies.
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Gemini Magazine's Flash Fiction Contest offers $100 and magazine publication to the winner (and publication for three writers who receive honorable mentions). Up to one thousand words, any style, any theme. No entry fee. Deadline: August 31, 2009. (via CRWROPPS)

From My Bookshelf: Mothers In All But Name, Edited by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard

You may remember that I have some strong feelings on the subject of writing about motherhood, and some very strong feelings on the specific topic of writing about motherhood as a writer who is not a mother.

So it may not surprise you that I was intrigued when I read Wordamour's description of a new anthology "about all the different forms mothering can take." Edited by Marguerite Guzman Bouvard, it's called Mothers In All But Name, and, as its subtitle suggests, it features contributions from "grandmothers, aunts, sisters, friends, strangers, and nannies." In fact, I was intrigued enough to order a copy, and to read it this past weekend.

There are a lot of personal/familial reasons this subject matter resonates with me (and I'd love to have an anthology assignment to prompt me to write an essay of my own about [one or more of] them). But as a writer, and as a writer who has already been pretty outspoken about the feasibility of non-mothers writing fiction "about" motherhood, I have to admit that these lines resonated with me instantly:

In the ten years between [a job as a nanny for a child with special needs] and bearing my own children, I carry my other motherhood like a phantom limb. In graduate school, I occasionally write stories that celebrate the bonds of parents and children, stories that are generally well received, some even published in literary magazines. One chain-smoking visiting writer, however, eying my twenty four year old countenance (undoubtedly undercut by a relentlessly baby face) insists that I write what I know.

'What,' she asks, waving my manuscript about a father who fears his daughter might be abducted 'Do you know about being a parent?'

Mothers In All But Name is definitely not the showiest, most polished, or glossiest "mama" anthology you're likely to find, but it's certainly a worthwhile addition to the literature on motherhood.

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Hint Fiction: "Tentatively scheduled for the fall of 2010, W.W. Norton will publish an anthology of Hint Fiction. What is Hint Fiction? It’s a story of 25 words or less that suggests a larger, more complex story. The thesis of the anthology is to prove that a story 25 words or less can have as much impact as a story 2,500 words or longer. The anthology will include between 100 and 150 stories. We want your best work." Submissions: August 1-31, 2009. Pays: $25/story for World and Audio rights. (via Duotrope.com)
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"The USC Annenberg/Getty Arts Journalism Program is a three week, mid-career education Fellowship for six arts, culture and entertainment editors, producers and writers from online, print, radio and television. Typically one to two of the Fellows come from outside the United States. Journalists who cover the visual and performing arts, architecture, literature and pop culture – and who own these beats either as generalists or specialists – are welcome to apply. Staff, freelancers and self-employed Web journalists are also encouraged." Deadline: July 14, 2009
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Princeton University "is seeking a distinguished poetry writer to join its permanent faculty. Administrative abilities desirable as they may direct the Creative Writing program during the academic year."
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Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania is looking for a tenure-track assistant professor in Creative Writing, Fiction, full-time appointment beginning August 2010. MFA or PhD from an accredited institution required by time of appointment. Candidates must have a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate education, a strong record of publications in fiction, and evidence of academic service.
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"The Creative Writing & Arts Programme, University of Exeter, is looking for two freelance Writers-in-Residence to act as providers, ambassadors and mentors for our Creative Writing activities across the region. The assignments will be for two years, 30 days per year, beginning October 1st 2009. Payment is on a daily rate of £200 + £500 annual travel allowance." Deadline: July 24, 2009.
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The College of New Jersey is looking for a Director of Athletic Communications; Ohio University seeks a Writer/Editor; and Elmhurst College (Ill.) invites applications for Editorial Director, Electronic and Print Media.
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The Milwaukee Irish Fest Poetry Contest 2009 will award the Donn Goodwin Prize ($100) and the Joseph Gahagan Prize ($100) for entries "best reflecting Irish or Irish-American poetry traditions. While the poems do not necessarily need to have direct Irish or Irish-American themes, the winning entries should have a cultural/literary relation to either Ireland or Irish-America." The Goodwin prize is open to all; the Gahagan prize is open only to current Wisconsin residents. No entry fee. Deadline: August 1, 2009. (via CRWROPPS)

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About this time next week, our free monthly newsletter--filled with additional opportunities and submissions calls--will be going out to subscribers. It's definitely not too late to subscribe. Subscriptions are free, and we keep all e-mail addresses confidential. Plus, subscribers have access to a complimentary literary contest guide.
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Creative Screenwriting magazine is looking for freelance writers. Pays varying rates.
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Loyola College (Maryland) seeks a full-time adjunct instructor "to teach first-year core writing course and upper-level course(s) in area(s) of expertise."
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"The Savannah College of Art and Design is seeking candidates for a part-time faculty position in nonfiction writing, specifically creative nonfiction and/or magazine journalism. Qualified candidates should have the terminal degree or its equivalent in nonfiction writing or a related field. Applicants must have experience in nonfiction writing and an interest in primarily teaching courses within this specialty."
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Baruch College of The City University of New York is looking for a Communications and Marketing Web Specialist; the State University of New York-Cobleskill seeks a Director of Communications; and the University of Northern Colorado is looking for a Promotional Writer.
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If you are in the happy (and prolific) position of publishing your fourth book of fiction, you may want to take a look at the St. Francis College Literary Prize. This new biennial prize confers an award of $50,000. "The award winner is expected to come to campus in Fall 2009 to deliver a talk on his/her work and read selections from the book submitted. The award recipient is also asked to teach a short mini-workshop in fiction to qualified students at St. Francis College." Deadline: July 1, 2009. No entry fee. Check the site for more info.
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And last, but not least: Last week I completed the semiannual update of our very popular Directory of Paying Essay Markets. Check out the free preview (with several sample listings covering print, online, and anthology publications).

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The editors of On the Clock (to be published by Bottom Dog Press) "want to anthologize some outstanding fiction about working in a post-industrial world or making the transition from manual labor to intellectual labor, or the conflict of living in both spheres. In short, we want modern stories about people and their work." Deadline is October 1, 2009; reading will begin July 1, 2009. Pays: $50 plus two copies. Will consider reprints. (via the NewPages blog)
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Just received a reminder e-mail from the Cup of Comfort folks: Submissions for A Cup of Comfort for Mothers are due June 15, 2009. And July 1, 2009 is the deadline for A Cup of Comfort for a Better World: Stories that Celebrate Generosity, Compassion, and Volunteerism. Visit the call for submissions page for details on these paying opportunities.
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Comment, a Canadian magazine "equipping and connecting the next generation of Christian leaders," invites poets "to submit contributions in the form of a rondeau suitable for publication in our September print issue. This will be our fourth annual 'Making the Most of College' issue, and the submitted poems should in some way be connected with that theme, or with the beginning of the school year." Winner will receive $50 (presumably in Canadian funds) and publication; two other winners will also receive publication. Deadline: June 15, 2009. No entry fee. (via ImageUpdate)
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The UCL Environment Institute (University College London) seeks a writer-in-residence for the 2009-2010 academic year. "The writer will be required to conduct a programme of work for academic staff and researchers linking creative writing with environmental issues centred on climate change and also pursue their own work on the subject. The specific content and structure of this programme will be your proposal and will form the basis of selection at the interview stage. We anticipate that it might include a combination of such activities as workshops, public readings and seminars." Deadline for application is June 19, 2009.
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The Guide to Literary Agents blog introduces us to Jennifer Weltz of Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency. "Jennifer accepts some juvenile work, thrillers, historical fiction, women's fiction and more."
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"Lebanon Valley College [Pennsylvania] invites applications for a one-year, full-time position as a visiting assistant professor of English beginning fall 2009. The successful candidate must have a firm commitment to undergraduate teaching and will teach freshman writing, literature, communications, and creative writing courses."