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Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers

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  • Coming soon: The September issue of The Practicing Writer, replete with paying calls for submission, no-fee competitions, and, this month, an interview with Anna Solomon, author of The Little Bride (Riverhead, September 6).
  • Tips (and markets) for freelancers re: writing about animals.
  • The Writer’s Center (Bethesda, Md.) is looking for a Publications and Communications Manager.
  • Lehman College of The City University of New York is advertising for an Assistant Professor of English: “Teaching freshman composition, undergraduate and graduate creative writing (including creative nonfiction), undergraduate and graduate literature courses.”
  • “Hampshire College (Mass.), an independent, innovative liberal arts college and a member of the Five College Consortium, is accepting applications for an Assistant Professor of Fiction Writing.”
  • Kenyon College (Ohio) is advertising for the Richard L. Thomas Professor of Creative Writing: “A five-year untenured half-time (spring-semester) appointment, renewed annually, with responsibility for two undergraduate courses, one of which must be a writing workshop. Qualifications include teaching experience and significant publication in both fiction and nonfiction (at least two books). The starting date is January 2013. The appointment comes with spring-semester campus housing and full twelve-month benefits. Although the Thomas Professor must be at Kenyon only in the spring semester, the position requires contributions to the life of the College throughout the academic year (such as advising students, consulting on curricular matters, and helping to plan events).”
  • Grinnell College (Iowa) is looking for an Assistant Professor of English (Ethnic American Literature, Poetry Writing).
  • “The Department of English Language & Literature at the University of South Carolina (http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professorship in poetry….Requirements include an MFA in hand, at least one book (published or under contract), and the demonstrated ability to teach poetry at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful candidate can expect to teach two courses per semester and assist in the operation of the MFA program, including serving on thesis committees.”
  • Eastern Illinois University seeks an Assistant Professor of English, tenure-track. “We seek candidates with expertise primarily in poetry but with experience also in one or more of the following: fiction, creative nonfiction, playwriting and screenwriting.
  • Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh) is looking for a Writing Consultant: “This position provides one-on-one writing consultations to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in the Department of Chemistry. The successful candidate will provide guidance, primarily through 1-1 consulations, to support students’ development of writing skills to meet Ph.D. requirements successfully and begin to publish their work in a timely way….This has the potential to be a long-term, part-time position with approximately 2 days per month on the Pittsburgh campus.”

    • Paid Internship Opportunity with MyJewishLearning

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    MyJewishLearning, Inc. is seeking an editorial intern to work on its two largest projects MyJewishLearning.com (the leading transdenominational Jewish website) and Kveller.com (the largest website for parents of young Jewish children).

    The intern will help create innovative content, update existing material, and upload articles to the sites as well as support a number of upcoming editorial projects. The ideal candidate should be eager, able to work independently, and comfortable working on multiple projects at the same time. Experience writing for web publications, using a Content Management System, and knowledge of Photoshop are essential. Qualified candidates will also have an interest in Jewish culture and tradition.

    The intern will work out of MyJewishLearning’s Manhattan office. The internship is available immediately and would last at least through the end of 2011. The position is 10-15 hours a week and pays $10 per hour.

    For more information and to apply, see the announcement on JournalismJobs.com.

    Friday Find: Bread Loaf Lectures & Readings

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    Has the entire summer gone by without the chance to attend a writers’ conference? Never fear: A generous offering of readings and lectures from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference can be yours. All you have to do is go to middlebury.edu/blwc & scroll down the right column for new & past recordings. (Thanks to @tarabetts for the tip on Twitter!)

    Have a great (and safe) weekend, everyone. See you back here on Monday.

    Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat

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  • Next week, I’ll be publishing an interview with debut novelist Anna Solomon. But this week, you can read Anna’s fascinating essay on Jewish mail-order brides on Tablet.
  • Poet Samuel Menashe has passed away.
  • Some fall nonfiction titles of Jewish interest to anticipate.
  • Mazel tov to David Bezmozgis, author most recently of The Free World, which has been shortlisted for the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.
  • Eric Herschthal compiles a Jewishly-focused reading list for President Obama.

    • Shabbat shalom, with an emphasis on “shalom,” especially for our community in southern Israel.