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Markets and Jobs for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on November 27, 2023

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Each week in this space, Practicing Writing shares no-fee, paying markets for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction: competitions, contests, and calls for submissions. These weekly posts complement monthly issues of The Practicing Writer newsletter, where you’ll always find more listings, none of them limiting eligibility to residents of a single municipality, state, or province. (But this blog does share those more localized opportunities, including jobs.)

As always, if you’d like to share a specific opportunity listed here, please credit the blog for the find. Thanks for respecting the time and effort that I put into researching, curating, and posting this information! I do notice, and I appreciate the courtesy.

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#SundaySentence

by Erika Dreifus on November 26, 2023

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Every weekend I participate in David Abrams’s “#SundaySentence” project, sharing the best sentence I’ve read during the past week, “out of context and without commentary.”

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Finds for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on November 24, 2023

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Writing-related resources, news, and reflections to peruse over the weekend.

At the conjunction of Thanksgiving weekend and Native American Heritage Month, from the Nieman Storyboard archive: “University of Montana journalist Jason Begay, of the Navajo Nation, talks to Washington Post journalist Dana Hedgpeth, of the Haliwa-Saponi tribe, about living with and correcting history.”
Within Marie Cloutier’s latest Substack: “Awesome Gifts for Bookish People and Writers.”
‘Tis the season: the Largehearted Boy “Essential and Interesting ‘Best of 2023’ Book Lists” aggregation is in the works.
By this time next week, the December newsletter will have gone out to subscribers, but plenty of fee-free-and-paying opportunities listed in the November issue remain open for submissions, as do some items shared in recent Markets & Jobs posts.
And over on the My Machberet blog, you’ll find a fresh set of Jewish-literary links, including a giveaway, a (very) part-time gig alert, and more.

Wishing everyone a good weekend.

Jewish Literary Links

by Erika Dreifus on November 23, 2023

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Toward the end of each week, the My Machberet blog presents a collection of links, drawn primarily from the world of Jewish books and writing.

Ahead of the upcoming holiday, peruse “The Festival of Lights: 21 Mighty Girl Hanukkah Books.”
New York City-based Congregation Ramath Orah “is seeking a part-time Newsletter Editor/Communications Associate to support our shul for about 3-4 hours/week. Duties may be completed 100% remotely.” Compensation: “$60/week ($20/hr).”
With kibbutzim in the news, there’s a timely, education-oriented Goodreads giveaway going on right now for Jessamyn Hope’s 2015 novel Safekeeping.
Timed to coincide with Jewish Book Month, this recent panel discussion featured Allegra Goodman, Dani Shapiro and Ruth Knafo Setton with Hadassah Magazine Executive Editor Lisa Hostein on the topic of what makes a book Jewish. (I’m hoping to watch the recording asap myself.)
And a reminder that I continue to update the document-in-progress titled “After October 7: Readings, Recordings, and More.” Among this week’s additions: “Reflections on October 7,” a collection of pieces by Israeli writers published over on Tablet magazine. (Hoping for the recording of an event featuring these writers to be made available soon—the event was excellent.)

Wishing everyone a Shabbat shalom.

Words of the Week: Seth Pinsky

by Erika Dreifus on November 21, 2023

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“For a long time, we’ve made the decision that we’re not going to welcome people who are racist to our stage. We’re not going to welcome people who are homophobic or people who are misogynistic to our stage….We have adopted a policy of continuing to welcome diverse perspectives to our stage, including those of people who are critical of Israel. And we’ve essentially drawn only one red line. The red line is that if you actively call for the destruction of the State of Israel, or question its legitimacy, then you’re welcome to have that opinion in the world, but we’re not going to give it a platform.”

—Seth Pinsky, quoted in “92NY Splits With the Cultural Elite” (New York Magazine)

Markets and Jobs for Writers

by Erika Dreifus on November 20, 2023

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Each week in this space, Practicing Writing shares no-fee, paying markets for writers of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction: competitions, contests, and calls for submissions. These weekly posts complement monthly issues of The Practicing Writer newsletter, where you’ll always find more listings, none of them limiting eligibility to residents of a single municipality, state, or province. (But this blog does share those more localized opportunities, including jobs.)

As always, if you’d like to share a specific opportunity listed here, please credit the blog for the find. Thanks for respecting the time and effort that I put into researching, curating, and posting this information! I do notice, and I appreciate the courtesy.

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