Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative
From Moment magazine: The Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative, “[c]reated in memory of the 38-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter slain by terrorists in 2002, is designed to encourage young journalists to write in-depth stories about a modern manifestation of anti-Semitism or another deeply ingrained prejudice. The DPIJI will help writers develop their ideas, mentor them and provide them with a stipend of $5000 ($2500 upon selection and $2500 upon completion of the project). Moment will edit and publish their stories, possibly in conjunction with another media outlet. Applicants must be between the ages of 22 and 38.” No application fee. Deadline: April 4, 2012.
Jewish Literary Links for Shabbat
Shabbat shalom!
Friday Finds: Free Literary Events
For the moment, these finds are likely to interest mainly those of you in the NYC area. But never fear: It’s kind of part of my job to keep an eye out for any recordings that may result, and I’ll be certain to share any that I discover in due course.
All three of these conferences/events are taking place at the Graduate Center campus of my employer, The City University of New York. And all three are FREE.
2012 Chapbook Festival
March 28-30, 2012
(not all events are taking place at the Graduate Center)
“The Festival is free and open to the public, though some events require advance registration.”
“Interwoven Worlds: A Symposium Celebrating the Literature of the Middle East”
March 28, 2012
(no fees indicated)
4th Annual Leon Levy Conference
“Varieties of Biography”
March 29, 2012
“All events are free and open to the public. Reservations are not required, and seating will be first come, first served.”
And there’s a fourth event of interest to practicing writers–albeit one that requires paid registration–that is taking place next week, at CUNY’s Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn:
The Eleventh National Black Writers Conference
“The Impact of Migration, Popular Culture, and the Natural Environment in the Literature of Black Writers”
March 29-April 1, 2012
Have a great weekend, everyone. See you back here on Monday!
Thursday’s Work-in-Progress: Submission Dilemmas
So, I’ve been considering where (else) to send a fairly new essay (just two rejections so far!). It’s a brief essay, but it doesn’t necessarily have to land in a publication that focuses on micro-forms. Which means that I’m thinking about sending it to all kinds of places.
I’m noticing that several literary journals I’d like to target–especially before the imminent seasonal shut-down–are charging fees to submit electronically. For this short piece, a $3 submission fee is no savings for me, especially when multiplied by the several journals that could be good matches. Dilemma #1.
Dilemma #2: Sure, there’s usually an option to send the piece via snail mail. But I can’t help wondering if snail mail works to a submitter’s disadvantage these days. Any off-site editors are probably checking in only via the online systems. And how do the on-site editors feel about material submitted via postal mail? Do they even have time to open the envelopes?
What do you think? Any of you have experiences submitting via postal mail when you could have submitted electronically (for a fee)? And would any editors care to weigh in on how they view postal submissions when the electronic option is available?