The Wednesday Web Browser for Writers

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  • If you’re looking for some short stories to read online, you might begin with the StorySouth Million Writers Award list of notable stories for 2010.
  • Ellen Meeropol has a dual perspective on bookstore readings: She has participated as an event organizer and as an author. Which makes her advice especially insightful.
  • This may be old news already for some of you, but here goes: Last Sunday evening I watched 60 Minutes for the first time in awhile. And one of the show’s segments was about author Greg Mortenson, author of the presumably nonfictional Three Cups of Tea: “[L]ast fall, we began investigating complaints from former donors, board members, staffers, and charity watchdogs about Mortenson and the way he is running his non-profit organization. And we found there are serious questions about how millions of dollars have been spent, whether Mortenson is personally benefiting, and whether some of the most dramatic and inspiring stories in his books are even true.”
  • If you haven’t visited the Poetry Foundation’s website for awhile, you should click on over and check out the redesign.
  • I keep reading wonderful reviews of Meghan O’Rourke’s new book, a memoir titled The Long Goodbye (here’s one). And part of me really wants to read it. But part of me is just too afraid to. I’m afraid that it will make me unbearably sad. Have any of you ever felt that way about a book?
  • Our friend Wordamour has a short essay in a new book, Flashlight Memories, which, according to Wordamour’s blog, “is all about people’s early experiences with reading and books, otherwise known in academia as ‘literacy autobiographies’ or ‘literacy narratives.'” To celebrate the book’s publication–and to celebrate all of our personal literacy stories–Wordamour will award a copy of Flashlight Memories to one of the commenters on her blog. You have until May 15 to post your narrative.

    • Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers

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  • “Digital Science Fiction is a monthly anthology of compelling science fiction short stories from professional writers. Our anthology is published monthly through Amazon Kindle, Sony Reader and other eBook formats, and is directed towards a mature readership.” Pays: $.05/word. No simultaneous submissions. (via Duotrope.com)
  • “The American Literary Translators Association is pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2011 ALTA Travel Fellowship Awards. Each year, four to six fellowships in the amount of $1,000 are awarded to beginning (unpublished or minimally published) translators to help them pay for travel expenses to the annual ALTA conference. This year’s conference will be held November 16–19 in Kansas City, Missouri.” No application fee. Deadline: May 15, 2011 (received). “Please keep in mind that you may not apply more than 2 times consecutively or more than 3 times total.”
  • “Penn State Erie, The Behrend College, invites applications from fiction writers for a multi-year lecturer position in Creative Writing, beginning August, 2011. The successful candidate will teach writing courses in fiction (and possibly in literary nonfiction or poetry), as well as other courses in English and literature.”
  • From Berry College (Ga.): “The Department of English, Rhetoric, and Writing at Berry College invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor in composition with competence in creative non-fiction, beginning August 2011.”
  • From King’s College, University of London: “The Department wishes to appoint a writer with an established international reputation and an ongoing commitment to creative practice to the position of Fellow in Creative Writing.” Three-year contract.
  • And another London-based job: “Poetry London is looking for a Part-time Marketing and Website Officer with experience of social media and digital marketing. The role will include overall responsibility for the development and maintenance of the Poetry London website: including content, audience building and listings. The general marketing aspect of the role will include sales of advertising space in the print magazine, and sales into retail outlets.” Deadline is approaching fast: April 21!
  • University of California-Berkeley seeks a Writer/Editor, George Washington University Libraries (Washington) is looking for an Associate Director of Development, and the Center for Arts Education (New York) invites applications for a Communications Manager.

    • Words of the Week: David Breakstone

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    “The very best Israel education that money can buy will not assuage [American rabbinical students’] profound sense of estrangement from this country as long as this Jewish state of ours refuses to accept their status as rabbis and legitimize the Judaism of their congregants. As with diplomacy, good pedagogy is no substitute for good policy.”
    –David Breakstone

    See the full, truthful, and sadly important editorial via eJewish Philanthropy.