Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

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  • New contest from Shenandoah: “The Bevel Summers Prize in the Short Short Story is open to all authors of stories of up to 1,000 words.” Prize: $250 plus publication in Shenandoah‘s first online issue. No entry fee. Deadline: March 31, 2011 (received).
  • On a related note: The Graybeal-Gowen Prize for Virginia Poets is awarded by Shenandoah and the Virginia Poetry Center “for a single poem by a writer born in or with current established residence in Virginia. The winning poem will be published in Shenandoah, and the author will receive broadside copies of the poem to be published by the Virginia Poetry Center.” Entries must be postmarked in November. No entry fee.
  • The 4th Annual Micro Award will recognize a published work of prose fiction written in English (maximum 1,000 words). Submission deadline is December 31, 2010, and there’s a prize of $500. No fee to enter. (via Pam Casto’s Flash Fiction Flash newsletter)
  • Are you a blogging college student? You might be able to win a $10,000 scholarship! Deadline: October 21, 2010. No entry fee indicated. (via @Tayari)
  • Mentioned late last week on my other blog: Moment magazine is looking for student bloggers. Apply by October 10. No application fee.
  • Teaching job announcements: The Department of English at East Carolina University [N.C.] seeks applicants for a position in Poetry Writing at the assistant or associate professor level; the Department of English & Comparative Literature at the University of Cincinnati invites applications from distinguished fiction writers for an open rank position; the English Department at the University of South Alabama seeks applications for tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in Creative Writing, with a specialization in Screen Writing, Playwriting, and/or Creative Non-Fiction; the Creative Writing Program at the University of Oregon welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Fiction; the Department of English at Augsburg College (Minn.) seeks candidates for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in film and creative writing (with experience teaching expository writing); the English Department at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock invites applications for a tenure-track position with a primary emphasis in Creative Writing-Poetry at the rank of Assistant Professor (desired secondary emphases include fiction writing, screenwriting, and film studies); and at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, “a probationary tenure-track faculty position is available in the Department of English at the rank of Assistant Professor with an emphasis in Creative Writing.”
  • Not all the jobs for writers are for teachers. See also: a Researcher/Writer position with The HistoryMakers (Chicago), an Associate Communications Editor listing at Haverford College (Pa.), and a job for a Senior Writer/Senior Editor at Suffolk University (Mass.).
  • Our subscribers have been utilizing the info packed into our October Practicing Writer newsletter since last week. You can see the issue here. But don’t delay receiving future issues! Subscribe! It’s free, and we keep email addresses confidential.

    • Moment Magazine Seeks Student Bloggers

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    This just in from Moment magazine’s e-newsletter:

    Moment Magazine is recruiting bright, inquisitive, and diverse student contributors for our blog “In the Moment.” Moment is the world’s largest independent Jewish magazine, and our blog gets upwards of 10,000 hits a month. As a student blogger, you will write one post a week on topics of Jewish politics, religion and culture. This is an incredible opportunity for young writers to develop their skills and benefit from the expertise of our team of experienced editors. At the end of each semester, the three bloggers who have generated the most web hits will receive a cash prize. To apply, please send an application consisting of the following to nelis(at)momentmag(dot)com by October 10, 2010:

  • Your name,age, university and major.
  • 1-2 short paragraphs on why you’re interested in Jewish issues and what unique perspective and background you bring to the blog.
  • 2 short writing samples.
  • 4 specific, original ideas for blog-posts you’d want to write.

    • Good luck!

    Notes from Around the Web

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    Lots to share from the Jewish literary web!

    Shabbat shalom!

    Thursday’s Pre-Publication Post: Vistaprint to the Rescue!

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    New book. New website. New primary email address. Also, as it happens, new cell phone coordinates (finally parted with my original Massachusetts number). What was missing?

    New business cards! And, while I was at it, new postcards for my blogs and the book.

    Vistaprint to the rescue.

    I spent quite a chunk of time last weekend on the Vistaprint site, selecting and editing designs for a new business card and postcards to promote both of my blogs: Practicing Writing and My Machberet (pictured). I’m still tweaking the postcard for Quiet Americans, but since I had already crossed the threshhold for free shipping, I went ahead and ordered the rest of the materials on Sunday. This way, they’ll arrive today (so the FedEx tracking system promises), and I can start putting them to use as soon as Sunday, when I’ll be attending the Jewish Authors’ Conference here in NYC.

    I heart Vistaprint (even though they inundate me with emails and offers).