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Monday Markets for Writers

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Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction).

  • From placesforwriters.com: “Entertainment and pop culture magazine A Bard’s Tales (Canada) is looking for contributing writers. Payment: $50 for features, $50 for reviews, and $25 for opinion pieces. All pieces must be first pitched (lead to the story, possible sources, rough length, etc) and approved by one of the ABT editors. Deadline: Open.”
  • Attention, writers in Washington state. “Fellowships award $7,500 to practicing professional artists of exceptional talent and demonstrated ability. The Fellowship is a merit-based, not a project-based award. Recipients present a Meet the Artist Event to a community in Washington State that has little or no access to the artist and their work. In 2014, in addition to 14 Fellowship recipients, one artist each in the Literary and Music disciplines will receive a one-month residency at the Millay Colony in New York and a $1,000 stipend.” Apply by January 13, 2014. No application fee.
  • Coming soon (very soon!): the January 2014 issue of The Practicing Writer. If you’re not yet a subscriber, it’s certainly not too late to have this free resource delivered directly to your e-mailbox.
  • The National Trust for Historic Preservation (Washington) is advertising for a Public Affairs Manager (Blogger Outreach). The organization is also inviting applications for a paying editorial internship position.
  • Also in Washington: “The American Poetry Museum is looking for thoughtful, creative, and reliable individuals to lead poetry workshops through our youth education program….This position is part-time and hourly. Educators are paid $25/hr and workshops are an hour long; educators typically between cover 2-8 workshops a week. Hours are flexible; workshops occur both during the school day and after school Monday-Friday.”
  • “Lambda Legal seeks a full-time Associate Editor in its Education and Public Affairs Department to support the Content and Editorial Director in producing print and digital publications in both English and Spanish.” This job is in New York.
  • Autry National Center of the American West (Los Angeles) is looking for a Communications Manager.
  • Johnson State College (Vt.) seeks an Assistant Professor in Writing & Literature. “He or she should be a writer of fiction with significant publications and experience in digital magazine editing and publication(s).”

    • Wednesday’s WIP: Highs & Lows, Or My Writing Year in Review

    by Erika Dreifus on
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    calendar_2013Much as I love Lisa Romeo’s idea of an annual “I Did It” list to summarize my writing year, I’m going to kick it back old-school here and simply list a few professional highs–and not-so-highs–that I will remember about 2013. (more…)

    Friday Finds for Writers

    by Erika Dreifus on
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    Treasure ChestWriting-related resources, news, and reflections to enjoy over the weekend.

  • Lots of good news from the (U.S.) National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) this week, especially for the recipients of the Creative Writing Fellowships. But even more of us are likely to benefit from the “Art Works” grants to presses and journals, whether simply by encountering writing that those grants will support or, in some cases, benefiting from the increased author/contributor payments promised by such publications as American Poetry Review, AGNI, and n+1.
  • Interesting issues raised in David Duhr’s “Hi! I Reviewed Your Book! A Twitter Guide.”
  • Great piece by Michelle Nijhuis for the NYT “Draft” column, on “The Science and Art of Science Writing.”
  • “Last October, after [Kaylie] Jones woke up one morning feeling particularly frustrated by the plight of many of her students and colleagues, who typically write artistic, literary novels not deemed commercially viable, she called one of her MFA students and her bosses, asking if they’d help her if she started an imprint. The answers were emphatic yeses.” Read more about Kaylie Jones Books.
  • “The 2013 Nobel Lecture in Literature was replaced by a pre-recorded video conversation with the Laureate: ‘Alice Munro: In her Own Words’, shown at the Swedish Academy on 7 December 2013.” I plan to watch the video this weekend; if you haven’t yet, you might want to do the same.

    • Have a great weekend, everyone.

    Monday Markets for Writers

    by Erika Dreifus on
    Disabled

    Monday brings the weekly batch of no-fee competitions/contests, paying submission calls, and jobs for those of us who write (especially those of us who write fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction).

  • Attention, NYC poets: The Poets House Emerging Poets Fellowship “is an annual opportunity for poets to receive guidance and instruction from a distinguished and diverse faculty and enter the next stage of their professional and artistic practice. Funded for the third year by a generous grant from the Jerome Foundation, this fellowship immerses poets in a twelve-week program consisting of workshops and meetings that are reinforced by the inspiring environment here at Poets House, including our poetry library and unique archives as well as a diverse offering of readings and conversations by leading poets and scholars. The program includes weekly writing workshops, mentoring sessions, meetings with guest speakers, free access to Poets House’s events and archival resources and culminates in a final group reading. Transportation support is available for participants. The application process is competitive; tuition is free to those accepted into the program.” No application fee. Deadline: December 10, 2013.
  • The December issue of The Practicing Writer went out to subscribers over the weekend. Plenty of no-fee competitions and paying submission calls therein.
  • “The National Italian American Foundation seeks an Assistant Editor/Social Media Manager responsible for creating and managing social media content and development, and assist editor in all aspects of planning and production of glossy quarterly magazine, all other publications, and web content.” This job is in Washington.
  • “Avalon Travel and Seal Press seek a motivated, outgoing, and detail-oriented applicant with an interest in book publishing to fill the position of Publicity Assistant.” This position is in Berkeley, Calif.
  • From The Mysterious Bookshop in New York: “We are looking for a Personal Assistant to the owner of the bookshop, Otto Penzler.”
  • Also in New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks a Website Editor.
  • “The Department of English at Suffolk University is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor for Fall 2014, pending budgetary approval. We are interested in candidates with expertise in creative writing, specifically non-fiction prose, and a demonstrated ability to teach composition and literature courses.”
  • St. Mary’s College of California seeks part-time Writers-in-Residence for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.