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Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities for Writers

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  • Thanks to the team at Fiction Writers Review for the update on the Dzanc Prize’s extended deadline (which is now March 1). Per the Dzanc site, the prize “provides monetary aid in the sum of $5,000, to a writer of literary fiction. All writers applying for the Dzanc Prize must have a work-in-progress they can submit for review, and present the judges with a Community Service Program they can facilitate somewhere in the United States.” No application fee.
  • Attention, citizens of Commonwealth countries! The deadline to submit an entry for the next Commonwealth Short Story Competition is March 1. “Established in 1996, the competition aims to increase understanding and appreciation of Commonwealth cultures and promote rising literary talents. The competition calls for entries that are original, unpublished, in English, no more than 600 words in length and on any subject. The winner receives a prize of £2000 and there are four regional prizes of £500. In 2011 there will also be two special prizes of £500 each; one for the best short story for children and the other for the best short story about this year’s Commonwealth theme, ‘Women as Agents of Change’.” No entry fee.
  • Freelance opportunity: “The Center for Digital Ethics and Policy at Loyola University Chicago is looking for pieces on digital ethics.  The length of the piece should be 1,000-2,000 words.  The material must be original, not published in other forms or in other forums. We will pay $250 for a completed piece. Pieces will be published on the center’s web site, digitalethics.org.”
  • Interested in leading a workshop at The Writer’s Center (Bethesda, Md.)? The deadline to apply to lead a fall workshop is March 15. Note: “We are especially interested in expanding our online workshop offerings at this time. Online workshop leaders should have a strong online presence (blog, website, Facebook, Twitter) and meet our standard workshop leader qualifications as noted.”
  • February is going by in a flash, and by next Monday, subscribers will have received their copies of the March Practicing Writer newsletter, packed (as usual) with more no-cost competition listings and paying submission calls. If you’re not yet a subscriber, join us! It’s free, and we’ll keep your email address to ourselves.
  • Harvard University (Mass.) seeks a Speech Writer, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE, D.C.) is looking for a Magazine Editor, and Fashion Institute of Technology (N.Y.) has announced an open position for a Staff Writer.

    • Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

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    So much to share with you from my recent days in Washington at the annual conference of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs. For now, I’ll limit myself to some competitions and jobs I discovered via the conference program, flyers, and Bookfair offerings (and I’ll round out today’s post with a few items I’ve come across outside the conference, too).

  • The Letras Latinas/Red Hen Poetry Prize is an exciting new award “to support the publication of a second or third full-length collection of poems by a Latino or Latina poet. The winning poet will receive $1000, a contract from Red Hen Press and, upon publication of the winning book, an invitation to give a reading in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C.” But wait–there’s more: “The Ragdale Foundation will offer a two-week residency to the poet in the year the winning book appears. Letras Latinas will also set aside a modest fund to help defray travel costs associated with further promotion of the winning book.” This competition will award its prize biennially. The inaugural deadline is January 15, 2012, and there is no entry fee.
  • The Common Review Annual Short Story Prize is now open for submissions (but not for long: deadline on February 15). The competition awards cash prizes (first prize: $400 and publication, second prize: $200, and third prize: $150). No entry fee is indicated. “All prize winners, plus two honorable mentions, will receive a free copy of The Great Books Foundation Short Story Omnibus and a one-year subscription to The Common Review.”
  • “Applications are now being accepted for the Daniel Pearl Investigative Journalism Initiative, a fellowship for young journalists to write in-depth stories about modern manifestations of anti-Semitism and other deeply-ingrained prejudices. A project of the independent Jewish bimonthly Moment Magazine and honoring Daniel Pearl, the Wall Street Journal reporter slain by terrorists in 2002, the fellowship will fund ($5,000), support, edit and publish a worthy project selected by a distinguished panel of journalists. Applicants must be between the ages of 22 and 38; deadline is March 15. Details at http://www.momentmag.com/moment/contests/dpiji.gif.”
  • The Department of Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing for the academic year 2011-2012, with the possibility of a one-year renewal. We are looking for a writer who specializes in poetry and has additional interests in fiction and/or cross-genre work.
  • The William and Mary Alumni Association (Va.) seeks a Director of Alumni Communications, Ithaca College (N.Y.) is looking for a Senior Editor, and Ocean Conservancy (D.C.) invites applications for a Senior Writer.

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  • Good news: flashquake is back! The spring issue of this “literary and art journal for the briefest of forms” will launch on March 1. In submissions news, you can send work until February 15 for the current reading period. This remains a paying (albeit low-paying) publication.
  • Want to have your essay on the writing life published in Writer’s Digest magazine? It’s a distinct possibility! (Via e-mail, I’ve been assured that this is a paying freelance opportunity.)
  • As I said on Twitter when I discovered this competition last week, this Short Story Prize is my ideal contest–or it would be, if I were still 16-25…and “resident in the UK.” From the Franco-British Council: “Do you have a passion for France? Are you a Francophile with a story to share? The FBC, in conjunction with Prospect magazine and Eurostar, is inviting those aged between 16 and 25 to submit a short story of no more than 1,500 words. This year we are asking entrants to be inspired by a few choice quotes from French literature in writing a story that touches on some aspect of France or the French. The story does not have to be set in France but should simply possess a French element, however tentative. Particular credit will be given to stories that are well plotted, set in a real rather than abstract world and illuminating unexpected rather than familiar aspects of France or Frenchness.” Cash and travel prizes. No entry fee. Deadline: April 1, 2011. (Bonne chance!)
  • Another opportunity for writers on the younger side: In conjunction with the Lex Allen Literary Festival, Hollis University (Va.) has announced literary festival prizes in poetry and fiction ($100 each). Undergraduate college students are eligible. No entry fee. Submission deadline is Monday, February 7, 2011.
  • LOTS more no-fee competitions (and paying literary markets) are included in the February issue of The Practicing Writer, which went out to subscribers over the weekend. But the current issue is also online.
  • “The English Department at Siena Heights University in Adrian, MI, seeks candidates for a full-time, Assistant Professor position in creative writing with a specialization in Fiction. The successful candidate may also be asked to help develop a potential program in Digital Media Arts and Communication. Siena Heights University is a Catholic liberal arts University sponsored by the Adrian Dominican sisters.”
  • “Southern New Hampshire University seeks candidates for the position of Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and English, and Director of the Creative Writing Program. This is a full-time position with excellent benefits, starting September 1, 2011. As the coordinator for the undergraduate creative writing major, the successful candidate will have a passion for creative writing, an excellent record in teaching undergraduates, and experience in administering a writing program.”
  • From the University of Puget Sound (Wash.), where they’re looking for a Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing: “We seek a colleague who works in fiction, with secondary areas of teaching ability in one of the following: poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, or creative non-fiction. The course load is three courses per semester and the faculty member in this position will be asked to teach composition courses in addition to creative writing. Depending upon interest and expertise, the possibility for the candidate to teach literature courses also exists.”
  • Harvard University (Medical School, Mass.) is looking for a Writer/Editor, Rice University (Texas) seeks a Communication Writer, and the Writers Guild of Alberta (Canada) invites applications for a Program Coordinator position.

    • Friday Find: The Literarian

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    This week, the Center for Fiction (New York) launched its new website. The entire site is likely to keep you busy for awhile–sections include “for readers,” “for writers,” “audio/video,” and “awards,” among others. But perhaps the pièce de résistance is the Center’s new online magazine: The Literarian.

    Go check it out. And have a great weekend.

    We’ll see you back here on Monday.

    The Wednesday Web Browser for Writers

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  • This week’s Fiction Writers Review book giveaway is Jacob Paul’s debut novel, Sarah/Sara, which I reviewed for FWR last year. Even more up-to-date is this interview with the author, posted on FWR this week.
  • Speaking of giveaways, you can still sign up for the current Goodreads giveaway of my short-story collection, Quiet Americans (three copies!) or, simply by joining our Facebook fan page, become eligible for a simultaneous offering of two more copies of the collection.
  • Cathy Day has written an engaging (and, I’d argue, highly valid) essay on “Academia’s Novel Crisis.” Bonus: She has also posted an equally engaging (and, I fear, equally valid) item on the process of getting that essay written and published.
  • Ever wonder how literary-journal editors make their selections! In the case of Sycamore Review‘s editors, you need wonder no longer. Nonfiction Editor Chidelia Edichie explains: “[W]e figured we’d like to share some of our “picking” process with our readers, and perhaps most importantly, with our submitters. What is it about a certain poem, essay, or story that makes us stop, light up, and then hungrily read for more? We hope that, in articulating ‘why we chose it’ to you, our readers, it’ll help us understand our work as editors even more deeply.”
  • Have you been following our virtual book tour? Itinerary here.