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Baseball Writing

by Erika Dreifus on
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I’ve been meaning to post something about 108, a new magazine debuting this summer, which I learned about from Inkygirl.

According to its submission guidelines, 108 “welcomes unsolicited submissions of original and fresh fiction, non-fiction, photographs, illustrations, and cartoons. All submissions to 108 should relate to baseball and its historical and/or cultural connection to society and community.”

Payment “will vary”; fees “typically range” between $.50 and $1.00 per word for written submissions, $100 and $500 per photograph or illustration, and between $100 and $500 per cartoon.

Visit the magazine’s Web site for more information.

News on Creativity Coverage from Harvard Magazine

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Just received my copy of Harvard Magazine yesterday, and was intrigued by this announcement, tucked between some letters to the editor:

Beginning this fall, Harvard Magazine will expand its coverage of arts, culture, and creativity, as practiced by alumni, faculty, and students. Reviews of books–the principal focus of “The Browser”–will remain important. But reporting, profiles, criticism, and interviews focused on works in other media (painting, sculpture, film, video), performance and recordings (theater, music), and other creative realms (architecture, design, fashion), as examples, will join the roster. Deputy editor Craig Lambert, editor of “Right Now” for 16 years, will direct this new effort; he welcomes ideas and suggestions at arts (at) harvardmag.com. Given the magazine’s bimonthly frequency, coverage will emphasize context and depth over reviews of ephemeral presentations or sheer publicity.

Managing editor Jonathan Shaw will edit “Right Now,” continuing its focus on developments in research.

For more information on writing for this magazine (and writing for alumni magazines more generally), see my article in the June 2004 Writer’s Digest (reprinted in a special issue of Writing Nonfiction). You can also visit Harvard Magazine‘s Web site.

Writing Lives

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For those of you whose writing interests connect with biography and/or oral history, I’ve found a few announcements that may be useful.

1) The UCLA Alumni Association is looking for three oral historians/senior writers. Job involves conducting interviews with faculty, staff, alumni, and others for use in an upcoming UCLA history book. Very research-intensive. Also involves taping/transcribing interview sessions and compiling post-interview summary reports.

2) The Oral History Association has announced a grant of up to $3,000 “to undertake oral history research in situations of crisis research in the United States and internationally. These funds may be applied to travel, per diem, or transcription costs for research in places and situations in which a longer application time schedule may be problematic. Such crisis situations include but are not limited to wars, natural disasters, political and/or economic/ethnic repression, or other currently emerging events of crisis proportions.” There’s no fee to apply. Applications must be submitted by June 1, 2006. More information is available here.

3) Freelancers near Beverly Hills, California, may want to check out this job opportunity ($15-$40/hour) with NewsBios.com. Job involves “reporting and writing profiles of influential journalists for online biographical service.”

4) And finally, if you just want to sit back and listen to some experts on the subject of “writing lives” (and you’ll be in Cambridge, Massachusetts next Friday), consider attending Writing 20th Century Lives: Biography as History, a conference scheduled for 2PM at Harvard’s Humanities Center on April 28. Panelists include historians Linda Gordon (New York University), Alice Kessler Harris (Columbia University), and Lizabeth Cohen (Harvard University), with Nancy Cott (Harvard University) moderating.

Are You a Renegade Writer?

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I’d been hearing about this contest for awhile–but I couldn’t find it listed on its “own” Web site. So I contacted Linda Formichelli, co-author of The Renegade Writer, and she graciously supplied the press release. Once again, there’s no entry fee (though it sure looks as though reading the book may help).

We’re Looking For a Few Good Renegades…
…renegade writers, that is! The Renegade Writer
“Ultimate Renegade” Freelance Writer Contest is seeking entries

Are you a rule-breaking renegade freelance writer? Then strut your stuff by entering The Renegade Writer “UItimate Renegade” Contest!
The Renegade Writer: A Totally Innovative Guide to Freelance Writing Success, by Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell, is a guide to thriving in the freelance world by breaking the rules. In that spirit, publisher Marion Street Press, Inc. has launched The Renegade Writer “Ultimate Renegade” Contest to identify great renegade writers.
Entering the contest costs nothing. One “Ultimate Renegade” and two runners up will be chosen. The Ultimate Renegade will win:

— $500 cash
— Free entry into Linda Formichelli’s Eight-Week Write for Magazines E-Course, including one-on-one consultation time with Linda.
— A Signed Special Second Edition Copy of The Renegade Writer: A Totally Innovative Guide to Freelance Writing Success
— A signed copy of Linda and Diana’s new book, The Renegade Writers Query Letters That Rock, coming out this fall.
— A complete set of Marion Street Press books for writers and word lovers.
— A cool gold-plated pen and pencil set.

The two runners up will win the same package, except the cash.

How do you enter?
Write a quick essay about your renegade writer lifestyle, including info about rules you’ve broken and how breaking those rules helped your career. Feel free to mention broken rules from The Renegade Writer, or rules not found in the book. Email your essay, and your snail mail address, to Renegade Writer publisher Ed Avis at edavis(at)marionstreetpress.com. Then get back to your renegade writing ways!
The deadline is July 1, 2006. Winners will be announced September 1, 2006.

The Renegade Writer (ISBN 1933338008, $14.95, Marion Street Press, Inc., 2005) is published by Marion Street Press, Inc., (www.marionstreetpress.com.) an independent publisher in Oak Park, Illinois that specializes in books for writers, journalists and word lovers.

Good luck, all you rule-breakers out there!