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News from the Jewish Book Council

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I’ve been away for a bit, but now I’m back in NYC and catching up on all kinds of news to share. And there are two items from the Jewish Book Council that I wanted to be sure to bring to your attention:

First, you can find plenty of excellent titles to add to your personal reading list among the new books authored by participants in the 2010-11 Jewish Book NETWORK. Take a look!

Also, check out the upcoming Jewish Authors’ Conference, slated for Sunday, October 3, here in NYC. Subtitled “Writing for Adult Readers,” the conference is offering early-bird discounted registration until September 15. I’m going to be there–I hope that some of you will be, too.

Jewish Literary Festival Writing Contest Announced

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From the DC JCC, home to the Hyman S. & Freyda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival (October 17-27, 2010):

Community Prize for Writing on a Festival Theme
Strangers in a Strange Land: The Lives of Jewish Immigrants

We surround ourselves with communities that sustain and enrich our lives. When we leave those communities—by choice, by force, or both—our lives are upended. What do we choose to take with us to the new environment, and what do we leave behind? This year’s Opening Night explores these questions of immigration and home.

Jews have often found themselves strangers in strange lands, but new environments are not always the result of physical displacement. Tell us a true story—from your life or a family member’s—of finding oneself alone in a new place or situation.

Submissions are open to all and will be judged blindly. Work will be considered in two categories: 1) 18 years and under, and 2) over 18. Please include your contact information and age category on the first page only. Send submissions of 500 words or fewer to litfest(at)washingtondcjcc(dot)org by September 27, 2010.

A selection committee will choose three entries in each category to honor during the Festival and online. These winning entries will be published on the 16th Street J’s website and The Blog at 16th & Q. The first place selection in each category will win the Community Prize for Writing and a $100 Visa gift card.

Note: No previously-published work, please.

High Holiday Poetry Contest 2010

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MyJewishLearning is running a High Holiday Poetry Contest–and you’re invited to participate.

Submitted poems “can be funny, or serious, or both. They can rhyme. They can be long (though we are from the Internet short-attention-span-generation). We want to be entertained, and we want to be inspired.”

Submit by August 25. Winning entries will be published online in time for Rosh Hashanah.

There will be prizes!

For more info, check MyJewishLearning.

(via the Jewish Book Council)

Introducing JewishFiction.net

by Erika Dreifus on
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When I first heard about the establishment of JewishFiction.net, two aspects of the new online venue for English-language fiction on Jewish themes caught my attention.

First, I was impressed to learn that Toronto-based Dr. Nora Gold was the editorial brain behind the venture. I discovered Gold’s story collection, Marrow, several years ago, thanks to a presentation at a conference of the Society for Jewish American and Holocaust Literature. And I thought the book was terrific.

I was less impressed, however, when I found out that the journal was going to charge $15 as a submission fee. I can be antsy about submission fees even for contests that promise cash prizes. I become very nervous when a journal charges a submission fee without even the chance of earning some pay for the work.

Happily, the editor informed me earlier this week that the submission fee requirement has been removed. If you’re interested in submitting, or simply want to learn more about the project, please click here.

Hadassah-Brandeis Institute Research Awards

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“The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute awards grants to support interdisciplinary research or artistic projects on Jewish women and gender issues. Scholars, activists, writers and artists who are pursuing research on questions of significance to the field of Jewish women’s studies may apply.”

Grant categories include: film and video, biography, history, social science, the arts (performance arts, visual arts, and creative writing), Judaism, and the Yishuv and Israel.

Junior grants (up to $2000) are awarded to graduate students enrolled in recognized Ph.D. programs and new scholars; senior grants (up to $5000) are awarded to established scholars and professionals.

Proposal deadline is September 15, 2010.

For more information, please click here.