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Writing Contests from Moment Magazine

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FOUR contests to tell you about:

New: Moment Magazine Memoir Contest: “Everyone has a story. Moment wants to hear yours. To celebrate the rich and diverse narratives of its readers, Moment is holding a memoir writing contest. We are looking for short personal essays/memoirs (no more than 3,500 words) about you or your family that have some kind of Jewish connection or content. Moment will review all submissions and award one first place award and two honorable mentions to works of outstanding writing.”
Deadline: December 31, 2010.
Reading fee: $35 (pretty steep, in my view–I’m not sure I’ve seen many fees this high for a single-piece [vs. book-length] competition, and although this fee is more than twice the price of entering the fiction contest [see below] the first prize is only half as lucrative, but Moment didn’t ask for my input when they came up with the rules).
Prizes: First prize includes $500, plus possible publication; two honorable mentions of $150 apiece.

And three annual contests to remember:

You Can Change the World Essay Contest: social action writing contest for high school students in grades 9-12.
Deadline: February 15, 2010.
No entry fee.
First prize: $500.

Publish-A-Kid(book review contest): open to anyone ages 9-13.
Deadline: February 15, 2010.
No entry fee.

Moment-Karma Short Fiction Contest: for “outstanding works of unpublished short fiction with Jewish content.”
Deadline: December 31, 2010.
Reading fee: $15.
Prizes: $1,000/$500/$250, plus possible publication. “Winners may be invited to an awards ceremony. If so, the contest covers a round trip flight or train fare and one night hotel, if necessary. All travel arrangements are to be made by Moment.”

Jewish Currents Call for Submissions

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Received this from Lawrence Bush, editor of Jewish Currents, a “progressive, secular” bimonthly magazine.

“For our Spring, 2010 issue, we are seeking brief, personally revealing essays for our ‘Concealed/Revealed’ column (300 words or less) on the topic, ‘In the Kitchen,’ and informative essays (300-700 words) on some aspect of environmental activism or environmental consciousness for our ‘Notes from a Small Planet’ column. The deadline for both is February 10th. If you have questions about content, please get in touch with me. Thanks!”

Compensation, according to the editor, will be “a one-year subscription and copies of the magazine.”

Next Sunday in NYC: Imagination and Catastrophe: Art and the Aftermath of Genocide

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Next Sunday (January 10, 2010) in New York City, the Center for Jewish History presents a symposium titled ““Imagination and Catastrophe: Art and the Aftermath of Genocide”:

Join filmmakers, writers, and musicians to discuss the complexity of creating art that deals with genocide and its aftermath. These artists and critics will discuss how the imagination wrestles with historically catastrophic events. The program will include segments of films, readings of fiction and poetry and a musical presentation, “The Golden Peacock” by Hugo Weisgall. In the creation of art out of catastrophe, genocide can be understood in more complex ways.

“There can be no poetry after Auschwitz.” – Theodore Adorno

Join Atom Egoyan, director, writer, producer, Academy Award nominee; Peter Balakian award winning poet; Emily Duncan-Brown, soprano; Donna-Lee Frieze scholar of genocide, philosophy and film studies, Marcie Hershman novelist; Laura Leon, pianist, and R. Clifton Spargo, writer to discuss:

–Is the artist obligated to tell the truth about history?

–What is the ethical impact of fictionalizing genocide?

–How does the artist use his or her medium to depict the horrors of history without sentimentality?

Admission: $20 general, $15 CJH members

Editor Sought for JewishBoston.com

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“You…

Talented writer and editor. In love with words, blogs, and writings. Outgoing and active. Connected to the Jewish community. Deeply embedded in and enthralled by social media.

Us…

Launching in March 2010, JewishBoston.com will make it easy for more and more people to participate in Jewish life in Boston. Key features: Events and online registration, organizational and program directory, and community blogging. Interfaces with Facebook, Twitter, and the social web. Useful to everyone in the community, the site is especially targeted to young adults and families with young children.

The job…

On a daily basis, you’ll take the lead on featuring events, blog posts and organizations. You’ll keep the civil community together by moderating the site and encouraging contributions. You’ll write and edit JewishBoston posts. You’ll help recruit a community of bloggers and ensure an ongoing flow of user and organizational generated content. You’ll work with our community manager to teach Jewish organizations throughout Boston how to effectively communicate through the site. On a weekly basis, you’ll run the editorial meeting. Together we’ll review metrics, set goals, track progress, and plan the ongoing improvement of the site. Over time, you’ll help shape the growth and direction of the site.

You will be reporting to the Director of JewishBoston.com and working in downtown Boston.”

For more info and application instructions, click here.

The Forward Seeks Freelancers

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From JournalismJobs.com:

“The Forward, a prestigious national Jewish newspaper founded in 1897, is developing a network of freelance reporters available to cover stories in major urban centers, such as Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami and Boston for our English language edition. We are also interested in writers based abroad. We are looking for journalists able to pitch ideas and accept short-notice assignments on issues of interest to our readers who can tell the story in generally 800-1,200 words. These include stories dealing with Judaism, religion and spirituality, labor, civil rights, interethnic and interfaith relations, U.S.-Israel relations and Middle East-related activism, Jewish culture and arts, and personality profiles. A willingness to work with editors to hone stories to a fine point of clarity is a must.”