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Two Writing Opportunities for Taglit-Birthright Israel Alumni

by Erika Dreifus on
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If you’re a writer who is also a Taglit-Birthright Israel alum, you are in luck! There are two current opportunities you should know about.

First: the Fall 2009 Alumni Essay Contest. It’s actually open to poems, too. The contest theme is “Celebrating Ten Years: What Taglit-Birthright Israel Has Meant to Me.” Two first prizes of round trip flights to Israel will be awarded, with multiple second and third prizes of $300 and $150 Amazon.com gift certificates, respectively. Deadline: September 18, 2009.

Next: Birthright Israel NEXT and Nextbook Inc. invite submissions for a literary anthology written by Taglit-Birthright Israel trip alumni. “The book, to be published in 2011 by The Toby Press, will focus on the experiences you had on the trip, and afterword. It will include many types of content, from essays and poems to graphic art and photographs. What all the pieces will have in common is that they’ll be created by Birthright Israel alumni like you, and they’ll focus on how the trip has changed you.” I do wish the call for submissions included information on the compensation to be offered selected writers, but so far, I don’t see any. Submissions will be accepted soon (a link is coming), and should be sent before December 15, 2009.

Stern College Seeks Adjunct Fiction Instructor

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“Stern College for Women, Yeshiva University is seeking an adjunct instructor in Fiction Writing to teach one course in Spring 2010, with the possibility of renewal for the following spring. Preference will be given to candidates with an MA or MFA in Creative Writing, publications in fiction, and experience in college level teaching. Teaching duties include leading an introductory fiction writing workshop, advising students, and assisting in the reading and assessment of final portfolios. Please send application letter describing experience, CV, writing sample up to 35 pp, a statement of teaching philosophy, and 3 letters of recommendation to FictionSternYU@gmail.com, or to Prof. Linda Shires, Chair, Dept. of English, Stern College for Women, 245 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Digital submissions preferred. Deadline for application is August 26th. Yeshiva University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.”

Deadline Approaching for Goldberg Prize

by Erika Dreifus on
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Just received an e-reminder about the Goldberg Prize for Jewish Fiction by Emerging Writers. Administered by the Foundation for Jewish Culture, the award includes a prize of $2,500 and a one-week residency at Ledig House International Writers Colony. It honors a first or second full-length work of fiction published in the previous calendar year. The work must explore Jewish themes.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents, and the prize application must be made by the publisher.

Completed applications must be received by 4:00 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2009.

Paper Bridge Summer Arts Festival

by Erika Dreifus on
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The National Yiddish Book Center (Amherst, Mass.) will hold its fifth annual Paper Bridge Summer Arts Festival from July 12-16, 2009. It will include three special, low-cost workshops. Pre-registration is required.

Monday, July 13 – 10:00 a.m. and Wednesday, July 15 – 10:00 a.m.
Write Your Memories
Pulitzer-prize winning author and UMASS Professor Madeleine Blais leads a memoir writing workshop. Would you like to share your personal history with your children and grandchildren? This workshop will provide you the tools necessary to begin writing it all down. Cost: $10

Monday, July 13 – 4:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 16 – 4:00 p.m.
Translate Your Memories
Would you like to find out what a family letter, postcard, journal entry or recipe says in Yiddish? Bring it to our Yiddish translators and we will open the door to your family history. Cost: $5

Tuesday, July 14 – 4:00 p.m. and Thursday, July 16 – 10:00 a.m.
Preserve Your Memories
Do you have boxes of family letters, postcards and photographs? Bring them to the Book Center and Barbara Blumenthal, Rare Book Specialist at the Smith College Library, will show you how to safely archive them for future generations. Cost: $5

New Literary Journal from Israel: The Arava Review

by Erika Dreifus on
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A sincere “todah rabah” to Tova Gardner, co-founder of The Arava Review, for telling me about the new Israel-based journal:

From the Web site:

We’re looking for excellent works of poetry, fiction, and visual art. Though you don’t have to be previously published, do send us your best work.

A few words about the Arava (Arava Rift Valley): An area in southeastern Israel that divides the Negev Range from the Edom Mountains to the east. The meaning of Arava is “arid wilderness”. Its first known reference is in Deuteronomy 1:1: “These are the words Moses spoke to all Israel in the desert east of the Jordan—that is, in the Arabah—opposite Suph, between Paran and Tophel, Laban, Hazeroth and Dizahab.”

These are our first few weeks online. We’ve begun receiving submissions and are excited to put up content, so please submit!

Submit, read, and enjoy!