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Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

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  • The Disabled Shop Blog is running a blogging competition: “Enter now and win the chance to become a paid blogger writing about disability and disability products AND £250 in cash.” There is no entry fee, and the deadline for submissions is December 18, 2010. NB: I discovered this contest in a list of nonfiction-focused writing competitions (some do charge fees) that Ann Goldberg mentioned on Twitter.
  • Last call for submissions: “You requested it, and we complied: Issue seven of Workers Write! will be Tales from the Courtroom and will contain stories and poems from the legal worker’s point of view (lawyers, judges, court reporters, bailiffs, and so on). Your story should be set anywhere legal work is performed, but we are not looking for stories about court cases or whodunits. Drop us a line if you have a question.” Deadline is December 1, 2010 (Wednesday). Pays: “Between $5 and $50 (depending on length and rights requested). We will consider previously published material.”
  • “THE WAITING ROOM is a magazine designed to entertain, educate, bring insight and humor into waiting rooms throughout the country. Our content is unique and varied, as are our contributors. We publish original fiction, essays, humor, art, cartoons, poetry and recipes from both published and unpublished authors and artists. Quality is our only criteria.” Pays: “Payment is $20/for stories, articles or essays – $10/poem $10/art pieces or photos, plus one contributors copy.” (via AbsoluteWrite.com)
  • “We are delighted to announce that entries for the Rossica Translation Prize 2011 are now open. The Rossica Prize is the only prize awarded for the best new translation of a high-quality Russian literary work into English. Literary work must be written in Russian by any author, present or past, and published in English in 2009 and 2010. The prize is open to works published in any country. The value of the prize is £5,000 divided between the winning translator and the publisher.” No entry fee indicated. Deadline: December 31, 2010.
  • From Eckerd College (Fla.): “Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, renewable contract, to start in September, 2011, at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. M.F.A. in Creative Writing. Teach seven courses per academic year, to include four courses in the Eckerd College Program for Experienced Learners (our adult education program) and three courses in the residential undergraduate college….We are looking for a writer of fiction and plays. Teaching responsibilities will include some combination of beginning, intermediate, and advanced fiction courses, one-act play, the short comic sketch, the full length play, etc. The ability to teach screenwriting is also welcome.”
  • From Roosevelt University (Ill.): “The Department of Literature and Languages at Roosevelt University welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing. The successful candidate will be a creative writer with primary specialization in Fiction and secondary specialization in either Creative Nonfiction or Poetry.”
  • The Harvard School of Public Health (Mass.) seeks a Senior Writer/Project Manager, Stanford University (Calif.) is looking for a Writer and Communications Manager, and Florida Gulf Coast University invites applications for a Staff Writer.

    • The Wednesday Web Browser

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    A few morsels to brighten up your middle-of-the-week:

    • Book clubs are one thing. Literary magazine clubs are another.
    • Not sure how I missed the fact that The Christian Science Monitor has a books blog (“Chapter and Verse“), but that lacuna in my knowledge (and our blogroll) has now been remedied.
    • Nice recap of a Literary Translation Roundtable that took place at the recent conference of the American Literary Translators’ Association.
    • Yet another gem from Fiction Writers Review: This time, FWR brings us an exceptional, four-participant reflection on the 2010 Sozopol Fiction Seminar. As always, the layout and images are also superlative.
    • Advice for ghostwriters: Ten Signs to Run Away from a Potential Client.
    • Two poetry-related items: Ron Hogan’s report on an event featuring W.S. Merwin and Mark Edmundson’s take on the contemporary relevance of William Blake’s “London.” (Confession: Blake was one of my favorites way back in that freshman-year British lit survey.)

    The Wednesday Web Browser

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  • Weren’t able to attend the Lorrie Moore/Deborah Treisman event at the New Yorker Festival? Me neither. Thankfully, Elissa Bassist was there.
  • New York Magazine‘s current issue includes a super article on Lydia Davis and her new translation of Madame Bovary.
  • David Abrams reflects on tech developments and their impact on his reading and reviewing.
  • Speaking of reviewing, I meant to share this list of HarperCollins copy contacts earlier. (Thanks to @BethFishReads for the tip.)
  • Looking for some writing prompts? Take a look at this collection from author and professor Daniel Nester.
  • Writer’s Digest interviews my teacher and friend Sage Cohen about her upcoming book, The Productive Writer (which I have already pre-ordered), and the writing life.
  • Over on my other blog, you’ll find a recap of Sunday’s Jewish Authors Conference.
  • And in case you’re wondering, dear freelancer, why the editor said “no,” here are 10 possible reasons.
  • I know, I haven’t been linking much to two things you’re probably seeing a lot of everywhere else lately: Jonathan Franzen and MFA programs. What can I say? I get tired.

    • The Wednesday Web Browser

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    Oh, have I found some online goodies for you this week, my friends!