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  • Some advice on running a great book event.
  • Tomorrow would have been Kurt Vonnegut’s 88th birthday. Just in time, Ninth Letter takes note, with a “sly tribute” and mention of Friday’s “sneak peek” of the Kurt Vonnegut Memorial Library in Indianapolis.
  • An item that reminds us of the power of poetry.
  • The latest After Deadline column opens with a focus on some especially “inviting” lead paragraphs.
  • A new blog from The Chronicle of Higher Education, Arts & Academe, presents “news and features on campus creativity,” and seems to post a new poem every Monday.

    • Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

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  • Dalkey Archive Press is currently accepting applications for paid internships in its Dublin and London offices. “The expectation is that one or both of these internships will become full-time positions within a year.” Applicants must be EU residents or legally permitted to work in the EU, among other requirements.
  • Words and Images has posted its 2011 submission guidelines: “Words and Images is accepting submissions for the 2011 issue. We are pretty eclectic (erratic?) in our tastes, and will therefore consider pretty much anything. Genre fiction, experimental work, Literature (with a capital L): whatever you have that you’d like to throw our way, just so long as it’s unpublished. We are also looking for two dimensional representation of all forms of visual art. For submissions across all genres we would prefer works that in some way highlights this year’s theme: Resurgam, a latin word that means ‘I will rise again’.” Pays: “We pay contributors in one copy, and $20 per poem and/or printed page of prose. We pay visual contributors $30 per piece.” (via Duotrope.com)
  • From the latest WritersMarket.com newsletter: “Songwriter’s Market has a new editor—actually two editors at the moment, and they’re looking for your submissions to the 2012 Songwriter’s Market! Send pitches for articles on the craft and business of songwriting to Adria Haley between now and November 30. E-mail pitches to adria(dot)haley(at)fwmedia(dot)com with the subject line: 2012 Songwriter’s Market Submission. Remember: Start your pitches with your article idea (or ideas). Don’t start off talking about yourself—unless you’re a famous songwriter like Willie Nelson or Lady Gaga.
  • WritersWeekly.com is looking for feature articles (pays: $60) and success stories (pays: $40).
  • Plenty of submission calls (from paying journals) and no-fee contest/competition info in our latest newsletter, which went out to subscribers at the end of last month and is now online for everyone to read.
  • Weber State University (Utah) “invites applications for one tenure-track position [assistant professor] in fiction writing, to begin August of 2011, depending on funding.”
  • “The Department of English at Christopher Newport University [Va.] invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track [assistant professor] faculty position in creative writing, effective August 2011.”
  • “The Department of English at Rollins College [Fla.] invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professor position, beginning August 2011, to replace faculty on sabbatical leave. The teaching load is three (3) courses per semester for two semesters, including Introduction to Creative Writing (covering fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry) and Advanced Fiction Workshop; one or two courses in composition or literature possible.”
  • The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International (N.Y.) is looking for a Science Writer/Editor, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (D.C.) seeks a Development Writer, and Earth Island Journal (Calif.) invites applications for Managing Editor position.

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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.)

    Monday Morning Markets/Jobs/Opportunities

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  • The October 7 issue of the Writing World newsletter included this announcement from editor Moira Allen: “We’re getting low on articles here at Writing-World.com. We use two feature articles each month, and we need more. We accept original articles AND reprints — including articles that have appeared in other writing publications (preferably print as there’s less overlap in audience) and excerpts from books (including e-books) on writing.” Guidelines and pay rates are available online.
  • Calling all Irish practicing writers (“people born or normally resident in Ireland”): This year, the Francis MacManus Short Story Competition is accepting entries until December 31, 2010. This contest looks for previously unpublished work suitable for radio broadcast. Entries are welcome in English or in Irish. “The author of the overall winning story will receive €3,000 with prizes of €2,000 and €1,000 awarded to the second and third prize winners.” No entry fee indicated.
  • “The Run for Grub Scholarship was founded by Grub Street member Catherine Elcik who ran a marathon in July to raise money to cover the cost of workshops for four students. Each of the four scholarships covers the cost of a 10- or 6-week workshop of your choice, anytime in the 2011 calendar year. To be eligible, you must be taking your first multi-week workshop at Grub Street OR taking your first multi-week workshop in a genre that is new to you (i.e. you are a fiction writer taking screenwriting for the first time, or a poet taking a memoir class, etc).” No fee to apply. Deadline: November 1, 2010 (applications must be received via email by 5 p.m. EST that day).
  • By this time next week, our Practicing Writer newsletter subscribers will have received their November issues via e-mail. Not yet a subscriber? Sign up now! It’s free, and we’ll keep your e-mail address private. This way, you won’t have to wait for the issue to be reprinted online to take advantage of the no-cost competition information, paying calls for submissions, and other newsletter resources.
  • “Colgate University seeks to fill a tenure-track position in fiction writing, rank of assistant professor, beginning fall term 2011.”
  • “The Brief-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing at Eastern Kentucky University seeks a Visiting Fiction Writer for the Spring 2011 semester. The successful candidate will attend the program’s Winter Writing Residency in Lexington, Kentucky from January 1st – 9th, 2011, where, among other duties, she or he will teach an intensive fiction workshop. After the Winter Residency, the Visiting Writer will teach two online courses for the MFA program, a fiction workshop and a class in contemporary literature. Although the Visiting Writer must attend the Winter Writing Residency as a guest of the MFA program (with travel, lodging, and meal expenses provided by the university), this position does not require that the Visiting Writer relocate to Kentucky.”
  • South Dakota State University is looking for a “tenure-track assistant professor of English to teach courses in Creative Writing, with an emphasis in Fiction.”
  • “The University of Memphis seeks applications for the position of Assistant Professor in Creative Nonfiction. Secondary genre in poetry or fiction desired.”
  • “Drake University seeks an outstanding teacher and active writer to teach courses in fiction writing. A secondary specialization in new media, genre fiction, or literature in translation is desirable.” This is an assistant-professor position.
  • Rowan University (N.J.) is looking for an Assistant Professor, Creative Writing, “with expertise and 3 years college-level teaching experience in one or more of the following areas: fiction, creative nonfiction, children’s stories, or introductory creative writing.”
  • The University of the Pacific (Calif.) seeks a Managing Editor, Connecticut College is looking for an Alumni/Advancement Writer, and Catholic Relief Services (Md.) is advertising for a Copy Editor.