Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest

Enter Prairie Schooner’s Nonfiction Contest! On May 2, submissions will open for the annual Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest. This is their third year hosting the contest, and they’re excited to see what the essayists among you are thinking about.   Judith Ortiz Cofer Submissions will remain open until August 1, 2014, and they will announce the winner…Continue reading Prairie Schooner Summer Creative Nonfiction Contest

Thrillist Seeking Travel Writers

The new Travel Editor over at Thrillist is looking to add more writers to their freelancer network. They’re focused on producing more content, and are looking for smart, funny people to get paid to be both, “smart and funny”. The editor would also like to assure readers that Thrillist pays, “real $$$” for the work…Continue reading Thrillist Seeking Travel Writers

McKinsey Publishing Seeking to Fill Two Positions

TITLE: Editorial Assistant, McKinsey Publishing Open-ended, full-time contract position (35 hrs/wk+) JOB SCOPE: For content published in the printed McKinsey Quarterly and/or on the Insights & Publications section of mckinsey.com, the following activities may apply:   Fact-check and proofread articles, exhibits, multimedia products, videos, and social-media assets Manage critical, time-sensitive process of securing internal approval…Continue reading McKinsey Publishing Seeking to Fill Two Positions

University of Wisconsin-Madison to Put on Shakespeare Festival

The Department of English at UW-Madison is pleased to announce that online registration for the Mendota Seminar is now available! We invite alumni and friends to join us, on June 20-22, for a weekend celebrating Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. We will attend an American Players Theatre performance of Much Ado About Nothing, enjoy faculty lectures, explore…Continue reading University of Wisconsin-Madison to Put on Shakespeare Festival

The Black River Chapbook Competition

The Black River Chapbook Competition Deadline: May 31, 2014 About the Prize The Black River Chapbook Competition is a semi-annual prize from Black Lawrence Press for a chapbook of short fiction or poems. Entries should be between 16 and 36 pages in length. The winner will receive $500 and publication. Recent winners include: Lisa Fay Coutley, Amelia…Continue reading The Black River Chapbook Competition

Black Warrior Review’s Now Open

The Journal Celebrates It’s Tenth Annual Contest Black Warrior Review’s tenth-annual contest is now open,  and we’re honored to have Richard Siken (Poetry), Lily Hoang (Fiction/Prose), and Kiese Laymon (Nonfiction) as our guest judges. Winners in each genre receive a $1,000 prize and publication in BWR 41.2, our Spring/Summer 2015 issue. Three runners-up will be awarded…Continue reading Black Warrior Review’s Now Open

Glimmer Train Seeking Submissions

Glimmer Train is quickly scouring for submissions before April 30th. Do you have any work to submit? Very Short Fiction. 1st: $1,500, and publication in Issue 94. Deadline: 4/30. Winners and finalists will be announced in the July 1 bulletin, and contacted directly the previous week. Second- and 3rd-places win, respectively, $500 and $300, or,…Continue reading Glimmer Train Seeking Submissions