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The New Letters Literary Awards $4,500 in awards for writers | Deadline:  May 19, 2014. The $1,500 New Letters Prize for Poetry for the best group of three to six poems. The $1,500 Dorothy Cappon Prize for the best Essay. The $1,500 Alexander Cappon Prize for Fiction, for the best short story. GUIDELINES Upload your writing online by midnight Monday, May 19th. Entries sent after midnight May 19th cannot be considered or refunded. Please note that our annual deadline is May 18th; however, because the deadline falls on a Sunday this year, we will accept entries throughout the 19th. Please read guidelines carefully to insure best… Read Article →

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 of the contest on October 1, 2014. Their judge this year is Judith Ortiz Cofer, accomplished author and Franklin Professor of English at the University of Georgia.   Electronic submissions will be available on their website soon. The contest is open to all types… Read Article →

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 Martens, Charlotte Pence, Russel Swensen,  Nick McRae, Shane McCrae, Simone Muench, Blake Kimzey, and Caleb Curtiss.   Entry deadline for the Spring 2014 Competition:  May 31, 2014.    How to Enter     Visit us online for complete submission guidelines. Submissions… Read Article →

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 produced. Thrillist is into all sorts of stuff–mostly, they’re looking for writers to flaunt their local expertise. Their audience is  a younger, male demographic, but the new editor has ideas in the works about that, too. You may be familiar with Thrillist’s work… Read Article →

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 of all client mentions before publication Secure final author sign-off of all content, working with editors to ensure final revisions are appropriately incorporated Provide support in tracking and communicating the status of articles and accompanying assets, liaising with designers, editors,… Read Article →

ATTENTION  All DePaul students:   You are encouraged to nominate a DePaul professorwho has contributed in significant ways to your development as a socially responsible leader, through their teaching, their mentorship and support, or the ways they’ve challenged you to grow in thought and action.  In other words, which professors have helped you to gain a deeper understanding of DePaul’s Vincentian mission and of your vocation and your responsibility to the broader society and world? All student nominators and the nominated faculty members will be invited to a special breakfast event in their honor on… Read Article →

The Group Project is dedicated to giving amateur writers an audience and coordinating fabulous performances. Martin’s Corner Bar in Pilsen hosts 7 Stories the last Friday of every month, and it is far from a conventional reading series. During the weeks before the show, our experienced team works with authors to fine tune their stories and prepare them for performance. Throughout the process, we mix in theater, music, and audience participation to heighten the spectacle. We are looking for student interns to help us with future performances. We work communally and are always looking for artists with… Read Article →

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 adaptation and theatrical performance, and discuss Shakespeare and his legacy in the twenty-first century. We welcome alumni back to our department, and we welcome newcomers to see what our department has to offer! Early-bird registration ends on May 1, so… Read Article →

The Chicago Writers Conference is devoted to helping writers at any stage of their careers get the information and skills they need to succeed. Every year we host a two-day conference with workshops and talks that range from interacting with agents to marketing self-published work. We also run quarterly workshops on specific aspects of writing life, such as taxes or submissions, and free readings at Open Books. Event Photographer – 2 hrs on World Book Night Action Opportunity favor Chicago, IL, US Chicago Writers Conference is seeking a photographer to photograph our World Book Night… Read Article →

Open Books is in search of an exceptional Marketing Manager to help them spread the word and advance the cause. Are you the one? – Lead / assist with all traditional marketing for Open Books, including: – Paid advertising placement – Grassroots campaign planning and execution – Online outreach – Event calendar listing placement – Direct mail – Collateral development – Other initiatives as agreed upon in conjunction with executive management – Manage all social media for main Open Books accounts (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn, YouTube, etc.) and coordinate with staff members handling auxiliary accounts… Read Article →

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 Martens, Charlotte Pence, Russel Swensen,  Nick McRae, Shane McCrae, Simone Muench, Blake Kimzey, and Caleb Curtiss.  Entry deadline for the Spring 2014 Competition:  May 31, 2014.    How to Enter Visit us online for complete submission guidelines. Submissions are accepted via… Read Article →

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 $100 in addition to publication.  Each entry is $20 and comes with a one-year subscription to BWR. Finalists receive notation in that issue and are considered for publication. Click here for full rules and guidelines.

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