Look what the winter snow blew in: a brand new issue of textsound, featuring work by Linh Dinh, Joseph Lease, Cynthia Nelson, Paul DeMarinis, Joe Wenderoth, Kenward Elmslie, Patrick Durgin and many more. Issue 3 includes conceptual work, chance operations, barbaric yawps, Danish funk-blues, found trucks, recycled music, stinky gods, and even a poem written by the editors…
Category: Opportunities
Cellar Roots v.38 is out!
Congratulations to all the folks who made it into the 2009 edition of Cellar Roots, featuring the best in prose, poetry, and visual art from EMU students and others. The new edition is out. Contact Cellar Roots to find out how to obtain a copy. http://www.emich.edu/cellarroots/
Call for papers: Feminism in the 21st Century
Call for Papers: Feminism in the 21st Century. Framing the discussion on feminisms of the emerging Fourth Wave. Deadline: April 30, 2009 Description of Project: New York based writer editing an anthology on 21st century feminism and sexual politics. Fourth Wave Feminism emerges and brings with it a discussion of sex, power, desire, and identity….
Blue Mountain Center Water Residency
Blue Mountain Center is welcoming applications to apply to a special Water Residency session (June 19-July 5, 2009). The fundamental notion that fresh water is beautiful, precious, and irreplaceable—and the fact that its quantity, purity, and accessibility are profoundly threatened around the world—has spurred Blue Mountain Center to create a special two-week residency about water….
Narrative Story Contest
The deadline to Narrative magazine’s Winter 2009 story contest is almost here: MARCH 31. The contest is open to short shorts, short stories, essays, memoirs, all forms of literary nonfiction, and excerpts from longer works of both fiction and nonfiction. Prizes are $3,000 (First Prize), $1,500 (Second Prize), $750 (Third Prize), and $100 each for ten…
Submit to “Spirits”
Spirits, the literary and art journal of Indiana University Northwest, is seeking submissions of poetry, short fiction, creative essays, photography, painting, and sketches for its next issue. You can submit a maximum of six poems, short fiction and essays of no more than 2500 words, or artwork in jpg, tiff, or eps format. All submissions must…
Two New Submission Opportunities
CALL FOR MENUPOEMS! Food-themed literary review Alimentum will once again publish a poetry broadside of menupoems for National Poetry Month (April). The poems are distributed to participating restaurants so diners may enjoy some poetry with their menu! About a dozen poems will be selected. Submission guidelines: Short menu- dining-food- related poems 12-line length limit 3-poem submission limit Deadline-March…
Graduate Assistantship with JNT for 2009-2010 school year
Here’s an annoucement from the folks at the Journal of Narrative Theory: Do you want to gain valuable experience in the writing, editing and publishing world while still in school? Apply for the Graduate Assistantship position with the Journal of Narrative Theory in the English Department! Job Description: We are looking for an organized, energetic graduate…
Fellowship Opportunity in Publishing
Fellows in Literary Publishing WHERE: Dalkey Archive Press ph 217.244.5700 fax 217.244.9142 http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/ University of Illinois 1805 S. Wright Street, MC-011 Champaign, IL 61820 DESCRIPTION: Beginning in the summer of 2009, Dalkey Archive Press at the University of Illinois will be offering an opportunity to young people to gain full-time experience in literary publishing by…
Submission Opportunities in Poetry and Prose
2009 LEVIS PRIZE IN POETRY From Four Way Books: 2009 Levis Prize in Poetry Judge: Mary Jo Bang Open to all poets writing in English Submission Dates: January 1 – March 31, 2009 electronic or mail submissions accepted Awarding publication of a book-length collection and $1000.00 For Complete Guidelines visit: www.fourwaybooks.com Four Way Books…