As we move forward with merging WEGO, EGO and LAC to form the Graduate Literary Organization (GLO), we have selected two amazing co-coordinators who will lead GLO next year: Amber Beaman from the writing program and Jennifer Davis from the English program. Amber will be a second-year fiction student in the fall and has been involved with WEGO, the WIC (Writing Intensive Course) assistant program and the Writing Center. Jennifer will also be a second-year student and served on EGO's general committee this year. They both have great ideas for building a stronger literary community and planning events that are of interest to both writing and English students.
The coordinators will take the reigns in the fall. For now, I will continue to post to the blog through mid-June. From there, the URL may change to reflect the GLO name. We'll keep you posted about changes as they happen.
Thanks everyone for your continued support. Welcome Amber and Jennifer!
5.31.2008
5.28.2008
Contest: Narrative Magazine (Deadline July 31)
Narrative Contest Guidelines
The Narrative First-Person Contest is open to all writers. We’re looking for works of fiction or nonfiction written in the first-person point of view in the following categories: short stories, short short stories, novel excerpts, essays, memoirs, and excerpts from book-length nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 8,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest.
In seeking fiction and nonfiction written in first-person point of view, we are especially looking for works that transcend narrow self-interest and self-expression. We are looking for authors whose use of the first person demonstrates a sense of proportion and perspective, an engagement with the world beyond the self, for authors whose gifts of thought or feeling and of insight enhance a reader’s sense of connection and possibility. And, as always, we are looking for manuscripts with a strong narrative, in which the effects of language are intense and total. Reading the first-person narrator—the I of the story—we hope to find the most necessary, most intimate, most personal stories made universal.
Awards: First Prize is $3,000, Second Prize is $1,750, and Third Prize is $1,000. The prize winners will be announced in Narrative and will be eligible for publication. Additionally, ten finalists will receive $125 each. We’ll announce finalists in the magazine as well. All entries will be considered for publication.
There is a $20 fee for each entry. And with your entry, you’ll receive six months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.
Entries will be accepted between May 1 and July 31, 2008.
The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. Winners and finalists will be announced to the public by August 31, 2008. All writers who enter will be notified by email of the judges’ decisions.
We accept online entries only. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but if your entry is accepted elsewhere, please let us know as soon as possible (and accept our congratulations!).
Entries should be formatted as follows: Double-spaced, with 12-point type, at least one-inch margins, and sequentially numbered pages. Please give the author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address at the top of the first page.
The Narrative First-Person Contest is open to all writers. We’re looking for works of fiction or nonfiction written in the first-person point of view in the following categories: short stories, short short stories, novel excerpts, essays, memoirs, and excerpts from book-length nonfiction. Entries must be previously unpublished, no longer than 8,000 words, and must not have been previously chosen as a winner, finalist, or honorable mention in another contest.
In seeking fiction and nonfiction written in first-person point of view, we are especially looking for works that transcend narrow self-interest and self-expression. We are looking for authors whose use of the first person demonstrates a sense of proportion and perspective, an engagement with the world beyond the self, for authors whose gifts of thought or feeling and of insight enhance a reader’s sense of connection and possibility. And, as always, we are looking for manuscripts with a strong narrative, in which the effects of language are intense and total. Reading the first-person narrator—the I of the story—we hope to find the most necessary, most intimate, most personal stories made universal.
Awards: First Prize is $3,000, Second Prize is $1,750, and Third Prize is $1,000. The prize winners will be announced in Narrative and will be eligible for publication. Additionally, ten finalists will receive $125 each. We’ll announce finalists in the magazine as well. All entries will be considered for publication.
There is a $20 fee for each entry. And with your entry, you’ll receive six months of complimentary access to Narrative Backstage.
Entries will be accepted between May 1 and July 31, 2008.
The contest will be judged by the editors of the magazine. Winners and finalists will be announced to the public by August 31, 2008. All writers who enter will be notified by email of the judges’ decisions.
We accept online entries only. We do accept simultaneous submissions, but if your entry is accepted elsewhere, please let us know as soon as possible (and accept our congratulations!).
Entries should be formatted as follows: Double-spaced, with 12-point type, at least one-inch margins, and sequentially numbered pages. Please give the author’s name, address, telephone number, and email address at the top of the first page.
KELLOGG AWARD WINNERS
The English Department's Kellogg Committee is pleased to announce its 2008 award recipients in student writing and achievement, as presented on Thursday May 23rd at the 44th Annual Nina Mae Kellogg Awards Ceremony.
THE ACADEMY of AMERICAN POETS AWARD
Wendy Bourgeois
THE TOM BATES AWARD for ESSAY
Haili Graff
THE TOM BATES AWARD for MEMOIR
Jan Kurtz
THE TOM BATES AWARD for REPORTING
Alexandra Behr
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Killian Czuba
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Elizabeth Lopeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE NONFICTION AWARD
Melinda McCamant
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Mariah Freeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Jeff Alessandrelli
THE FRANK ANDREW CLARKE and HELEN CLARKE MEMORIAL AWARD
Joy Beckett
THE TOM DOULIS GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Cornelia Coleman
THE MARILYN FOLKESTAD SCHOLARSHIP
Undergraduate: Sarah McCarry
Graduate: Christina Struyk-Bonn
Honorable Mention (Graduate): Wendy Noonan
THE PHILLIP FORD GRADUATE AWARD
Anna Stoefen
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SOPHOMORE AWARD
Carolyn Grigar
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SENIOR AWARD
Nathan Peterson
THE SHELLEY REECE AWARD
Wendy Noonan
WILMA MORRISON VANGUARD AWARDS
News: Nathan Hellman
Features: Ed Johnson (Honorable Mention: Stover Harger III)
Opinion: Jesse Thiessen
Arts and Culture: Katie Kotsovos (Honorable Mention: Shane Danaher)
Sports: Skyler Archibald
THE ACADEMY of AMERICAN POETS AWARD
Wendy Bourgeois
THE TOM BATES AWARD for ESSAY
Haili Graff
THE TOM BATES AWARD for MEMOIR
Jan Kurtz
THE TOM BATES AWARD for REPORTING
Alexandra Behr
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Killian Czuba
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Elizabeth Lopeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE NONFICTION AWARD
Melinda McCamant
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Mariah Freeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Jeff Alessandrelli
THE FRANK ANDREW CLARKE and HELEN CLARKE MEMORIAL AWARD
Joy Beckett
THE TOM DOULIS GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Cornelia Coleman
THE MARILYN FOLKESTAD SCHOLARSHIP
Undergraduate: Sarah McCarry
Graduate: Christina Struyk-Bonn
Honorable Mention (Graduate): Wendy Noonan
THE PHILLIP FORD GRADUATE AWARD
Anna Stoefen
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SOPHOMORE AWARD
Carolyn Grigar
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SENIOR AWARD
Nathan Peterson
THE SHELLEY REECE AWARD
Wendy Noonan
WILMA MORRISON VANGUARD AWARDS
News: Nathan Hellman
Features: Ed Johnson (Honorable Mention: Stover Harger III)
Opinion: Jesse Thiessen
Arts and Culture: Katie Kotsovos (Honorable Mention: Shane Danaher)
Sports: Skyler Archibald
5.22.2008
Helyn Trickey grabs another CNN byline!
Fiction student Helyn Trickey has been racking up clip credits. Take a look...
The Oregonian, - "Slump forces locals to rethink greenness" , April 20, 2008
cnn.com, "Slowdown may boost home-office deductions"
Golden Gate University Magazine, spring 2008, "The Man with Hope: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representative Henry Domzalski finds hope where little else grows" and "Social Studies: Social Networks are transforming the landscape of profitable business. Why you – and your business – should care"
Nice work!
Contest: Hunger Mountain Creative Nonfiction (Deadline Sept 10)
Hunger Mountain, The Vermont College Journal of Arts & Letters, Announces the Second Annual
HUNGER MOUNTAIN CREATIVE NONFICTION PRIZE
One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the Spring 2009 Issue; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each.
Judge: Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir.
Deadline: September 10, 2008
Guidelines:
A $15 entry fee, payable to "Hunger Mountain," includes a copy of the Spring 2009 Issue of Hunger Mountain
Submit one work of creative nonfiction, not to exceed 10,000 words
Name or address should not appear anywhere on the manuscript
Must be an original creation, written in English, and previously unpublished
Do not send simultaneous submissions, artwork, or translations
Entries must be typed, one-side-only
Use a paper clip or send unbound (no staples or binding please)
Enclose a standard index card with title, name, address, phone number, and email address
Enclose a SASE for notification of winners
Enclose a postage-paid postcard for acknowledgement of entry (optional)
Once submitted, entries cannot be altered
Electronic or faxed entries will not be accepted
No entries will be returned, do not send your only copy
All entries will be considered for publication
Multiple entries allowed: each entry must be sent separately and include a separate entry fee
Entries must be postmarked by September 10, 2008
Late entries will be returned unread
MAIL TO:
CNF Prize
Hunger Mountain
Vermont College/UI&U
36 College Street
Montpelier VT , 05602
HUNGER MOUNTAIN CREATIVE NONFICTION PRIZE
One $1,000.00 prize winner receives publication in the Spring 2009 Issue; two honorable mentions receive $100.00 each.
Judge: Nick Flynn, author of Another Bullshit Night in Suck City: A Memoir.
Deadline: September 10, 2008
Guidelines:
A $15 entry fee, payable to "Hunger Mountain," includes a copy of the Spring 2009 Issue of Hunger Mountain
Submit one work of creative nonfiction, not to exceed 10,000 words
Name or address should not appear anywhere on the manuscript
Must be an original creation, written in English, and previously unpublished
Do not send simultaneous submissions, artwork, or translations
Entries must be typed, one-side-only
Use a paper clip or send unbound (no staples or binding please)
Enclose a standard index card with title, name, address, phone number, and email address
Enclose a SASE for notification of winners
Enclose a postage-paid postcard for acknowledgement of entry (optional)
Once submitted, entries cannot be altered
Electronic or faxed entries will not be accepted
No entries will be returned, do not send your only copy
All entries will be considered for publication
Multiple entries allowed: each entry must be sent separately and include a separate entry fee
Entries must be postmarked by September 10, 2008
Late entries will be returned unread
MAIL TO:
CNF Prize
Hunger Mountain
Vermont College/UI&U
36 College Street
Montpelier VT , 05602
5.20.2008
Summer Class: European Historical Novel
From Prof. Peter Fogtdal...
IMPORTANT:
EXCITING SUMMER COURSE FOR ODDBALL STUDENTS WHO ARE SICK OF AMERICAN IDOL ..
(RECOMMEND TO FRIENDS AND ENEMIES OR TAKE IT YOURSELF, DAMMIT!)
FL 399: THE EUROPEAN HISTORICAL NOVEL
CRN 82618
Four wonderful credits
Class in the new sexy Clay building, room 202
Strange teacher with strange accent
Tuesday/Thursdays 14.15-16.35 (Eight weeks. First day of class, Tuesday June 24)
Taught by visiting Danish novelist Peter H. Fogtdal
BOOKS:
The White Palace by Orham Pamuk (Turkey)
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (Great Britain)
House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk (Poland)
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry (Ireland)
Silk by Alessandro Barrico (Italy)
FILMS:
The Tin Drum (Germany)
Mephisto (Hungary)
Reine Margot (France)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (Great Britain)
Yours,
Peter
http://fogtdal.blogspot.com
IMPORTANT:
EXCITING SUMMER COURSE FOR ODDBALL STUDENTS WHO ARE SICK OF AMERICAN IDOL ..
(RECOMMEND TO FRIENDS AND ENEMIES OR TAKE IT YOURSELF, DAMMIT!)
FL 399: THE EUROPEAN HISTORICAL NOVEL
CRN 82618
Four wonderful credits
Class in the new sexy Clay building, room 202
Strange teacher with strange accent
Tuesday/Thursdays 14.15-16.35 (Eight weeks. First day of class, Tuesday June 24)
Taught by visiting Danish novelist Peter H. Fogtdal
BOOKS:
The White Palace by Orham Pamuk (Turkey)
The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles (Great Britain)
House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk (Poland)
A Long Long Way by Sebastian Barry (Ireland)
Silk by Alessandro Barrico (Italy)
FILMS:
The Tin Drum (Germany)
Mephisto (Hungary)
Reine Margot (France)
The French Lieutenant's Woman (Great Britain)
Yours,
Peter
http://fogtdal.blogspot.com
Contests: Fourth River (Deadline Nov. 15)
Two New Contests:
Fourth River Award for Poetry
Fourth River Award for Creative Nonfiction
We are looking for poetry and creative nonfiction that capture the places—natural, built and imagined, urban, rural or wild—where humans and nature converge and collide.
First place winner in each category will be published in the Fourth River and will receive a $500 cash prize upon publication.
Final judges for each category will be announced soon.
Contest Guidelines
Submissions should be postmarked no later than November 15, 2008
Previously published works and works accepted for publication elsewhere are not eligible. Students, faculty and employees of Chatham University are not eligible.
Include a title page with your name, address, phone number and the title of your submission(s). Your name must not appear on the actual manuscript.
The reading fee is $5 for three poems or one essay (7,000 word maximum), and includes a copy of Issue 5. Please make checks payable to Chatham University. Multiple submissions are acceptable, but each submission must be accompanied by a reading fee. Manuscripts will not be returned.
Send your submission, your reading fee and a self-addressed stamped envelope to:
The Fourth River
Chatham University
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Attention: Fourth River Award for Poetry or Fourth River Award for Creative Nonfiction.
The Fourth River accepts nonfiction, short fiction, poetry, and young adult/children’s short fiction (without illustration). Please send up to seven poems or up to 7,000 words of prose to the appropriate section editor. Due to the volume of submissions, we will recycle all the manuscripts we receive. Please do not send us your only copy.
Include cover letter with name, address, phone number, email contact, and titles of enclosed work.
All manuscripts must include a SASE to be considered and returned.
No e-mail submissions accepted.
Kindly let us know if you are submitting simultaneously.
Reading Period: August 1, 2008 – February 15, 2009
Submission Address
The Fourth River
Chatham University
Woodland Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
Contact Us
For more information, contact The Fourth River at fourthriver@chatham.edu
5.15.2008
Kyle Cassidy honored by SPJ!
First-year nonfiction student Kyle Cassidy was chosen by the Oregon/SW Washington chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists for his outstanding work on "Truck You," published in Willamette Week in February 2007.
The honors banquet, recognizing last year's journalism achievements, will be held on May 31. His specific award will be announced then. Congrats Kyle!!
5.13.2008
EGO BOOK SALE (Tues, May 20 - Wed, 21)
The English Graduate Organization's annual Book Sale is May 20-21, 10-2 NH 407. Paperbacks are $.50, hardbacks $1. This is a great chance to stock your shelves. See you there!
Submissions: Oregon Humanities- Civility (Deadline March 15)
Oregon Humanities invites submissions for its Fall/Winter 2008 issue on the theme of “Civility.”
Rules of conduct, etiquette, and civility—whether codified or implicitly understood—are the social contracts that frame human interactions. In the midst of a dramatic election year, these interactions—between colleagues with political differences or candidates who duke it out in public debates—raise questions about how Americans engage with one another in discussing difficult issues. Can politeness, in an attempt to avoid heated conflict, keep us from having productive, meaningful conversations? Or are public discussions best regulated as inclusive, polite, consensus-building affairs?
For the Fall 2008 issue of Oregon Humanities, which falls under the Oregon Council for the Humanities’ current programmatic focus, “Borders and Boundaries,” we are looking for essays and articles that explore the theme of civility. Writers may wish to explore civility in literature, history, arts, and popular culture; the role of civility and propriety, or conversely discourtesy and impropriety, in public discourse; the changing rules of civility in a newly global, multicultural, and highly technological world; the pros and cons of regulating civility, decency, and propriety; the role of civility in the conduct of war; arguments for or against civility in environmental movements; or the notion of propriety in a variety of public spheres, such as courtrooms, talk
radio shows, and Internet blogs.
We welcome all forms of nonfiction writing, including scholarly essays, journalistic articles, and personal essays. We accept proposals and drafts of scholarly and journalistic features, which range between 2,500 and 4,000 words in length. We accept drafts only of personal essays, which should consider larger thematic questions and run no longer than 1,500 words. All contributors receive an honorarium. Currently the magazine is distributed to 12,000 readers. Essays from Oregon Humanities have been reprinted in the Pushcart Prize anthology and the Utne Reader.
If you are interested in contributing to this discussion, please submit a proposal or draft by June 16, 2008, to Kathleen Holt, Editor, Oregon Humanities magazine, Oregon Council for the Humanities, 812 SW Washington Street, Suite 225, Portland, Oregon, 97205, or kholt@oregonhum.org.
Oregon Humanities is the triannual magazine of the Oregon Council for the Humanities, an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). We believe that knowledge and ideas are fundamental to the health of our communities. You can learn more about OCH’s programs, which include Oregon Chautauqua, Humanity in Perspective, and Commonplace Events, and read the contents of the current issue of Oregon Humanities at www.oregonhum.org .
5.12.2008
Congrats to Multi-Published Alexis Nelson!!
Nonfiction student Alexis Nelson was awarded the first place runner-up in the Iowa Review's nonfiction contest for her memoir, "Between Sand and Sky." The piece will be featured in the University of Iowa journal later this year.
Alexis has also recently published:
"Fy Girls," full-length feature in Portland Monthly, March 2008
"Trophy," personal essay, Oregon Humanities, Summer 2008
"Messages from Abroad," memoir, Manoa, University of Hawaii literary journal, Summer 2008
She is also currently interning at Tin House.
Muy impressivo!
Contest: The Nation (Deadline May 31)
Nation Student Writing Contest, 2008
Sponsored by the BIL Charitable Trust to recognize and reward the best in student writing and thinking.
We're looking for original, thoughtful, provocative student voices to answer this question: What have you learned from a personal experience that the next president should know before setting the agenda for the country? Essays should not exceed 800 words and should be original, unpublished work that demonstrates fresh, clear thinking and superior quality of expression and craftsmanship. We'll select five finalists and two winners--one from college, one from high school. Each winner will be awarded a $1,000 cash prize and a Nation subscription. The winning essays will be published and/or excerpted in the magazine and featured on our website. The five finalists will be awarded $200 each and subscriptions, and their entries will be published online. Entries (only one per student) will be accepted through May 31, 2008. A winner will be announced by September 4. Please send entries to studentprize@thenation.com.
Eligibility
The contest is open to all matriculating high school students and undergraduates at American schools, colleges and universities. Submissions must be original, unpublished work (the writing can have been published in a student publication). Each entrant is limited to one submission. Entries will be accepted through May 31, 2008. A winner will be announced by September 4, 2008.
Submissions can be e-mailed to studentprize@thenation.com. Please include the essay in the body of the e-mail. All e-mailed submissions will be acknowledged. Each entry must include author's name, address, phone number, e-mail and short biography and school affiliation - and say "student essay" in the subject line.
Please email studentprize@thenation.com for questions.
5.10.2008
KELLOGG FINALISTS ANNOUNCED!
The Kellogg Committee is pleased to announce the finalists for this year's English Department writing awards. Award winners will be announced at the 44th Annual Nina Mae Kellogg Award Ceremony, to be held at the campus Native American Center on Friday May 23rd.
Please join us that day for any and all Kellogg events: the Kellogg Lecture by Professor Susan Jarratt at 3:30, the awards at 5:30, and a reception to follow at the Simon Benson House.
The finalists (in alphabetical order):
THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS AWARD
Jason Allen
Wendy Bourgeois
Carolyn Brazda
TOM BATES AWARD for ESSAY
Haili Graff
Kathleen Haynie
Alexis Nelson
TOM BATES AWARD for MEMOIR
Haili Graff
Jan Kurtz
Mario Ross
TOM BATES AWARD for REPORTING
Alexandra Behr
Kyle Cassidy
Anna Stoefen
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Joy Beckett
Killian Czuba
Talmage Garn
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Joyce Boles
Corneila Coleman
Elizabeth Lopeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE NONFICTION AWARD
Melinda McCamant
Sharon Murphy
Chelsia Rice
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Bryan Beck
Carolyn Brazda
Mariah Freeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Jeff Alessandrelli
Chris Cottrell
Patrick Haas
THE FRANK ANDREW CLARKE and HELEN CLARKE MEMORIAL AWARD
Joy Beckett
Sean Davis
Sarah McCarry
THE TOM DOULIS GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Cornelia Coleman
Kathleen Haynie
Ryan Hume
THE PHILLIP FORD GRADUATE AWARD
Shawna Lipton
Sarah Kruse
Anna Stoefen
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SOPHOMORE AWARD
Carolyn Grigar
Caleb Hirsch
Emily Katz
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SENIOR AWARD
Joy Beckett
Julie Nakama
Nathan Peterson
THE SHELLEY REECE AWARD
Chris Cottrell
Patrick Haas
Wendy Noonan
WILMA MORRISON VANGUARD AWARDS
News: Nathan Hellman
Features: Ed Johnson, Honorable Mention: Stover Harger III)
Opinion: Jesse Thiessen
Arts and Culture: Katie Kotsovos (Honorable Mention: Shane Danaher)
Sports: Skyler Archibald
Please note that the Marilyn Folkestad Scholarship finalists will be announced next week.
Congratulations to all our finalists!
Please join us that day for any and all Kellogg events: the Kellogg Lecture by Professor Susan Jarratt at 3:30, the awards at 5:30, and a reception to follow at the Simon Benson House.
The finalists (in alphabetical order):
THE ACADEMY OF AMERICAN POETS AWARD
Jason Allen
Wendy Bourgeois
Carolyn Brazda
TOM BATES AWARD for ESSAY
Haili Graff
Kathleen Haynie
Alexis Nelson
TOM BATES AWARD for MEMOIR
Haili Graff
Jan Kurtz
Mario Ross
TOM BATES AWARD for REPORTING
Alexandra Behr
Kyle Cassidy
Anna Stoefen
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Joy Beckett
Killian Czuba
Talmage Garn
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Joyce Boles
Corneila Coleman
Elizabeth Lopeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE NONFICTION AWARD
Melinda McCamant
Sharon Murphy
Chelsia Rice
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM UNDERGRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Bryan Beck
Carolyn Brazda
Mariah Freeman
THE TOM and PHYLLIS BURNAM GRADUATE POETRY AWARD
Jeff Alessandrelli
Chris Cottrell
Patrick Haas
THE FRANK ANDREW CLARKE and HELEN CLARKE MEMORIAL AWARD
Joy Beckett
Sean Davis
Sarah McCarry
THE TOM DOULIS GRADUATE FICTION AWARD
Cornelia Coleman
Kathleen Haynie
Ryan Hume
THE PHILLIP FORD GRADUATE AWARD
Shawna Lipton
Sarah Kruse
Anna Stoefen
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SOPHOMORE AWARD
Carolyn Grigar
Caleb Hirsch
Emily Katz
THE NINA MAE KELLOGG SENIOR AWARD
Joy Beckett
Julie Nakama
Nathan Peterson
THE SHELLEY REECE AWARD
Chris Cottrell
Patrick Haas
Wendy Noonan
WILMA MORRISON VANGUARD AWARDS
News: Nathan Hellman
Features: Ed Johnson, Honorable Mention: Stover Harger III)
Opinion: Jesse Thiessen
Arts and Culture: Katie Kotsovos (Honorable Mention: Shane Danaher)
Sports: Skyler Archibald
Please note that the Marilyn Folkestad Scholarship finalists will be announced next week.
Congratulations to all our finalists!
Poet Shannon Carson in Suisun Valley Review!
Shannon Carson's poems "Two Minutes in Hell" and "If Kubrick Had Been a Dentist" have been accepted for the 25th anniversary edition of the Suisun Valley Review. Shannon graduates from the poetry program this term. Congrats!
5.08.2008
TALES: TALL AND TRUE - STUDENT READING - MAY 27
"Tales: Tall and True" is our annual reading by graduate fiction and nonfiction students, who have recently graduated or will be graduating soon. This year, the following writers will read excerpts from their thesis:
Nonfiction students Lucy Burningham, Karyn Lynn Fisette, Jessica Machado and Alexis Nelson
Fiction students Aysha Alkusayer, Julie Leonard, Loretta Long, Elizabeth Lopeman, Julie Miyagi, Kendra Tuthill and Amy Weil
Please join us Tues, May 27 at 7 p.m. at Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th Ave.
Snacks, beverages and mood lighting to be provided.
Nonfiction students Lucy Burningham, Karyn Lynn Fisette, Jessica Machado and Alexis Nelson
Fiction students Aysha Alkusayer, Julie Leonard, Loretta Long, Elizabeth Lopeman, Julie Miyagi, Kendra Tuthill and Amy Weil
Please join us Tues, May 27 at 7 p.m. at Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th Ave.
Snacks, beverages and mood lighting to be provided.
STUDENT POETRY READING - THURS, MAY 15
Join the poetry graduate students as they read their work at Blackfish Gallery on Thurs, May 15.
Blackfish Gallery
420 NW 9th Ave.
7 p.m.
Poets include Wendy Bourgeois, Shannon Carson, Chris Cottrell, Stacy Feder, Valetine Freeman, Patrick Haas, Lori Huskey and Wendy Noonan.
Snacks, beverages and intimate gallery space provided.
Blackfish Gallery
420 NW 9th Ave.
7 p.m.
Poets include Wendy Bourgeois, Shannon Carson, Chris Cottrell, Stacy Feder, Valetine Freeman, Patrick Haas, Lori Huskey and Wendy Noonan.
Snacks, beverages and intimate gallery space provided.
4.29.2008
Craft Talk & Reading: Michael Ryan and Doreen Gildroy (Thurs, May 22)
On Thursday, May 22, PSU Literary Arts Council presents:
Craft Talk: Grammar for Poets
Hosted by Michael Ryan
1 p.m. in NH 407
Reading: Poets Michael Ryan and Doreen Gildroy
7 p.m. in Smith 238
Michael Ryan is an award-winning author of four books of poetry. His essays have appeared in The New yorker and The American Poetry Review.
Doreen Gildroy is the winner of the John C. Zacharias First Book Award from Ploughshares. Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, Ploughshares and Slate.
Discussion: Joy Harris, Chelsea Cain & Whitney Otto (Wed, May 14)
PSU Literary Arts Council presents...
"The Ins and Outs of Publishing" with literary agent Joy Harris and authors Chelsea Cain and Whitney Otto
Wednesday, May 14, 6 p.m., Smith 238
Joy Harris is a New York-based literary agent, who has worked twenty-six years in the publishing industry.
Chelsea Cain is the author of six books, including New York Times Bestseller Heartsick. She also writes a weekly column for the Oregonian and reviews books regularly for the New York Times Book Review.
Whitney Otto is the author of four novels, including the NY Times Bestseller How to Make an American Quilt.
Discussion: Novelist Phillip Margolin (Thurs, May 29)
PSU Friends of English presents:
"How to Write a Novel in Your Spare Time" with Phillip Margolin, New York Times Bestselling author of 16 novels and short story collections, including Proof Positive, Lost Lake, Sleeping Beauty, and the recently published Executive Privilege.
Thursday, May 29, 7 p.m., Smith 238
PSU students free. Book signing to follow the talk.
Jobs: Literary Arts (Deadline May 7)
Literary Arts Has Two Job Announcements:
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
Literary Arts seeks a dedicated, detail-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal
skills to support an exciting array of literary programs including Portland Arts & Lectures
and Writers in the Schools. For more information about Literary Arts, please visit
www.literary-arts.org.
Responsibilities
• Answer phones and process ticket orders for Portland Arts & Lectures and other
events.
• Assist with visitor reception, mail and other correspondence.
• Attend Portland Arts & Lectures events. Staff box office as needed.
• Provide other administrative support, including mailings, event coordination and
information distribution.
• Provide office management support, including facilitating staff meetings and
managing relationships with service providers.
• Provide support to Writers in the Schools, including editorial work on the annual
student anthology, regular interaction with writers, and assistance with program
schedules and activities as specified by Writers in the Schools Program Director.
Qualifications
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to give warm and courteous customer service.
• Excellent people skills. Experience managing staff and volunteers, and general
business operations.
• Familiarity and comfort with information technology and databases. Experience
with relational databases preferred.
• Interest in the literary arts.
• Background in writing or literature and/or professional proofreading experience a
plus.
This is a full-time position with benefits.
Please submit cover letter, resume and references by May 7, 2008 to:
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
224 NW 13th Avenue, Suite 306
Portland, OR 97209
No phone calls or e-mails, please.
Job Announcement
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
Literary Arts seeks a dedicated, detail-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal
skills to support an exciting array of literary programs including Portland Arts & Lectures
and Writers in the Schools. For more information about Literary Arts, please visit
www.literary-arts.org.
Responsibilities
• Answer phones and process ticket orders for Portland Arts & Lectures and other
events.
• Assist with visitor reception, mail and other correspondence.
• Attend Portland Arts & Lectures events. Staff box office as needed.
• Provide other administrative support, including mailings, event coordination and
information distribution.
• Provide office management support, including facilitating staff meetings and
managing relationships with service providers.
• Provide support to Writers in the Schools, including editorial work on the annual
student anthology, regular interaction with writers, and assistance with program
schedules and activities as specified by Writers in the Schools Program Director.
Qualifications
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to give warm and courteous customer service.
• Excellent people skills. Experience managing staff and volunteers, and general
business operations.
• Familiarity and comfort with information technology and databases. Experience
with relational databases preferred.
• Interest in the literary arts.
• Background in writing or literature and/or professional proofreading experience a
plus.
This is a full-time position with benefits.
Please submit cover letter, resume and references by May 7, 2008 to:
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
224 NW 13th Avenue, Suite 306
Portland, OR 97209
No phone calls or e-mails, please.
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
Literary Arts seeks a dedicated, detail-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal
skills to support an exciting array of literary programs including Portland Arts & Lectures
and Writers in the Schools. For more information about Literary Arts, please visit
www.literary-arts.org.
Responsibilities
• Answer phones and process ticket orders for Portland Arts & Lectures and other
events.
• Assist with visitor reception, mail and other correspondence.
• Attend Portland Arts & Lectures events. Staff box office as needed.
• Provide other administrative support, including mailings, event coordination and
information distribution.
• Provide office management support, including facilitating staff meetings and
managing relationships with service providers.
• Provide support to Writers in the Schools, including editorial work on the annual
student anthology, regular interaction with writers, and assistance with program
schedules and activities as specified by Writers in the Schools Program Director.
Qualifications
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to give warm and courteous customer service.
• Excellent people skills. Experience managing staff and volunteers, and general
business operations.
• Familiarity and comfort with information technology and databases. Experience
with relational databases preferred.
• Interest in the literary arts.
• Background in writing or literature and/or professional proofreading experience a
plus.
This is a full-time position with benefits.
Please submit cover letter, resume and references by May 7, 2008 to:
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
224 NW 13th Avenue, Suite 306
Portland, OR 97209
No phone calls or e-mails, please.
Job Announcement
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
Literary Arts seeks a dedicated, detail-oriented individual with excellent interpersonal
skills to support an exciting array of literary programs including Portland Arts & Lectures
and Writers in the Schools. For more information about Literary Arts, please visit
www.literary-arts.org.
Responsibilities
• Answer phones and process ticket orders for Portland Arts & Lectures and other
events.
• Assist with visitor reception, mail and other correspondence.
• Attend Portland Arts & Lectures events. Staff box office as needed.
• Provide other administrative support, including mailings, event coordination and
information distribution.
• Provide office management support, including facilitating staff meetings and
managing relationships with service providers.
• Provide support to Writers in the Schools, including editorial work on the annual
student anthology, regular interaction with writers, and assistance with program
schedules and activities as specified by Writers in the Schools Program Director.
Qualifications
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to give warm and courteous customer service.
• Excellent people skills. Experience managing staff and volunteers, and general
business operations.
• Familiarity and comfort with information technology and databases. Experience
with relational databases preferred.
• Interest in the literary arts.
• Background in writing or literature and/or professional proofreading experience a
plus.
This is a full-time position with benefits.
Please submit cover letter, resume and references by May 7, 2008 to:
Administrative Assistant
Literary Arts
224 NW 13th Avenue, Suite 306
Portland, OR 97209
No phone calls or e-mails, please.
Contest: Memoir (and) (Deadline Aug. 15)
Memoir (and) Prize for Nonfiction
$500 Prize and
Publication in our Spring 2009 Issue.
Memoir (and) is an up-and-coming journal for the exploration of memoir as “the” genre of the 21st century. We are based in Sausalito, California, just north of the Golden Gate Bridge.
We strive with each issue to include a selection of prose, poetry, graphic memoirs, epistolary memoirs, narrative photography, lies and more. The editors particularly invite submissions that push the traditional boundaries of both form and content in the exploration of the representation of self, and are especially looking for graphic memoirs. Memoir (and) is available in print in over 600 bookstores in U.S. and Canada, including Borders, Barnes & Noble, Hastings and independent bookstores.
Contest Guidelines
The reading period for the contest is May 1, 2008 through August 15, 2008.
To enter:
Submit 10,000 words or fewer by email or snail mail. A maximum of one prose submission or five poems per person. If you are sending narrative photographic images, please limit yourself to a maximum of ten. If you have a graphic memoir, send a narrative description and we’ll contact you.
Submit a $10 entry fee by check or money order.
Submissions received without the $10 entry fee will be considered for publication but not entered in the contest.
We do not accept previously published submissions; we do accept simultaneous submissions.
We purchase one-time rights and pay with copies.
Pages have a way of becoming separated from each other like lively children. Yet we don’t think the writer’s name should be evident to our judges while reading. Therefore please use the following format:
- On the cover page: your name and contact information, and the entry’s title.
- On every page: the entry’s title.
- All pages numbered and double-spaced.
Be sure to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope if you want us to write back to you via snail mail about your submission.
Manuscripts will not be returned.
Entries must be postmarked between May 1, 2008 and August 15, 2008.
Send email entries to: submissions@memoirjournal.com. Attachments are okay. Pasting your submission into the body of your email is also okay.
Send snail mail entries to: Memoir Journal, P.O. Box 1398, Sausalito CA 94966-1398.
We read every submission from beginning to end, and respond within approximately sixteen weeks.
4.22.2008
Residency: Blue Mountain Center - Journalism/essay (Deadline July 1)
The Richard J. Margolis Award of Blue Mountain Center is a $5,000 prize, given annually to a promising new journalist or essayist whose work combines warmth, humor, wisdom and concern with social justice. The award was established in honor of Richard J. Margolis, a journalist, essayist and poet who gave eloquent voice to the hardships of the rural poor, migrant farm workers, the elderly, Native Americans and others whose voices are seldom heard. He was also the author of a number of books for children.
In addition to the financial grant, the award includes a one month residency at the Blue Mountain Center, a writers and artists colony in the Adirondacks in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
How to Apply
Applications should include at least two examples of the writer's work (published or unpublished, 30 pages maximum) and a short biographical note including a description of his or her current and anticipated work. Please send three copies of these writing samples. Samples will not be returned.
Send applications to:
Richard J. Margolis Award of Blue Mountain Center
c/o Margolis & Bloom
535 Boylston Street, 8th floor
Boston, MA 02116
Deadline: July 1, 2008
The award winner will be announced in November.
In addition to the financial grant, the award includes a one month residency at the Blue Mountain Center, a writers and artists colony in the Adirondacks in Blue Mountain Lake, New York.
How to Apply
Applications should include at least two examples of the writer's work (published or unpublished, 30 pages maximum) and a short biographical note including a description of his or her current and anticipated work. Please send three copies of these writing samples. Samples will not be returned.
Send applications to:
Richard J. Margolis Award of Blue Mountain Center
c/o Margolis & Bloom
535 Boylston Street, 8th floor
Boston, MA 02116
Deadline: July 1, 2008
The award winner will be announced in November.
Reading: Journalist/author Sandy Tolan (Thurs, May 8)
Thursday, May 8, 7 p.m.
Smith 238
FREE
SANDY TOLAN
Award-winning international journalist, NPR producer, professor at the Annenberg School for Communication, and author of THE LEMON TREE: An Arab, A Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East (winner of the BOOKLIST nonfiction book of the year, 2006, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award)
"Through broad sweeps of narrative going back and forward in time, Tolan’s sensitively told, eminently fair-minded narrative closes with a return to that lemon tree and its promise of reconciliation. Humane and literate-and rather daring in suggesting that the future of the Middle East need not be violent." --Kirkus Review
"The Lemon Tree is not only an empathetic look at the struggles of these Holocaust survivors and Palestinian exiles, but a concise history of their competing claims for Israel and Palestine. The story of Dalia and Bashir’s first face-to-face meeting in 1967, and the remarkable four-decade friendship that has followed, illuminate the personal narratives at the heart of the conflict. Their friendship has never been easy, but both believe it is vital to their work to promote peaceful coexistence, which is centered around the house both call home. As Dalia tells Tolan, 'Our enemy is the only partner we have.'" --Mother Jones
4.18.2008
Job: Visiting Professor - GVSU, MI
Visiting Professor, Department of Writing, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, MI
The Department of Writing is seeking to fill several full-time, non-tenure-line positions in Composition and Writing. Our
Visiting Faculty teach 11 or 12 credits per semester (depending on course credits this could work out as either a 3/3 or 3/4 load), mainly first-year or junior-level writing. In addition, we have a particular need for someone to teach Creative Non-fiction and someone to teach Professional Writing courses, including Business Communication and Introduction to Professional Writing.
Application screening begins May 1. Appointments begin August17, 2008. Send cover letter and C.V.(no writing samples are needed at this time) to Professor Dan Royer, Chair, Department of Writing, Lake Ontario Hall, Allendale, MI 49401. Mail hard copy only. Do not email electronic documents.
For questions about this position, contact Professor Dan Royer,(royerd@gvsu.edu) Chair of the Search Committee.
See website for complete details on this position: www.gvsu.edu/writing.
The Department of Writing is seeking to fill several full-time, non-tenure-line positions in Composition and Writing. Our
Visiting Faculty teach 11 or 12 credits per semester (depending on course credits this could work out as either a 3/3 or 3/4 load), mainly first-year or junior-level writing. In addition, we have a particular need for someone to teach Creative Non-fiction and someone to teach Professional Writing courses, including Business Communication and Introduction to Professional Writing.
Application screening begins May 1. Appointments begin August17, 2008. Send cover letter and C.V.(no writing samples are needed at this time) to Professor Dan Royer, Chair, Department of Writing, Lake Ontario Hall, Allendale, MI 49401. Mail hard copy only. Do not email electronic documents.
For questions about this position, contact Professor Dan Royer,(royerd@gvsu.edu) Chair of the Search Committee.
See website for complete details on this position: www.gvsu.edu/writing.
4.16.2008
Contest: Juked Fiction and Poetry (Deadline - Aug. 1)
The 2008 Juked Fiction and Poetry Prizes
Winner in each genre receives $500 and publication in our upcoming print
issue, Juked #6.
Final Judges: Mark Winegardner (fiction) and Angela Ball (poetry)
Submission Deadline: August 1st, 2008
Entry Fee: $10
Fiction: one story per entry, no length requirement
Poetry: up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry
Send all submissions to:
Juked
110 Westridge Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32304
Complete guidelines at: http://www.juked.com/prize/
About our judges:
Mark Winegardner was born and raised in Bryan, Ohio. His books, which
include The Godfather’s Revenge, The Godfather Returns, Crooked River
Burning, That’s True of Everybody, and The Veracruz Blues, have been
translated into more than twenty languages and sold almost two million
copies worldwide. They have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List
and in best-of-the-year lists by The New York Times Book Review, the New
York Public Library, The American Library Association, Entertainment Weekly,
USA Today, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, The Los Angeles Times and The
Chicago Sun-Times. In 2004, Cleveland Magazine named Crooked River Burning
the best book ever written about Cleveland. His work has appeared in such
magazines as Doubletake, GQ, Men's Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The
Oxford American, Playboy, Ploughshares, Story Quarterly, and TriQuarterly.
He is the Burroway Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing
Program at Florida State University.
Angela Ball is a prize-winning poet and author of numerous books, including
Quartet, The Museum of the Revolution: 58 Exhibits, Kneeling Between Parked
Cars, and Possession. Her most recent book, Night Clerk at the Hotel of
Both Worlds (University of Pittsburg Press, 2007), was winner of the 2006
Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, awarded by the Association of Writers and
Writing Programs. Her poetry has appeared in such publications as The New
Yorker, Partisan Review, New Republic, Field, Denver Quarterly, Colorado
Review, Chelsea, Ploughshares, Boulevard, Poetry, and Grand Street. Her
work was included in Best American Poetry 2001, and she has represented the
U.S. at the Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, and the Colombian
International Poetry Festival, Bogotá. She has received grants from the
Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is
a mainstay on the faculty at the Center for Writers at the University of
Southern Mississippi.
Winner in each genre receives $500 and publication in our upcoming print
issue, Juked #6.
Final Judges: Mark Winegardner (fiction) and Angela Ball (poetry)
Submission Deadline: August 1st, 2008
Entry Fee: $10
Fiction: one story per entry, no length requirement
Poetry: up to five poems (no more than ten pages total) per entry
Send all submissions to:
Juked
110 Westridge Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32304
Complete guidelines at: http://www.juked.com/prize/
About our judges:
Mark Winegardner was born and raised in Bryan, Ohio. His books, which
include The Godfather’s Revenge, The Godfather Returns, Crooked River
Burning, That’s True of Everybody, and The Veracruz Blues, have been
translated into more than twenty languages and sold almost two million
copies worldwide. They have appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List
and in best-of-the-year lists by The New York Times Book Review, the New
York Public Library, The American Library Association, Entertainment Weekly,
USA Today, The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer, The Los Angeles Times and The
Chicago Sun-Times. In 2004, Cleveland Magazine named Crooked River Burning
the best book ever written about Cleveland. His work has appeared in such
magazines as Doubletake, GQ, Men's Journal, The New York Times Magazine, The
Oxford American, Playboy, Ploughshares, Story Quarterly, and TriQuarterly.
He is the Burroway Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing
Program at Florida State University.
Angela Ball is a prize-winning poet and author of numerous books, including
Quartet, The Museum of the Revolution: 58 Exhibits, Kneeling Between Parked
Cars, and Possession. Her most recent book, Night Clerk at the Hotel of
Both Worlds (University of Pittsburg Press, 2007), was winner of the 2006
Donald Hall Prize in Poetry, awarded by the Association of Writers and
Writing Programs. Her poetry has appeared in such publications as The New
Yorker, Partisan Review, New Republic, Field, Denver Quarterly, Colorado
Review, Chelsea, Ploughshares, Boulevard, Poetry, and Grand Street. Her
work was included in Best American Poetry 2001, and she has represented the
U.S. at the Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, and the Colombian
International Poetry Festival, Bogotá. She has received grants from the
Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. She is
a mainstay on the faculty at the Center for Writers at the University of
Southern Mississippi.
Odd (But Paid) Writing Opportunity
Common Ties 20 Questions Project
We pay $50 for any answer we accept and more for (optional) artwork. Answers to our 20 Questions are ideally 50 words or less. To get going, please go here. All submissions should be emailed to CT20Questions@gmail.com.
We suggest you review our home page first to see answers we have already published, as well as our orphans page to review answers we have purchased but that still need artwork.Please keep in mind:
1. Answers must be true to the best of your knowledge.
2. Answers must be pasted into your email, not attached.
3. You may submit multiple answers at once.
4. Answers should be 50 words or less; we make occasional exceptions.
5. Answers submitted with art may have a greater chance of acceptance.
6. Answers may be written as prose or poetry.
7. Optional information includes the time/location of your answer.
8. Submissions will be reviewed within four weeks.
9. We only reply to those whose answers we wish to buy.
10. We require writers to sign a contract, confirm their answer is true, and provide their name and address for payment. Common Ties does not share this information.
Cheers,
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
Editor | Common Ties
4.15.2008
Internship: WeoGeo (Deadline May 1)
Internship Opportunity at WeoGeo
Student Major(s) Desired: School of Business Administration – Marketing Track, Geography, English (all grades levels considered; prefer Juniors and Seniors)
Company Name: WeoGeo -- http://www.WeoGeo.com
Job / Internship Title: Blogger
Location: 2828 SW Corbett Ave, Suite 135 Portland, OR 97201 (one mile from PSU bookstore - map)
Application Deadline: 5/1/08 or until position is filled
About WeoGeo:
With the help of Amazon's breakthrough web services (specifically EC2 and S3), WeoGeo creates a one-stop web based marketplace for mapping. It supplies surveyors, engineers, cartographers, and scientists with the ability to conveniently store, search, and exchange high-resolution CAD and GIS mapping products. Map authors easily list their data for sale. Researchers quickly find the data they need.
Position Description & Qualifications: The position entails creating unique content blog posts for the WeoGeo corporate marketing blog.
The topics will cover mapping and geographically related content. WeoGeo will provide initial story leads/topics. Through the course of the internship, the student may be given the opportunity to suggest topics. Format of posts will likely focus on interviews/profiles of local and regional mapping companies and information pieces.
Environmental/Geography course work is ideal but not required. Also desirable is marketing and/or journalism coursework, but it too is not required.
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate ability generate clear, concise, interesting blog posts .
Start Date: As soon as possible
Hours per Week: Flexible, to start 8-10
Compensation: Base pay plus bonus pay which is dependant on production
Company Contact Information: To apply, email resume, cover letter and two writing samples to:
David Kohler, PhD, dkohler@weogeo.com
Student Major(s) Desired: School of Business Administration – Marketing Track, Geography, English (all grades levels considered; prefer Juniors and Seniors)
Company Name: WeoGeo -- http://www.WeoGeo.com
Job / Internship Title: Blogger
Location: 2828 SW Corbett Ave, Suite 135 Portland, OR 97201 (one mile from PSU bookstore - map)
Application Deadline: 5/1/08 or until position is filled
About WeoGeo:
With the help of Amazon's breakthrough web services (specifically EC2 and S3), WeoGeo creates a one-stop web based marketplace for mapping. It supplies surveyors, engineers, cartographers, and scientists with the ability to conveniently store, search, and exchange high-resolution CAD and GIS mapping products. Map authors easily list their data for sale. Researchers quickly find the data they need.
Position Description & Qualifications: The position entails creating unique content blog posts for the WeoGeo corporate marketing blog.
The topics will cover mapping and geographically related content. WeoGeo will provide initial story leads/topics. Through the course of the internship, the student may be given the opportunity to suggest topics. Format of posts will likely focus on interviews/profiles of local and regional mapping companies and information pieces.
Environmental/Geography course work is ideal but not required. Also desirable is marketing and/or journalism coursework, but it too is not required.
Successful candidates must be able to demonstrate ability generate clear, concise, interesting blog posts .
Start Date: As soon as possible
Hours per Week: Flexible, to start 8-10
Compensation: Base pay plus bonus pay which is dependant on production
Company Contact Information: To apply, email resume, cover letter and two writing samples to:
David Kohler, PhD, dkohler@weogeo.com
4.14.2008
CALL FOR PAPERS WINNERS!!!
The judges have made their decisions and the winners of the second annual CALL FOR PAPERS contest are…
Nonfiction:
FIRST PLACE – Michelle Blair, post-bac student, "Bend in the Road," memoir, (the following is an excerpt)
"… As I leaned out over the cage, I felt the truck lurch forward. I looked up to see Bart, the driver, in the long side-view mirror squinting his small blue eyes and smirking at me through his brown goatee and mustache. The job itself was never challenging enough to keep these guys occupied. For his part, Bart added interest by popping the clutch each time I leaned out to drop a cone. I responded with a quick glare toward his mirrored reflection, then hung on tighter and resolved not to lose my balance. After several similar jolts, Bart realized he wasn't going to knock me off the truck. The engine groaned as he switched gears. The pavement moved faster beneath my feet. I grabbed cones and hurled them onto the roadway. Eventually, I couldn't match Bart's pace and cones starting spinning off in all directions, toppling into the construction zone and out toward moving traffic. Bart slowed to a stop, still smirking in the mirror, and next to him in the truck cab, I could hear Old Man Jack's coarse laugh and Colgate's higher pitched chuckle. I quickly learned that being in the female minority meant I had to work a whole lot harder than the men to even have them consider treating me as an equal…"
SECOND PLACE – Kyle Cassidy, first-year nonfiction student, "Hunting Andy Sorenson," memoir
"…Andy was a slow runner. In PE class it took him upwards of fifteen minutes to finish a mile. He wasn't overweight or lazy, simply inhibited by his legs, which were long and thin and constructed with the solidity of noodles. At any given time they were prone to tangle around one another and send him falling to the ground where he would yell loudly as he rolled into a high-jump pit or stack of hurdles. Not particularly fast or particularly slow and being prone to fits of laughter and farting on the track, I ran an average seven-to-nine-minute mile. Shaun was more focused and built for speed. He could run it under six. I had no doubt that on the unpredictable terrain of the steppe we would catch Andy before he reached the safety of suburbia…"
THIRD PLACE – Kathy Haynie, second-year nonfiction student, "Three Ways of Looking at a Blackberry," collage essay
"… The air in the kitchen wraps itself around me in a steamy, sticky blanket. Spilled sugar on the floor makes the bottoms of my shoes squeak as I walk from stove to table, cradling the hot jars of blackberry jam. The pot on the stove bubbles like some weird mud pot. The ding! of the timer. The hiss of the steam. The fragrant blackberries, cooking themselves into jam…"
Fiction:
FIRST PLACE – Kathy Haynie, second-year nonfiction student, "Halcyon Days"
"… June afternoons on the central California coast last forever. The sun arcs slowly overhead, gulls wheel and call, the breeze picks up out of the northwest and whips the sand ankle-high along the beach, and whitecaps glisten beyond the breakers. A man sated with sandwiches and peaches, drowsy from a nap on the beach blanket, even a man who hardly knows his own children anymore, may yet be persuaded to roll up his pant legs and wade into the surf. So there stood Fred Tarbox, pants rolled up to the knee, jacket doffed but still wearing his shirt and vest, grinning like an idiot as his daughters in their bathing dresses pranced and splashed in the surf. Helen and Virginia, only one year apart and set to graduate high school together in a year, played and flirted with their father, while Joseph, just a year behind the girls, dove and surfed like a seal in the waves…"
SECOND PLACE – Elizabeth Lopeman, fiction student working on thesis, "Manaccan"
"…In the morning, July sunshine poured onto the octagonal white tiles in the Albia house kitchen. When Jocelyn came in Juliette stood at the counter by an east facing window with half an orange in her hand, eyes closed, as if giving silent consent to the sun to kiss her face. Opening her eyes, she said "Good Morning, Lamb," and then pressed the orange down onto the automatic juicer, the ascorbic scent permeated the kitchen. Jocelyn pulled out a bag of coffee beans from the freezer. Except for the buzz of the coffee grinder and the hum of the juicer they went quietly through their morning rituals.
Around ten am Jocelyn pulled out of the driveway. As she crawled past the gatehouse she saw Ben coming out the front door. He raised his hand as if to stop her. She raised hers as if she understood him to be saying hello, and kept driving…"
THIRD PLACE – Amber Beaman, first-year fiction student, "Eddie's First Story"
"The fan spun around and around. Eddie stretched out his arms and legs, letting his body make a big X on his mother's queen-sized bed.
The coolness from the ceiling fan fell over his body like a crisp and rare Florida snow. He was free, finally. Divorced, officially. Di-vor-ce-d. Eddie mouthed each syllable, letting each dance past his teeth and off his tongue.
His own man.
Single.
A widower. That would've sounded better than divorced. Divorced sounded like his wife, ex-wife, didn't want him anymore. He was only thirty-two, after all, and there was nothing wrong with him…"
Poetry:
FIRST PLACE – Shannon Carson, second-year poetry student/second-time CFP winner, "What Passes for Yes in Hangul Sounds Like the English No"
1.
There is this thing
that happens,
that occurs
in the margins—
a sort of alchemy
of words,
a conspiracy
of language,
and the original
is changed.
One cannot
trust what is given.
2.
Call it tissue
and it means
no regret
Call it regret
and it means
traitorous bitch
Call it what it was
necessarily painful
a mere possibility
a galaxy of blood.
SECOND PLACE – Chris Cottrell, first-year poetry student, “Maui Snow”
carried by tradewind
from the nail
stuck at valley
center
long black ashes fall
from early blue sky
and roll along
the morning breeze
into sticky spider corners
and the cracks
of new hotels
the flat
head spreads
south
into kihei
wailea
into young lungs
sinking yellow haze
follows the long
curls
that spin
through
narrow streets
to crouch
around
the mouths
of doorways
and seep
through hurricane
window slats
long forgotten caramel
on the stove
THIRD PLACE – Patrick Haas, second-year poetry student, “Interlude for Kitchen”
I smashed your hourglass
and watched ants carry time
back through tiny holes in the wall.
Congrats to all the winners and thanks to everyone who participated. We had nearly 40entries! A reading by the winning writers will be announced shortly.
Also thanks to our judges, Brian Doyle (nonfiction), Mariam Gershaw (fiction) and B.T. Shaw (poetry).
About the judges:
Brian Doyle is the author of The Grail: A Year Ambling and Shambling through an Oregon Vineyard in Pursuit of the Best Pinot Noir Wine in the Whole Wild World (Oregon State University Press), The Wet Engine (Paraclete Press) and five collections of essays. Doyle's work has appeared in the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's,
American Scholar, Orion and in the Best American Essays anthologies of 1998, 1999, 2003 and 2005. He is editor of Portland magazine, the publication of the University of Portland, in Oregon.
Miriam Gershow's stories have appeared recently in Quarterly West, Black Warrior Review, and Gulf Coast. She was awarded a 2006 Oregon Literary Fellowship through Literary Arts in Portland and the 2002–3 James C. McCreight Fiction Fellowship through the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing. She lives in Eugene, Oregon.
B. T. Shaw edits the poetry column for The Oregonian and teaches writing and literature at Portland State University and the University of Portland , as well as through writers-in-the-schools programs. Her poems have appeared in AGNI, FIELD, Orion, Poetry Northwest, Seattle Review, and elsewhere. This Dirty Little Heart (2008) is her first book.
4.09.2008
Internships: International Journalism Opportunities
Earn academic credit, gain valuable professional experience, and apply financial aid. All internships are for academic credit on your home campus. The application deadline for fall 2008 is April 15. To learn more about the IE3 Global Internships program, visit our website at http://ie3global.ous.edu.
IRELAND: The Dubliner
Sharpen your journalism skills in the heart of Dublin. Join a small staff in their downtown Dublin office to participate in all aspects of the editorial process - from researching and writing stories to subediting. In exchange for contributing your writing skills, imagination, outgoing personality and computer literacy, you will gain full immersion in all aspects of magazine production: pitching stories, researching, deadline pressures, editing, etc. For more information read the full postion description.
CHILE: Media and Journalism Internship
Intern at one of several English language news agencies in Santiago, Chile. In general, news are taken from the national and local newspapers or internet sites in Spanish and transformed and adapted for the English-speaking user in print, internet and radio formats. Internships are available in sales and marketing, print journalism, radio broadcasting, web site and graphic design, and photojournalism. Open to many majors. Journalism experience not required. 6 months or longer. Language requirement: 3rd year university level Spanish or equivalent; excellent written English. Read the full position description.
BRAZIL: The Information Company
Make your business internship work for you locally and abroad! Based in Seattle, WA and in São Paolo, Brazil, develop your skills in bilateral commercial relations and communications. This is a great opportunity to build local and international business connections. Read the full position description for more details.
GUATEMALA: Asociacion Ajb'atz' Enlace Quiché
Enlace Quiché operates CETEBIs (Bilingual Intercultural Educational Technology Centers) with computers and multimedia equipment to support the training of bilingual teachers and the production of didactic material in 6 Mayan languages. Enlace Quiche teaches with computers, not about computers. There are three intern positions available to collaborate with this innovative organization working to improve the human capacity of indigenous peoples through innovative applications of information and communication technology: Digital Weaver Intern, Educational Curriculum Intern, or NGO Management and Outreach Support Intern. Requires a 6 month minimum commitment. Language requirement: two years of university level Spanish. Read the full position description.
South Africa: Film and Advertising Industry Internships
Interns will be individually placed in a specific company within the film industry, based on their experience and interests. Opportunities include advertising, film production management, television, photography, and post-production work. Read the full position description.
COSTA RICA: Tico Times
The Tico Times is an independent English-language weekly covering news, business, tourism, and cultural developments in Costa Rica and Central America. Internships are available for one writer and one photographer with some writing skills. Position provides solid applied journalistic feature and news writing experience as well as an opportunity to build Spanish speaking, comprehension and listening abilities in a cross-cultural context. Main writing and photographic duties are associated with the features section, but all interns get some news experience as well. May involve interviewing in Spanish and English, writing stories, copyediting for grammatical and contextual errors, taking photos, and gathering research materials. This 4 month internship has set dates and is competitive. Language requirement: 3rd year Spanish. Read the full position description.
IE3 Global Internships is a program of the Oregon University System. Students from participating institutions in Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Montana and Utah are eligible to apply. All internships are for credit on your home campus. Financial aid may be applied to the program fee.
Contest: Elsewhere - nonfiction (Deadline July 4)
2008 SCOTT RUSSELL SANDERS PRIZE
Elsewhere is pleased to announce that it will soon be reading submissions for the first annual Scott Russell Sander Prize for nonfiction. Sanders will act as the final judge for the contest and write a brief introduction to the winning essay, which we will also be publishing as a limited-edition chapbook. The press and print-run are TBA. In addition, the winning writer will receive an engraved antique compass. The winner will be announced in late fall and will be published in the Winter 2008 issue of Elsewhere. Five finalists will also be published.
NO ENTRY FEE
Final Judge: Scott Russell Sanders
Reading Period: April 1, 2008-July 4, 2008
(From April Fools’ Day to Independence Day)
Guidelines: Submit a creative essay of no more than 8,000 words that deals with place in an integral way. Only one submission per writer. Writers who send more than one essay will be disqualified from the contest.
The essay should be attached to an email as a .doc or .rtf file. Judging is anonymous, so all identifying material should be removed. Include two cover pages, the first one with title of the essay and contact information (name, address, email address, and phone number), and the second one with just the title of the essay.
A cover letter is optional, but the body of your email should include your name, contact information, and the title of your essay. The subject line of the email should read “Sanders Prize Submission” followed by a colon and then the title of the essay.
Previously published essays are not accepted. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable provided that Elsewhere is notified immediately if the essay has been accepted by another journal. If a writer withdraws an essay from the contest, he or she may submit another essay if it is before July 1, 2008.
Submissions can be sent to contest_at_elsewherejournal.org
Job: OH Communications Assistant (Deadline April 30)
Job opening: Communications Assistant OCH seeks an individual to assist the Communications Director/Editor with all communications and publications, including Oregon Humanities magazine. Qualifications for this .5 FTE, salaried position ($17,160 + prorated benefits) include a B.A.; minimum two years experience in publishing, marketing, and/or communications; proven excellence in writing and editing; proficient on Mac-based word processing, desktop publishing, and HTML editing programs; and interest and experience in humanities-based programming. For more information, please download and review the complete job description. By April 30, 2008, interested applicants should send resume, cover letter, two published writing samples, and three professional references to Kathleen Holt at the address listed below. No phone calls please.
4.02.2008
(PAID!) Job Opportunity: GLO Coordinator (Deadline April 18)
GLO NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR 2008-09 CO-COORDINATORS!
As we move forward with merging WEGO (Writing-English Graduate Organization), EGO (English Graduate Organization) and LAC (Literary Arts Council) into out new student organization, GLO (Graduate Literary Organization), we are looking to fill two co-coordinator positions for the 2008-09 academic year. Both positions require a minimum of 10-15 hours of work per week. The new co-coordinators will officially take office in July 2008. Training will be held prior to start date.
Responsibilities:
• Creating, compiling and tracking announcements/keeping group informed
• Managing and organizing regular meetings with GLO’s four volunteer chairs: Readings, Marketing, Workshop and Student Voice.
• Working with Marketing Chair to update website/blog
• Coordinating beginning of the year Meet and Greet
• Coordinating Call for Papers Contest
• Coordinating Book Sale
• Responsible for attending readings and helping set up with Readings Chair
• Handling all SALP interaction
Room Reservation
Hotel Reservation
Contracts
Ordering books
Returning books and depositing money
Going through the SFC process
Attending SALP Trainings
And more…
• Maintaining student listservs
• Communicating with faculty advisor(s) as needed
• Other duties as needed
Requirements:
• Must be a second-year student in PSU’s English or Writing graduate program (one coordinator will be selected from each).
• Must be enrolled and receive a minimum of 5 credits per term to maintain stipend.
• Students who have been disqualified or suspended from PSU for either academic or disciplinary reasons may not be employed during the period of disqualification or suspension.
• Students must be in Academic Good Standing at Portland State University (maintaining a minimum of 2.0 grade point average) and Academic Good Standing within the Graduate Studies and Research Department (maintaining a minimum of 3.0 grade point average).
• Must be willing to dedicate 10-15 hours/week to responsibilities.
• Strong management and communication skills.
Salary: Each coordinator will receive a stipend of $472/month.
If you are interested, please email your resume and a letter stating what you could bring to our new group, a description of your course of study/goals, anticipated graduation date and any leadership/organizational skills you may have to wegocoord@gmail.com. We will be accepting resumes until April 18 and hold interviews the week of April 28.
As we move forward with merging WEGO (Writing-English Graduate Organization), EGO (English Graduate Organization) and LAC (Literary Arts Council) into out new student organization, GLO (Graduate Literary Organization), we are looking to fill two co-coordinator positions for the 2008-09 academic year. Both positions require a minimum of 10-15 hours of work per week. The new co-coordinators will officially take office in July 2008. Training will be held prior to start date.
Responsibilities:
• Creating, compiling and tracking announcements/keeping group informed
• Managing and organizing regular meetings with GLO’s four volunteer chairs: Readings, Marketing, Workshop and Student Voice.
• Working with Marketing Chair to update website/blog
• Coordinating beginning of the year Meet and Greet
• Coordinating Call for Papers Contest
• Coordinating Book Sale
• Responsible for attending readings and helping set up with Readings Chair
• Handling all SALP interaction
Room Reservation
Hotel Reservation
Contracts
Ordering books
Returning books and depositing money
Going through the SFC process
Attending SALP Trainings
And more…
• Maintaining student listservs
• Communicating with faculty advisor(s) as needed
• Other duties as needed
Requirements:
• Must be a second-year student in PSU’s English or Writing graduate program (one coordinator will be selected from each).
• Must be enrolled and receive a minimum of 5 credits per term to maintain stipend.
• Students who have been disqualified or suspended from PSU for either academic or disciplinary reasons may not be employed during the period of disqualification or suspension.
• Students must be in Academic Good Standing at Portland State University (maintaining a minimum of 2.0 grade point average) and Academic Good Standing within the Graduate Studies and Research Department (maintaining a minimum of 3.0 grade point average).
• Must be willing to dedicate 10-15 hours/week to responsibilities.
• Strong management and communication skills.
Salary: Each coordinator will receive a stipend of $472/month.
If you are interested, please email your resume and a letter stating what you could bring to our new group, a description of your course of study/goals, anticipated graduation date and any leadership/organizational skills you may have to wegocoord@gmail.com. We will be accepting resumes until April 18 and hold interviews the week of April 28.
Residency: Lynchburg College (Deadline May 15)
Lynchburg College
Thornton Writer Residency
Two 14 week residencies, including stipends of $12,000 each, at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia are awarded annually to a fiction writer for the Fall term and a poet for the Spring term.
Creative nonfiction writers, screenwriters, playwrights, and mixed-genre writers will also be considered either term. The writer-in-residence will teach a three-credit writing workshop, present a public reading, and visit a small number of classes. The residency includes housing, some meals, and roundtrip travel expenses. To apply, applicants should submit a cover letter, a published book(returned upon completion of review), evidence of successful teaching, a curriculum vita, and names and contact information for three references by May 15th for the Fall term and July 15th for the Spring term. There is no entry fee. These are the complete guidelines.
If there are questions, please call 434-544-8267. Send complete applications to Thornton Writer Residency, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lynchburg College, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501. Attn: Ms. Patty Irwin.
Candidate selection is contingent upon a successful background check.
Lynchburg College is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Thornton Writer Residency
Two 14 week residencies, including stipends of $12,000 each, at Lynchburg College in Lynchburg, Virginia are awarded annually to a fiction writer for the Fall term and a poet for the Spring term.
Creative nonfiction writers, screenwriters, playwrights, and mixed-genre writers will also be considered either term. The writer-in-residence will teach a three-credit writing workshop, present a public reading, and visit a small number of classes. The residency includes housing, some meals, and roundtrip travel expenses. To apply, applicants should submit a cover letter, a published book(returned upon completion of review), evidence of successful teaching, a curriculum vita, and names and contact information for three references by May 15th for the Fall term and July 15th for the Spring term. There is no entry fee. These are the complete guidelines.
If there are questions, please call 434-544-8267. Send complete applications to Thornton Writer Residency, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Lynchburg College, 1501 Lakeside Drive, Lynchburg, Virginia 24501. Attn: Ms. Patty Irwin.
Candidate selection is contingent upon a successful background check.
Lynchburg College is an Equal Opportunity Employer
3.28.2008
Contest: Lincoln & Civil War (Deadline July 31)
The Lincoln Forum: To enahnce the understanding and preserve the memory of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
Platt Family Scholarship Prize Essay Contest
1st Prize $1000 | 2nd Prize $500 | 3rd Prize $250
Our topic for 2008:
“Lincoln at 200: still relevant?”
February 12, 2009 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. What relevance, if any, does Lincoln's life and accomplishments have to the challenges faced by today's generation?
Contest Rules:
Please examine the rules below closely before contacting The Lincoln Forum or the contest coordinator with eligibility questions.
The scholarship essay contest is designed for students who are FULL TIME students in an AMERICAN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY during the Spring 2008 semester. The July 31 deadline is designed to give these students time to finish their essays, if need be, after final exams.
You do not have to be an American citizen, but you do need to be attending an AMERICAN COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY during the eligibility period.
It is NOT open to high school students. Key question to consider; when we contact your college or university registrar will they be able to confirm that you were enrolled as a full-time college student during the spring 2008 semester? If the answer is no, you are not eligible.
The eligibility of entrants will be confirmed by the Lincoln Forum prior to the awarding of prizes.
Entries will be judged by the essay committee of The Lincoln Forum.
Deadline for entries is July 31, 2008
Entries must contain a minimum of 1,500 and a maximum of 5,000 words.
Essays may be submitted via regular mail (postmarked by July 31, 2008) or via e-mail (time stamped before midnight PST July 31, 2008) to the address below.
The essay must be typed and include a works-cited page or bibliography. End notes are suggested but not required.
There is no application form for the contest. The essay and your contact information serves as your application.
Applicants must include the name of their college or university with their entire and all contact information (regular and email address) must be put on the essay proper.
Judging will take place during the fall. The three winners will be announced at the Lincoln Forum annual meeting in Gettysburg on November 18th. Checks from the Lincoln forum will be sent to the winners in December 2008. The scholarship prize money is designed as a reward for academic excellence. It can be used for any purpose the winner desires.
The essay can be sent via email ( e-mail: archives@akspl.org ) or regular mail to the address below.
Don McCue, curator of The Lincoln Shrine in Redlands, California serves as coordinator of the Essay Contest.
If the above information does not answer your question please contact:
Don McCue, Curator -- Lincoln Memorial Shrine
125 W. Vine St.
Redlands, CA 92373
phone: (909) 798-7632
e-mail: archives@akspl.org
Contest: Tall Rock Retreat (Deadline May 15)
Tall Rock Retreat's Writing Contest is now underway. We are accepting entries through May 15, 2008.
It is actually two writing contests, one in the fiction category, and one in creative nonfiction. First Prize in each category is a two-week stay at the Retreat--an artists' hideaway tucked in the hills of Central Vermont--including meals. Second Prize in each category is a one-week stay.
Maximum length per submitted manuscript is 7500 words. A $20 entry fee is required. If you would like to enter in both categories, or submit more than one manuscript in one category, an additional fee of $10 per manuscript is required.
Previously published pieces are acceptible.
In order to ensure that the judging is "blind," the entrant's name should appear nowhere on the ms., cover letter, or on the envelope. Please provide only an email address. If I know you, or if you are affiliated with the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, make sure that this email address does not contain your name in recognizable form (you may need to use a friend's or family member's address). Receipt of your entry will be immediately acknowledged. If you are one of the four winners, you will be notified by the end of May 2008.
If you are not one of the winners but would like to attend Tall Rock Retreat during our 2008 Season, your entry fee will go toward the cost of your stay.
Please mail manuscripts, along with $20 entry fee for the first, and $10 for each additional, manuscript, to:
Writing Contest
Tall Rock Retreat
1219 Apple Hill Road
East Calais, VT 05650
Contest Judge: Christopher Noel, who has published fiction with Knopf and a memoir with Random House. Also, he has taught in the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College for eighteen years.
Please direct any questions to chrisattallrock@aol.com
It is actually two writing contests, one in the fiction category, and one in creative nonfiction. First Prize in each category is a two-week stay at the Retreat--an artists' hideaway tucked in the hills of Central Vermont--including meals. Second Prize in each category is a one-week stay.
Maximum length per submitted manuscript is 7500 words. A $20 entry fee is required. If you would like to enter in both categories, or submit more than one manuscript in one category, an additional fee of $10 per manuscript is required.
Previously published pieces are acceptible.
In order to ensure that the judging is "blind," the entrant's name should appear nowhere on the ms., cover letter, or on the envelope. Please provide only an email address. If I know you, or if you are affiliated with the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College of Fine Arts, make sure that this email address does not contain your name in recognizable form (you may need to use a friend's or family member's address). Receipt of your entry will be immediately acknowledged. If you are one of the four winners, you will be notified by the end of May 2008.
If you are not one of the winners but would like to attend Tall Rock Retreat during our 2008 Season, your entry fee will go toward the cost of your stay.
Please mail manuscripts, along with $20 entry fee for the first, and $10 for each additional, manuscript, to:
Writing Contest
Tall Rock Retreat
1219 Apple Hill Road
East Calais, VT 05650
Contest Judge: Christopher Noel, who has published fiction with Knopf and a memoir with Random House. Also, he has taught in the MFA in Writing Program at Vermont College for eighteen years.
Please direct any questions to chrisattallrock@aol.com
3.22.2008
Fellowship: Nonfiction VVCA (Deadline May 15)
The Goldfarb Family Fellowship for Nonfiction Writers supports a fully funded two-week residency to enable a nonfiction writer to concentrate solely on his or her creative work. This sponsored fellowship is provided through the generosity of former VCCA Board member Ronald Goldfarb, author and literary agent. The Goldfarb Family Fellowship for Nonfiction Writers will be offered each year to one nonfiction writer during the fall scheduling period (October through January). As with all residencies at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, writers will be provided a private bedroom, separate studio, and three prepared meals a day. The application process is the same as the regular VCCA application process. You can obtain anapplication by downloading an application form using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Call 434-946-7236 or emailvcca@vcca.com if you would like an application form mailed to you. The deadline is May 15.
3.17.2008
Reading: Professor Michael McGregor @ Blackbird Wine (April 2)
April 2 readers at First Wednesday at Blackbird Wine Shop, 7-9 p.m., 3519 NE 44th off Fremont, 503-282-1887:
MICHAEL MCGREGOR holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. He has been the editor of three magazines, including Columbia: a Journal of Literature and Art. His writing has appeared in The Seattle Review, StoryQuarterly, The South Dakota Review, The Crab Orchard Review, The Mid-America Poetry Review, The Raven Chronicles, Poets & Writers, The Writer's Chronicle and many other publications. Among his writing awards are an Illinois Arts Council Literary Grant and the Daniel Curley Award for Best Short Fiction. He teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at Portland State University and is currently completing a biography of poet Robert Lax.
Readers/artists also include: Poet FRANCES PAYNE ADLER, author TIM BARNES and photographer MICHAEL SHAY.
Contact: Charles Deemer, Editor, Oregon Literary Review, charles@oregonliteraryreview.org
MICHAEL MCGREGOR holds an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University. He has been the editor of three magazines, including Columbia: a Journal of Literature and Art. His writing has appeared in The Seattle Review, StoryQuarterly, The South Dakota Review, The Crab Orchard Review, The Mid-America Poetry Review, The Raven Chronicles, Poets & Writers, The Writer's Chronicle and many other publications. Among his writing awards are an Illinois Arts Council Literary Grant and the Daniel Curley Award for Best Short Fiction. He teaches fiction and nonfiction writing at Portland State University and is currently completing a biography of poet Robert Lax.
Readers/artists also include: Poet FRANCES PAYNE ADLER, author TIM BARNES and photographer MICHAEL SHAY.
Contact: Charles Deemer, Editor, Oregon Literary Review, charles@oregonliteraryreview.org
Contest: Green Short Story (Deadline April 15)
Green Short Story Contest
We invite you to write your own Green short story of up to 2,000 words in length. It may employ any tone, from funny to apocalyptic, but must deliberately have some aspect of Green as a prevailing presence, or even its theme. By “Green” we mean the concern for our environment that is motivating people worldwide to take action to reverse its degradation. To waste less, for example—and to care more.
“GREEN SHORT STORY WRITING CONTEST” OFFICIAL RULES
Please be sure to read the “Skylight” note from the magazine’s editorial director for details about the specific nature of this competition. Entries must be not more than 2,000 words in length, must be original works by the author and must be submitted in English via delta-sky.com by 11:59 p.m. EST, April 15, 2008. Limit one entry per e-mail address. Entrants must be 18 years of age or older. Employees of Pace Communications, Inc., Pace Interactive and Delta Air Lines, and members of their immediate families are not eligible. One winner will be selected by a panel of judges that will include but not be limited to the professional editors of Sky. The decision of the judges is final. Federal, state and local laws apply. VOID WHERE PROHIBITED.
The winner will be notified by either e-mail or telephone. If winner does not respond within 10 business days of notification, the prize will be forfeited and an alternate winner will be selected. The winning entry and the winner’s name and city and state/country of residence will be published in the July 2008 issue of Sky and on delta-sky.com. Winner also gives consent to the contest sponsor to publish his or her name and city and state/country of residence in e-mails, press releases and other forms of communication (print and electronic). Winner grants Pace Communications full and exclusive worldwide rights to the winning entry, in all forms (print and electronic), for 120 days after publication. Winner will be required to warrant that the entry does not in whole or in part infringe any copyrights or violate any personal or property rights or contain any scandalous or libelous matter.
The sponsor of this contest is Pace Communications in Greensboro, North Carolina
3.16.2008
Poetry Reading: Joanna Klink & Prageeta Sharma (April 3)
Poetry Reading
Thursday, April 3, 2008, 7 p.m.
238 Smith (Browsing Lounge)
The poems in Joanna Klink’s second collection is Circadian (Penguin, 2007), take as their guiding vision circadian clocks. Klink uses rhythm and lyricism to explore both inner and outer landscapes in poems that tie human life to the systems and cadences of nature. As the poet Linda Gregg writes, Joanna Klink’s “intensity makes the world visible.” Klink’s first book was They Are Sleeping (University of Georgia Press, 2000). She teaches poetry at the University of Montana.
Prageeta Sharma is the author of three books of poetry, Bliss to Fill (Subpress Collective, 2000), The Opening Question (Fence Books, 2004. Winner of the 2004 Fence Modern Poets Prize) and Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books, 2007). In her newest collection, Sharma writes of the experiences of a class-displaced, first-generation Hindoo Romantic, and her landscapes and language follow whimsically and cannily from that position. Sharma is the Director of Creative Writing at the University of Montana in Missoula.
3.14.2008
Contest: Ecotone - Darwin (Deadline Oct. 15)
In Spring 2009, Ecotone: Reimagining Place will publish a special issue celebrating the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth and the sesquicentennial of the publication of The Origin of Species. We are now accepting submissions in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for the Ecotone Evolution Contest, which will creatively reflect the subject of evolution.
Our reading period is open and will remain open until October 15 One Grand Prize winner will receive a $1,000 honorarium,
a limited-edition chapbook of the winning manuscript, and publication in Ecotone's Spring 2009 evolution issue. Two runners-up will receive chapbooks of their manuscripts and publication in Ecotone. The contest entry fee is $15 per
manuscript.
We are looking for bold interpretations about a theory that has radically altered the experience of being human: What does it mean to share our DNA with other animals? What are the consequences of our diminishing biodiversity? Why have political lines hardened around an issue so rooted in science?
The Ecotone Evolution Contest will be judged by Jennifer Ackerman, author of Sex Sleep Eat Drink Dream and Notes from the
Shore.
Mail one unpublished prose piece or one to six unpublished poems per contest entry. After the contest has been judged, we will work with the authors individually to create their own chapbook. Final chapbook lengths will vary, depending on the genre of the winning manuscripts.
Please include your name, genre, contact information, and "Ecotone Evolution Contest" on all entries. All manuscripts and correspondence regarding submissions should be accompanied by a SASE for a response; no replies will be given by email. For further information, email evolution@ecotonejournal.com.
Please mail contest submissions, along with a check made out to the UNCW Creative Writing Department (memo: Ecotone Evolution Contest) to :
Ecotone Evolution Contest
Creative Writing Department
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 South College Road
Wilmington, NC 28403-3297
Spring GA-ship Opportunity!!
Announcing Opening for Graduate Assistant in the PSU Center for Academic Excellence
Program Assistant
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Portland State University's Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) promotes and supports academic excellence in teaching & learning, community-based learning, and university assessment by enhancing faculty scholarship, improving student outcomes, and contributing to the Portland metropolitan community. The Graduate Assistant (GA) position to be filled will work specifically with the Community-University Partnership division of the CAE. The ideal candidate will be a strong writer with a desire to write grants, have website management experience, and exhibit interest in or have experience with community-based/service-learning pedagogies. The GA will work indirectly with the CAE’s Student Leaders for Service program, which places 25 student leaders in community organizations throughout the Portland metropolitan region.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:
• Admitted to a graduate degree program, in good academic standing, and taking full-time credits towards the degree as required by the Graduate Assistant Terms of Appointment
• Experience writing for professional purposes and editing a variety of documents.
• Student leadership development experience
• Knowledge of community-based learning/service-learning pedagogies
• Strong organizational skills
• Comfortable in a creative, autonomous, flexible work setting
• Presentation and group facilitation skills
• Ability to write grants
• Strong research skills
• Website/HTML experience
• Enjoy working as part of a team as well as work effectively on independent projects
• Commitment to the mission of Portland State University and the motto “Let knowledge serve the city”
COMPENSATION:
The graduate assistant position includes a tuition remission, though the student is responsible for university fees. The monthly salary is approximately $625. This is a .3 FTE appointment requiring 12-15 hours per week (in compliance with the 2005-06 Graduate Assistant Tuition Remission schedule) from April 7-June 15th, 2008. GA will have the option of working during the summer months for an hourly wage and have the option of continuing the position for the 2008-09 academic year.
OTHER BENEFITS:
◦Whenever appropriate, GA will be encouraged to connect course/program requirements to work responsibilities
◦ Gain experience with direct supervisory roles and responsibilities
◦ Experience with many diverse community organizations throughout the metropolitan region
TO APPLY:
Please send a resume, cover letter, contact information for two professional references to the address below, and at least one writing sample (academic or professional). Also, after the following quotation from educational researcher, Alexander Astin (1995), and with the quotation in mind, write a one-page, single-spaced (max.) essay that addresses the question that follows:
“We [higher education] educate a large proportion of the citizens who bother to vote, not to mention most of the politicians, journalists, and news commentators. We also educate all the school administrators and teachers, who in turn educate everyone at the pre-college level. And we do much to shape the pre-college curriculum through what we require of our college applicants. In short, not only have we helped to create the problems that plague American democracy, but we also are in a position to begin doing something about them. If higher education doesn’t start giving citizenship and democracy much greater priority, who will?”
QUESTIONS:
Do you think higher education should prepare students for democracy, or should this responsibility remain elsewhere? How can higher education prepare students for a life of engaged, democratic citizenship? What should higher education do to assist the “problems that plague American democracy?”
Contact: Amy Spring, 503/725-5582 or springa@pdx.edu
Review of applications will begin: March 31st. Interviews will take place during the week of April 7th.
Send application materials to:
Amy Spring
Assistant Director, Community-University Partnerships
Center for Academic Excellence, 303 Cramer Hall
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Or via e-mail to springa@pdx.edu
Program Assistant
POSITION DESCRIPTION:
Portland State University's Center for Academic Excellence (CAE) promotes and supports academic excellence in teaching & learning, community-based learning, and university assessment by enhancing faculty scholarship, improving student outcomes, and contributing to the Portland metropolitan community. The Graduate Assistant (GA) position to be filled will work specifically with the Community-University Partnership division of the CAE. The ideal candidate will be a strong writer with a desire to write grants, have website management experience, and exhibit interest in or have experience with community-based/service-learning pedagogies. The GA will work indirectly with the CAE’s Student Leaders for Service program, which places 25 student leaders in community organizations throughout the Portland metropolitan region.
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE POSITION:
• Admitted to a graduate degree program, in good academic standing, and taking full-time credits towards the degree as required by the Graduate Assistant Terms of Appointment
• Experience writing for professional purposes and editing a variety of documents.
• Student leadership development experience
• Knowledge of community-based learning/service-learning pedagogies
• Strong organizational skills
• Comfortable in a creative, autonomous, flexible work setting
• Presentation and group facilitation skills
• Ability to write grants
• Strong research skills
• Website/HTML experience
• Enjoy working as part of a team as well as work effectively on independent projects
• Commitment to the mission of Portland State University and the motto “Let knowledge serve the city”
COMPENSATION:
The graduate assistant position includes a tuition remission, though the student is responsible for university fees. The monthly salary is approximately $625. This is a .3 FTE appointment requiring 12-15 hours per week (in compliance with the 2005-06 Graduate Assistant Tuition Remission schedule) from April 7-June 15th, 2008. GA will have the option of working during the summer months for an hourly wage and have the option of continuing the position for the 2008-09 academic year.
OTHER BENEFITS:
◦Whenever appropriate, GA will be encouraged to connect course/program requirements to work responsibilities
◦ Gain experience with direct supervisory roles and responsibilities
◦ Experience with many diverse community organizations throughout the metropolitan region
TO APPLY:
Please send a resume, cover letter, contact information for two professional references to the address below, and at least one writing sample (academic or professional). Also, after the following quotation from educational researcher, Alexander Astin (1995), and with the quotation in mind, write a one-page, single-spaced (max.) essay that addresses the question that follows:
“We [higher education] educate a large proportion of the citizens who bother to vote, not to mention most of the politicians, journalists, and news commentators. We also educate all the school administrators and teachers, who in turn educate everyone at the pre-college level. And we do much to shape the pre-college curriculum through what we require of our college applicants. In short, not only have we helped to create the problems that plague American democracy, but we also are in a position to begin doing something about them. If higher education doesn’t start giving citizenship and democracy much greater priority, who will?”
QUESTIONS:
Do you think higher education should prepare students for democracy, or should this responsibility remain elsewhere? How can higher education prepare students for a life of engaged, democratic citizenship? What should higher education do to assist the “problems that plague American democracy?”
Contact: Amy Spring, 503/725-5582 or springa@pdx.edu
Review of applications will begin: March 31st. Interviews will take place during the week of April 7th.
Send application materials to:
Amy Spring
Assistant Director, Community-University Partnerships
Center for Academic Excellence, 303 Cramer Hall
PO Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
Or via e-mail to springa@pdx.edu
3.10.2008
Residency Fellowship: Carson McCullers Center (Deadline April 1)
Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
THE MARGUERITE AND LAMAR SMITH FELLOWSHIP FOR WRITERS
Named in honor of Carson's parents, The Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers was inspired by McCullers’ experience at the Breadloaf Writer's Conference in Vermont and, especially, the Yaddo Arts Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York. To honor the contribution of these writers’ residences to McCullers’ work, the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians awards fellowships for writers to spend time in McCullers' childhood home in Columbus, Georgia. The fellowships are intended to afford the writers in residence uninterrupted time to dedicate to their work, free from the distractions of daily life and other professional responsibilities.
DESCRIPTION AND DETAILS
The Marguerite and Lamar Fellowship for Writers will be offered for the fall semester of 2007, the fellowship to begin the first of September and to end the first of December. During this period of time, the Smith/McCullers Fellow will reside in a spacious private apartment in Carson McCullers' childhood home, the Smith-McCullers House. The Fellow will be provided with a stipend of $5000 to cover costs of transportation, food and other incidentals. Fellowship recipients will be required to introduce or advance their work through reading or workshop/forum presentations. The Fellow will work with the McCullers Center Director to plan a presentation near the end of the residency.
The Smith-McCullers House is located on a quiet residential street in a historic neighborhood in Columbus, Georgia. The Fellow will reside in a spacious private apartment occupying one-half of the Smith-McCullers House. The remainder of the house serves as the Smith-McCullers house Museum and as the offices for the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians. The apartment is comprised of a large living/writing/sleeping room, a private bathroom, and a private entrance, allowing Fellows to work without interruption or disturbance by the Center and Museum. The kitchen is shared by the Fellow and the Center, but the Center uses the kitchen only for occasional special events. The apartment is adequately furnished; Fellows need bring only their personal belongings. The Carson McCullers Center provides utilities (except for long distance telephone service), general property maintenance, a computer and online service. Fellows are welcome, of course, to bring their own computers if they prefer. Since public transportation in the Columbus area leaves something to be desired, an automobile would prove very useful; however, there are grocery stores, post offices, and other services within walking distance, so an automobile is not an absolute necessity. A spouse or companion is welcome, but children and pets will not be allowed.
DEADLINE
April 1, 2008. All entries must be mailed and postmarked on or before April 1, 2008. Electronic submissions will not be accepted.
APPLICATION
Print out, complete, and mail three copies of the application form and writing sample as described on the application form. Also, we require two references. Print out this recommendation form, send to two people of your choosing, and have them mail the completed forms directly to the McCullers Center.
Except in the case of published works, application materials will not be returned.
There is no application fee.
All applicants will receive notification of our receipt of application.
Mail the entire packet to: The Carson McCullers Fellowship Program
Department of Language and Literature
Columbus State University
4225 University Avenue
Columbus, GA 31907
Direct questions to: Cathy Fussell, Director
The Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians
706 568-2054
Announcement of Winner: Early May. All applicants will receive letters announcing the winner.
3.09.2008
WEGO to GLO next year!
To brief everyone on what happened at the open forum/merger on Friday,
we (the handful of us who attended from EGO, WEGO and LAC) voted on
the structure and name of our new supergroup. And as of next year
we'll be the...
Graduate Literary Organization (GLO)
We also voted to have two co-coordinators--an English grad student and
a writing grad student with equal stipened positions. GLO will also
have four chairs (volunteer positions) to head workshops, readings,
marketing and student voice.
We'll be taking applications for next year's coordinator positions
beginning spring term. If you have any questions about what all this
means, I'm here to clarify.
- Jessica (wegocoord@gmail.com)
we (the handful of us who attended from EGO, WEGO and LAC) voted on
the structure and name of our new supergroup. And as of next year
we'll be the...
Graduate Literary Organization (GLO)
We also voted to have two co-coordinators--an English grad student and
a writing grad student with equal stipened positions. GLO will also
have four chairs (volunteer positions) to head workshops, readings,
marketing and student voice.
We'll be taking applications for next year's coordinator positions
beginning spring term. If you have any questions about what all this
means, I'm here to clarify.
- Jessica (wegocoord@gmail.com)
Literary Arts Council Spring Reading Series
Here's a preview of the Literary Arts Council's Spring Reading Series at PSU. For more information on each author/event please
visit the LITERARY ARTS COUNCIL website for details:
http://www.litac.groups.pdx.edu/
Rebecca Solnit: April 15th, Smith 238, 7pm
Dan Kaplan: April 22nd, Smith 333, 7pm
Sandy Tolan: May 8th, Smith 238, 7pm
Joy Harris, Whitney Otto and Chelsea Cain: May 14th, Smith 238, 6pm
Michael Ryan and Doreen Gildroy: TWO EVENTS
Craft Talk 1pm NH 407; Reading Smith 333, 7pm
3.06.2008
Job: Dance Journalists
Applications Sought for Journalism Institute for Dance Journalists
The American Dance Festival announces the 2008 NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism for professional print, electronic, radio, and television journalists. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the program offers journalists immersion in one of the world’s premiere modern dance festivals, held on the campus of Duke University from June 21 to July 11, 2008.
The NEA Arts Journalism Institute for dance journalists is designed for professional journalists interested in refining their skills in writing about dance and analyzing choreography. Participants will attend an extensive range of world-class performances, write reviews, observe classes, participate in movement sessions, meet with choreographers, funders, and other dance professionals, and analyze the role of today’s dance critic. As members of the ADF community, accepted applicants will have ample opportunity to converse with the Festival’s special guests, teachers, faculty and choreographers. The Institute covers the expense of tuition, room, board, transportation, and tickets to performances.
Directing the program is dance critic and historian Suzanne Carbonneau, whose writing has appeared in the Washington Post and the New York Times. Carbonneau holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University.
To apply, applicants must submit the following materials: a letter specifying reasons for wishing to attend the Institute, a résumé, three samples of dance criticism, and two references with names, addresses and phone numbers.
All applications must be received by Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Please mail materials to:
NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism
ADF Box 90772
Durham, NC 27708
The American Dance Festival announces the 2008 NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism for professional print, electronic, radio, and television journalists. With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the program offers journalists immersion in one of the world’s premiere modern dance festivals, held on the campus of Duke University from June 21 to July 11, 2008.
The NEA Arts Journalism Institute for dance journalists is designed for professional journalists interested in refining their skills in writing about dance and analyzing choreography. Participants will attend an extensive range of world-class performances, write reviews, observe classes, participate in movement sessions, meet with choreographers, funders, and other dance professionals, and analyze the role of today’s dance critic. As members of the ADF community, accepted applicants will have ample opportunity to converse with the Festival’s special guests, teachers, faculty and choreographers. The Institute covers the expense of tuition, room, board, transportation, and tickets to performances.
Directing the program is dance critic and historian Suzanne Carbonneau, whose writing has appeared in the Washington Post and the New York Times. Carbonneau holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from New York University.
To apply, applicants must submit the following materials: a letter specifying reasons for wishing to attend the Institute, a résumé, three samples of dance criticism, and two references with names, addresses and phone numbers.
All applications must be received by Wednesday, April 2, 2008. Please mail materials to:
NEA Arts Journalism Institute for Dance Criticism
ADF Box 90772
Durham, NC 27708
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