Below are notices sent to the English Department: Places to Submit Writing Call for Student Papers Nineteenth Annual University of St. Francis Undergraduate Conference on English Language and Literature March 19th & 20th, 2010 Submit complete papers (preferably) or abstracts on any topic in English studies, including: -writing Include mailing address, telephone number, your email address, and the name of your college. Papers are limited to a 20-minute presentation (8-12 pages). Authors of papers accepted for the program are obliged to present in person. Deadline for submission: December 15th, 2009 Submit proposals to: Dr. Marcia Smith Marzec Or email as an attachment: mmarzec@stfrancis.edu Phone queries: 815-740-3852 posted 11/17/09 Avanim Avanim, a project of the Columbia/Barnard Hillel, is a literary magazine committed to the expression of Jewish experience through the publication of creative writing and art. We accept: LITERATURE: ART: posted 11/10/09 Arcadia Arcadia, the new literary journal founded by the MFA students at the University of Central Oklahoma, is calling for submissions in poetry, short fiction, and drama. All styles, whether traditional, avant-garde, or experimental, are welcome. The only criteria are that the work be of merit, establishes a distinct sense of place and voice, and reveals a strong understanding of form. Writers in all phases of their career are encouraged to submit as we are always searching for the emerging artist whose voice is yet to be heard. Submission information and guidelines can be found at our website: posted 10/12/09 Cerise Press CERISE PRESS, an international online journal based in the United States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French and Francophone works. You may read Cerise Press' Issue I here: posted 9/25/09 Columbia Spectator Do you like to read and write about books, attend literary events/exhibitions, and frequent cafés and bookstores for readings by authors and poets? If you answered yes to any part of the above question, you should write for Spectator Books! My name is Yin Yin Lu, and I am the new Spectator A&E Books Editor. There are many benefits and inimitable opportunities for Books writers besides being able to see your name in print: interviewing all sorts of published writers, from debut novelists to Nobel Peace Prize winners, attending events at the NYPL, Symphony Space, book festivals, and museums for free, and getting free review copies of books before they are released! Last semester, for instance, I interviewed Lytton Smith and Karen Russell, both published graduates of the Columbia MFA program, attended a talk with critics James Wood and Daniel Mendelsohn at the NYPL, and heard Malcolm Gladwell speak at the New Yorker Festival. posted 1/6/09 Contests Washington Square Award in Poetry, Fiction, & Collaboration Washington Square is currently accepting submissions for out annual literary award, to be presented in our Spring 2010 edition. Winners will receive an honorarium of $500, as well as publication in our forthcoming issue. Selected runners-up may also receive publication. Finalists in each genre will be judged by Darin Strauss (Fiction) and Matthew Zapruder (Poetry). We are also pleased to announce our inaugural Collaboration Award, to be judged by Anne Carson. We invite entrants to submit works of visual or graphic art, music, video, translation and/or exquisite corpse. Some portion of each work, or the entirety, should consist of some form of creative writing. Winners will receive $500 and publication in Washington Square, or on our website, depending on the medium. The postmark deadline for all awards is January 1. All entrants will receive a year’s subscription to Washington Square. Please see our website at www.washingtonsquarereview.com for submission details. posted 11/20/09 The Fifth Japan Center - Canon Essay Competition (2009-2010) at Stony Brook University The Japan Center at Stony Brook (JCSB) is pleased to announce the FIFTH ANNUAL JCSB-CANON ESSAY COMPETITION for high school and college students in the New York Metropolitan area. The deadline for essay submission is December 31, 2009. The first place Best Essay Award winner receives $2,000! The contestants should discuss, in English, one or more aspects of Japan in relation to their personal view, experiences, and/or future goals. posted 9/17/09 page last updated: 11/20/09 |
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