Next Journalism:
creative writing

The main responsibility is to sub-edit all copy for publication, ensuring that it is in House and Leisure style and tone and that it is factually and grammatically correct. The job also entails working with the chief copy editor to ensure that deadlines are met, and with the promotions department to write text for advertorials.

REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

The copy editor reports to:

• the editor (or, in her absence, the deputy editor); and
• the chief copy editor (this being the primary reporting relationship).

The copy editor also works closely with: the art department, the promotions department and the editorial department. The copy editor stands in for the chief copy editor when she/he is absent in which case the chief copy editor's job responsibilities become hers/his.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

1) To subedit all editorial and promotional copy, which includes:
• correcting factual and language errors;
• checking style and tone;
• checking all contact details are correct;
• ensuring that all copy is as 'reader-friendly' as possible - ie, easy to understand and a pleasure to read;
• inputting requested changes accurately;
• localising copy where necessary;
• watching out for inconsistencies, contradictions and repetition;
• helping to maintain the editorial standard of excellence.

2) To make sure each page has all the necessary elements, which includes:
• checking layouts for consistency of slugs, fonts and general design style;
• trimming copy to fit layouts;
• writing captions;
• checking that all necessary bylines, credits and taillines appear;
• doing page numbers after book makeup;
• assisting the chief copy editor in compiling the stockists list;
• assisting the chief copy editor in writing the contents page.

3) Liaising with promo department, ensuring all promos are signed off without compromising house style.

4) Sub-editing classifieds each month, and liaising with directory assistant with regards to production.

5) Writing copy for the HL website each month.

6) To work with the chief copy editor in preparing documents for repro and working through final corrections with the art department.

7) Writing text for advertorials, The monthly mailer and other promotional material where needed.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

The copy editor needs to:
• be a good team worker who can handle deadlines and work effectively under pressure;
• think clearly and creatively;
• have at least one year's experience as a copy editor;
• have an excellent knowledge of - and a love for - the English language;
• be a perfectionist and a stickler for detail;
• have a good general knowledge, to be able to handle copy on a wide variety of topics from decor, design and architecture to art and gardens;
• be proficient in InDesign and be able to use the Internet as a research tool (in a critical and informed manner) when facts need to be checked or explained

Contact Information:

For submissions: click here and search for "copy editor house and leisure"

Deadline: 25 February 2011

Department: FACULTY OF HUMANITIES – SCHOOL OF LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE STUDIES

Position: Senior Lecturer / Lecturer - Creative Writing

Description:

The School of Literature and Language Studies is seeking to employ a Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Creative Writing. The successful candidate, in the first instance, will coordinate, administer and teach aspects of the Honours Degree in Creative Writing and will be involved in the Masters workshop. Candidates should be committed to excellence in teaching, research, and postgraduate supervision. Given the nature of these degrees, which entail creative writing in an array of genres as well as scholarly reflection, applicants should be experienced in the academic analysis of writing, as well as be practitioners. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in teaching writing and critique at a tertiary level. If appointed, he/she will also be expected to become involved in University events relating to the public life of literature.

Requirements: PhD in Literature, Writing, Journalism or a cognate discipline although candidates with a Masters in a relevant degree plus a significant record of published work will be considered.

Closing Date: 2011/02/25

For more information, contact:

Prof Gerrit Olivier
Telephone: 011 717 4567
Email: Gerrit.Olivier@wits.ac.za

To apply:

Submit a letter of application, a full curriculum vitae, certified copies of qualifications and identity document as well as the names and contact details (including e-mail) of three referees to Mrs Pumla Ngcobo, Humanities Human Resources Office, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Private Bag 3, WITS, 2050

E-mail: Pumla.Ngcobo@wits.ac.za

Deadline: 2 April 2011

Michael and Marylee Fairbanks International Fellowship or Tuition Scholarship for African and Caribbean Writers

The Fairbanks award supports a writer living in Africa or the Caribbean to attend the Conference.

The Fairbanks award covers tuition, room, and board at the Conference; in addition, this special award covers travel expenses.

The application deadline for this particular award is April 2 (please note that this deadline is later than the usual Bread Loaf deadline for financial aid, which is March 1).

Admissions Overview

You may apply to the Conference by submitting a sample of original work and an application form. All applicants submit an application and their supporting materials online, except for fellowship candidates who complete an online application as well as mail a copy of their book(s) to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference office.

Acceptance is based on the strength and promise of the writing sample and the admission board's judgment that the applicant will benefit from the Conference. The workshops are designed to accommodate both published writers and those in the early stages of promising careers. For the 2010 Conference, we were able to accept 23 percent of general applicants; 6 percent of those who applied for financial aid received an award.

We cannot enroll anyone for less than the full ten days of the Conference. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age.

There is no application fee.

Application

All applicants submit an application and their supporting materials online, except for fellowship candidates who complete an online application as well as mail a copy of their book(s) to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference office.

To note: Applicants submit their top choices for workshop leader upon acceptance to the Conference, noting it on their deposit/confirmation form. Participants are assigned to a workshop based on our commitment to giving all attendees one of their choices.

We recommend that you print a copy of these directions so you can refer to them as you fill out the online application. The directions contain important details needed to fill in the title, file, and comments fields correctly.

Application directions followed by a link to the online application:

1. Fill in your contact information and create a password to use.

2. Writer name: use this space if you write under a penname.

3. Submission title: write in the title of the work you are submitting with your application. If it's an excerpt from a longer work, please note either the chapter title or title of the manuscript, either is acceptable. If you do not have a single title for your manuscript (for example, if you have a title for each poem or if you're submitting two or more shorter prose pieces), please create a title to use just for this Bread Loaf manuscript; the title field is limited so it may not be possible to enter the title of each poem or story. If you like, you can simply write in "poems for Bread Loaf application." Do not submit more than ten pages of poetry or 6,000 words of prose. (Fellows should note the title of their most recent book.)

4. Genre: choose the genre for your application from the drop-down list. If you are applying for financial aid, you can apply in only one financial aid category. (Descriptions of the financial aid categories can be found in the Admissions section. The FAQ page can help you decide which financial aid category is best for you.) If you are applying for financial aid and would like to be considered for a spot as a general contributor in the event that you do not receive an award, you will need to make a separate application in each category. Nevertheless, you will be able to use the same e-mail and password for both applications.

5. File: General contributors, work-study scholars, Bread Loaf-Rona Jaffe Foundation scholars, and Middlebury Student scholars—upload your manuscript to your account. We are able to accept the following file formats: Word (.doc or .docx) and Adobe Acrobat (.pdf). Fiction and nonfiction manuscripts cannot exceed 6,000 words and poetry manuscripts are limited to ten pages of poems. Your writing sample must be uploaded in one document. Please note: If your prose manuscript is excerpted from a longer project, please include a one-page synopsis at the start of your document (the synopsis can be single-spaced and does not count toward the 6,000-word limit).

Fellows—create and upload a cover page noting your name as well as the title, publisher, and publication date of the book under consideration with you application. Mail the book(s) to the Bread Loaf office as described on the Admissions page of this web site.

Tuition scholars—upload a PDF document that contains the following supporting materials: (1) a detailed list of publications (noting the title, publication, and publication date for each piece); (2) a sample of work published within the last three years (please send scans of the work as it appeared in the publication)—prose writers should send one published piece, and poets up to ten published pages; and (3) because tuition scholars are contributors in workshops, please also include a manuscript of unpublished work in the genre in which you are applying. (See the link to the manuscript guidelines on the left of this page.) You will be able to upload only one document to your online application. Before starting the process, please be sure all of the supporting materials are contained in one PDF document that follows the numerical order noted above. The correct order is very important.

Auditors—the online program requires that an applicant upload a document to the file field, so please upload a document that includes your answer to question number 5 described in the comments section below. In this case you need answer only questions 1 to 4 in the comments section.

6. Comments: use this field to address the following five items. Please number your answers 1 to 5.

1--Have you attended Bread Loaf before? If yes, please note the dates.
2--Have you attended other writing workshops? If yes, please note them here.
3--Do you have any publications in the genre in which you are applying? If yes, please list them here.
4--Information needed to make room assignments: please let us know if you plan to have a car on campus and note your age at the time of the Conference.
5--In 300-500 words, answer the question "What do you hope to gain from attending the Conference?" (Bread Loaf/Rona Jaffe applicants should use this section to illustrate how they meet the Bread Loaf/Rona Jaffe criteria. See the Admissions section for a description of the BL/RJ Scholarship.)

7. Click on Submit. (This button allows you to view the information you entered and make any changes needed.)

8. The program will send an automatic confirmation of receipt to your e-mail address. (If you do not receive this confirmation please be sure to contact the Bread Loaf office.)

Click here for the online application.

Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753
Phone: 802-443-5286
E-mail: blwc@middlebury.edu

What we’re looking for is a published poet who can lead a writing workshop in Arabic for Arabic-speaking high school students.

Here are the major tasks, abbreviated. Everything takes place in July except where noted.

· Assist with student selection process (March or possibly April)

· Teach one introductory workshop session with selected students online (May; this really depends on students’ Internet access)

· Co-teach the Arabic-language workshop with another writer-teacher (currently we’ve got Khaled Khalifa tentatively signed on)

· Meet with students as needed

· Assist with editing of the student anthology

· Participate in a reading with the other teacher as part of the Iowa City Book Festival

· Write a report of no more than 2 pages listing what worked, what didn’t, and suggestions for improvement (August)

We pay all July travel and lodging expenses, plus an honorarium and per diem.

Our Web site, which awaits 2010 updates, is here: http://iwp.uiowa.edu/projects/BTL/index.html

Kecia Lynn
Coordinator, Between the Lines
International Writing Program
The University of Iowa
430 N. Clinton
Iowa City IA 52242
(319) 384-3296 (ph)
(319) 335-3843 (fx)
kecia-lynn@uiowa.edu

More information at the Radius of Arab American Writers website here.

Deadline: 15 February 2011

(Note: Alternately, artists/ writers can also apply for The Freeman Foundation Asian Artists’ Fellowship Program and The Ford Foundation Program for Artists from Africa and the Middle East when seeking residency at the Vermont Studio Center. We are waiting for the fellowship application announcements for 2011 and we will post them when available.)

Fellowships

VSC awards a number of fellowships for 4-week residencies throughout the year. In addition to VSC Awards, a variety of special fellowships are also available for full or partial funding as well as specific international fellowships with deadlines on April 1st. To apply for a fellowship, please use our brochure or download an application. To apply for a special fellowship award, applicants should note any additional award name(s) for which they are eligible. View the October 1 Fellowship Winners.

Awards for the February 15 Deadline:

Vermont Studio Center Awards

Sixteen fellowship awards are open to all artists and writers based on merit as represented in the portfolio or manuscript.

The Association of Literary Scholars, Critics, and Writers (ALSCW) Fellowship

This Fellowship provides a one-month VSC residency for a writer who is a current member of ALSCW.

Bermant Foundation Fellowships

Two fellowships for visual artists focused on technological kinetic art including sound sculpture, performance and, in general art that incorporates time, movement, motion and change. Preference will be given to work that draws its form, content and materials from current technology.

Civil Society Institute (CSI)

One award for an east coast minority artist with demonstrable financial need; preference will be given to artists from New Haven, Jersey City, and Baltimore. The $25 application fee is waived for eligible CSI applicants. Award includes a $500 travel stipend.

Dedalus Foundation Fellowships

Three fellowships for painters working in the modernist tradition.

Gihon River Collective Fellowship

One award for an outstanding visual artist or writer who is a current resident of the United Kingdom (at least 2 years). Funding for this award was raised by VSC September 2009 Alumni at their London show in 2010.

Harpo Foundation Native American Fellowships

Two fellowship awards open to Native American artists living in the U.S. based on the strength and quality of their work. Includes a $500 travel stipend.

Joan Mitchell Foundation

Ten fellowship awards open to visual artists of outstanding talent and demonstrated financial need are supported by the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

Kay Evans Award

One 2-week merit-based award open to all poets; created in honor of Maine poet Kay Evans by her friends and family.

Pollock-Krasner

In 2011, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation/VSC Fellowship Program for visual artists of outstanding talent will support two to four 4-week residencies for domestic artists.

Wheels for Wheels Award

One fellowship open to an artist or writer who uses a wheelchair and/or has a spinal cord injury.

Helen Zell Residency Fellowship

One fellowship for a University of Michigan MFA candidate in poetry between his/her first or second year.

Zoland Poetry Fellowships

Offered in conjunction with Zoland Poetry, these 2 annual Fellowships are open to writers of original English-language poetry (1) and to translators (1). Poets should submit a manuscript according to guidelines on the Apply page; translators should submit 3 copies of the original poems/translations, along with a description of English-language rights, author bio, and translator CV.

Apply

Residencies at the Vermont Studio Center are offered based on a review of the portfolio or manuscript submitted by each applicant. While application for residency may be submitted at any time, applicants who wish to be considered for a fellowship must submit their application by one of the three annual fellowship deadlines. Fellowship applications are reviewed by a revolving jury of VSC visiting artists and writers and are based on merit as seen by the jury. The Vermont Studio Center welcomes applicants representing the full rage of aesthetic perspectives and cultural backgrounds.

Your application must be received in our office by the application deadline.

Full Fellowship Deadlines

• October 1
• February 15
• June 15

It is best to apply at least six months in advance of your preferred start date, though we will consider applications received as late as 6 weeks in advance of the month(s) for which one is applying. Summer and fall Residencies are our most popular and competitive, the recommended deadline for summer fellowships is October 1.

Download a PDF of the Application.

Email us to request a printed brochure and application.

Deadline: 1 October 2010

The application for 2011–2012 is now available. Please take a look at the eligibility guidelines and discipline listing before beginning your application.

The deadline for applicants in Humanities, Social Sciences, and Creative Arts is October 1, 2010 (11:59 EST). The deadline for applicants in Natural Sciences and Mathematics is November 15, 2010 (11:59 EST).

For questions regarding the application process you can contact us by email or phone.

fellowships@radcliffe.edu
(humanities, social sciences, and creative arts)

or

sciencefellowships@radcliffe.edu
(natural sciences and mathematics)

Applications Office Line: 617-496-1324

Radcliffe Fellowship Program
8 Garden Street
Byerly Hall
Cambridge, MA 02138
For additional information, please contact

Selection Process

Former fellows of the Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program (1999 to present) are not eligible to apply.

Each application is reviewed in a dual-tiered process by peers in relevant disciplines. Applications are judged on the quality and significance of the proposed project and the applicant's record of achievement and promise. Applicants are notified by e-mail of the results of the selection process in March.

Terms and Conditions

Stipends are funded up to $65,000 for one year with additional funds for project expenses. Some support for relocation expenses is provided where relevant. If so directed, Radcliffe will pay the stipend to the fellow's home institution.

We work with fellows who have families to help with relocation issues and make for a smooth transition.

Fellows receive office or studio space and access to libraries and other resources of Harvard University during the fellowship year, which extends from early September 2011 through May 31, 2012. Visual artists and film, video, sound, and new media artists may apply to come for either one or two semesters. In the event that they come for one semester, the stipend is $32,500. Fellows are expected to be free of their regular commitments so they may devote themselves full time to the work outlined in their proposal. Since this is a residential fellowship, we expect fellows to reside in the Boston area during that period and to have their primary office at the Institute so that they can participate fully in the life of the community.

General Information

The Radcliffe Institute Fellowship Program is a scholarly community where individuals pursue advanced work across a wide range of academic disciplines, professions, and creative arts. Radcliffe Institute fellowships are designed to support scholars, scientists, artists, and writers of exceptional promise and demonstrated accomplishment who wish to pursue work in academic and professional fields and in the creative arts. In recognition of Radcliffe's historic contributions to the education of women and to the study of issues related to women, the Radcliffe Institute sustains a continuing commitment to the study of women, gender, and society. Applicants' projects need not focus on gender, however. Women and men from across the United States and throughout the world, including developing countries, are encouraged to apply. We seek to build a community of fellows that is diverse in every way.

Deadline: 1 November 2010

The Hodder Fellowship will be given to writers of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the 2011-2012 academic year. Typically the fellows are poets, playwrights, novelists, creative nonfiction writers and translators who have published one highly acclaimed work and are undertaking a significant new project that might not be possible without the "studious leisure" afforded by the fellowship. Preference is given to applicants outside academia. Candidate for the Ph.D. are not eligible. Submit a resume, sample of previous work (10 pages maximum, not returnable), and a project proposal of 2-3 pages. Guidelines available on website:www.princeton.edu/arts/fellows .

We strongly recommend that all interested candidates use the online application process. Deadline: November 1, 2010 (postmarked). Stipend: $63,900.

Apply online or for general application information and how to self-identify, click here. We strongly recommend that all interested candidates use the online application process. Candidates are invited to submit a resumé, a sample of previous work (ten-page maximum, not returnable) and a project proposal of two to three pages. Letters of recommendation are not required. Applications must be submitted by November 1, 2010.

Society of Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts

"One of the most inspired recommendations of the Allen Committee was its proposal to create a new interdisciplinary Society of Fellows in the Arts, which the committee envisioned as a centerpiece of arts education at Princeton. The Society’s Fellows would be innovative and early-career artist/scholars who would teach courses, maintain studios, give or organize performances or exhibitions (where appropriate), and participate in seminars, conferences, and other on-campus collaborations. Their presence would expose Princeton to lively cross-currents from the world of the creative and performing arts, and their energy would enable the scholarly and educational projects in the arts at Princeton to achieve critical mass. Not only would the arts thereby enliven Princeton, but Princeton would thereby become a patron not only of the arts, but of artists, by providing fellowships that would help to sustain and support developing artists as they launch their careers." As stated by President Shirley Tilghman.

The Lewis Center for the Arts is in the process of developing the Society of Fellows in the Creative and Performing Arts initiative.

Deadline: 20 October 2010

Ledig House is proud to partner with Addis Neger, Ethiopa’s biggest newspaper, to guarantee an annual residency for an African writer through the Addis Neger Fellowship. Each year the fellowship will be awarded to two writers who work in their local languages; one writer will be from Ethiopia and one will be from another African nation. The selected individuals will receive travel funds as well as a small stipend for incidental expenses. Interested applicants should follow the posted application guidelines and be sure to include a cover letter stating that the Addis Neger fellowship is sought. The fellowship is open to writers from all disciplines, working in all languages.

Application Guidelines 2011
PLEASE NOTE NEW DEADLINE: OCTOBER 20, 2010

Spring: mid-March to early June
Fall: early September to late November

The annual deadline for applications must be postmarked by October 20, 2010. Late applications will be held and considered the succeeding year.

Please include the following materials:

A complete application form.
A biographical sketch including publications, performances and writing credits.
One non-returnable copy of your latest published work. If unpublished, send a ten page sample of your latest work.
A one page description of the work to be undertaken while at Ledig House.
One letter of recommendation. (This must be included with your application materials and provided in a sealed envelope with the signature of the individual who wrote the letter placed across the seal.)
All applicants who include an SASE will be notified of selections by February 1st.

Due to the high volume of applications we are not able to respond to email inquiries regarding receipt of material or acceptance to the program.

Send completed applications to:

Ledig House Applications
Art Omi, Inc.
55 Fifth Avenue, 15th Floor
New York, NY 10003

For further information:

Fax: 212 206 6027
Email writers@artomi.org