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"
We are now accepting submissions for Tribes Magazine Issue 14.
A Gathering of the Tribes seeks submissions for its 14th issue. Our focus is on outstanding literary and critical work from emerging and established writers with an emphasis on multiculturalism and alternative viewpoints. All genres and styles considered though we generally do not publish “genre” fiction (romance, science fiction, children’s literature, etc.) or metrical poetry or rhyme unless it is exceedingly contemporary/experimental. Writers documenting alternative forms of experience or from diverse backgrounds strongly encouraged to submit. Submit manuscripts (under 20 pages) to: A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES, P.O. Box 20693, Tompkins Square Station, New York, NY 10009 or email your submission to info@tribes.org with “Submission” in the subject.
Website
We publish poetry, fiction, essays and interviews on our website year-round. Please email us with Subject Line: Web Submissions with your attachment in a Word doc only.
General : Due to the massive number of submissions we receive, we do not guarantee response to, or return of work that is not accepted for publication.
You are guaranteed a response only if your work is selected for publication.
MAI is pleased to announce LittWorld 2012 will take place in Nairobi, Kenya, October 28 to November 2, 2012. “MAI returns to Africa with the goal of building on momentum from the 2009 conference, which ranked among the best so far, and to increase our training support on the continent,” said MAI president John Maust.
Every three years, MAI convenes LittWorld, the only international conference of its kind, providing intensive training on strategic, publishing-related topics. The conference gathers more than 150 publishers, editors and writers from 30-plus countries.
Barine Kirimi, chair of the local host committee, welcomes Christian publishing colleagues worldwide. “Jambo! You will find empowerment and encouragement as you fellowship with a global community, united with one purpose. You can't afford to miss Littworld 2012 in Kenya. Mark the date now. Karibu!
LittWorld 2012 will include a weekend pre-conference exclusively for Africa’s French-speaking Christian publishing staff and writers. Confirmed speaker Daniel Bourdanné, general secretary of IFES and former publisher said, “I feel very encouraged to know you are planning to come back to Africa in 2012. This will certainly help build momentum for the publishing work in Africa, which remains fragile.”
The African Church increases annually faster than anywhere else in the world. But many African believers lack Christian literature written by Africans. The continent is also the world's youngest region; children under 15 make up more than 40 percent of its people. Enormous potential exists to bolster the Church and reach a new generation via life-giving books and articles.
Men and women from 94 countries have participated in the conference since it began in 1986. Through LittWorld, MAI has seen publishing houses born, new books conceived, and skills refined for more effective publishing. Inevitably, participants take away a new or reinforced commitment to publish books and articles by local authors in the heart language and culture of readers.
James Kwok, a psychologist and writer from Singapore, said, “What a great privilege for me to attend LittWorld 2009 Kenya, and share in the joy of Jesus with brothers and sisters in Christ from around the world, while being equipped to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ through the written word.”
Contact Information:
For inquiries: info@littworld.org or call (630) 260-9063.
The United Nations has chosen 2011 as the International Year for People of African Descent. To celebrate, the Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs is holding a writing contest for young writers aged 13-22.
The contest is open to Nova Scotians of all backgrounds, but entries must express a connection to the culture, heritage, and/or experiences of people of African descent. For example, stories and poems could be set in historical or contemporary African Nova Scotian communities, they could focus on a prominent person of African descent, or they could connect in another way. It’s up to you — be creative!
Who can enter?
Any Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who has lived in Nova Scotia since Oct. 1, 2010, and who is between the ages of 13 and 22 as of the contest closting date – July 15, 2011. The contest is split into two age categories: 13-17 and 18-22.
What do I have to do?
Send us your short story, poem(s) or spoken word lyrics by July 15. Stories can be up to 2,500 words long. You can submit up to five poems or spoken word pieces, to a total maximum length of 1,500 words.
What can I win?
In each age group, we’ll be giving out three prizes:
First place - $500 Second place - $250 Third place - $150
Winners also get to have lunch with Lawrence Hill, author of the acclaimed best seller The Book of Negroes. And they’ll be recognized at an awards ceremony during the African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference, being held September 22-24 in Halifax.
How do I enter?
To enter, download an entry form here and fill it out. You can send your entries by email to ansa_newsletter@gov.ns.ca, and please use the phrase “IYPAD Creative Writing Contest” in the subject line.
You can also send entries by mail or drop them off at our office:
Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs 5670 Spring Garden Road, Suite 604 PO Box 2691 Halifax, NS B3J 1H6
Important formatting rules: Electronic entries must submitted as a Microsoft Word or RTF document, while hard-copy entries must be typed in black ink on plain white paper (8 ½” x 11”). Use a decent-sized, easy-to-read font, such as Times New Roman 12-pt. Fiction entries must be double-spaced, while poetry can be single-spaced.
All entries must have a one-inch margin on all sides, with pages numbered in order in the upper right-hand corner. As well, the title of your manuscript must appear on each page, but DO NOT include your name on the actual manuscript – only on your entry form. That way your entry will be anonymous to the judges.
Also, remember that all entries must be signed, including those submitted by email. If you’re under 18 years old, a parent or guardian needs to sign the form too. You can scan and email, send by fax to 902.424.7189 … just make sure you send a signed form.
When is the deadline?
Emailed and hand-delivered entries must arrive by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 15. Mailed entries must be postmarked by July 15. Hard-copy entries will not be returned.
How much does it cost to enter?
We’re glad you asked. The answer is nothing – it’s free!
How does the judging work?
A panel of accomplished Nova Scotian writers, poets and performers will read the entries and select a set of finalists in each age group. These finalists will be sent to our honourary judge, Lawrence Hill, and he’ll choose the winners in each age group. So you could have your work read by one of Canada’s most well-known authors. And you could get to have lunch with him too. (If that sounds kind of intimidating, don’t worry… he’s a really nice guy.)
What important legal details do you need to tell me?
-By entering the contest, you accept that the Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs (ANSA) may contact you to request a photo and/or biographical information for use in promotional materials and announcements relating to the contest.
-You also release and forever discharge the Province of Nova Scotia, the Minister of African Nova Scotian Affairs, and their officers, employees and representatives, from all liability for any damages, losses or claims arising from participation in the competition or resulting from the conferral, acceptance or use of the award obtained and for the aforementioned disclosures or uses.
Can you summarize in a convenient list of bullet points?
* The contest is open to all Nova Scotians aged 13-22, as of July 15, 2011. * Entries must express a connection to the culture, heritage and/or experiences of people of African descent. * Entries may be short stories (up to 2,500 words) or poems or spoken word lyrics (up to 5 pieces, and a maximum of 1,500 words). * A signed entry form must accompany all entries. * An entrant’s name must not appear on the manuscript. * Entries may be emailed to ansa_newsletter@gov.ns.ca or mailed or hand-delivered to: Office of African Nova Scotian Affairs, 5670 Spring Garden Road Suite 604, PO Box 2691, Halifax NS B3J 1H6. * Contest deadline is 4:30 p.m. on July 15, 2011. Awards will be presented during the African Diaspora Heritage Trail conference, Sept. 22-24, 2011. * You could win cash. And hang out with Lawrence Hill! What more do you need? Get writing!
The book fair will hold from Monday, 9 to 14 May, 2010 at the Multi-Purpose hall of the University of Lagos between 9 a.m and 6 p.m daily. One of the objectives of the book fair is to showcase Nigerian books and present books from other countries, thus increasing the variety of books available to the Nigerian reading public at affordable rates.
Publishers, Printers, Booksellers, Librarians/Libraries, Schools, student, general public, etc are invited to the 10th edition of Nigeria International Book Fair. It is an annual event where stakeholders in the publishing industry in Nigeria and other countries gather for networking and marketing of their products and services.
The Nigerian Book Fair Trust (NBFT) is a coalition of the major stakeholders in the Nigerian book sector, comprising the Nigerian Publishers Association, Nigerian Book Foundation, Nigerian Booksellers Association, Association of Nigerian Printers, Nigerian Library Association, Association of Nigerian Authors and the Association of Non-Fiction and Academic Authors of Nigeria. NBFT is the organiser of the annual Nigeria International Book Fair (NIBF) and National Book Fairs in Abuja, Enugu and Ife.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: Nigeria Publishers Association GPO Box 2541, Ibadan, Nigeria, Tel: +234 (0)2/2413396, Fax: +234 (0)1/3453646
The National Institute of Cultural Industries (INIC) Friday extended to May 31, 2011 the deadline for submission of works by candidates for 2011 edition of “António Jacinto" Literary Prize, reads a note sent to Angop Friday.
The prize has an exclusive sponsorship of Credit and Saving Bank (BPC). The winner of each edition is entitled to an amount equivalent of USD 5,000, a diploma and the edition of work by INIC.
António Jacinto Literary Award was instituted in 1993 and is intended to pay homage to the poet António Jacinto.
The reward is a revelation for unpublished works by Angolan authors, with the objective to encourage the literary creation and promote the emergence of new authors in the field of literature.
The national authors, with unpublished works, are invited to take part in the current edition of the prize as a way to contribute to the ongoing development of Angolan literature.
Via: portalangop.co.ao
Contact Information:
For inquiries: isna@ebonet.net or call + 222 39 19 32 / + 222 331 382
For submissions: Institute of Cultural Industries, PO Box 1248, Cirilo da Conceição Silva Street No 7, 2nd floor Luanda
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.
Cave Canem Fellowship
This annual fellowship provides one 4-week residency to a poet who is a Cave Canem fellow. Home for the many voices of African American poetry, Cave Canem is committed to cultivating the artistic and professional growth of African American poets. The $25 application fee is waived for Cave Canem applicants.
How To Apply:
1. Print a copy of the residency application form >>
2. Fill out the form and mail it to us with the following:
* Manuscript or Portfolio
* Current Resumé
* References (On a separate page, please provide names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail addresses of three people who are familiar with your work and would be willing to supply a reference if asked.)
* Financial Status [If you would like to be considered for assistance based on financial need as well as merit, include financial documentation (a copy of the first page of your most recent income tax return, a recent W-2, a statement of need, etc.)].
* Self-Addressed Stamped Postcard (Optional) Returned to you as confirmation of receipt of your application.
3. Applications may be submitted at any time. Applicants who wish to be considered for a fellowship must submit their applications by the fellowship application deadlines (4/1 for specific international fellowships, 6/15, and 10/1 and 2/15 for all others); applications must be received, not postmarked, by the application deadline. For each deadline, applications are reviewed by a revolving jury of professional artists and writers, and the fellowship determinations made.
Portfolio/Manuscript Guidelines
Include THREE (3) copies of your manuscript: For poets, maximum of 10 pages, no more than one poem per page. All other genres, maximum of 15 pages. Please use a standard typeface (e.g. Times, Palatino, Garamond, Courier), minimum 10–point type. Print on one side of the page only. Prose manuscripts should be double–spaced. Manuscripts must be submitted in an unpublished format. The first copy of the manuscript should include a cover sheet with your name, address, and title of the manuscript, and be bound with a paper clip. The second and third copies should be corner stapled and include no cover sheet. Your name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript itself. Manuscripts will not be returned.
TO SEND APPLICATION, VIA U.S. MAIL: VERMONT STUDIO CENTER • P.O. BOX 613 • JOHNSON, VERMONT 05656 USA
VIA PRIVATE CARRIER (FEDEX/UPS): VERMONT STUDIO CENTER • 80 PEARL ST • JOHNSON, VERMONT 05656 USA
Contact Information:
For inquiries: info@vermontstudiocenter.org
For submissions: Vermont Studio Center, PO Box 613, Johnson, Vermont 05656 USa
Firstly we would like to thank all those who submitted work to the anthology, we greatly appreciated your entries. We congratulate the following writers whose work has been selected:
Poetry: Abigail George, Yemi Soneye, Tinashe Muchuri, Vivid Gwede, Mukoma Wa Ngugi, and Dami Ajayi.
Interviews: Tinashe Mushakavanhu and Eric Nzaramba.
We have re-opened submissions until the 29th February 2012, and will be publishing (if all goes well) on Marechera's 60th Birthday next year.
We are looking for excellence in essays, reviews, short stories, poems, and interviews, which show new insights into Marechera's works and life. Fun, interesting, and probing works that feature Marechera, directly or indirectly, as a major theme. What effects did he have personally, socially, in literature, academically, historically, contemporary, and what effects did they have on him? What drove his demons and saints, etc.?
Guidelines:
You are invited to enter your submissions until the 29th of February 2012.
Editors:
Emmanuel Sigauke – Poetry
Tinashe Mushakavanhu – Essays/interviews
Ikhide Ikheloa – Reviews
Ivor Hartmann – Short Stories
Poetry (doc, docx, rtf)
1) Theme: “Remembering Marechera”
2) Word count: 10-1000 words.
3) Submission format: single line spaced, font Times New Roman 12pt, no indents, and set to UK English.
4) Must be unpublished (not previously published in print or online).
5) No simultaneous submissions (only submitted to this anthology and no other publications).
6) Multiple submissions are allowed but only one work per author will be selected.
7) Deadline: 29th of February 2012.
Essays/Interviews (doc, docx, rtf)
1) Theme: “Remembering Marechera”
2) Word count: 1000-5000 words.
3) Submission format: single line spaced, font Times New Roman 12pt, no indents, and set to UK English.
4) Must be unpublished (not previously published in print or online).
5) No simultaneous submissions (only submitted to this anthology and no other publications).
6) Multiple submissions are allowed but only one work per author will be selected.
7) Deadline: 29th of February 2012.
Reviews (doc, docx, rtf)
1) Theme: “Remembering Marechera”
2) Word count: 1000-5000 words.
3) Submission format: single line spaced, font Times New Roman 12pt, no indents, and set to UK English.
4) Must be unpublished (not previously published in print or online).
5) No simultaneous submissions (only submitted to this anthology and no other publications).
6) Multiple submissions are allowed but only one work per author will be selected.
7) Deadline: 29th of February 2012.
Short Stories (doc, docx, rtf)
1) Theme: “Remembering Marechera”
2) Word count: 1000-5000 words.
3) Submission format: single line spaced, font Times New Roman 12pt, no indents, and set to UK English.
4) Must be unpublished (not previously published in print or online).
5) No simultaneous submissions (only submitted to this anthology and no other publications).
6) Multiple submissions are allowed but only one work per author will be selected.
The General Secretariat of King Faisal International Prize is pleased to announce nomination for the 1433H / 2012G King Faisal International Prize (KFIP) for Arabic Language and Literature in the topic:
COMPUTER PROCESSING OF THE ARABIC LAGUAGE: INDIVIDUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ENDEAVORS
CONDITIONS:
1. Nominations should be from universities, research centers and other learned circles. Nominations are also accepted from previous winners of King Faisal International Prize. Nominations are not accepted from individuals or political parties. 2. Nominated works must be published, benefit mankind and enrich human knowledge. 3. Dissertations are not accepted.
REQUIREMENTS FROM EACH NOMINEE:
1. A typed curriculum vitae of each nominee with a list of his/her publications. 2. One original or high quality photocopy of each nominated paper. The total number of nominated papers should not exceed 10. 3. Six copies of each nominated book and/or book chapter. The total number of nominated books and/or book chapters should not exceed 6. 4. One high resolution color photo of each nominee (10 X 15 cm).
Nomination documents and nominated works will not be returned
REQUIREMENTS FROM NOMINATING BODY:
1. An official letter of nomination for each nominee separately, adequately justifying the nomination and outlining the nominee's achievements in the prize field. 2. A list of nominated works. 3. A general information form filled by the nominee; this form can be duplicated if more than one candidate is nominated.
PRIZE COMPONENTS:
1. A certificate written in Arabic calligraphy, describing the work for which the winner is awarded the Prize. 2. A Commemorative 24-carat, 200-gram gold medallion. 3. SR 750,000 (US$ 200,000).
REMARKS:
1. Nominations are judged exclusively on the basis of merit, regardless of nationality, race, religion or gender. 2. Any nomination not fulfilling all conditions and requirements shall be excluded. 3. More than one nominee may share the Prize. 4. The decision of the Prize's Selection Committee is final. 5. Winners will be announced in Safar 1433H occurring January 2012G and honored at an official ceremony later in Riyadh. 6. All the required documents must be received no later than Sunday 27 Jumada I 1432H occurring May 1 2011G at the following address.
Please send nominations by airmail to the following address:
The General Secretariat King Faisal International Prize Al-Khairia Building, King Fahd Road P.O. Box 22476 Riyadh 11495 Saudi Arabia
Contact Information:
For inquiries: KFIPinfo@kff.com or call +(966-1) 465 2255
For submissions: The General Secretariat, King Faisal International Prize, Al-Khairia Building, King Fahd Road, P.O. Box 22476 Riyadh 11495, Saudi Arabia
This project on myths, legends, tall tales and folkore is open to the author or artist's interpretation. Work may include Greek and Roman myths, Celtic and Icelandic stories, Native American tales and other words and images from other cultures. It may explore sacred stories from Judeo-Christianity, Islam and eastern religions. It may be whimsical, offering a new slant on tales of Peter Rabbit, Paul Bunyan or other childhood stories. It may also include personal or family stories that have been told and retold through generations. It may provide exaggerated takes on real people like Johnny Appleseed.
Graphic fiction and visual art may be in any medium, color or black-and-white. Page size is 6.88 (W) x 6.63 (H). Artists are advised to keep critical content within a safe area of 6.625 (W) x 6.125 (H). Work may be submitted in these dimensions or scalable to these dimensions.
Prose may be no longer than 1,200 words. You may submit up to three prose pieces. The work must be properly titled at the top of each page along with the name of the author.
Poetry may be no longer than 32 lines, including title, stanza breaks and any epigraph or dedication. Poems must be single-spaced and the work must use a standard font.
Prose and poetry will not be returned. Graphic fiction and visual art becomes property of Southport Press and will be placed in a public silent auction, in order to sustain Southport Press and make future projects and publications possible.
Submit work to ArtWorks, 5002 7th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140. Include your name, address, phone number and email address. Questions, call (262) 652-5911.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: call (262) 652-5911
For submissions: ArtWorks, 5002 7th Avenue, Kenosha, WI 53140
Critical essays and creative pieces are sought for an interdisciplinary book on African immigrant women in the United States. African immigrant women comprise 45.6% of African immigrants in the United States and represent the second most educated group of women in the United States. This demographic profile is yet to grab the critical attention of US immigration and new African diaspora scholars. The edited volume seeks to bring to visibility the hitherto untapped critical mass of African immigrant women in the United States.
The influx of African immigrants into the United States in the last three decades is steadily leaving marks on the nation’s ethnic and cultural landscape. Federal data for 2010 shows that African nations are now the largest suppliers of immigrants in places like Minnesota where Asians and Latin Americans traditionally formed the immigrant stock. Similarly such recent and expanding enclaves as “Little West Africa” or “Little Senegal” in Harlem, ”Fouta Town” in Brooklyn and “Little Somalia” in Minneapolis assert the unequivocal formation of a new African diaspora in the United States.
Scholars have been catching up with this new African diaspora, as shown by numerous essays on cultural and racial negotiations, translocal and transnational practices, and entrepreneurship. However substantial and comprehensive studies, in the form of books, have been slow in the making. To date, the most significant studies include John Arthur’s Invisible Sojourners: African Immigrant Diaspora in the United States (2000), Paul Stoller’s Money Has No Smell: The Africanization of New York City (2002), Jacqueline Copeland-Carson’s Creating Africa in America: Translocal Identity in an Emerging World (2004), Jacob Olupona and Regina Gemignani’s African Immigrant Religions in America(2007), Isidore Okpewho and Nkiru Nzegwu’s The New African Diaspora (2009), John Arthur’s African Women in the United States: Crossing Transnational Borders (2009), and Zain Abdullah’s Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem (2010).
With the exception of John Arthur’s African Women in the United States, which focuses exclusively on West African women and adopts a sociological methodology, this emerging body of scholarship falls short on gender analysis. Yet critical theorists of migration have now established that a sophisticated reading of immigrant processes necessitates gender-sensitive and gender-specific approaches. The lack of such approaches in existing studies of the new African diaspora has rendered African immigrant women invisible despite a unique demographic profile that identifies them as an important critical mass of both the African immigrant experience and the woman immigrant experience in the United States. Data from the 2000 US Census indicate that African immigrant women, 68.4% of whom are in their childbearing years, represent 45.6% of African immigrants. According to the same data, African immigrant women represent the second most educated group of women in the United States. In light of this demographic profile, the invisibility of African immigrant women in both the emerging scholarship on the new African diaspora and the more established scholarship on immigrant women in the United States strikes us as a major epistemological gap.
African Women in Motion: Gender in the New African Diaspora in the United States seeks to fill the above-mentioned gap. To this effect we welcome critical essays and creative pieces that reckon the centrality of African immigrant women as a site of analysis and an epistemological window to the new African diaspora in the United States. We are particularly keen on contributions that resist the traditional “deficit-framing” of immigrant women by dominant discourses. The book is in an interdisciplinary study. As such we welcome contributions from all disciplines as well as contributions that adopt interdisciplinary methodologies. We also seek to represent immigrant women from different parts of the continent.
Possible topics might include (but are in no way limited to) the following:
• Creation and negotiation of new gender roles and identities • African immigrant women and the discourses of diaspora, transnationalism, translocalism, postnationalism, cosmopolitanism • African cultural scripts that feed and sustain the subject-positions of African immigrant women • Role of African immigrant women in developing and sustaining such places a “Little West Africa” in Harlem, “Fouta Town” in Brooklyn, or “Little Somalia” in Minneapolis • Literary perspectives on African immigrant women; African female artists of the new African diaspora • Reading the Bodies of African Immigrant Women • Historical perspectives on African immigrant women in the United States • Motherhood • Relations between African immigrant women and other Black women; African immigrant women and race • African Muslim women in post 9-11 America • African immigrant women in the professions, in academia, as entrepreneurs • Undocumented African Immigrant women • African immigrant women and domestic violence/abuse • African immigrant women and their relationships to home • African immigrant women as activists and community organizers • African immigrant women and dating • African women students in US higher education • African women refugees • African women in US prisons • African women sex workers
Please send a 300-500 words article proposal, accompanied by a short bio-biographical statement listing your institutional affiliation, before June 15, 2011 to the editors: Ayo A. Coly (ayo.a.coly@dartmouth.edu) and Marame Guèye (gueyem@ecu.edu). Deadline for complete submissions: November 15, 2011
Contact Information:
For inquiries: ayo.a.coly@dartmouth.edu, gueyem@ecu.edu
For submissions: ayo.a.coly@dartmouth.edu, gueyem@ecu.edu
ShuoMii is a dynamic, responsive and collaborative not-for-profit based media Mega-source set with the purpose of changing the LGBT dynamic within itself and society. ShuoMii’s goal is to revolutionize the stereotypical opinion of our community by enabling a platform that will facilitate a positive image by influencing people with art poetry, film, photography, music and other literary works. Through empowerment ShuoMii plans to create a safer environment dedicated to promoting a positive image for the LGBT POCC, so that we may promote acceptance and understanding. At this moment, there is no major magazine which brings LGBT People of Color writers and artists to the forefront. We believe it is time to publish such a magazine!
ShuoMii will:
Introduce a wide audience to literature and art (film, music, and photographs) by the LGBT community.
Provide a unique opportunity for underrepresented writers and artists viewpoints.
Discover and publish emerging and developing writers and artists.
ShuoMii will be published both in print and on the web. Print costs are high, so our agenda is to build a website first and print four magazines a year when we have the funds. We are currently seeking submissions for our inaugural issue! All LGBT people of Color artists, musicians, performers and writers are encouraged to submit work.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Prose and Poetry: Submit up to 3 pages of work(double-spaced, 12 pt.). It is best to send all of your work in one Microsoft Word (.doc) or text (.rtf) attachment.
Graphic files: Submit up to 5 visual art images or photographs. Photography and visual art should be sent using .tif files ( at least 300 dpi /300 pixels per inch resolution) or .jpeg files. Please include a short artist’s statement about the work submitted.
Songs and Sound Art: Submit up to five MP3 files. Please include a short artist’s statement about the work submitted. All sound art and music will be featured mostly on our website.
Video Art/Movies: Please send a URL to the work if it is online. If not, fill out the submission form and we will contact you about how to submit your video. Please include an artists statement about the work.
ALL submissions: Please include a short bio (two sentences) with your name (as you want it to appear in print), email, phone, and mailing address.
Issue Topic: Acceptance (coming out, etc)
DEADLINE for submissions to be considered for the inaugural issue will be May 16, 2011.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: click here
For submissions: http://shuomii.com/submissions-page
Saraba, an electronic literary magazine, currently based in Ile-Ife, Nigeria is in its 8th Issue. In these issues, we have exlpored themes as diverse as Family, City Life, Economy, Niger Delta, Religion/God,Technology, and Fashion.
Our goal, from the onset, has been to encourage young emerging writers - although our contributors have ranged from unknown writers to well-known ones. We are proud to assert that our contributors are mainly young writers, whose writing are previously unknown, and whose talent and promise are overt in their works.
We have published writers mostly from Nigeria. But in addition, our contributors are writers resident in London, Paris, South Africa, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Kenya, India, USA, Zimbabwe, Russia, Cameroun, Australia, and so forth.
Our 8th Issue, which is our most recent, was released on 15th April 2011. It is our proudest effort till date. In the Issue, we explore the knotty issue of fashion, and state that "... we failed in securing a unanimous perspective for fashion; how we succeeded in multiplying the richness, the effusiveness, the feverishness and sometimes agonizing details of fashion."
Writers in the issue include Yemi Soneye, Donald Molosi, Michael Lee Johnson, Chitzi Ogbumagba, Emmanuel Uweru Okoh Luso Mnthali, Lauren Henley, Victor Olusanya, Yolanda Mabuto Sokari Ekine, Damilola Ajayi, Tola Odejayi, Emmanuel Iduma Karen Chandler, and Kesiena Eboh.
The issue can be downloaded from http://sarabamag.com/featured/issue-8-fashion/
Our Issue and Chapbooks are published on www.sarabamag.com and can be downloaded free. We call on literary enthusiasts and the general reading public to explore the wide talent on offer. More importantly, we encourage readers to subscribe to the magazine. From our next issue, only subscribers would have access to the full content of the magazine. Subscription is free.
Submissions
Entries are received only for the e-magazine and chapbooks. Our site is improved continually to represent and reflect the best of emerging writing from Nigeria, Africa and the world. Interested contributors should read the following guidelines carefully.
Saraba’s staff is a small number of committed and enthusiastic but busy professionals. As such, entries that do not conform to these guidelines would not be considered. Our goal is to give emerging writers a voice and confidence, to give them the opportunity of having their works published.
For the magazine, we would, from the June Issue, publish content in two ‘portfolios.’ The first portfolio would be theme-based. Please see our themes for the year. We would publish, also, content of a general literary nature, but this portfolio would be smaller in size than the first.
Please send your work in an attachment in any of our three major categories: Fiction, Poetry and Non-Fiction. Send no more than one work at a time, and wait for our response before you send another. Word count for fiction works is 5,000, except otherwise announced. We’d accept no more than 3 poems at a time. For Non-fiction, we expect a broad range of new creative writing, including short memoirs, interviews, reviews, creative non-fiction, creative journalism, etc. Word count for this is 2,500.
We are also open to digital art including photographs, illustrations, paintings and so forth. Please send in high resolution jpeg files (not larger than 4 MB).
Please send alongside a bio of not more than 50 words (in third person).
Unsolicited poetry would not be considered for the chapbooks. If interested, please send a query and we would reply accordingly. Poems submitted would be generally considered for the magazine, on either of the portfolios.
Although we strive to highlight the talent and hard work of contributors, please note that we cannot afford to pay contributors.
Jadaliyya is an independent ezine produced by ASI (Arab Studies Institute), a network of writers associated with the Arab Studies Journal (www.ArabStudiesJournal.org).
Jadaliyya has launched its culture section; an open space for creative, original, and critical texts about culture(s) in Arabic and English. We seek to support cultural expression in a wide variety of sites and contexts, media and genres. To this end, we are interested in contributions dealing with literature, theatre, music, cinema, visual arts and design, photography, TV and Radio, video art, social media and Internet expression.
Specifically, we welcome:
1. Creative writings (in English or Arabic)
2. Translations (of poems, short stories, excerpts from novels or plays, critical essays)
3. Critical essays and commentary about cultural issues, figures, debates, and various cultural phenomena (1000 words minimum)
7. Photo essays or single photographs with commentary
8. Video clips
9. Travel essays
10. Quickies (shorter pieces on a cultural phenomenon, figure, or event) [500 to 800 words]
We publish new material every Monday. We welcome your contributions, support, and feedback. For more information, read our Call for Posts below, or contact us at culture@jadaliyya.com
There are no nationality restrictions for applications. However, applicants should be over 21 years old and be writing in English.
The M Literary Residency Program has been established to disseminate a broader knowledge of contemporary life and writing in India and China today and to foster deeper intellectual, cultural and artistic links across individuals and communities. Applicants are invited to apply for three month residencies in India or China.
Applications for the 2012 Residency are now being accepted. Application deadline is Friday, 1 July 2011, and decisions will be announced 31 October.
The M Literary Residency Programme ~ 2012-2013 Residency Guidelines
The M Literary Residency Programme has been established to disseminate a broader knowledge of contemporary life and writing in India and China today and to foster deeper intellectual, cultural and artistic links across individuals and communities.
The intent of the residency is to provide space and time primarily for writing and location-specific research. It is not to be used as base for travel in order to undertake research further afield.
Writers may apply for ONE of two M Literary Residencies:
Bangalore, India
A three-month residency in a rural setting near Bangalore, South India from late 2012 to early 2013. The successful applicant will have his/her transportation costs to and from Bangalore covered by the M Residency. Accommodation (a single room) and three meals a day will be provided.
Shanghai, China
A three-month residency in Shanghai. The residency must be taken up before March 1st, 2013. The successful applicant will have his/her transportation costs to and from Shanghai covered by the M Residency. Accommodation (a studio-style apartment) and a stipend towards the cost of meals will be provided.
Stipend
Both successful applicants will receive a total sum of US$1,000 to cover additional living costs during their stay in India or China.
HOW TO APPLY
All applicants are required to submit the following information and supporting materials:
1. A completed M Residency application form.
2. A synopsis and statement of intent totaling no more than 1,500 words detailing the project that you intend to work on during the residency. Applications will be accepted in the following genres only: fiction, nonfiction, poetry or dramatic prose.
Note:
• Statement of intent: this should detail how and why the location will benefit your project, and how the residency itself will be of benefit to you.
• The intent of the residency is to provide space and time primarily for writing and location-specific research and not as a base for travel to undertake research further afield.
3. Two samples of your work in the genre of your chosen project for the residency. Short stories, essays, novel extracts, drama and poetry are all welcome. The total word count of the two pieces combined should not exceed 2,500 words.
Note:
• Applications that do not include support material in the genre of the nominated project will be at a disadvantage.
• If poetry samples are less than 30 lines long, they can be grouped with 1-2 other poems to form one sample. The total line count of the poetry group should not exceed 100 lines or the word count.
• Applicants may be asked to submit additional samples of their work.
4. One of the following proofs of identification: copy of passport, driving licence or ID card.
5. Two referees, including their contact details, to whom the residency administrator may write to. The referee does not need to work in a literary capacity but needs to know the candidate well.
PLEASE NOTE
• Please send applications by email only to the Administrator at mliteraryresidency@googlemail.com. We will notify you immediately on receipt of your application.
• Applications must be received by Friday, 1 July 2011. Applications received after this date will not be considered.
• Applicants must cover their own travel and medical insurance.
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
• Participation in two (2) events:
The M Literary Residency aims to encourage interaction between talented artists and local communities, and to foster an interest in the arts within the local communities of the host countries. It is therefore a condition of entry that the successful candidate must agree to participate in at least two events within the local community during their stay. This could be a talk or workshop at a school, college or bookshop. Details will be worked out between the fellow and M Residency staff. All expenses will be met by the M Literary Residency.
• Remaining in Residence
It is expected that fellows will remain in residence throughout the threemonth fellowship. Fellows must notify M Residency staff at the earliest opportunity if they expect to have to leave the residency for a period of more than one week.
• Dates / Length of Residency
• India: 10-12 weeks, commencing late 2012
• China: 12 weeks and must be taken up before March 1st, 2013.
• It is a condition of entry that applicants agree to these terms by marking the relevant box on the application form.
IMPORTANT NOTES
• It is NOT a condition of entry that the applicant must already be a published author. Unpublished writers are welcome to apply.
• There are no nationality restrictions for applications. However, applicants should be over 21 years old and be writing in English.
• Applications may only be submitted electronically.
• In the interest of fairness, applicants’ names must not appear on samples, synopses, or statements of intent.
• The residency judges and administrators will not enter into private correspondence with applicants nor will they be able to offer specific feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
• The accommodation provided in Bangalore and Shanghai is suitable only for single occupancy. We regret that we are unable to accommodate partners or family.
• In the case of the Indian residency, accommodation may be isolated so applicants should be seeking a period of quiet, sustained work. The residency is not a base from which to travel from.
• In the case of the Shanghai residency, accommodation will be centrally located and in the thick of a noisy city. Whilst it is intended that the writer should be seeking a period of sustained work, it must be noted that this will probably not be happening in very quiet surroundings.
Download application form >>
Contact Information:
For inquiries: mliteraryresidency@googlemail.com
For submissions: mliteraryresidency@googlemail.com
habitat_ abode. domain. mileu. home. environs. haunt. locale. habitation. neighbourhood. domicile. household. environment. realm. territory. ambit. residence. dwelling. How would you interpret the theme ‘Habitat’? Is a Habitat home, or your country? Does it invoke images of exotic species in the wild? Do you think of it as Africa, or the comfort of friendship?
Klorofyl, an online literary, graphic and lifestyle magazine, welcomes submissions towards its second Issue: The Habitat issue
Let’s have all of it: poetry, photography, digital art, short stories, prose, opinion. Throw in comics, musings, quotes, doodles … Features are welcome as well, but do send in a proposal first. What does the theme say to you? Let’s hear it.
You may, of course, also explore other themes apart from this issue's for your writing and art. Entries must be received by May 10, 2011, and sent, by attachment, to sub@klorofyl.com. Send in a picture and short bio (that gives your age and current location, and what you currently do), as well. Shortlisted contributors will be contacted by our editors.
The Bellagio Center is located on a peninsula adjacent to Lake Como, two hours north of Milan, Italy.
The Bellagio Residency program offers scholars, artists, thought leaders, policymakers and practitioners a serene setting conducive to focused, goal-oriented work, and the unparalleled opportunity to establish new connections with fellow residents, across a stimulating array of disciplines and geographies. The Bellagio Center community generates new knowledge to solve some of the most complex problems facing our world and creates art that inspires reflection, understanding, and imagination.
The Center sponsors three kinds of residencies—for scholars, creative artists and practitioners. Creative Artist Residencies last four weeks. We are especially interested in applicants whose work connects in some way with the Rockefeller Foundation’s issue areas, and we also select each cohort for diversity to ensure that interdisciplinary and international connections remain an integral part of the Bellagio experience. In addition, the Center offers collaborative residencies for two to four people working on the same project.
Collegial interaction with other residents is an essential dimension of the Bellagio experience. Meals and informal presentations of residents' work afford an opportunity for dynamic discussion and engagement within and across disciplines. During special dinners, residents often interact with participants in international conferences hosted in other buildings on the Center's grounds.
Selection Process and Criteria Selections are based on:
* the quality of the proposed project, * how innovative the project is and how likely it is to have broad impact or influence, * the ability of the applicant to articulate the project’s purpose and goals, * the professional qualifications and achievements of the applicant, and * the feasibility and value of the Center for the proposed activity.
In addition, reviewers will consider:
* the match between the project and the Foundation’s mission, * personal qualities that are likely to make an applicant a contributing member of an international, interdisciplinary community—curiosity, breadth of interests, ability to honor other viewpoints and sensitivity to other cultures.
Because the Center aims to host an international mix of residents, the geography and nationality of those invited may be taken into account.
Facility and Travel Information
Residents are housed in two main buildings and each resident is given a private room with a bath and a study/studio, either adjoining the bedroom or on the grounds. High-speed Internet access is available free of charge in all bedrooms and most studies. A small library includes basic reference books and online research tools; the works of many former residents and those resulting from Bellagio meetings are also available. The visual artist studio is quite small, and not suited for large works or installations. There is no kiln or darkroom at the Center.
Spouses/life partners may accompany residents. Accommodations are not available for children, other family members, friends or pets. Room and board are provided to all residents and their spouses/partners, but they are responsible for their airfare and local transportation to and from Bellagio. However, the Foundation does have a limited travel assistance program, based on income level of invited residents.
Several resident suites are available for those with restricted mobility, and several of the buildings now include an elevator. Nonetheless, prospective applicants should be aware that the hillside setting of the facility and the surrounding area restricts the mobility of people who have difficulty walking or climbing stairs.
The Center is not equipped to provide medical services or assisted care. The nearest major hospital is in Lecco, a 40-minute drive away.
All creative artist residencies must comply with the following requirements:
Disciplines
The Foundation seeks applications from outstanding creative artists at all career stages with a record of significant achievement in their fields. Videographers, filmmakers, novelists, playwrights, poets, visual artists, and artists in performance art and multimedia from any country are welcome to apply. Projects in all fields are eligible, but there is particular interest in innovative endeavors that address one or more of the Rockefeller Foundation’s five interconnected issue areas: basic survival needs (such as food, water, and housing), global health, climate and environment, urbanization, social and economic security.
Type of Work
Bellagio Center Residencies cannot be used for doctoral dissertations or textbooks.
Length of Stay
Creative Artist Residencies last four weeks.
Team Residencies
The Center also offers collaborative residencies for two to four people working on the same project. The Bellagio Center prefers team projects that bring residents together from different geographies, institutions or disciplines since this reinforces the Center's goal of establishing new connections.
Repeat Applicants
Applicants are not allowed to re-submit any unsuccessful proposals, but they are permitted to submit revised versions.
Unsuccessful applicants may apply no more than three times.
Those who have held residencies (or spouses who accompanied residents for more than one week) must wait five years before reapplying. There is a lifetime limit of two residencies. Spouses/Children
Spouses/life partners may accompany the resident, or may apply for a concurrent residency. However, children, even adult children, are not allowed to accompany recipients of residencies.
Instructions
Your application must be in English.
If your work samples are not in English, please follow the instructions given on the form.
Requirements and selection criteria are different for each type of residency; therefore, we strongly recommend you read our website before beginning your application.
We do not accept incomplete applications
All materials must be submitted together. We will not follow-up with you to request missing materials.
All application materials must be submitted online, unless you are a visual artist, composer or filmmaker who needs to send work samples via post. We accept Word and PDF documents. If you are applying from a developing country, you may contact us to discuss alternate ways of submitting materials, if necessary.
The online form allows you to save and edit information.
You do not need to finish your online application in one session. You will be able to save the form and return to revise, edit and add information at a later date. Once you begin your application, an access code will be sent to your preferred email address. You may access your application and edit as many times as you wish using the code and your email address.
Click here to see a PDF example of a Creative Arts Residence application >>
You must go through the form page by page.
Each page must be completed before you can move to the following page.
Now in its sixth year of existence, the South African Literary Awards will open for the 2011 Call for Submissions on the 8th April and close on the 30th June 2011. Both fiction and non-fiction writers are invited to submit their work for these prestigious accolades. SALA has become one of the major literary awards in South Africa, having honoured over 90 South African authors. The recipients include Prof. Keorapetse Kgositsile, who was crowned the National Poet Laureate, succeeding the late Professor Mazisi Kunene. Others are Miriam Tlali, Professor Lewis Nkosi, Nontando Helen Jabavu, Phyllis Naidoo, Andre Brink, Chris van Wyk, Modikwe Dikobe, Maureen Isaacson, Victor Dlamini, Dr. Wally Serote and many more.
Founded by the wRite Associates, in partnership with the national Department of Arts and Culture, supported by the National Arts Council, Sowetan Aggrey-Klaaste Nation Building Projects, The SABC and Nutrend Publishers, the main aim of the South African Literary Awards is to celebrate literary excellence in the depiction and sharing of South Africa’s histories, value systems, philosophies and arts as inscribed and preserved in all the languages of South Africa, particularly the official languages. The Awards aim to become the most prestigious and respected literary accolades in South African literature.
Since its inception in 2005, these literary awards have grown in leaps and bounds. To date, the awards boast 8 categories:
1. National Poet Laureate Prize
2. Lifetime Achievement Literary Award
3. Posthumous Literary Award
4. Nadine Gordimer Short Story Award (for writing in African Languages in the RSA)
5. k. Sello Duiker Memorial Award
6. Literary Translators Award
7. Literary Journalism Award
8. First-time Published Author Award
9. Poetry Award
10. Chairperson’s Award
“We are very excited about the extension of the Awards criteria to include non-fiction work. Selections are made from published authors whose primary input is in imaginative writing - fiction as well as creative non-fiction, i.e. biographies/ autobiographies, letters, speeches and memoirs. This will go a long way in acknowledging and honouring writers in the non-fiction space who were hitherto not accommodated in SALA”, said Morakabe Raks Seakhoa, the SALA Project Director and Managing Director of the wRite associates.
Submission can be posted to PO Box 4488, Randburg, 2125 or delivered at 74 Mimosa Road, Randpark Ridge, 2165.
Download 2011 nomination form >>
Contact Information:
For inquiries: info@sala.org.za, or call 011 791 3585 or 011 791 4102
For submissions: PO Box 4488, Randburg, 2125; or delivered at 74 Mimosa Road, Randpark Ridge, 2165
