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 All genres and styles considered though we generally do not publish “genre” fiction (romance, science fiction, children’s literature, etc.)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.
We are a new online magazine for young multicultural women that recently launched at the end of last year. We are looking for that person that is looking to help us build and grow. We need someone who is looking at this as a long term investment not just a writing gig. You have to be self-motivated and about business. If you are just looking for a job please this not for you! We need an entrepreneurial spirit! We are on the rise and need someone to take us to the next level.
What currently going on with us now?
We are in the process of advertising with a known entertainment company for African-Americans (Take a guess...) and work with three other top advertising companies that target our market. We just created a new online layout for the magazine and exploring new ways to market.
Here are some of duties/requirements:
-Available from 9am-1pm M-F -Edit blog posts and feeds -Update Calendar events -Contact and schedule interviews -Contact related sites for cross promotion -Handle all areas of social marketing - Knowledgeable about how-to use Wordpress or willing to learn -Must be into neo soul, hip hop, pop, punk rock and r&b music scene/culture -Any experience as a writer/social marketing is a HUGE PLUS!
Perks/Benefits:
- Invitations to parties in NY, LA and other major cities * Earn a percentage of gross advertising revenue - Only editing blog posts submitted, no creating posts required - Connections to professionals in the industry - Exclusive interviews with celebrities and industry professionals - Own custom blog within our network - End of the month $200 incentive if goals are met
Serious inquiries only!
If you are interested you MUST call 866-878-5198 please leave your name, phone number ad reason why we should choose you and when you can start.
Be prepared for a private number to call you back. Also email your resume: vehemmag [at] gmail.com
Established US-based Arab American newspaper is seeking talented Middle Eastern journalists with web knowledge who are fluent in English to monitor and aggregate a list of US (English-language) and Pan Arab (Arabic & English) media and rewrite a daily summary in Arabic.
You must have an EXCELLENT understanding of the English language and possess EXCELLENT Arabic grammar skills. You must be able to translate and summarize English-language articles and rewrite them in a journalistic style and then upload your work on the newspaper’s website. 4 years minimum previous journalistic experience with proven track record is a MUST.
This is a home-based job that can be done in the afternoon-evening (Cairo time). Monthly Salary varies between $250- $400 (depending on experience) .
Please send resume+references.
Compensation: $250- $400/month (depending on experience)
Via: craigslist.org
Contact Information:
For inquiries: job-hkkce-2369784200@craigslist.org
For submissions: job-hkkce-2369784200@craigslist.org
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
Shmoop (www.shmoop.com) is a digital curriculum company that makes learning, teaching, and test prep materials that are - get this - smart and fun. We are seeking graduate students and professionals who know there is a better way to comprehend. Due to the success of our initial subjects, we are ready and excited to include content focusing on African-American lit.
Work with an exciting and growing company doing what you love. We are looking for writers who are passionate about their subjects, are well-informed about current events and today's youth culture, and have a good sense of humor.
Requirements:
* Candidates must have strong writing, editing, and literary analysis skills. * Recent or current PhD student with strong academic performance in undergraduate/graduate degree (or equivalent). All majors welcome. * Areas of particular interest include African-American Literature and Poetry. * Experience and comfort with writing for a non-academic audience, and potential/ability to write in a Shmoopy voice - fun, clear, engaging. * Self-starting, flexible, and comfortable working independently/remotely. * Passion for and understanding of great works of literature (classic and contemporary), as well as communicating that passion to others.
Flexible hours and location (work from home), paid per completed writing project.
When you are finally ready to change learning forever, send us your wittiest writing sample pertaining to one of the subjects listed above, making sure to include cover letter and resume.
Payment is $500 - $1000 per completed writing project.
We are a new site looking for already established bloggers looking to make extra cash off their blog. If you are a writer and want to start your own blog that cover our special areas that's even better! We can create you a blog of your choice and get you easily setup.
Our target audience are multicultural women 18-32.
The Mary Wright Minority Fellowship - calling all journalists of color! Now accepting applications for our summer fellowship!
Work at the Village Voice this summer. This is a three-month, paid fellowship ($500/week), and is a full-time position. Mary Wright fellows work like staff writers, reporting and writing cover stories and shorter pieces for the Runnin' Scared blog. We're most interested in recent college graduates who have impressive clips. Daily reporting experience is very helpful. Applications, including a cover letter, resume, and clips, should be sent by May 15th to Tony Ortega, tortega@villagevoice.com.
Paradigm Shift is a new interdisciplinary peer-reviewed online journal of essays that challenge the basic assumptions underlying much research about peoples of African descent, particularly, but not limited to legacy Black Americans. The research under investigation may be in the social and behavioral sciences, the life and biomedical sciences, or the arts and humanities. Paradigm Shift is published once a year, in March, through the Institute of African American Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The journal seeks electronic submissions of essays of 4000 to 5000 words that present novel alternative explanations, insights, and perspectives on various topics of relevance to research on African Americans. Authors are encouraged to send their essays to iaar@unc.edu,attention Paradigm Shift Editor. The first issue of Paradigm Shift is scheduled for e-publication on June 30, 2011 with prospective submissions due at IAAR by April 30, 2011.
Concrete Orchid Media is seeking story submissions for an upcoming anthology about growing up as a black girl who never quite fit in. All writers, photographers, and illustrators are invited to share their personal experiences about what it was like being the odd woman out.
Perhaps your fashion sense was way ahead of its time. Your skateboard was frowned upon, or your comic book collection was just too "weird" to reveal to your friends. Maybe your musical tastes dipped a little too far into other genres, or you simply refused to accept the traditional definition of being "ladylike."
Wherever you are in your journey, or whatever your unique story may have been, your experience defining (and redefining) your identity will make for a colorful collection of touching, inspiring, and hilarious stories.
The purpose of this book project is to celebrate our beautiful eccentricities. Each contributor will have the opportunity to discuss when, where, or how her identity as "quirky" began to take shape, and how that affected a particular moment, or even shaped her entire life.
If you, or someone you know, is an eccentric/quirky/awkward black girl with a flair for writing, photography, or illustration, please contact anthology@concreteorchid.com with the following information:
Name Age Location Contact Info A super short bio A brief summary of your personal experience/possible story idea A sample of your work or link to an online portfolio
The Black AIDS Institute is looking for 30 Black Americans 30 years old or younger to share their views about HIV/AIDS. You could be one!
2011 marks 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were diagnosed in the United States. Who would have thought that a strange disease first identified among a small group of gay men in Los Angeles would turn into the leading health issue of our time, killing tens of millions across the globe and threatening the national security of countries all over the world.
This June, the Black AIDS Institute will publish its 2011 State of AIDS in Black America report commemorating 30 years since the first AIDS cases were diagnosed in the United States. The report will include a supplement featuring 30 essays from Black Americans age 30 and younger. We want to hear from this unique generation of Black Americans who have never known life without HIV/AIDS. We invite you to share your thoughts about HIV and AIDS.
Today, Black America bears the brunt of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, accounting for nearly 50% of the estimated 1.1 million people living with HIV/AIDS, nearly 50% of the 56,000 new cases each year, and almost 50% of AIDS related deaths to date.
What do you think about the HIV/AIDS epidemic? How has it impacted your life? Even if you’ve not been touched by the disease or don’t know anyone who has, we want to know what your think. What do you think should be done to end the epidemic in Black communities? Have you’ve been tested for HIV? How was that experience for you? Have you ever met someone living with HIV/AIDS? Do you talk about HIV with your friends or partners? What do you talk about? Write to us. Share your thoughts. The world wants to know what young Black America thinks about HIV/AIDS.
Submission requirements: Submissions must be no longer than 800 words. All contributors must be age 30 or younger on June 1, 2011. Submit essays EMBEDDED within your email to 30under30@blackaids.org . Please include a short bio (one paragraph please), a high resolution photo of yourself, and a contact phone number. Due to the high volume of submissions, we can only respond to submissions we intend to publish. Submission deadline is May 1, 2011.
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
Going to the River (GTTR) was founded in 1999 at the Ensemble Studio Theatre by the late Curt Dempster and Elizabeth Van Dyke. The primary goal of Going to the River is to provide a major New York City forum in which professional African-American female playwrights may develop, refine and present their work.
The annual projects and events sponsored by Going to the River include a Mainstage production, staged readings of new work, Down By the River All By Yo’Self (solo pieces), a River Poetry Slam Jam, panels and distinguished guest speakers, and a GTTR Writers’ Unit.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Going to the River and Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST) are now accepting submissions for THE RIVER CROSSES RIVERS: A FESTIVAL OF SHORT PLAYS BY WOMEN OF COLOR. Going to the River (GTTR) is a program founded to produce and support African-American female playwrights by providing a major New York City forum in which playwrights develop, refine, and present their work.
Requirements: Ten-minute plays by female playwrights of color New and never produced. Limit of 2 plays Estimated running time of no more than ten minutes Please be mindful of cast size. The submission deadline is Monday June 6th, 2011 at 5:00pm EDT Ten plays will be selected and produced on EST’s main-stage in the Fall of 2011.
Only e-mail submissions addressed to gttr@ensemblestudiotheatre.org will be considered. To be considered submissions be in the form of one Microsoft Word document and organized as follows:
Page 1: Cover page to include: the title page estimated running time the playwright’s name, address, city, zip code, phone number Page 2: A biography of the playwright Page 3: Character Breakdown Page 4: Begin the body of the play
We are sorry we are unable to take phone calls. You may address inquiries to: gttr@ensemblestudiotheatre.org
Coming out of the closet and announcing your sexual orientation is a process that affects and impacts individuals in very different and specific ways. This process of coming out can be both positive and negative depending greatly on the circumstances and the audience. For some professors who are teaching in the classroom, one constant stressor can be the continual struggle of the repetitive sharing and opening of one’s sexual orientation with new students. This process may change with the content being taught by the professor, however, it is a process that can have very specific repercussions depending on the space and time occupied by that individual who chooses or is forced to “come out” in the classroom.
But what if you were a faculty member? Should coming out to students even be a choice? Is there a place for coming out to ones students at all? What are some possible repercussions/responses/attitudes to faculty members coming out in the classroom? Is an individual's choice to come out one that has to take into account college/university policies, the institution's denominational affiliation, and/or the communities surrounding and being served by the institution? What about the discipline in which you teach - how can what you teach students lead to a 'need' to come out in the classroom? Should coming out to students be legislated by the administration, departments, or even colleagues? Is the experience different and more complicated as you consider racial/ethnic, class background, and gender composition of students and faculty?
We are seeking ethnographic essays that focus on the experience(s) of LGBTQ faculty of color coming out, or choosing not to come out, in the classroom. While you are the subject of the essays, you should also be able to engage academic approaches to the analysis of your own experiences. Submissions are opened to all disciplines and types of institutions.
If interested, please send a 250 word abstract and short bio. A 15-20 page essay should be sent electronically by October 1, 2011 to emoralesdiaz@wsc.ma.edu
Dr. Enrique Morales-Díaz Associate Professor of Spanish, Ethnic & Gender Studies Chair, Liberal Studies Westfield State University Westfield, MA 01086 413-572-8193
RFI is happy to partner with the BLACK WOMEN'S ENTERTAINMENT NETWORK (BWE NETWORK) on this amazing new opportunity for both emerging and established writers to have their work produced for broadcast on the web. This contest was created and is sponsored by BWE Network, whose goal is to support, encourage and promote entertainment for Black women. However, anyone can apply for this screenwriting contest, the only requirement is that the web show feature a Black woman in a lead role.
ELIGIBILITY
This is an international screenwriting contest open to all writers 18 years of age or older that are not employees of Rockstone Foundation Inc or the Black Women's Entertainment Network.
WHAT YOU WIN
One winning WEB SERIES PILOT script will be selected, optioned, produced for up to $10,000 and aired on the Black Women's Entertainment Network's website (bwenetwork.com).
GUIDELINES
• Script submissions can be in any genre • Script's main or lead character must be a Black woman • We will not accept any completed web series, treatments or ideas • Scripts will not be returned • Organizations and companies are not eligible to apply • The applicant(s) must be the sole creator(s) of the script • The script must be copyrighted or registered with the WGA (Writers Guild of America) under the name(s) of the writer(s) • Submitted script must be solely original and may not be an adaptation of any previously written, performed, or filmed work by another artist • The applicant must accept the terms of our Submission Release Agreement • The applicant must upload a current resume with their application • All submissions are done on-line via our website (we will not accept submissions via mail) • A $25.00 non-refundable application fee must accompany each script submissions • Multiple submissions are accepted (seperate fee applied to each submission)
SCRIPT FORMAT
• Maximum of 10 pages (excluding title page). • Script must use Courier 12 and be in standard industry script format • No illustrations or photographs on the inside pages or the cover page of the script • Script must be written in the English language • No scripts longer than 10 pages will be accepted • You must submit your script as an Adobe PDF or Final Draft file
APPLICATION PROCESS
All application materials, including your script submission, submission release form, and application form must be submitted on-line via our web site at http://www.rockstone.org/contest.htm. For questions about the contest or the application process, contact Lucinda Jackson, Director of Programs (Lucinda@rockstone.org).
SELECTION PROCESS
A team of jurors comprised of accomplished writers, agents, managers, web content providers and production executives will evaluate and rate each script for originality, story, dialogue, character development and marketability. Five (5) semi-finalists will be chosen from which one winner will emerge. The five semi-final scripts will be made available on-line where visitors to both rockstone.org and bwenetwork.com will be able to vote and comment on their favorate script. The winning script will be optioned by the Black Women's Entertainment Network and the writer(s) will work closely with BWE Network’s production team to get the script ready for production.
DEADLINE
Deadline for submission is Thursday, June 30th, 2011 at 11:59pm. Five semi-finalists and one winner will be announced by August 1st, 2011.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: Lucinda Jackson at Lucinda@rockstone.org
Do you have knowledge and experience in African American hair, skin, or make up? Are you interested in writing articles about hair and beauty and sharing your knowledge?
Hairstarzonline.com is a new social networking site for beauty industry professionals. Hairstarzonline.com will profile the best of the best stylists, barbers, makeup artists, braiders, estheticians, and provide insightful information, tips, tutorials, as well as news on events seminars, and more.
Hairstarzonline.com is currently looking for writers for the new website.
• Build your portfolio while gaining exposure as a writer. • Write about techniques and services you have knowledge about • Earn $10-$15 per 300-600 word articles • Payments made through Paypal
Qualifications:
• Writing experience for beauty or fashion website or magazine • Education – Journalism or English
Please send resume and samples or links to articles to: TheCWmagazine@yahoo.com
Winner will travel to the East African nation to document the Impact of microfinance on women; Contest entry period officially began on April 13 and runs through May 11.
In celebration of its “Banking on Women” campaign, Opportunity International, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing access to savings accounts, small business loans and financial services to people working their way out of poverty in the developing world, today launched its Tanzania Correspondent Contest.
The first-place winner of the Tanzania Correspondent Contest will travel to the United Republic of Tanzania with Opportunity International’s Young Ambassadors for Opportunity (YAO). There, the contest winner will use his or her creative writing skills, photography know-how and/or video production expertise to help the non-profit tell the story of how women in the East African nation can become leaders and change agents within their communities, when given access to small business loans and other financial services.
For impoverished women, secure banking services have remained largely out of reach due to a lack of proper identification required to open a bank account. For many, an Opportunity International bank card is their first step toward establishing formal identification. To give women in the developing world safe, secure access to banking services, Opportunity deploys cutting-edge technologies such as smart cards and biometric fingerprint readers. With biometric fingerprint technology, Opportunity is able to ensure that no one else, not even her spouse or his relatives, can take money out of her account. To access her savings, a client simply inserts the card and presses her finger to the screen. Greater control over her family’s resources can lead to expanded economic opportunities and a stronger voice in family and community matters.
About the Tanzania Correspondent Contest
Opportunity International’s Tanzania Correspondent contest is open to all U.S. residents, aged 21 and older. The contest entry period is from Wednesday, April 13, 2011 at 3:01 p.m. (CT) to Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 11:59 p.m. (CT). Contestants can enter by visiting http://www.facebook.com/opportunityintl and follow the on-screen instructions to complete the essay entry form.
Submitted entries will need to include a 100 words, or less, essay explaining what the contestant hopes to learn from Opportunity’s clients, if the contestant were to travel on the Opportunity International Insight Trip. The essay should also address how the contestant would use story-telling skills, such as photography, video production, and creative writing, to document the impact that Opportunity’s programs and services are making on the women of Tanzania.
Ten runners-up in the contest will be announced on May 13, 2011. Runners-up will be notified by e-mail within 24 hours of their selection. Between 12:01 a.m. CT on May 14, 2011 and 11:59 p.m. (CT) on May 25, 2011, the public will vote to determine the contest winner, online at http://www.opportunity.org/contest.
The three contest entries with the most votes will be announced as winners on the Opportunity International website within 24 hours of the contest’s conclusion. Winners will also be notified by e-mail within 24 hours of the voting deadline with corresponding details for first, second or third-place, respectively.
The first place winner will visit Opportunity International’s operations in Tanzania during the organization’s YAO Insight Trip that is scheduled for July 31, 2011 - August 6, 2011. The prize includes roundtrip coach airfare, hotel, ground transportation in Tanzania, all meals, translator services, emergency evacuation insurance, and partner and staff costs. The second place winner will receive two tickets and hotel for Opportunity International’s Microfinance Conference, scheduled for October 14-15, 2011 in San Francisco. The third-place winner will receive a $100 Opportunity International gift card, which they can then use to fund a small business loan for one of the organization’s clients, by visiting http://www.opportunity.org/contest.
Official contest rules are available at http://www.opportunity.org/contest.
Bogliasco Fellowships are awarded to qualified persons working in the various disciplines of the Arts and Humanities without regard to nationality, age, race, or gender.
To be eligible for the award of a Fellowship, applicants should demonstrate significant achievement in their disciplines, commensurate with their age and experience. The Foundation gives preference to persons whose applications suggest that they would be comfortable working in an intimate, international, multi-lingual community of scholars and artists.
The following materials are required of all candidates for Fellowships. The written documents may be submitted in English, French, German, Italian, or Spanish.
(1) The completed application form.
(2) Three letters of reference, which must be sent to the Foundation as digital files.
(3) A short-form curriculum vitae, three pages in length.
(4) A one-page description of the project that the applicant would pursue during her/his stay at the Liguria Study Center.
(5) A sample of the applicant’s work that has been published, performed, exhibited, or otherwise publicly presented during the last five years.
Specific information for each page of the application may be opened by clicking the [Information] buttons at the bottom of the pages. We suggest that you read carefully this information as you complete your application.
Bogliasco Fellows may be accompanied by their spouses or partners during their stay at the Liguria Study Center. Spouses/partners who intend to pursue a project in one of the disciplines, and who wish to be designated as Bogliasco Fellows, must submit separate and complete applications.
There are certain practical issues that may influence the granting or scheduling of a Fellowship:
Reapplications: Persons who have previously been awarded Bogliasco Fellowships are eligible to reapply for subsequent Fellowships, but only after a period of three years has elapsed. For example, Bogliasco Fellows who were in residence during the winter-spring 2009 semester are eligible to reapply for winter-spring 2012.
Practical Restrictions: Before preparing an application you should consult with an officer of the Foundation (info@bfny.org) if you or your spouse/companion have either of the following:
— food allergies or other dietary restrictions, — problems walking up and down stairs or steep inclines.
If you decide to submit an application for a Bogliasco Fellowship, and have questions, please feel free to contact the Foundation office (see below).
Deadlines for the submission of applications are as follows: January 15, 2011, for residencies during the fall-winter semester beginning in September 2011, and April 15, 2011, for the winter-spring semester beginning in February 2012.
Notification dates for the award of Fellowships are as follows: April 1, 2011 for Fellowships during the fall-winter semester beginning in September 2011; July 1, 2011 for Fellowships during the winter-spring semester beginning in February 2012.
The Bogliasco Foundation 10 Rockefeller Plaza (16th Floor) New York, NY 10020-1903 1 212 713-7628 info@bfny.org
Accommodations:
The cost of transportation to and from Genoa is the responsibility of Fellows or their accompanying spouses/companions. So also are all other personal expenses incurred during the fellowship period, including the purchase of materials and equipment.
Special Fellowship: John Burroughs Bogliasco Fellowship in Literature
Established by George Capen Bitting, this Special Fellowship is named in honor of the American naturalist and essayist who was active in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement. Along with Henry David Thoreau, John Burroughs was an important practitioner of the American literary genre, the nature essay. This Special Fellowship is awarded, without restriction on nationality, to persons working in creative writing. In addition to reimbursing travel expenses to and from Genoa, this Fellowship provides a cash stipend.
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.
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LCB offers a variety of African-American literature including Contemporary Fiction, Women’s Fiction, Urban/Street Literature, Er0tica, and a host of other fiction categories.
At this time Life Changing Books is accepting all submissions.
Query letters are not necessary but a synopsis and the first four chapters are required.
Mail Manuscripts to:
Life Changing Books PO Box 423 Brandywine, MD 20613
Formatting:
Double-space, on one side of the paper only.
8.5x11 with a one inch margins on all four sides of the page.
Font must be 12 point of greater.
Times New Roman or Courier is acceptable.
Please allow 8-12 weeks to receive feedback on submissions. Submissions will be not be returned.
Contact Information:
For submissions: Life Changing Books, PO Box 423, Brandywine, MD 20613
Position Title: Senior Writer and Publications Manager
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Location: Washington, D.C.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The Senior Writer and Publications Manager works across departments and with staff throughout Africa to position AWF as the premier African conservation organization through a series of publications. The Senior Writer and Publications Manager will lead the planning and content development of AWF’s core publications, which include a quarterly 16-page Africa Geographic magazine supplement, quarterly Wildlife News member newsletter, quarterly Heartland News partner newsletter, and the Annual Report. This position is based in Washington, D.C. with occasional travel to Africa field offices.
KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Serve as Editor of AWF’s core publications, which include a quarterly 16-page Africa Geographic magazine supplement, quarterly Wildlife News member newsletter, quarterly Heartland News partner newsletter, and the Annual Report. • Oversee the production process for AWF’s suite of publications from inception and story development to design and printing, in collaboration with other departments. • Manage a minimum of a 16-month comprehensive editorial calendar to ensure advance topic/issue cultivation and planning. • Write and edit copy for the majority of the publications, with internal and external layout and design support. • Select supporting photography and cultivate compelling graphics for all stories/features. • Carefully position all publication content (photos, copy, graphics, etc.) based on target audience. • Facilitate story development and writing through other AWF staff and qualified contributors. • Ensure a consistent message and written style across AWF’s various publications, altering copy and design to appeal to select key audiences. • Write and edit content for AWF’s monthly electronic newsletter, AWF Monthly Insite, in conjunction with the Online Marketing and Communications Officer. • Contribute occasionally to AWF.org news headlines, AWF.org content, blogs, press releases, social media outlets, and other content. • Work on occasion with the Director of Marketing on the development of key marketing collateral (fact sheets, brochures, and other promotional literature) to achieve a consistent high quality message.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
• Regularly monitor relevant field updates from AWF activities in the Heartlands. • Lead the effort to make AWF publications available in electronic formats through new platforms (i.e. iPad/tablet and mobile devices). • Monitor key media outlets that cover relevant news topics. Proactively identify relevant opportunities and subject areas for AWF story angles. Distribute weekly news clippings to foster story ideas. • Assist staff in understanding communication/editorial standards and processes. • Keep department informed of publications industry trends and activities. • Recruit, train, and supervise Editorial Intern(s).
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Bachelor’s degree with major coursework in journalism, publications management, marketing, communications/media relations, and graphic design preferred. • At least 3-5 years relevant working experience in the field of journalism, publications, marketing, membership, or communications preferred, corporate or nonprofit. • Excellent interpersonal skills, able to relate to people from various geographic and economic backgrounds. • Superior writing, editing, and grammatical skills. Solid grasp of AP Stylebook, Chicago Manual of Style, etc. • Familiarity with publications practices and related tools and software. • Must be flexible, culturally sensitive, and exude a “team” attitude. • Familiarity with graphic design, web design, photo editing, and use of online databases. • Works well independently and in a team. • Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office software required. • Detail-oriented and highly organized. • Ability to multi-task, handle multiple priorities, and work effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment. • Ability to organize and present issues in a clear, concise, and logical manner. • Desire and ability to leverage new technology to enhance personal and group productivity. • Knowledge and interest in electronic development and distribution of print content (i.e. iPad, mobile, etc.). • Keen interest or experience in wildlife/land conservation and/or sustainable development in Africa preferred, BUT NOT required.
To be considered for this opportunity, please send your resume, a written statement linking your passions and experience to this opportunity and AWF's mission, and three writing samples to jobs@awf.org.
