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This job board lists jobs in the publishing industry--check it out!

a few job opportunities

Job listings from the Review Review:

 Carve Magazine is looking for a graphic designer and a blogger (both positions unpaid.) The Poetry Foundation is looking for a Director of Digital Programs. Poets & Writers Magazine is seeking an Associate Web Editor. Coffee House Press is seeking a publicist.

how to submit your writing to literary magazines (from neon magazine)

"This article is designed to be a complete and thorough guide for anyone who is interested in having their short story or poem published in a literary magazine, but doesn’t know where to start. You’ll probably find it most useful if you’ve never sent out your work before, or if you’re just beginning to try and get published.
This guide is also quite specific to literary magazines. If you’re looking to publish an article, interview, review or feature then the process is quite different. If however it’s a short story, poem or other piece of creative writing that you want to publish, read on (click the link!)"

Rattle call for submissions -- poets of faith

Issue #45 – Poets of Faith – Deadline: April 15^th

Our fall issue will be dedicated to Poets of Faith—and by that we mean poets who are adherents to a specific religious faith tradition. In a slight revision to the guidelines, the poems themselves need not be about faith, so long as the poet qualifies. After reading an early batch of submissions, we realized that your spirituality will be embodied somehow in your poetry, even if that’s not what you’re writing about explicitly, and it’s much more interesting to explore the subtle ways that faith affects the work. 

So if you consider yourself a Poet of Faith, see our guidelines page, but the gist is this: Send up to six poems on any subject and a note explaining why you qualify to submissions@rattle.com by April 15^th.

MFA scholarship for Vermont College of Fine Arts

 Vermont College of Fine Arts  (VCFA), a national center for graduate education in the fine arts, and Vivian Dorsel '06, founder and publisher of upstreet literary magazine, announce the creation of the upstreet Scholarship Fund, a need-based grant for writers attending the MFA in Writing program. The $5,000 scholarship will be awarded to up to two students annually.
Vivian Dorsel, a graduate of Vermont College of Fine Arts, established this scholarship in 2013 to help meritorious and deserving writers attend her alma mater; in particular, those who might not be able to attend without scholarship support.  As a graduate of the MFA in Writing program and a long-term supporter of scholarships for VCFA's Postgraduate Writers Conference, Dorsel has a deep understanding of the need for scholarships to help talented and emerging writers pursue their dreams of a writing career.

Read more: http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/1791171#ixzz2wVj7jSQq

guest bloggers needed for Streetlight Magazine

From the Review Review: 


Streetlight Magazine is "looking for guest bloggers who would like to weigh in on topics in literature, poetry, art. For more information contact theeditors@streetlightmag.com." 

prose editor needed for Storyscape

From the Review Review:

Storyscape is seeking a prose editor. From the editors: "As a prose editor, you will be reading and helping to select both fiction and non-fiction and submissions. You are responsible for reading a minimum of 10 submissions per week (or more when you can). You will have the opportunity to shape the journal and we encourage all editors to take part in making the journal their own, by coming up with ideas for events, social media, art, etc.Previous experience working with a literary journal preferred. Please send a short email with the headline "Storyscape Prose Editor" to Editor in Chief Hila Ratzabi at hila.ratzabi@gmail.com describing your interest in Storyscape, your experience, and some examples of writing you admire."

MFA resources for those interested in pursuing an MFA!

BOOKS:

a guidebook from poets&writers ($5) : http://www.pw.org/content/poets_writers_guide_mfa_programs\

another book with mfa info:

OVERVIEWS:

 a free online overview of MFA programs

MFA Program Database



BLOGS:

the MFA blog:

10 Things I learned about applying to MFA programs:

How to apply to MFA programs

how to submit your work

An article with Q&A with author Matthew Kabik on his advice for submitting your work to magazines:  http://sundoglitblog.wordpress.com/2014/03/10/how-to-submit-matthew-kabik/

an overview of submission management systems

 If you are new to submitting your creative work to literary magazines and feel a little lost with all the newfangled ways of sending in your work, check out this article that goes through the three most common online systems used by literary magazines:

assistant editor position available at bartleby snopes lit mag!

https://bartlebysnopes.submittable.com/submit/28350


Bartleby Snopes Literary Magazine is looking for 1-2 new Assistant Editors. As an Assistant Editor, your primarily responsibilities will be:

• Read, vote, and comment on submissions in the queue
• Proof stories prior to publication

We expect our Assistant Editors to devote approximately 5 hours per week to reading and voting on submissions.

The Ideal Candidate Will:

• Possess a passion for fiction
• Have a familiarity with the submission process
• Have read at least one full monthly issue of Bartleby Snopes
  

Application Process

• Download this file containing 6 stories and unzip the stories.
• Read each story
• In a separate document, write a short (1-3 sentence) explanation why you would accept or decline each particular story
• Submit your explanations using this form
• Include a cover letter that highlights your writing/editing experience

We will be accepting applications for 3 weeks. We will notify all applicants by April 5th. We look forward to hearing from you.