Creative Writers Opportunities

Closing midnight, 3 May 2021. Enter the $12,500  ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize! Entries are now open for the 2021 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize , worth a total of AU$12,500. The Jolley Prize is open to all short story writers writing in English. We seek original short stories of between 2,000 and 5,000 words. Closing 3 May 2021. First Prize: $6,000 Second Prize: $4,000 Third Prize: $2,500 Judges: Gregory Day, Melinda Harvey, and Elizabeth Tan Use the online entry form to submit your story.  Click here for information about past winners and to read their stories.     Entry fees and bundles AU$15 for current ABR subscribers and full-time students* or AU$25 for non-subscribers**. Entrants who are not current ABR subscribers can choose to subscribe when submitting their story for the special combined rates listed below: Entry + Digital subscription - $65 Ent...

Dear Writer, There are only a few days remaining to enter work for Slippery Elm's 2021 print issue contests (Feb. 1 deadline).   We're getting an excellent crop of submissions already and we're looking forward to our best issue ever, and we hope you'll want to be a part of it!  Prizes of $1000 will be awarded for poetry and prose, and all entries will be considered for publication.  Conor Bracken will judge in poetry, and Gina Willner-Pardo will judge in prose.  Submit up to three poems or 5,000 words of prose via Submittable by February 1.  It's only $15 to enter the contest, and all entrants will receive a copy of our 2020 issue.  Visit our website for past issues and online-exclusive content, and see our Submittable page for complete submission guidelines. General (non-contest) submissions remain free, but we're getting more of those than ever before and will soon surpass our monthly Submittable limit; free non-con...

Borderlands Development Director Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, an Austin-based poetry journal established in 1992, seeks a development director to maintain current funding requirements, and seek new sources of funding to help grow the journal. This is currently a volunteer position; your time counts as an in-kind donation to the organization. Borderlands is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit. Position Description * Act as primary lead on cultural arts applications, as well as primary contact with City of Austin (COA) Cultural Arts Division (CAD) staff, COA purchasing staff, and COA ADA staff. * Secure and coordinate match funding (cash and in-kind) to meet cultural contracts mandates * Identify and explore funding and other opportunities for the journal * Manage and coordinate follow-up with cultural contracts administrators and other relevant grant-related personnel * In collaboration with Administrative and Production Directors, act as liaison between organizations, funders, donors...

T he 2021 Bristol Short Story Prize is open for entries and we are sending details in case any of your Creative Writing students may be interested. The competition is open to all writers around the world, whether published or unpublished. The closing date for entries is midnight (BST) May 5th 2021 and the maximum word count is 4,000. 20 stories will be shortlisted and published in Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology Volume 14 . The winner and 2 runners up will be selected from the shortlist and announced at an awards ceremony in October 2021. 1st prize is £1,000 (about $1300), 2nd prize is £500 (about $650), 3rd prize is £250 (about $325). 17 further prizes of £100 (about $130) will be presented to the remaining shortlisted writers. All shortlisted writers will receive 2 free copies of the anthology. Prizes will be sent to any writer on the shortlist who is unable to attend the awards ceremony or if it is held online due to coronavir...

Borderlands Administrative Director Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, an Austin-based poetry journal established in 1992, seeks an administrative director to oversee the day-to-day business and financial aspects of the organization. Per organizational bylaws, this is a volunteer position. Your time counts as an in-kind donation to the organization. Borderlands is a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit. Position Description * Create and manage administrative calendars * Manage finances for production and events, including budgeting, purchasing, and invoicing * Act as primary contact for insurance agents and banking services * In collaboration with Development Director and Production Director, prepare detailed income and expense budgets * Maintain and file appropriate federal, state and local forms related to 501c3 nonprofit status * In collaboration with Development Director, monitor administrative timelines and ensure deadlines are satisfied * In collaboration with Development Director and P...

General Submissions closing on January 31st. The information if provided below. Submit here:  https://artsandletters.gcsu.edu/submit/ Submission Guidelines for Georgia-based literary magazine, Arts & Letters Arts & Letters accepts submissions of Fiction, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction. The best work we publish will be nominated for the Pushcart Prize, Best New Poets, Best American Short Stories, Best American Essays, and Best American Nonrequired Reading. artsandletters.gcsu.edu General Submission Guidelines: Send only one submission per genre at any one time. (In other words, submitting a short story and an essay at the same time is fine, but please wait to hear from us before submitting another story.) All submissions must be typed and all prose double-spaced. Average notification time for acceptance is 8-12 weeks. Upload each entry as one document. We accept doc, docx, txt, pd...

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