Creative Writers Opportunities

Deadline for our Summer Contests has been extended to September 12. General Print Submissions open on September 1. View this email in your browser Deadline Extended to September 12 for Summer Contests If you ran out of time to submit to our summer contests, there is good news! We have extended the deadline to Sunday, September 12. We are excitedly accepting work that includes short prose, work in translation, and critical art writing. The essayist and poet  Molly McCully Brown will be the final judge for the Barthelme Prize for Short Prose . The literary translator Sophie Hughes , who works chiefly from Spanish to English, will serve as the final judge for the Translation Prize in Prose . And finally, Jenna Wortham , journalist and staff writer for The New York T...

The Department of English at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor rank in creative writing (fiction), to begin in August 2020. The department seeks an active writer and dedicated teacher to teach courses in both our MFA program and our BA in English. We welcome applications from candidates with secondary expertise in such areas as creative non-fiction, screenwriting, translation, or new media. The ability to teach courses in literature, composition and rhetoric, or linguistics is welcomed, as well.Candidates should have at least one book of fiction published by (or under contract with) a nationally recognized press, as well as a commitment to teaching that aligns with the University's mission and core values of access, inclusion, and community engagement. An MFA and/or PhD is required by the time of appointment.Women, members of historically underrepresented groups, and individuals with disabili...

Plus, new in PIOnline: Dunya Mikhail, Paul Celan, Malachi Black, and others from our archives.  View this email in your browser Every year Poetry International  hosts two chapbook competitions, one in summer and the other in winter. From these competitions, we identify short collections of poetry to feature in our annual print journal. Our aim is to seek out and publish the best poetry from across the globe. We welcome submissions of work originally written in English as well as translations.  To submit or to learn more, click on the button below.   Deadline extended to Sept 15, 2021 .             Reading Fee: $20.   Submit your chapbook! New in PI Online ...