Email your prose, poetry and photography to ds1284@messiah.edu for the spring 2008 issue of the Minnemingo Review. You can submit up to four pieces, and prose pieces should not exceed 1500 words. The deadline is March 13.
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The English department at Bucknell University invites interested
students to apply for admission to our Master of Arts program. The
Bucknell M.A. in English is a two-year degree designed for students
who wish to go on to pursue a Ph.D. or an M.F.A., and those who
desire to pursue careers in related fields such as publishing,
research, law, secondary school [...]
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From the hippie culture to the AIDS epidemic to the Internet revolution, love has gone from “free” to fraught to Facebook. What is love now, in this age of 24/7 communication, blurred gender roles and new attitudes about sex and dating?
The New York Times invites college students nationwide to submit a personal essay of between [...]
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In December, the journal VII: An Anglo-American Literary Review published an essay by Crystal Downing entitled “Feminist Nay-Sayers: Are Women Human?” In January, Downing was invited to speak about Dorothy L. Sayers at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she had two treats: a private tour of all Frank Lloyd Wright sites in Madison, [...]
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The Chronicle of Higher Education seeks interns for the summer 2008 session, which will begin in June. The internships are full-time in Washington, D.C., and will last through August 2008. In addition to a stipend, academic credit can often be arranged.
The interns’ primary responsibilities are reporting and writing daily news articles for The Chronicle’s [...]
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Entries are now being accepted for the 28th annual Lorian Hemingway Short Story Competition, created to recognize and encourage the efforts of writers who have not yet achieved major-market success. Writers will compete for a $1,000 first prize, $500 second prize, and $500 third prize in this internationally acclaimed competition. Several honorable mentions are also [...]
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Student employment opportunities in the office of marketing and public relations available for 2008-2009 academic year (10 hours per week). The office of marketing and public relations is seeking two students with excellent written and verbal communication skills who are also detail-oriented, organized, capable of managing multiple deadlines, and willing to undertake a variety [...]
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The London Review of Books is holding a competition for young reviewers. The prize for the best entry is £1000 and a one-year subscription to the LRB. Prizes may also be awarded for runners-up.
Each entrant should submit one review, praising or unpraising, between 2500 and 3000 words long, of any work of fiction or poetry [...]
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The University of Denver offers a summer Publishing Institute. Participants can engage an editing workshop, a marketing workshop, special sessions on career development, and a tour of Fulcrum Publishing Inc. For more information visit http://www.du.edu/pi/.
Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Mackenzie
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The Iowa Summer Writing Festival offers 130 workshops. Writers 21 and over can study June 8-July 25, 2008 at either week-long or weekend workshops. For more information, visit www.uiowa.edu/~iswfest.
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