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Publishing & Creative News Liberal arts successes in Silicon Valley (PBS). These illuminated piñatas are not for bashing (Colossal). Tracy K. Smith: ‘Political poetry, even here in America, has done much more than vent’ (New York Times). What happened when Stacey D'Erasmo went anonymous (Lit Hub). ‘You're going to write a lot fewer songs, fewer poems, fewer books if you sit around and wait for a bolt of lightning’ (NPR). Trying on one (rough) day as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (The Guardian). ‘Many think that the movement at Standing Rock has come and gone, not knowing that was only a wake-up call to what is happening around the world’ (Indian Country Today). Reviewing the graphic artistry of Julie Doucet (The Rumpus). Tips for screenwriters and a freelancer writer’s terrifying day (Submittable).  Some Opportunities Container seeks original poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and other text-based work to develop into limited-quantity objects. The Bare Life Review is devoted exclusively to fiction, poetry, and nonfiction by immigrant and refugee writers. For its annual issue, with the theme ‘Wonder,’ Exposition Review seeks fiction, nonfiction, poetry, stage and screen, art, and experimental pieces. Blood Tree Literature seeks lyrical pieces, regardless of genre, for general submissions and Issue 05: Threads. The 2018 Columbia Journal Winter Contest will be judged by Jericho Brown (poetry), Lauren Wilkinson (fiction), and Alexander Chee (nonfiction). The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation, located two hours northeast of New York City on 70 acres of wooded property, maintains two residential studios for visiting artists. CantoMundo seeks Latinx poetry fellows for 2019. Sky Island Journal is seeking poetry, flash fiction, and creative nonfiction for Issue 7. Twelve writers will be accepted to Kaz Conference's next workshop in Southampton, NY: the Advanced Manuscript Boot Camp for fiction and nonfiction. Driftwood Press will award $500, contributor copies, and interviews to a contest winner in both fiction and poetry categories. The Forge seeks work that was previously published with defunct magazines. International Documentary Association is seeking films for its DocuClub Work-in-Progress Screening Series. For its next online issue, Longleaf Review is reading literary fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The Lascaux Review is accepting submissions to its annual short story contest. The winner receives $1000 and a bronze medallion. For its annual chapbook competition, Sonder Press is actively seeking fiction and narrative nonfiction chapbook manuscripts. The Cantabrigian Magazine seeks short fiction (up to 8,000 words) and artwork for its third annual issue. Editors accept previously published work. A prize of $1,000 and publication in Nowhere Magazine is given twice yearly for a travel-specific short story, long-form creative nonfiction piece, or essay. Up North Lit seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction written by anyone from or inspired by the Midwest. For its 2018 Fall/​Winter Fiction Contest, Piltdown Review seeks original stories in any genre. CRAFT is calling for new readers. Come work with us in Missoula. Find Submittable professional opportunities here. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: The emancipation of Angel-Ho's global neo-pop, Jessica Pratt steps into hazy, refracted sunlight, swooning goth permutations from Silent Servant, and more. Be sure to follow Submittable on Spotify for more great music. What We're Reading From Head of People and book club afficiando Asta So: I read Naomi Alderman's The Power. (TL;DR: Holy moly, this was really good.) It's set in an alternate reality in which girls entering puberty are suddenly able to generate electricity from their hands and learn to use it as a weapon. So the premise becomes, what would happen if women could overpower virtually any man? The book then explores—in a very smart, well-constructed way—how this affects politics, religion, and everything else. It was a page-turner, and I read the last 2/3 of it in one sitting. My only caveat is that there are some very disturbing scenes (but I never thought they were gratuitous).  Submishmash Weekly is a weekly human-curated newsletter bringing news and opportunities in publishing and other creative industries to artists, filmmakers, and writers. Does your organization want to be promoted in our newsletter and on social media? Let us know! Got high-quality writing related to publishing or digital media? Consider submitting it here. New readers can subscribe here. Thanks! Twitter Facebook Discover Copyright © 2018 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807

Publishing & Creative News An interview with runner and writer Jaclyn Gilbert (Longreads). ‘The one thing missing from this lovely ritual is a truly great Hanukkah movie’ (Refinery 29). The story of a (surprisingly) prospering small newspaper in Oregon (NPR). ‘Few things prevent you from completing a book like perfectionism’ (Read it Forward). Huge congrats to the recipients of the 2019 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants (PEN America). In music and in management, ‘perhaps there is a trade-off between creativity and stability’ (The Economist). On Brooke C. Obie’s first book (Los Angeles Review of Books). ‘My biggest worry about Smart Replies is not that they will make us all sound like machines but that they will make us feel that we have to become machines’ (The New Yorker). VR lessons, writing prompts from space, and Vegas musings from an Eliza So Fellow (Submittable). Some Opportunities Marble House Project is accepting applications for its 2019 Artist in Residence Program in twelve categories. For its Great Midwest Writing Contest, Midwest Review is calling for poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. A $500 prize will be awarded in each category. Typishly, an online literary journal, is always seeking poems, short stories, and responses to creative challenges. Emerging writers welcome. The winner of the 2018 Codhill Press Poetry Award for full-length book of original poetry in English will receive $1,000 and 25 copies. Upstream Gallery seeks photography for its 10th annual juried exhibition, ‘Reality and Perception: Photography at a Crossroads.’ Statement Magazine is now accepting submissions in all art and writing forms for its 69th anniversary issue. SWWIM Every Day’s first contest will honor Kate Spade and her contribution to female entrepreneurs, artists, and visionaries everywhere. For its December contest, themed ‘Parties,’ The A3 Review is seeking prose, poetry, art, and hybrid work inspired by dinner, political, and pool parties. The En Foco Photography Fellowship is designed to support photographers of color. En Foco will award 10 fellowships at $1,000 per artist, a Fellowship Group Exhibition, and more. The London Magazine is seeking work from writers around the world for its Short Story Prize. Split Lip Magazine seeks short and flash fiction, poetry, and memoir for print and online publication. The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs seeks artists interested in creating a public monument that honors women’s history. Cave Canem’s annual retreat is open to black poets of African descent, ages 21 and over. Bridge Eight Press seeks full-length fiction manuscripts for its Fiction Prize. For its third issue, AADOREE is seeking writing related to the theme, ‘The Fey.’ Gambling the Aisle seeks short collections of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for its Chapbook Prize. Poetry International’s C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize awards a single poem with $1,000 and publication. For Talking Writing’s annual poetry issue, editors are looking for poetry and flash prose in which disabled people take on travel, work, parenting, and whatever else comes their way. Loft Literary Center is accepting internship applicants. Submittable is hiring an Onboarding Specialist. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Earl Sweatshirt bookends this week’s playlist, rumbling over avant-garde jazz, the Dembow mutations of Kelman Duran, Oneohtrix Point Never and (Sandy) Alex G remix Babylon, and more. Be sure to follow Submittable on Spotify for more great music. What We're Reading Web Engineer Genevieve Crow recently read How to Be Alone: If You Want To, and Even If You Don't, by Lane More: Reading this book felt like sitting down with my funniest friend just out of a rough patch. Lane Moore hosts Tinder Live, fronts the band It Was Romance, and is a former writer for The Onion and sex and relationships editor for Cosmopolitan. I want to say her memoir was a light read, but it was actually pretty devastating. Moore unapologetically addresses the role of privilege in the arts, family trauma, romance (in media and in life), intimacy, and dating in the age of dating apps. It’s LOL-funny but raw, and she swears a lot. Submishmash Weekly is a weekly human-curated newsletter bringing news and opportunities in publishing and other creative industries to artists, filmmakers, and writers. Does your organization want to be promoted in our newsletter and on social media? Let us know! Got high-quality writing related to publishing or digital media? Consider submitting it here. New readers can subscribe here. Thanks! Twitter Facebook Discover Copyright © 2018 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807

Publishing & Creative News 33 steps to being an artist, which include listening to the crazy voices and behaving like a vampire (Vulture). Giving Tuesday on the rise: ‘Over the last seven years, the idea has spread to a formal network in 55 countries, globalizing the concept’ (Fast Company). Women programmers in R vs. Python (Reshama via Github). ‘Imagine a world such that when one of our best writers says she has projects that will change literature immured in her hard drive, we do better than plugging our ears, waiting until she’s dead’ (The Millions). How The Kindergarten Teacher was served by poets Ocean Vuong and Kaveh Akbar (New York Times). ‘Instead of using the Dewey system, Porter classified works by genre and author to highlight the foundational role of black people in all subject areas’ (Smithsonian). Great small cities for small business—we’re partial to number three (Verizon). Dieter Cantu ‘has collected thousands of nonfiction volumes to fill the shelves at juvenile detention facilities and underserved libraries’ (Houston Chronicle). Ambient noise for that writing groove (Submittable). Some Opportunities Soze’s Right of Return fellowship will award six formerly incarcerated artists a grant of $20,000 each to support a project aimed at reforming the criminal justice system. Thin Air Magazine seeks fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for online and print publication. Idaho’s Treefort Music Festival is seeking musicians, yogis, educators, writers, artists, comedians, and more for its annual event. For its debut print anthology, A Narrative Map seeks short travel anecdotes from around the globe. Big Fiction seeks fiction and essays. First prize in LitMag’s Virginia Woolf Award for Short Fiction will receive $3,500, publication, and agency review. Sun Valley Film Festival has a number of open screenwriting and film opportunities. Barrelhouse seeks essays that deal, in one way or another, with pop culture (defined in a fairly broad way). For Issue 19, Sequestrum is accepting fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Immersion Project is an intensive 3 month studio fellowship designed to immerse artists in the world of printmaking. NYMBM is seeking poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, visual art, music, or any other genre for ‘Mental Health Month.’ For its annual 2019 Contest Issue, So to Speak seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and visual art with an intersectional feminist focus. Flux Factory and the DCLA Create NYC Disability Forward Fund are offering an inaugural Flux Factory Accessibility Fellowship, which will provide a subsidized two month residency and artwork commission opportunity to one disabled artist during the spring of 2019. F(r)iction is seeking previously unpublished flash fiction, short fiction, and poetry for its winter contests. The 44th annual Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival is accepting short play and musical submissions. Third Coast seeks fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and drama for print publication. Canada’s Geist seeks entries for its Work Shanty Writing Contest. For its inaugural Editor's Prize, The Porter House Review seeks fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. The Oyster River Pages internship program is designed for individuals that want to explore independent publishing. Find Submittable professional opportunities here. What We're Listening To On this week's Submishmash Weekly playlist: Reckonwrong and the sound of Paris melting, slurred speech in a Brazilian jazz club with Rodrigo Tavares, CLYDE with proper chopped and screwed Clint Eastwood, and more. Be sure to follow Submittable on Spotify for more great music. What We're Reading Marketing Manager Keriann Strickland recently read Sing, Unburied, Sing, by Jesmyn Ward: This has been on my reading list for awhile: It received overwhelmingly good reviews when it was published last year, and was one of the New York Times’ 10 Best Books of 2017. When I finished it, I was only sorry I hadn’t read it sooner. The novel tells the story of an African American family facing dissolution via addiction, imprisonment, racism, and death—and two restless ghosts tied to their pasts. Ward’s writing is lyrical and haunting, especially in her aching descriptions of the inseparable bond between two siblings, 13-year-old JoJo and his toddler sister Kayla, and the detachment and self-annihilating tendencies of their mother Leonie. Submishmash Weekly is a weekly human-curated newsletter bringing news and opportunities in publishing and other creative industries to artists, filmmakers, and writers. Does your organization want to be promoted in our newsletter and on social media? Let us know! Got high-quality writing related to publishing or digital media? Consider submitting it here. New readers can subscribe here. Thanks! Twitter Facebook Discover Copyright © 2018 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807

Publishing & Creative News A tremendous culling of blurb-speak (Biblioklept). From the National Book Awards: Inspiration c/o Isabel Allende and congratulations to Coffee House Press (Vulture, Star Tribune). ‘We call this core dynamic the propaganda feedback loop: You cannot afford to do anything else in that media ecosystem—you lose audience if you push back with facts that do not conform to the identity’ (Boston Review). Sarah Pape on finding words for the fire in Butte County (New York Times). Parents might ‘need to think carefully about how a child’s values, attitudes, and beliefs will be shaped by classic stories that include outdated language and stereotypes’ (The Walrus). A look back at khipu literacy (Aeon). ‘For 88rising, while rap will always be front and center, expansion into a plethora of adjacent industries was built into the business model’ (Rolling Stone). Competitive book sorters clock 12,330 books in one hour of competition (Atlas Obscura). Inspiration in the unfamiliar, a seasoned editor submits, and architectural prompts for word-laying (Submittable). Some Opportunities The Whiting Foundation is accepting applications for its Literary Magazine Prizes. For Issue 5, Cagibi seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and works in translation. Gulf Coast is hosting an open call for writing in response to the Stonewall uprising's 50th anniversary. Target Gallery, the contemporary exhibition space of the Torpedo Factory Art Center, invites artists proposals for solo exhibitions in the summer of 2019. Garrard Conley will judge the Pigeon Pages Essay Contest. Two Sisters Writing and Publishing LLC seeks theme-based writing (short stories and personal essays) for publication, contests, and anthologies. For a special issue, Transition Magazine seeks to engage a dynamic conversation on the topic Black Women/Superheroes. Southern Humanities Review seeks fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. For its blog, THE REVUE, The Spectacle seeks new, intelligent, and evocative work in several categories: MINIMA, TOMFOOLERY, REVIEWS, and EPHEMERA. daCunha is seeking fiction and creative nonfiction. Authors receive online publication, a professional audio version of their work, and more. The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild offers 5-month seasonal artist residencies. The J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project Awards from the Columbia Journalism School recognize excellence in nonfiction that exemplifies literary grace and commitment to serious research and social concern. Feminist Incubator Space, from Project for Empty Space, is a series of short-term residencies, happenings, conversations, performances, and public discourses focusing on the empowerment and freedom of women. Hot Metal Bridge, a Pittsburgh literary magazine, is open for fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Publication and $2,000 will be awarded to the winner of the Hamlin Garland Award for the Short Story from Beloit Fiction Journal. Burningword Literary Journal is a quarterly international publication focused on emerging and established authors of poetry, short nonfiction, short fiction, photography, and digital art. The Willis Barnstone Translation Prize, facilitated by The Evansville Review, will award $1,000 for a translated poem. JuxtaProse Literary Magazine seeks previously unpublished poems for its 2018 Poetry Prize. Grand prize is $1,000. The International Women’s Media Foundation seeks a Program Assistant. The Los Angeles Times is calling for summer interns. Submittable seeks a full-time Product Designer. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is new each week. Primed for your Thanksgiving travel, a selection of songs draped in autumnal evening. Featuring Mount Kimbie, James Blake, Loyle Carner, and more. Be sure to follow Submittable on Spotify for more great music. What We're Reading Technical Support Specialist Hannah Bolig is reading Into the Gray Zone: A Neuroscientist Explores the Border Between Life and Death, by Adrian Owen. A neuroscientist's exploration and passion for exploring the “gray zone” has not only educated us but has helped “find” patients that were once thought to be oblivious to the outside world, which is nothing less than awe-inspiring. This book is as heartbreaking as it is necessary. Submishmash Weekly is a weekly human-curated newsletter bringing news and opportunities in publishing and other creative industries to artists, filmmakers, and writers. Does your organization want to be promoted in our newsletter and on social media? Let us know! Got high-quality writing related to publishing or digital media? Consider submitting it here. New readers can subscribe here. Thanks! Twitter Facebook Discover Copyright © 2018 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807