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Publishing & Creative News The benefits of reading aloud continue (Mind/Shift). ‘Traditional Shekhinah is imagined in terms of what trans activists call the gender binary’ (Poetry Foundation). One raptor in Marie Kondo’s wake (Jezebel). ‘That really is my ambition: how to have a conversation so that the space can hold discomfort’ (On Being). An efficacious challenge: The Portland Press Herald stands up to Stephen King (New York Times). Leslie Jamison on her forthcoming essay collection (Entertainment Weekly h/t Book Forum). 'We are the interface, arteries between the messy humanity of the students… and the clipped efficiency of the district’ (American Scholar). Great apps for artists and their fans (Artsy). Film, video, animation, screenwriting, and script opportunities for January and February (Submittable). Some Opportunities Submittable's 2019 Eliza So Fellowship for Immigrant and Native American writers is open for applications. The Common magazine invites participants to Weekly Writes, a 10-week online writing program designed to help writers create place-based fiction and nonfiction. Rockland Woods offers a summer residency for artists with children. The Critical Feedback Program at Trestle Gallery offers artists a discounted NYC studio space, peer support, critique groups, and more. The Ghost Story seeks flash fiction on a supernatural theme for The Screw Turn Flash Fiction Competition. Lunch Ticket’s 'Amuse-Bouche: Spotlight' showcases one writer every other week and welcomes submissions in creative nonfiction, fiction, flash prose, poetry, literary translation, and young adult (13+). The DavenTree Ekphrastic Writing Challenge from KYSO Flash is open to flash-length works of all types: fiction, nonfiction, prose poems, and poetic hybrids. Masters Review will award $3000, publication, and agency review to the winner of its Winter Short Story Award. For its upcoming ‘Dissident’ issue, Bread and Beauty is on the lookout for stories and poetry with a social or political theme. Sport Literate seeks poetry and creative nonfiction for its Fight Contest. Applications are now being accepted from reporters interested in becoming a Report for America corps member in 2019. Barzakh Magazine, a multi-genre journal with an internationalist stance, seeks fiction, poetry, criticism, personal essays, translations, drawings, and photographs. The Life Writing Prize from Spread the Word is open to emerging writers from across the UK. The Blue Mountain Center is accepting residency applications from writers, visual artists, activists, composers, and film/video artists. The First Pages Prize from Stockholm Writers Festival is designed to support emerging, unagented prose writers. Washington Square Review seeks poetry, fiction, and translations. For its Phantom Flash contest, The Molotov Cocktail seeks fantastic, otherworldly, and uncanny flash fiction, from paranormal to surrealist to magic realism. Glass Mountain is accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction for its Poetry and Prose Spring Contest. For its ‘Body’ themed call, Fiction International welcomes fiction, nonfiction, and indeterminate prose texts of up to 5,500 words, as well as visuals. Vestal Review seeks an Assistant Social Media Coordinator. Submittable is seeking applicants for eleven open positions, including Director of Finance and Childcare Center Director. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: The beautiful buzzing of Micachu, Angelo De Augustine's hushed judgments, Gary Burton with music to lose your money to, and more. Don't miss our '2018 Year in Music' playlist. This is not a 'best of' list, rather a reflection of the year's art of sound. And follow us on Spotify for great tracks year-round. What We're Reading Marketing Coordinator Anna Zumbahlen read The Daughters, by Adrienne Celt: The Daughters opens with a Vasko Popa poem about containment and love, which sets the tone for the novel’s thinking about motherhood. Lulu’s voice, body, history, and relationship with time are all called into question with the birth of her daughter, and the slow reveal of the mythology at play is arresting. (Celt also writes a beautiful weekly comic/musing at Love Among the Lampreys.) 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 © 2019 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807

Publishing & Creative News A full assembly: nouns of assemblage (Quartz c/o TMN). ‘And so Ursula Le Guin and I went to the Village Green Bookstore and ransacked the literature section, rearranging the L’s until all her books were face-out’ (Granta) What? What? Whoa! The moon! (To Scale on YouTube). ‘The books of my childhood were bricks, not for throwing but for building.’ (Brain Pickings). Burnout, debt, and the task-driven lives of Millennials (BuzzFeed). ‘I was sitting literally in my bedroom with a microphone talking to other moms while trying to line-up our conversations while both of our kids were napping for 20 minutes’ (NPR). Can one make ends meet as a writer? (The New York Times). ‘The Library also features interior and exterior lighting, to give the space an extra-homey glow’ (Collosal). The 2019 Eliza So Fellowship, prompts ala Janus, and tips for reframing rejection (Submittable). Some Opportunities Tea Roots, a San Francisco based arts and social justice nonprofit, is inviting visual artists to submit work for a Bay Area exhibition. The Sun Valley Film Festival offers opportunities for storytellers, artists, and filmmakers, including the '1 Potato Short Screenplay Contest' and ski and snowboarding film submissions. For its Spring 2019 issue, The Sea Letter is currently accepting short fiction and poetry. Palooka is an international nonprofit literary magazine seeking fiction, poetry, nonfiction, chapbooks, artwork, photography, graphic narratives, and comic strips. The 55th annual Georgia Author of the Year Awards, sponsored by the Georgia Writers Association, are now accepting nominations for books and poetry chapbooks published in 2018 by Georgia residents. Arts & Letters seeks fiction, flash, nonfiction, and poetry for its biannual print journal. Creative Time is accepting proposals from NYC- based artists working in any medium for a new public artwork, to be exhibited in spring/summer 2019. For its online journal, Open Arts Forum seeks original writing (poetry, fiction, nonfiction), photography (collections preferred), and art (all styles and types). Etchings Press, a student-run publisher at University of Indianapolis, welcomes submissions for its annual contests: a chapbook of poetry, a chapbook of prose, and a novella. Each workshop season, Brooklyn Poets awards fellowships to promising students in need to take a workshop for free. The Terry J. Cox Poetry Prize is awarded by Regal House Publishing to honor a poet’s first book with $500 prize and publication. MASS MoCA’s Assets for Artists program is accepting grant applications from Boston and Connecticut artists. Every Day Fiction is looking for very short (flash) fiction of up to 1000 words. Ishion Hutchinson will judge The Well Review’s 2019 Poetry Prize. Create! Magazine is hosting an international open call for women artists. To celebrate its 50th anniversary, North American Review will host a writing conference, April 19-21, 2019, on the UNI campus in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Common Field is offering 25 national scholarships to support arts organizers with the costs of travel and attendance to the 2019 Common Field Philadelphia Convening. The VICE Fellowship for Collegiate Reporting connects the VICE digital newsroom with college journalists to publish content on a focused topic. Providence’s RISD museum is accepting applications from undergraduate and graduate students for its Andrew W. Mellon summer internship program. Come work with us in Missoula, Montana. Find Submittable job openings here. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Lealani floating over sinister synths, lullabies for parties from Galcher Lustwerk, Peel Dream Magazine with a metaphysical phenomenon, and more. Submishmash Weekly also proudly presents our '2018 Year in Music' playlist. This is not a 'best of' list, rather a reflection of the year's art of sound. Enjoy! What We're Reading Rachel Mindell from Marketing read Zeros: A Novel, by Chuck Wendig: To be honest, I didn’t want to read this book. But I’m part of a book club with some friends and when it got voted in, I resigned myself to hate-reading it. Instead (and luckily), I really enjoyed the experience and was able to shed my mysteriously long-held snobbery against tech thrillers. The story focuses on four hackers (and one almost-hacker, but skilled-in-other-ways guy) that are forced together to outsmart a nefarious government plot, regain their freedom, and rescue humanity. The narrative is quick, scary, character-driven, kinda gross, fairly violent, and really drew me in. I wanted the nerds to win because nerds should always win. No spoilers here, though—you'll have to read the novel to find out whether ‘an Anonymous-style rabble rouser, an Arab spring hactivist, a black-hat hacker, an old-school cipherpunk, and an online troll’ are able to save the day. 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 © 2019 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807

Publishing & Creative News Happy New Years! Check out this gorgeous algae (Hyperallergic). ‘I feel like filmmaking, creating content, is really an opportunity to listen. Even from the creative standpoint’ (Vox). Days in the life of an Amazon delivery driver (The Atlantic). Roxane Gay on why reading diversely (and beyond the “literary”) matters (The Guardian). ‘Conjugating verbs is a good time for me’ (NewsChannel5). The photographic campaign focused on Holocaust survivors (WBUR). ‘A reading list of novels, non-fiction, and… border verse to understand the thorny complexities of this demarcation’ (Electric Lit). Fine art degree = 38 jobs? (Format) ‘I didn’t hate Chinese food, but I coveted American food. The more mundane, the more intriguing’ (Los Angeles Times). A guide to the manuscript graveyard (Submittable).  Some Opportunities The Oxford American seeks fiction from emerging writers who have not been published in a print publication with a circulation over 5,000 copies. The selected writer will be paid $1,000. Reunion: The Dallas Review seeks short fiction, drama, visual art, poetry, translation work, and nonfiction for print publication. For its first annual Editors' Prize, Columbia College Literary Review seeks fiction and creative nonfiction. Brooklyn's Smack Mellon is accepting artist proposals for site-specific exhibits and curator exhibitions, as well as submissions from mid-career artists. Mothers Always Write is offering a winter online Literary Writers Boot Camp focused on the literary essay. The DISQUIET Prize awards poetry, fiction, or nonfiction on any subject with publication. One grand prize winner will also receive a full scholarship to attend the Disquiet International Literary Program in Lisbon, Portugal. The Center for Photography at Woodstock welcomes submissions for WOODSTOCK AIR 2019, a residency program for U.S. based photographers and writers whose work addresses diversity, identity, race, and social justice. The winner of the the Colorado Prize for Poetry receives a $2,000 honorarium and publication of their book by the Center for Literary Publishing. Bending Genres seeks poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that is experimental, gut-wrenching, terrifying, honest, breakneck speed, fabulous, and secretive. The Canadian Hillman Prize from The Sidney Hillman Foundation will be given to a reported story or series published or broadcast in 2018. Flying Ketchup Press seeks short stories by kids for kids and by teens, as well as fantasy stories for its short story contest. For No.7 Print, Genre: Urban Arts is seeking writing, art, and photography. Atlantic Center for the Arts is accepting applications for Residency #174 with Cornelius Eady, Nicole M. Mitchell, and Michelle Grabner. Curating Alexandria has a number of open calls for creative work based on mythology, fairy tales, and lore. The 2019 Juniper Summer Writing Institute in Amherst, Mass. is now accepting applications. Deadline to apply for funding is January 15. Writers are invited to submit poems on the contest theme ENOUGH to Public Poetry. Contest judges are Robin Davidson, Roy G. Guzman, Patricia Spears Jones, and Carmen Giménez Smith. The National Parks Arts Foundation is accepting applications for its Chaco Culture National Historical Park Artist in Residence Program. For its speculative writing contests, LET DOWN YOUR HAIR, EVENT Magazine seeks fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and anything in between. Ox-Bow, School of Art and Artists’ Residency, is seeking a Campus Director. Come work with us in Missoula, Mont. Find Submittable job openings here. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: We're getting folksy for New Year's, featuring tunes from Neil Young, Bert Jansch, Elizabeth Cotten, Gordon Bok, and more. This is a selection of (mostly) rare cuts that you won't want to miss. Submishmash Weekly also proudly presents our '2018 Year in Music' playlist. This is not a 'best of' list, rather a reflection of the year's art of sound. Enjoy! What We're Reading Office Manager Karin Schalm read Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called “Alien”: What a wild ride…Jeremy N. Smith’s new book charts the rise of an MIT freshman pulling pranks on rooftops to one of the most bad-ass hackers in the cybersecurity industry. Self-named “Alien,” our hero rollerblades her way through computer codes, drugs, intense friendships, and a series of jobs in a male-dominated field. She lands for a stint at the highly-secretive Los Alamos National Laboratory. One day she’s breaking into banks. The next she’s bringing up a new generation of hackers, providing health insurance and spending accounts to boot. Be careful—you might get hacked! This story could inspire you to become the person you always wanted to be. 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 © 2019 Submittable, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Submittable PO Box 8255 Missoula, MT 59807

Publishing & Creative News Weird garbage and other (better) gift ideas (Broadly). Jennifer Egan: ‘Literature is an antidote to the blunt distortions—good vs. evil, us vs. them—that are so easily exploited by those who would manipulate us’ (TIME). Four editors talk submission strategy (Southeast Review). Great documentaries for the book lover’s holiday break (Book Riot). Charles Barkley’s unlikely pal (WBUR). The fantastical taxidermy of Dr. Suess (Futility Closet). ‘Genuine differences…make life on campus hard for rural students’ (NPR). 52 written accounts of 2018 in books (The Millions). Sugar-dusted prompts, tips for anthologizing, and an epic submitting journey (Submittable). Some Opportunities The New Rivers Press Many Voices Project will award publication and $1,000 each to book-length manuscripts by emerging writers, one in poetry and one in prose. Magnum Foundation's fellowship offers mentorship and stipends to early-career practitioners who are at a critical moment in their development as photographers. Poets are invited to submit three original poems on any topic or genre to the Nâzım Hikmet Poetry Festival’s 11th annual Poetry Prize. The Acentos Review, a journal committed to publishing the work of Latinx artists and writers, seeks work for its POP! Culture Issue, edited by Suzi F. Garcia. Authors and designers are invited to send work for possible publication in the sixth issue of Dialectic, a biannual journal from AIGA devoted to design education, research, and inquiry. The Frost Place is accepting entries for its chapbook competition and residency program. The 2018 Crosswinds Poetry Contest, with $1,350 in prizes, will be judged by Tina Crane. The Black Doctoral Network Western Regional Conference Committee requests abstract submissions for the 2019 conference themed “Empowering Youth of Color Through Culturally Responsive Education.” SHANTIH Journal seeks poetry, prose, flash, drama, art, and more for Issue 3.2. The Monadnock Essay Collection Prize from Bauhan Publishing will be awarded for a book-length collection (120-160 pages) of nonfiction essays. The Leah Ryan Fund for Emerging Women Writers seeks entries for its 2019 Playwriting Prize. For its first annual Editors' Prize, Columbia College Literary Review seeks fiction and creative nonfiction. O+ Festival is seeking artists, musicians, clinical providers, educators and volunteers for its North Adams event in 2019. The Steinbeck Fellows program at San Jose State University provides one-year $15,000 fellowships to help writers complete a book project. Up to six Steinbeck Fellows are selected each year. The North Street Collective’s Resident Artist Program in Mendocino County provides exceptional artists with time, space, and inspiration to explore ideas and produce work. Printed Matter’s LA Art Book Fair is accepting late applications for its 2019 event. Glimmer Train seeks short stories for its Family Matters contest. For its second special edition, ‘Vox II: American Identities,’ Rock & Sling is seeking art, nonfiction, fiction, and poetry. The Tupelo Press Dorset Prize, judged by Mary Jo Bang, awards $3,000 cash prize, a week-long residency at MASS MoCA, publication, and more. Submittable is hiring for a number of professional opportunities.  What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Fantastic French noise from Bryan's Magic Tears, new age Wu-Tang from CZARFACE and Ghost, the romaine is poisoned by The Alchemist, and more. Be sure to follow Submittable on Spotify for more great music. When We'll See You Next Submishmash Weekly will be away for the holiday next week—we'll look forward to ringing in the new year with you beginning January 1, 2019. From everyone at Submittable, our very best to you and yours!  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