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Publishing & Creative News When in despair, reading on: lessons from Anna Karenina's tragic story on living with depression (The New York Times). Steam engines, smartphones, and fearing the future (The New Yorker). 'I must be a real writer now, right?' Lessons from eight years of writing an adventure blog (Semi-Rad). Infographic: The most intriguing (or, in some cases, puzzling) statistics from the magazine industry (Folio). 'Humanity is screwed and it’s our own damn fault,' a book review (The Missoula Tempo). Apple's new deal for journalism: Nothing the iPhone can do is worth 50 percent of revenue (The Verge). 'Computer programming once had much better gender balance than it does today. What went wrong?' (The New York Times Magazine) A laugh for anyone who has attempted a weekly—or, as it happens, not so weekly—newsletter; photography opportunities in February and March (Submittable). Some Opportunities The Mighty Line is a monthly literary magazine seeking short fiction, flash, and visual art. Romance (from the old-fashioned to the unconventional) is this month's theme for submissions to The A3 Review. Underground Art & Literary Journal seeks new and exciting art, poetry, and prose (fiction and nonfiction) created by undergraduate students. Nonfiction writers of Muslim heritage sought by editor Marguerite Richards for an anthology project forthcoming from Penguin Random House. Western Montana Creative Initiatives Open A.I.R. Arts and Ecology Artist in Residence program is seeking applicants. Do you wish you could express the joy and mystery of science through the medium of Peeps? Enter The Open Notebook’s Science-Themed Peeps Diorama Contest. Exposition Review is seeking ‘Happily Ever After’ themed work for its current Flash 405 contest. Editors accept short-form fiction, nonfiction, poetry, stage and screen, and experimental. The 3rd annual Eliza So Fellowship from Submittable, judged by Joan Naviyuk Kane and Marcelo Hernandez Castillo, will honor books-in-progress by Native American and Immigrant writers. The Kerouac Project provides four residencies a year to writers of any stripe or age, living anywhere in the world. The Non/Fiction Collection Prize is awarded annually by The Journal to a book-length collection of short stories, essays, or a combination of the two. On the Boards has introduced a new lecture and studio visit series that brings curators from around the world to Seattle. The 2019 Chapbook Competition from Iron Horse Literary Review is open to collections of prose, 40 - 56 pages. GoggleWorks will be selecting three resident artists for summer 2019 for a 10-week appointment. AWP is hosting a number of creative writing prizes. Collections and single poems published in the UK and Ireland between September 2018 and September 2019 are eligible for Forward Arts Foundation prizes. Open Minds Quarterly features a broad range of writing and visual art by contributors who self-identify as having had mental health challenges at any point in their lives. Galveston Artist Residency seeks applicants for the 2019-2020 Residency Year. The Lexi Rudnitsky Editor’s Choice Award competition from Persea Books is open to any poet who has previously published at least one full-length book of poems. The Idaho Review is currently seeking fiction and nonfiction. For its 'Botanik’ show, Las Laguna Gallery seeks art focused on flowers, plants, trees, leaves, cactus, or succulents. Gulf Stream accepts fiction (no more than 5,000 words), non-fiction, poetry, and artwork for online publication. Find professional opportunities with Submittable here. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Buddy and 03 Greedo with an anti-desk job anthem, ancient sonic postcards from Jonny Nash, Bjarki in his hyper, melodic style, and more. Follow Submittable on Spotify great music all the time. What We're Reading Head of People Asta So re-read the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling over the holidays: I hadn't read them all the way through since they first came out, and I was interested to see how they would read now, over 10 years later. I still love them and how they teach kids (all readers, really) how to be a good friend and the importance of standing up for other people, especially people who are different from you. I like that J.K. Rowling gives her characters a self-deprecating sense of humor that helps make sure sweet moments never seem too sweet. Also, as a newish cat owner who didn’t have a cat when I first read the books, I realized that Hedwig the owl is awfully cat-like. What are you reading? Tell us on Twitter or Facebook.  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 'Miscellaneous Files' with Valeria Luiselli (Guernica). Thirty-two book covers, beautiful and old (The Public Domain Review). Michel Foucault explains the philosophy of Michel Foucault—before acid (Open Culture). ‘Retreating to a critical distance would constitute a betrayal of the depth of feeling that Abdurraqib has for Tribe’ (The Nation). Nari Ward, virtuoso of accumulation (Vulture). ‘Luckily, the art monster diet is not expensive. At least not for the writer’ (Keep Writing via Medium). A young prodigy of crochet (NPR). 'Had it not been for writing this book, I’m not sure I’d have ever read as deeply about gender as I was forced to’ (Literary Hub). Is Patch the future of local news (recode)? Read and send out sci-fi; creative prompts that bug (Submittable). Some Opportunities Applications are open for Winter Tangerine's summer workshops, offered both online and in New York City. Gilbertsville Expressive Movement seeks portfolios from sculptors interested in constructing and installing a permanent sculpture on its 14 acre Sculpture Park. Airlie Press will award $1,000, book publication, and a guaranteed 500-book-minimum print run to the winner of the Airlie Prize. Wyoming’s UCROSS Foundation offers residencies to competitively selected individuals working in all artistic disciplines. Driftwood Press has an open call for poetry chapbooks, individual poems, visual art, comics, and short stories. The 2019 Summer Residency Contest from the University of Arizona Poetry Center will be judged by Vickie Vertiz. Interim is an international literary journal that publishes poetry, translations, criticism, reviews, and hybrid texts by emerging and established writers. Hunger Mountain is seeking entries to its annual writing contests in creative nonfiction, short fiction, poetry, and children's lit. They are also hosting an International Young Writers Prize. Applications are open for the Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Poetry and Fiction Fellowships, awarding stipends of at least $38,000 and health benefits. Writer Advice seeks entries of 750 words or fewer for its Flash Memoir Contest. Terrapin Books is open for submissions of full-length poetry manuscripts. The winner of the the second annual Poetry Box Chapbook Prize will receive $300, publication, and 20 copies of their chapbook. Montana's Red Ants Pants music festival seeks designs for its 2019 Poster Contest. The Millay Colony offers artist residencies for nonfiction, fiction, poetry, playwriting, screenwriting, musical composition, and visual art. Three winners of Columbia Journal’s Spring Contest, judged by Alexandra Kleeman (fiction), Tommy Pico (poetry), and Kiese Laymon (nonfiction), will be published online and receive a cash prize of $250 each. Sonder Midwest provides a place for young and/or emerging writers to share their prose, poetry, photography, drawings, and other types of original work. Eastern Iowa Review is seeking lyric essays and prose poetry. Two winners of Cloudbank’s poetry/flash fiction contest will receive $200 and publication. For its Spring 2019 issue, Sheepshead Review is seeking fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and visual art. Copper Nickel seeks poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and translation for print publication. Come work with us in Missoula. Find professional opportunities with Submittable here.  What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Tonal and spatial minimalism from Not Waving, Zara McFarlane's crystal-toned remake of an Augustus Pablo classic, the hopeful brooding of Flikka, and more. Follow Submittable on Spotify great music all the time. What We're Reading Senior Software Engineer Luiz Lopes just read Nine Kinds of Naked, a novel by Tony Vigorito. A delightful book, which makes use of the concept of synchronicity to take you on a wild ride through space and time. At times it is so zany, you cannot help but laugh. What are you reading? Tell us on Twitter or Facebook.  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 18th-century potter Josiah Wedgwood, brand and marketing pioneer (The Hustle). ‘I feel more freedom in poetry than I do in any other genre. I think that’s because poems can traverse time and space in such a seamless way’ (The Rumpus). Re. BuzzFeed: the online quiz sphere and Jill Abramson on digital winter (The New Yorker, recode). ‘The AIDS Memorial represents the best of what can happen when something most of us use every single day—Instagram—is turned into a powerful means to mourn, remember, and learn’ (Vogue). An intriguing interview with Susan Orlean (Columbia Journalism Review). The art of the “short, perfect” essay cover letter (Writer’s Digest). Out of Missoula: writer Stephanie Land and cybersecurity specialist Sherri Davidoff (NPR, TODAY). Music in a balloon in a cloud (Futility Closet). ‘Legend and Teigen are part of a growing movement working to address the racial swim gap’ (VICE). How to find critique partners that fuel your writing (Submittable). Some Opportunities NoBudge is an online screening venue for new indie films accepting entries year round. Central Oregon Writers Guild’s 2019 Contest is open to submissions of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children's literature from Oregon residents and guild members. Fellowships from Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing offer writers of color and parent-writers the opportunity to attend the MVICW Summer Writers’ Conference. Wordrunner eChapbook seeks fiction, memoir/creative nonfiction, and poetry for its spring 2019 anthology. The theme for this issue is 'upheavals.' UK’s Granta is currently accepting fiction, nonfiction, art, and photography for print publication. Applications for the 2019-2020 Artists in Residence program at Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute are now being accepted in photography and painting/drawing. Conduit is looking for poetry and fiction that demonstrate originality, intelligence, courage, irreverence, and humanity. Typishly, an online literary magazine, is open for short fiction, poetry, and responses to three creative challenges ready. Established and emerging writers always welcome. Month of Photography Los Angeles, from Lucie Foundation, is hosting an open call for emerging and established photographers worldwide. The Account is currently seeking fiction and creative nonfiction. The International Women’s Media Foundation’s Howard G. Buffett Fund for Women Journalists supports the production of ambitious projects and underreported, globally important stories. Unstamatic, a micro lit mag, seeks flash fiction of 100 words or fewer, poetry of 10 lines or fewer, photography, and art. For its juried exhibition, ‘Bright Colors Bold Strokes: Creations of Lowbrow Art,’ Huntington Arts Council seeks art in all media. Historic Joy Kogawa House is looking for writers to live and work at the childhood home of Canadian author, Joy Kogawa, for two-month residencies in 2020. During the month of February, Black Lawrence Press author Jenny Drai is offering poetry critiques. Rattle has a number of open opportunities for poetry. For its Winter Reading Period, Penn Review seeks poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and artwork. The Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission invites artists and artist teams to submit their qualifications for the North 12th Street Underpass Mural Project. This call is open to experienced professional artists nationally. Send poetry, translations of poetry, book reviews, essays on poetry, and interviews with poets to Smartish Pace for online and print editions. Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra seeks a Community and Audience Engagement Coordinator. Find professional opportunities at Submittable here.  What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Eight-track psych dream pop from Montreal native Jonathan Personne, Mira Calix with the louche house party music, KOKOROKO delivers soulful, afro-beat jazz, and more. Check out new additions to our Soul Glo playlist, featuring choice soul selections. What We're Reading The most recent Submittable Book Club selection was Cixin Lui’s The Three Body Problem, suggested by Software Engineer Brigit Rossbach. What would happen if humans came in contact with extraterrestrials? Liu’s book, set against the backdrop of Cultural Revolution China, asks just that. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction receives a signal from Earth and decides to invade and take Earth as their new planet. On Earth, the human race begins to split into different warring factions over the question of how to deal with these aliens. Liu masterfully asks the reader to ponder why we look so positively to the stars and the unknown in space, when we could turn that kindness to other members of the human race. 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 Don’t do it. ‘Horse Latitudes’ is already taken (Book and Film Globe). Facebook to fund local news (Pointer). Fatima Ali: ‘When you’re a chef, you understand the circle of life’ (Bon Appétit). Avice for a great author photo (Brevity). Raquel Gutiérrez on visiting the border wall prototypes (Popula). ‘How often do you stare into the middle distance? Me neither’ (Literary Hub). Climate Change: the ultimate 10-year challenge and a graphic look across the country (My Modern Met; Washington Post). A (fictional) conversation between Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Delta (Paris Review). ‘Why was it so hard, on NewYorker.com, to tell whether I was actually logged in or not’ (NeimanLab)? Pro tips for beginning bloggers (Submittable). Some Opportunities West Texas Literary Review seeks poems, essays, flash fiction, and photographs for print publication. Short of the Week features short films containing great stories that brave new territory. Writing Workshops Paris, presented by Carve Magazine, invites writers to hone their craft in the historic heart of literary Paris. Atmosphere Press, an author-friendly collaborative publisher, is seeking full-length manuscripts in all genres. College of Western Idaho's literary magazine, Stonecrop, publishes fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, original art, and hosts an annual micro-fiction contest. Arch Street Press is holding a Young Adult Science Fiction Contest. Penn State’s Campus Arts Initiative is seeking visual artists or teams that include a visual artist for the development of temporary works of public art. There are no residency requirements for this opportunity. Asian American Writers' Workshop seeks writing inspired by found language for TRANS:ACT with the Transpacific Literary Project. For its annual conference, Historical Writers of America is calling for presenters. The Greensboro Review is always on the lookout for short stories and poems from writers at any stage of their career. The inaugural Macaron Prize from Cagibi will be judged by Chantel Acevedo (fiction), Major Jackson (poetry), and Sheila Kohler (nonfiction). Winners receive $1000 plus publication. PLAYA offers 2, 3, and 4-week arts and science residencies in the Oregon Outback. For its April event in San Francisco, stARTup Art Fair LLC is accepting applications from professional artists, working in all media, national and international. Sarabande Books seeks book-length entries for its A. Morton Prize in Poetry and Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction. The Shandaken: Storm King residency program, administered by Shandaken Projects, provides free housing and studio facilities for two to six weeks. Apogee, a journal of literature and art that engages with identity politics, seeks creative nonfiction. The winner of the William Van Dyke Short Story Prize from Ruminate Magazine will be awarded $1500 and publication. YesYes Books seeks manuscripts for its Pamet River Prize and Vinyl 45 Chapbook Contest. The Pegasus Award For Poetry Criticism from the Poetry Foundation honors the best book-length works of criticism, including biographies, essay collections, and critical editions. NY’s SPACE on Ryder Farm offers internships and fellowships for emerging artists, innovators, and activists. Come work with Submittable in Missoula, Montana. Find current professional opportunities here. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: Maxo heeding his father's advice over Super 8 reels, late night public transit altered states with Jio, Spellling ponders utopian dreams and global devastation, and more. Check out new additions to our Soul Glo playlist, featuring choice soul selections. What We're Reading Sales Representative John Smith read Virgil Wander, by Leif Enger: Leif Enger’s previous books—Peace Like a River and So Brave, Young, and Handsome—were some of my favorites. His writing is cozy, epic, poetic, and mythic. Virgil Wander is a quieter book, staying closer to home in northern Minnesota, but no less beautiful. It’s a story of rebirth in middle age, and that’s what I found most profound this time. Enger is always pushing everyday characters out beyond themselves into the broader world. 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 Sure, blame Amazon but also blame attitude (Electric Literature). ‘With this idea of post-Smithsonian delinquency, we’re not relying on past references or fabricated identity references; we’re coming through our own Native experience and creativity at the present moment’ (BOMB). An open letter from TC Tolbert regarding pronouns in the writing classroom (UA Poetry Center). ‘The date 1066 could become a speared donkey lagging behind two snails’ (Public Domain Review). Industry abroad still missing the mark, and data on non-diversity in publishing via comps (The Guardian, LARB). Collection suggestions for 2019 (NPR). Michael Chabon loves on ‘prefaces, forewords, and afterwords—the intros and outros’ (The Paris Review). RIP Mary Oliver (Autostraddle). ‘More people—especially young people—are reading and buying poetry’ (StarTribune). Focus on photography (not gear), try spreadsheets for fiction, and write with inspiration from the blood wolf moon (Submittable). Some Opportunities The National Geographic Wild to Inspire Short Film Contest seeks submissions that celebrate the everyday explorer. Hispanic Culture Review is hosting a Literary & Photographic Contest. For Volume 8, Paper Darts seeks stories and poetry. MvVO ART is calling for artists currently working in advertising, or with roots in the advertising/design/commercial arts industries. Luminarts offers fellowships in visual arts, creative writing, classical music, and jazz for enrolled students between the ages of 18 and 30 that live or reside within 150 miles of the Chicago Loop. yəhaw̓ is calling for writing and art from Indigenous people living in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska, and British Columbia. For its May issue, K'in seeks fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. ArtsWorcester is accepting artist proposals for ‘Paperphilia’ and its 18th Biennial. The Pinch seeks fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for online and print publication. During AWP weekend in Portland, Tin House is offering Craft Intensives. Hospitalfield is accepting residency applications from UK and UK-based artists. The Undocupoets Fellowship, hosted by Sibling Rivalry Press, will grant two $500 fellowships to undocumented or previously undocumented poets. Centrum’s Artist Residency Program accepts applications year-round. For NBR #20, NonBinary Review is seeking writing and art related to Clive Barker’s Books of Blood series. Dance Films Association seeks applicants for its Production Grant. Subtropics is calling for literary fiction, essays, and poetry. The 2019 Irving M. Klein International String Competition Competition, hosted by California Music Center, is open to violinists, violists, cellists, and bassists ages 15-23 who are not currently under professional management. Philadelphia’s Fleisher has openings for a Director of Programs, Executive & Development Assistant, Teaching Artists, and more. Black Mountain Institutes is seeking a Managing Editor to oversee all aspects of coordination and production for Witness. Submittable is seeking applicants for 11 open positions, including Director of Finance and Childcare Center Director. What We're Listening To The Submishmash Weekly playlist is updated every week: James Blake's ethereal, glitchy love letters, Caleb Elliott with a soundtrack for your mid-life crisis, a dedication to endurance from Helado Negro, and more. Be sure to follow us on Spotify for great tracks all year long. What We're Reading Engineering Manager Nick Kircos is reading Beyond Fair Chase, The Ethic and Tradition of Hunting, by Jim Posewitz: I didn’t grow up hunting. I moved to Montana 5 years ago from NYC and the first whitetail buck I killed was on a snowy morning in a dense snag of downed lodgepole pines. I was alone in the forest and I had just spooked some doe when a beautiful buck materialized right in front of me. I got lucky and it was an unethical shot to take—I wouldn’t take another shot like that again. I only wish that I had read Jim Posewitz’s book before going out that day. He eloquently describes the ethical choices hunters are faced with and I’ve learned what a unique privilege hunting on U.S. public lands is. As Posewitz says of the ancient sport, “it is a gift... appreciate it." 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