Month: March 2014

LAS 2014 Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) Program Taking Applications

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If you are interested in conducting research over the summer and are looking for financial support, this program is for you. Full-time undergraduate students in the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences have the opportunity to apply for the Summer Undergraduate Research Grant (SURG) program. If accepted to the program, students will be awarded a taxable stipend of $1500 to pursue research, scholarly, or creative projects over the summer. Students will design a project and develop a proposal.

Applicants should have a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 or higher and must be registered for at least 12 credit hours the spring preceding and the autumn following the summer in which the grant was awarded.

The annual application cycle closes on April 15th. You can access the online application at http://las.depaul.edu/Research/Undergraduate/GrantPrograms.asp.

Annual Nonfiction Prose Contest Seeks College Writers

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Arch Street Press is hosting a writing contest to find America’s best college writer of nonfiction. This contest is open to undergraduates and graduates between the ages of 18 and 30 who have not had a work of nonfiction prose published previously.  Each winner will receive a contract, a mentor, and $1,000 in cash. Arch Street Press is an independent nonprofit company interested in sparking interest in nonfiction writing and in supporting up and coming young writers. Interested writers should submit a manuscript of up to 5,000 words (no longer) and proof of college enrollment. Manuscripts can be submitted via email or mail. Additional submission instructions can be found at http://archstreetpress.org/arch-street-prize/.

 

Columbia College Seeking Submissions for CCLaP Journal

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CHICAGO AFTER DARK: A CITY ALL STAR STUDENT ANTHOLOGY

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, in conjunction with Columbia College, is proud to announce Chicago’s first-ever “City All Star” student anthology, a themed collection featuring work from over twenty different colleges and universities across the city and suburbs.

This year’s theme is “Chicago After Dark” (being released as a 300-page paperback book on September 15th), and they are looking for YOUR creative interpretations on this subject, whether narrative fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry. The submission process is free, and there is no minimum word count, with a maximum of around 5,000 words.

Contributors will receive a free copy of the book, will be able to order additional copies at their wholesale cost and will be offered numerous opportunities to perform across the city in the 2014-15 school year, both on college campuses and in commercial venues, including possible appearances on radio and television.

The latest deadline for submissions is June 1st, but the sooner your submission, the more consideration it will be given. All contributors will be paired with a member of CCLaP’s editorial team upon acceptance, and their piece given a professional editing before the book’s release.

Please send all submissions as a Microsoft Word or Open Office attachment to cclapcenter@gmail.com (and let them know you’re a DePaul student), or visit [www.cclapcenter.com/chicagoafterdark] for more information.

We look forward to seeing your own take on “Chicago After Dark,” whether funny or serious in tone, dark or light in subject matter.

InterMedia Outdoors is Seeking an Online Editorial Assistant

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Online Editorial Assistant

InterMedia Outdoors, Inc (Illinois)

The Online Editorial Assistant creates, builds, publishes and markets content to our portfolio of websites, social platforms and email lists. This role is the right hand for the online editor and should advise him/her on trends and new opportunities for story promotion, curation and optimization.

Responsibilities: Assist Online Editor in fulfilling brand’s online mission and voice. Create and/or upload and manage original content – photo galleries, video and audio. Reformat existing magazine content – copy, photos, graphics, etc., and upload to CMS. Help optimize content for search engine rankings by creating internal and external article links. Create and format photo galleries. Build and publish eNewsletters. Post stories to Brand’s Social Media outlets such as Facebook and Twitter. Identify additional outlets – forums, blogs etc – to post content to and generate discussion. Perform light graphics production and photo editing. Assists editors with daily tasks such as copy editing and posting of magazine stories in the CMS. Assists with the development and maintenance of the team’s editorial calendar. Moderate story comments, photo community comments and social media comments. Execute all administrative duties, schedule payments for writers and create an archive of necessary documentation. Support in the monitoring of website search engine strategies. Support in the standardization of all forms and documents.

Requirements: Passion for online journalism, content, online marketing and SEO. Knowledge of InDesign, Photoshop, other graphics programs and HTML. Technically proficient and able to quickly understand new workflows, publishing and content management platforms, WordPress and Brightcove. Strong interest in technology, marketing, website publishing/production and content creation. General interest in the outdoors, hunting, shooting or fishing. 4-year college degree.

To be considered, please send cover letter, resume and desired salary range.

 

General Information

Date Posted: March 10, 2014
Type: Full-time

Job Categories

Non Academic Position

Qualifications

Required Degree: BA
Preferred Degree: None

Genres

Editing/Publishing

For More Information

Apply Online

 

Outrageous Fortune Seeking Submissions

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Outrageous Fortune of Mary Baldwin College Wants Your Work

About Outrageous Fortune

Outrageous Fortune is the first online literary magazine created for undergraduates by undergraduates. It was begun by a group of students at Mary Baldwin College, where its headquarters are still situated.
We publish undergraduate writing and art, and we feature the creative work of MBC graduates in some of our pages.

Submission Guidelines

Outrageous Fortune publishes work by undergraduate writers and artists.  We accept poetry, short stories, chapters of novels, a variety of plays, essays, photography, and artwork. We do not accept previously published work.

Submissions should be sent as a Microsoft Word document or a .jpg attachment through e-mail to outrageousfortune@mbc.edu. The subject line of your e-mail should include whatever genre you are submitting — poetry, short story, play, etc. The body of your e-mail should contain your cover letter, including your name, your e-mail address, and the title of your piece. Please do not submit in more than one genre at a time, and please wait for our response to a submission before sending another.

Outrageous Fortune acquires first North American publication rights. All rights revert to the author after publication, though we request acknowledgement of first appearance in this journal.

Poetry:
You may submit up to five poems at a time—please be sure to format them as you want them to appear on screen. We are now accepting poetry videos!  If you have a video of yourself in front of a single-color background (wearing appropriate clothing, please!), please submit that with any submissions you send us.

Short Stories and Novel Excerpts:
Fiction should be double spaced, and novel excerpts should be self-contained. You may submit one piece at a time.

Plays, One-Acts, and Dramatic Monologues:
You may submit only one at a time, and be sure to format it as you would like the piece to appear. We are interested in a variety of genres from comedy to abstract.

Essays:
We are interested in all sorts of creative nonfiction, but we ask that you avoid sending literary criticism. Please submit one essay at a time.

Photography and Artwork:
Send up to five pieces at a time.

Tips:
An electronic submission is like any other submission in that the editors expect a polite, at least semi-formal, cover letter to introduce both writer and submitted material. The cover letter need not be long, but it should include those elements that one generally finds in a business communication: salutation, brief letter (including genre and titles), closing remarks, signature.

As a very general rule, we prefer text in formats that are easily reproduced:  block paragraphs, standard indentations, poems that are mostly left-justified.  This is not an absolute rule, but we prefer that creativity show in the content rather than the format.  Thank you in advance!

Be sure to indicate in your subject line what your submission genre is. Thank you for including these in your submissions to Outrageous Fortune!