tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8058368749879289712024-02-18T18:56:56.072-08:00My Mind Words Paperabout writers and moreMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comBlogger1353125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-48367149428452976832024-01-12T09:03:00.000-08:002024-01-12T09:03:07.016-08:00Deadline June 8 | The Bayeux-Calvados Award for War Correspondents (web journalism/ written press)Deadline: 8 June 2012The Bayeux-Calvados award for war correspondents rewards reports about a conflict situation or its impact on civilians, or news stories involving the defence of freedom and democracy. The report must have been made between 1 June 2011 and 31 May 2012. A €7,000 prize is awarded in each category. The categories of media represented are: radio – photography – television (short Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-11885896255787687922023-12-29T15:10:00.000-08:002023-12-29T15:10:56.779-08:00Free to Enter: Writers' College's My Writing Journey Competition (South Africa/ worldwide)Deadline: 30 June 2012 (noon)Are you a Writers’ College newsletter subscriber? Write us a 1000-word story about your journey as a writer. Make it funny, quirky and/or inspirational. We will publish the best story in our quarterly newsletter and on our blog. Plus the winner gets $200 (R1000 or £100).Send your story to nichola@nzwriterscollege.co.nz.Please note: This competition is only open to Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-81102019090202847352022-05-16T13:41:00.000-07:002022-05-16T13:41:19.215-07:00Associate Editor for Nature Publishing Group (Egypt)Nature Publishing Group (NPG) is a division of Macmillan Publishers Ltd, dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific and medical communities.Nature Arabic Edition has a vacancy for an Associate Editor.This exciting position involves working as part of a small editorial team on all aspects of the editorial process, including commissioning and editing review translations, writing Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-47995788237255021532022-05-14T14:27:00.000-07:002022-05-14T14:27:58.548-07:00Another Trip to MacaráWe just got back from yet another trip to the border town of Macará. It was the final leg of our year-long journey to obtain my resident visa. I have written a little about this process in previous posts, including the one about our trip to Quito last July and another about our trip to Peru last January. Well, last month, the migration office in Quito finally stamped my passport and I am now a Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-6126025056422182292018-08-12T16:49:00.001-07:002018-08-12T16:49:33.480-07:00POETRY COMPETITIONDeadline: 1 December 2012Youth for Human Rights International launched its global movement with an essay contest. The response to the call for essays describing the individual human rights was widespread and enthusiastic and brought attention to our organization with the goal of a world of cooperation and peace through human rights education. Local, regional or international contests are powerfulMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-27508131038849061402018-07-01T01:53:00.001-07:002018-07-01T01:53:27.842-07:00The TulipsDeadline: 30 November 2012We are interested in a wide variety of pieces, including (but not limited to) scholarly articles, short fiction, poetry, original translations of ancient texts, hymns, rituals, recipes, and artwork that pertains to Hera, her Roman counterpart Iuno (Juno), and her Etruscan counterpart Uni.We strongly encourage those interested in submitting to explore the many facets of Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-57131289640838510622018-04-04T07:28:00.000-07:002018-04-04T07:28:54.314-07:00Seeking Freelance Writers for July and October Edition: Metropole Magazine (Nigeria)METROPOLE, an Abuja-based lifestyle cum city guide magazine is looking for freelance writers for their July and October edition. Writers will conduct interviews, write stories or articles, as the case may be, in the following areas: finance, business, technology, real estate, health, arts and entertainment, food, people, places, fashion, beauty, sports.Are you a grounded writer in any of these Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-15981681195553022372012-06-07T21:34:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.491-07:00Opens June 15 | The 5th Annual Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival (Los Angeles)Date: 15 - 17 June 2012The Mixed Roots Film & Literary Festival will take place at the Japanese American National Museum in downtown Los Angeles (369 East First Street), June 15-17, 2012.The Festival celebrates stories of the Mixed experience and stories of multiracial Americans, the fastest growing demographic in the U.S. A free two-day public event, the Festival brings together film and Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-7726415021386575872012-06-07T21:32:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.530-07:00Deadline June 15 | University of Chicago's New Cosmic Frontiers International Science Essay Competition: ($50,000 top prize | worldwide)Deadline: 15 June 2012STUDENT ESSAY COMPETITION OVERVIEWThe New Cosmic Frontiers International Science Essay Competition On the Nature of our Universe and its Habitats is open to high school and college students. Its purpose is to inspire students to consider careers in science and to nurture their enthusiasm for the subject, and to engage young minds in creative, intellectual activities Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-6534011848249024802012-06-07T21:31:00.000-07:002017-08-02T15:23:38.548-07:00Harvest International welcomes poetry submissions in any languageDeadline: 15 June 2012In celebration of cultural unity and respect, Harvest International welcomes poetry submissions in any language. International contributors are welcomed to submit as well.Each issue, Harvest International awards two poetry prizes:Steve Whaley Poetry Prize — $200 — to the U. S. contributor whose poetry most eloquently expresses the human condition while promoting greater Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-62625733544336045492012-06-07T21:30:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.584-07:00Deadline June 15 | Call for Submissions: 2nd Issue of Bakwa Art and Culture Magazine (West Africa)Deadline: 15 June 2012The second issue of Bakwa will be themed and its focus will be on conversations/interviews. We are interested in conversations with artists which will highlight the process of creation as well as its impediments and challenges. Our aim is to give an insight to the personality of the artist which is usually obfuscated by art and second-guessed by criticism and speculation. WeMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-15382782473506469462012-06-07T21:28:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.594-07:00Deadline June 15 | United Nations Academic Impact Essay Writing Contest for University Students (worldwide)Deadline: 15 June 2012The United Nations Academic Impact (http://outreach.un.org/unai) and the Brookings Institution in Washington DC are launching a global contest for university students, inviting them to imagine a speech that would be made by the Secretary-General at the opening of the next session of the General Assembly.There is today a growing consensus concerning our global interdependenceMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-9608432675301422392012-06-07T21:27:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.607-07:00Deadline June 15 | Call for Plays by Writers of Middle-Eastern Descent: Noor Theatre (USA)Deadline: 15 June 2012We are pleased to announce a general call for submissions of new plays by writers of Middle-Eastern descent. Submissions will be considered for upcoming programming including the fall reading series, Highlight, as well as possible special events, workshops and commissions.SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:· We are accepting plays previously unproduced in New York City;· Only one Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-70844472652033489782012-06-07T21:26:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.619-07:00Deadline June 15 | Call for Contributions for Edited Volume - Comparative Mediterranean Modernisms: Pan-Mediterranean Artistic Exchange in LiteratureDeadline: 15 June 2012For centuries, the Mediterranean Sea has both divided and joined the many disparate nations, cultures, language groups and artistic traditions which flourished in the Mediterranean Basin: the Maghreb, Iberia, Southern Europe, the Balkans, the Levant and Egypt. As a dividing line and barrier to inter-cultural exchange, it has allowed each of these regions and their many Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-25619096255583345772012-06-07T21:23:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.631-07:00Deadline June 15 | The Inaugural AMYA Young Muslim Writers Awards 2012 (UK)Deadline: 15 June 2012The AMYA (Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association) Young Muslim Writers Awards was established in 2012 and seeks to support and encourage the creative and imaginative pens of young budding Muslim writers. It is further hoped that entrants, the thinkers of tomorrow, will be spurred on by the awards to use their pens to promote peace, respect and dignity – all essential qualities Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-4529964258567312462012-06-07T10:36:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.644-07:00The $1,900 ASiS International Essay and Poetry Writing Competition for Students (worldwide)Deadline: 30 June 2012This competition is organized by SM Sains Alam Shah (Alam Shah Science School), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ASiS) and aims to encourage young writers to express their thoughts and views on a given theme in both prose and poetry.THE ORGANISER: SM Sains Alam Shah (Alam Shah Science School), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (ASiS).THEME: Patriotism: A Global PerspectiveTopic for the Essay Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-87999421543705085342012-06-07T09:36:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.660-07:00The First Annual Tu Books New Vision Award ($1,000 prize | US-resident writers of color)Deadline: 30 October 2012TU BOOKS, the fantasy, science fiction, and mystery imprint of LEE & LOW BOOKS, award-winning publisher of children’s books, is pleased to announce the first annual NEW VISIONS AWARD. The NEW VISIONS AWARD will be given for a middle grade or young adult fantasy, science fiction, or mystery novel by a writer of color. The Award winner receives a cash grant of $1000 andMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-89276658104679250762012-06-06T23:45:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.677-07:00The $1,500/ £1,000 Pure Travel Writing Competition 2012 (worldwide)Deadline: 31 October 2012(Note: The competition is open to travelers worldwide aged 18 and over.)Write and tell us about The place you didn't want to be. It could have been a long, tortuous journey, an embarrassing moment or a dangerous situation. Perhaps you were presented with food you'd rather not eat or a bed you'd rather not sleep in.Make us laugh, cry, sympathise or cringe.Entries should beMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-28580543022010936482012-06-06T22:57:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.691-07:00Deadline Extended | Transform Your Thesis into a Magazine Article: “Share Your Science” Writing Contest 2012 (€250 prize | worldwide)Deadline: 8 July 2012We've heard you loud and clear about how busy you are with your thesis and the lack of time to compete in our contest. In an effort to give all students the opportunity to join our 'Share Your Science' writing contest, we're extending the deadline!THE COMPETITIONHonestly, how many people have read your thesis? Four? Five maybe? And we bet that number includes both your Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-44896364193050229022012-06-06T22:50:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.703-07:00Call for Essays for Edited Book - Deconstructing Dolls: The Many Meanings of Girls’ Toys & Play (Peter Lang Press | worldwide)Deadline: 1 August 2012Dolls are ubiquitous cultural forms that serve as central objects through which girlhoods everywhere are mediated, constructed, performed, negotiated, and contested. Deconstructing Dolls: The Many Meanings of Girls’ Toys and Play is the first scholarly collection that aims to shed collective light on the meanings of dolls in the lives of girls in the US and around the worldMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-14464848807065064162012-06-06T21:37:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.714-07:00Deadline June 14 | Job Opening: Assistant Editor - English for Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (Kenya)Deadline: 14 June 2012The Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) is a Company Limited by guarantee and having no share capital. It is a leading educational publisher established by the Government of Kenya in 1966 and mandated to advance education and knowledge through competitive publishing and provision of scholarships. The latter are extended to bright needy secondary school children.In pursuit of its Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-91375703373356281572012-06-06T07:56:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.725-07:00Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania - Students Green Journey Essay Competition ($200 prize | Tanzania)Youth of United Nations Association of Tanzania (YUNA) in partnership with AYICC, Students Green Journey and other partners announce an essay competition for secondary schools and higher learning institutions on the topics listed below. First, Second and the Third Winner from each category will be awarded 200 US Dollars in total, and certificates of participation will be awarded to 5 best entriesMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-14755525884424829392012-06-06T07:45:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.735-07:00Lesleigh Innis and Outis Short Story Contest (Kenya)Deadline: 6 July 2012Aren’t we all tired of being boxed and punched into, “the African writer must write poverty p0rn to be successful” casket? It is time…no actually; it is way past time for us to write about those little geeks and five legged mathematicians in our head. It is time to write stories that rely more on our imagination than on the circumstances around us and the problems that we areMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-11992363398278765272012-06-06T07:38:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.749-07:00Open to Environmental Bloggers/ Journalists Worldwide: The IUCN - Thomson Reuters Media Award 2012Deadline: 15 June 2012Established in 1998 by Thomson Reuters Foundation and IUCN, the Award aims to raise global awareness of environmental and sustainable development issues by encouraging high standards in environmental reporting worldwide.THE PRIZEThe winner of the 2012 IUCN - Thomson Reuters Environmental Media Award will receive an all expenses paid trip to Jeju Island, South Korea to attendMario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805836874987928971.post-48528955482197875622012-06-06T07:33:00.000-07:002017-07-26T03:34:02.764-07:00Call for Books by Women about African Women: The Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize 2012 (free to enter | $500 prize)Deadline: 30 June 2012It is with great pleasure that we announce the open call for submissions for this year's Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize.The Aidoo-Snyder book prize is awarded by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association for an outstanding book published by a woman that prioritizes African women’s experiences. Named in honor of Ama Ata Aidoo, the celebrated Ghanaian novelist and Mario Swanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02362273069069681717noreply@blogger.com