My Mind Words Paper [2012-05-27] 

  • Deadline: 30 June 2012The Banff Mountain Book Competition is an internationally recognized literary competition that will celebrate its 19th year in 2012. Winners will be announced during the Book Awards at the 2012 Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival in November.2012 BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK COMPETITION CATEGORIESPrizes will be awar…

  • Deadline: 21 June 2012Edge of Arabia and Dar al-Ma’mûn are launching a new partnership involving artist residencies and translation projects. The first steps in this collaboration are a residency at Dar al-Ma’mûn for Saudi artist Abdulnasser Gharem, as well as an Arabic edition of Henry Hemming’s monograph on his work, published i…

  • Deadline: 3 September 2012Created in 1989, the International URTI Radio Grand Prix rewards programmes from the whole world for their efforts of research and originality. It is different from the other international competitions because of an original principle: each year a different theme is proposed to the participants and left t…

  • The Cleantech Innovation Essay Contest (PLN5,000/ $1,400* top prize | worldwide)

    Deadline: 22 August 2012(Note: The prize is PLN5,000 or roughly $1,400 based on PLN1: $0.28 conversion rate. The contest is open to any person of any nationality who is under the age of 35 by the start of the contest.)Imagine this: you are a young woman who just gave birth. The nurse comes in and asks you, “Would you like to plant…

  • Deadline: 3 September 2012Editors Carolyne Wright and Eugenia Toledo invite women poets of all nationalities, backgrounds and job descriptions to submit up to 5 poems for an anthology, Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace. Send hard copies to Carolyne Wright, 13741 15th Avenue NE, #C-7, Seattle, WA 98125 USA.T…

  • A Black women's website is looking for writers with a critical eye and a humorous bent to pen slideshows and essays. Slideshows require finding photos and writing 6-8 paragraphs. Pay is $35 per slideshow. You should be familiar with popular culture and especially African American popular culture.All interested candidates should em…

  • Deadline: 6 June 2012SALTO-YOUTH EUROMED is looking for 1 author for the study, "Youth work in Tunisia after the revolution". This publication will be part of the new collection dedicated to the Youth Work in Meda countries.This collection aims to support the cooperation within EuroMed area providing a depth reflection about the n…

  • The New Age is looking for a general news reporter based in the Eastern Cape to cover the Eastern Cape area, with a minimum of five years' experience on a national or regional paper, a proven track record of breaking original stories and an excellent contact book. The successful candidate must be a self-starter and be able to work…

  • JOY! Magazine seeks to glorify God by educating, informing and promoting the Biblical Worldview and application of the Lordship of Jesus Christ in all areas of life.SUB-EDITOR/EDITORIAL ASSISTANTSomerset WestREQUIREMENTS:Qualified, experienced, energetic, thorough, dynamic lady required.Theological studies and journalism/writing d…

  • Deadline: 20 July 2012In not more than 1500, words write on any of the three:(1) The Predatory State: Its Origins and Implications for Economic Growth.(2) Statism (State Interventionism) or Free Markets: An essential ingredient in Africa’s Economic growth? (3). Protectionism or Trade: Alternatives for Africa's economic growth.The …

  • All fiction must be submitted through our online submission system, located at nightmare-magazine.com/submissions. Please do not email your submissions.Our submissions form asks for your name, email address, cover letter, story title, and story. Your cover letter should contain the length of your story, your publishing history, an…

  • Deadline: 7 June 2012The European Institutes for Advanced Study (EURIAS) Fellowship Programme is an international researcher mobility programme offering 10-month residencies in one of the 14 participating Institutes: Berlin, Bologna, Brussels, Bucharest, Budapest, Cambridge, Helsinki, Jerusalem, Lyons, Nantes, Paris, Uppsala, Vien…

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012(The Speculative Literature Foundation is a global organization/ has a global scope. While the founders/members currently only have the resources to address English-language or English-translated material, they're reserving the right to expand their scope in the future.)The SLF Older Writers Grant is awarded a…

  • Deadline: 1 August 2012We are currently accepting submissions for our upcoming anthology.Please note: If you have previously sent a submission and have not received a response please resend your submission. A technical issue has prevented CP from receiving these emails. Send all submissions to readmynovel [at] gmail [dot] com.SCIE…

  • Call for Submissions for QZine: Special Issue on Young African LGBTI Artists, Innovators and Trendsetters

    Deadline: 31 July 2012There is a saying that poverty breeds innovation. Perhaps this could also be said of injustice. As human beings, our will to survive against all odds is one of our most distinct characteristics. For people who face oppression, discrimination, and limited visibility, staying merely alive is an everyday achieve…

  • Scifia is a science fiction publishing entity committed to promoting best practices among human beings for furthering the development of the consciousness and technological prowess of the human race.THE YES-YES LISTScifia is open to most subgenres. This includes hard scifi, political scifi, psychological scifi, sci-comedy, sci-hor…

  • Deadline: 30 June 2012Second Wind Publishing invites you to submit an entry to our holiday short story contest.Entries are to be holiday stories of any genre that mention a food of some kind. (The food item can be a focus of the story or simply a prop.) The winner will be included in Second Helpings, a short story/recipe anthology…

  • Deadline: 31 August 2012Colleagues are warmly invited to submit contributions for volume 13 of New Readings, to be published no later than 31 August 2013. Contributions should be received by 31 August 2012, so that the editorial decision can be communicated before 30 November 2012.New Readings is a peer-reviewed, open-access e-jou…

  • Deadline: 1 July 2012Corruption is an inevitable part of political life, in countries rich and poor. In India, a Transparency International study finds that 55 percent of citizens have had firsthand experience with bribing government officials. In Buenos Aires, Argentina, storeowners pay police officers protection money to “watch …

  • BLACKBERRY: a magazine aims to be a premier literary magazine featuring African-American women writers and artists*. Its goal is to expose readers to the diversity of the black woman's experience and strengthen the black female voice in both the mainstream and independent markets.BLACKBERRY: a magazine is seeking all forms of poet…

  • (Note: Individuals should ascertain their eligibility to work in the UK in this post before applying for a London based job with Amnesty International by using the points based calculator at http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/pointscalculator.)As a research-based campaigning organization, investigating and documenting human rights i…

  • Deadline: 11 June 2012Business Hallmark, Nigeria’s leading financial information provider is urgently recruiting a DEPUTY EDITORJOB REQUIREMENTApplicants for the above position should posses the requisite professional qualifications and cognate experience, including first degree or its equivalent. A graduate degree will be an adva…

  • Deadline: 1 June 201224.com, based in Cape Town, requires an sub editor/content producer for South Africa's leading financial website, Fin24.JOB OUTPUTS:• Good knowledge of current affairs, business and economic news.• Work on the CMS to edit and post articles on the website.• Edit pictures and if necessary videos to post on the w…

  • Deadline: 8 June 2012Evolving African Film Cultures: Local and Global Experiences, a conference organised by the Africa Media Centre, University of WestminsterDate: Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 November 2012Venue: University of Westminster, Regent Campus, 309 Regent Street, London, W1B 2UWThis is the first call for papers for a two-d…

  • Date: 22 June 2012 (auditions), 23 June 2012 (finals)The African Poet is proud to bring the National Slam Poetry Competition in place of the TV reality show which has come under many challenges. The Slam competition is free and will hold on the 22nd and 23rd of June in Abuja. The star prize is N100, 000 and many cash prizes for ot…

  • This is a call for writers who share a passionate interest in art, design and visual culture. The AF Project is in English and the journal is intended to be broad with an international focus."The AF Project" (www.theafproject.com) is the online journal of Art Founders Inc. and its subsidiary groups. The AF Project publishes on a b…

  • Deadline: 15 August 2012UCT’s Centre for African Studies and its interdisciplinary postgraduate, peer-reviewed journal, postamble, invite you to submit papers, photographic essays and book reviews that address the formations and expressions of counter- cultures in Africa.We understand ‘counter-cultures’ as zones of emergent respon…

  • Date: 12 June 2012Allaboutwriting is proud to present their third Getting Published workshop with David Chislett in Johannesburg on the evening of Tuesday 12 June. Unlike most writing courses this short course looks at what you need to be doing and thinking about while writing (and after) in order to get published.The digital revo…

  • Deadline: 15 September 2012 (12nn)(Note: The Boise 150 Book Project seeks written contributions from anyone, from anywhere, of any age, regardless of national origin.)Boise's story is as diverse and complex as the people who have made Boise home for the past 150 years. As the city commemorates its sesquicentennial in 2013, the yea…

  • Deadline: 30 January 2013Leaf Press is gathering poems for an anthology about the newly born, the almost born, the journey in-between. We are interested in thresholds and liminal states; in moments that transcend global cultures. We welcome poems from all the continents, asking only that they be accompanied by a translation to Eng…

  • Deadline: 5 June 2012Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following position in the Federal College of Education, Katsina.Position: Lecturer ISalary Scale: CONPACASS 05 N1823167, N2578127Department: English (Literature)QUALIFICATIONSApplicant must be a holder of Ph.D with at least 3 years experience …

  • Scheduled June 5 | Barefoot Wine Presents 'Books & Brunch' Literary Workshop (Orlando Black Pride. Florida)

    Date: 5 June 2012Join Kat Williamd from Sippin on Ink and feed your literary appetite as she talks with some of our best LGBTQ Authors on writing and how to get published. Guests will have the opportunity to chat with the authors and purchase books for signing before listening to author presentations over brunch.Tickets for the ev…

  • Deadline: 5 June 2012Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the following position in the Federal College of Education, Katsina.Position: Assistant LecturerSalary Scale: CONPACASS 01 N1073217, N1589508Department: Arabic LiteratureQUALIFICATION:Applicant must be a holder of good honour degree or equivalent …

  • Deadline: 5 June 2012Each chapter should combine theoretical considerations & practical problems affecting women. We welcome chapters devoted to the following topics (but not limited to):- Women`s Rights (legal studies, case studies)- Women`s Rights & Conflict- Sexual violence- Women`s Rights & Migration (displacement, refugees)- …

  • Deadline: 30 June 2012Over the last few years, ANPAS, also through the support of important European networks like Samaritan International (SAMI) and the European Center for Volunteering (CEV), has developed a particular attention to European policies in the belief that our country can be a bridge to the countries of the Mediterra…

  • A thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization, NPR produces award-winning news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations across the nation. NPR listeners value information, creativity, curiosity, and social responsibility – our employees do too. Innovators and leader…

  • Deadline: 25 June 2012Private Media Mart Limited, publishers of TechBrandReview and InsuranceTech Africa newsletters is seeking the services of an Assistant Editor.Applicant must not be more than 40yrs with a University Degree or HND in Mass Communications, English or Humanities. Journalism experience is a MUST, but a natural mark…

  • Deadline: 20 July 2012The Anna Lindh Foundation officially launched the 6th edition of the Mediterranean Journalist Award. The contest which will run until 20 July 2012, is open for journalists nationals of the 42 countries of the Union for the Mediterranean.Organised by Anna Lindh Foundation in collaboration with the COPEAM, The …

  • Deadline: 31 May 2012A USAID contractor is seeking CVs of qualified persons for its consultant roster for potential short-term work on an ongoing project focused on civic education, citizen engagement and community strengthening.WRITER/ EDITORProject design and managementConsultants with particular background/ expertise in civil s…

  • Deadline: 29 May 2012Application Process for CCMP Fellowship programme 2012 is now open until closing on 29 May, 2359 GMT.The Climate Change Media Partnership (CCMP) is proud to announce the launch of a Fellowship program that will send journalists to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Doha (COP18) in late 2012. The F…

  • Deadline: 31 October 2012A biennial award of £1,000, financed by a bequest made by Miss Nellie Tom-Gallon in memory of her brother. The award must be made to a writer of fiction who has had at least one short story accepted for publication, and who has serious writing ambitions.The submitted story should be traditional, rather tha…

  • Deadline: 31 August 2012CiS is an international network of those concerned with the relationship between science and Christian faith, open to scientists, teachers, students and all those with an interest in this dialogue.The subject up for discussion is Science and Faith and essays can address any topic which falls under this gene…

  • Deadline: 21 June 2012A Midsummer Tale is open to non-genre1 fiction and creative non-fiction. Stories entered in A Midsummer Tale should take place during a warm time of the year.The theme of the 2012 A Midsummer Tale writing contest is: Snail Mail.Entries to A Midsummer Tale 2012 must involve an old-school letter, greeting card …

  • Deadline: 30 June 2012Blue Mountain Arts announces its Twentieth Biannual Poetry Card Contest. Aside from the prizes below, the winning poems will be displayed on our website sps.com.1st prize: $300 * 2nd prize: $150 * 3rd prize: $50POETRY CONTEST GUIDELINES:Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming, although we find that non-rhyming po…

  • Deadline: 16 July 2012Mizna continuously seeks original writing for upcoming publications. The deadline for submitting work to be considered for the next issue is July 16, 2012. We welcome submissions on Arab-American themes that reflect the diversity of our community, and we are interested in work that surprises and challenges th…

  • Deadline: 31 August 2012Cruentus Libri Press is pleased to announce its forthcoming anthology, now open for submission.The Dark Side of the Womb: From Their Cradle to Your Grave is a horror anthology themed around those scariest of monsters – children.WHAT WE WANTTerrifying toddlers and chill-inducing children; bloodthirsty babies…

  • Deadline: 20 July 2012frieze magazine is inviting entries for the Frieze Writer’s Prize 2012.Frieze Writer’s Prize was established in 2006 and is presented annually. The aim of the prize is to discover, promote and encourage new critics from across the world, and many of the previous winners and commended entrants have gone on to …

  • Date: 4 June 2012 (5pm)Mit ihrer Vielseitigkeit personifiziert die kenianische Spoken Word-Dichterin Ngwatilo Mawiyoo die facettenreiche, bunte Poesieszene Kenias: Gedichte werden dort in Radiosendungen vorgestellt, Blogs, youtoube und social media sind von Gedichten durchströmt, die Szene ist äußerst aktiv und innovativ. Gedichte…

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