Opportunities

Are you a closet sci-tech geek?
Do you like to tinker with big ideas in literary ways?
Do you keep up with the latest fashions in theoretical physics?
Scriblerus Press is looking for short creative works inspired by STRING THEORY for an upcoming anthology.
Submit a poem, a short story, or a piece of creative nonfiction. We are most pleased by well-crafted work that engages STRING THEORY in an entirely original way. This may or may not mean science-fiction.
Complete guidelines are to be found at http://scriblerus.net

Any of you librarians out there in need of a job and willing to locate?

Job Title: Chief Librarian
Organization: Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions
Location: Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Description: Are you interested in putting your library science education and experience to work in one of today’s most challenging, interesting and rewarding environments? Torres Advanced Enterprise Solutions is recruiting for a Chief Librarian to manage the Detainee Library, under the direction of the Joint Task Force-Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

And all the bagels you can eat! More details below.

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For you travel writers out there, the Written Road has listed a contest and some job openings for your pleasure.

For my Chicago readers, the following information was forwarded to me by one of my mb colleagues: get moving!

Only one week left to submit a story to the first annual Penknife Press
Short Story Writing Contest. Here are the rules.
1. Eligibility: Entrant must be 21 years of age. Employees of Penknife
Press and agents and the immediate family (defined as parents, spouse,
children, siblings, grandparents) of each such employee, and all those with
whom such employees are domiciled, are NOT eligible. For contest
eligibility purposes, current Penknife Press authors and contest judges are
considered employees of Penknife Press.
2. Timing: Contest begins at 12:00:01 a.m. Chicago Time on Saturday,
July 15, 2006 and ends at 11:59:59 p.m. Chicago Time on Saturday, September
30, 2006.

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We could all use $3,000–and how often is it that you get rewarded for doing less instead of more? If you’ve written something amazing that’s under 1500 words, you could be a winner. Details here.

I received the following announcement–so it’s not an endorsement per se but it IS free to enter:

This Saturday, August 5th, the New York Television Festival is holding a special event at the Gotham Comedy Club as a part of its nationwide pitch contest. From 10 AM to 4 PM, you will have the opportunity to give a live, one-minute pitch of an original TV show, which will be entered into the 2006 NYTVF Pitch Contest for a chance to win $8000 from the Independent Film Channel and Rainbow Media. For more details about this competition, please visit the official site.
A video clip of your one-minute pitch will entered into the nationwide pool of entries received by the NYTVF Pitch Contest. From this pool, 50 entries will be selected as semifinalists, and their pitches will be placed on MSN TV starting the week of August 21st for viewers nationwide to watch and vote on. After all votes are tallied, ten lucky finalists will be invited to participate in a Final Pitch event live at the 2006 NYTVF. At this event, you will pitch your idea to a panel of network executives, and one winner will take home $8000 to finance a pilot of their original idea.
To reserve a spot to pitch your idea on Saturday, call 646-429-1423. If you have questions, email jeff@nytvf.com. Good
luck, and be creative!

For you science writers, get your submission in the mail today or tomorrow! You could win $3,000. You could use $3,000, couldn’t you?

This is your last chance to submit your entry for the
2006 AAAS Science Journalism Awards.
Submissions must be postmarked by or on TUESDAY,
1 August.
The contest year is 1 July 2005 to 30 June 2006. There is
no entry fee.
Each category winner will receive $3,000, to be presented
at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Annual Meeting in February 2007 in San Francisco, Calif.
To download a brochure and entry form, or to read the
most frequently asked questions, please go here

I just read the following from Dan Wickett, of the Emerging Writers Network. I couldn’t find word on whether Avery pays so this might be more for writers looking to get their first anthology publication than those looking to pay the rent:

I just stumbled upon a new publisher recently. They plan on publishing two anthologies per year and are looking for submissions, donations (they are a 501(c)3 not for profit entity), and other fun. Their website describes where they see the difference between the anthology and the literary journal, and while it might be a pretty fine line, it’s an interesting concept.
The first collection is going to have an excerpt from Stephen Dixon and a new story from Ander Monson.
Here’s a note from their editors:
“Avery, a new anthology of previously unpublished fiction, is currently accepting stories for its first edition. Avery 1 will include stories from Stephen Dixon and Ander Monson, and will be shot through with sharp fiction from promising new writers, young and old. Avery calls itself an anthology rather than a literary magazine because it is a book that wants to be read, rather than a repository for stories by writers waiting to
be published elsewhere. Avery is an end, not a means. For more information on submitting, donating, and subscribing, please visit www.averyanthology.org.”
So there you have it writers, one more place to submit, and readers, one more to subscribe.

“Ready to submit work to literary magazines, but feeling overwhelmed? Though the journals below are well-respected, many of them contributing to prize anthologies such as “Pushcart” and “Best American,” they are also open to new writers. Most literary magazines can be found in your local bookstore or ordered through the journal’s website, making it easy to familiarize yourself with the market.” (About)

Via the Written Road:

inTravel Magazine is a new online travel magazine and forum currently looking for freelance submissions on topics ranging from romantic places and unique cultural experiences to travel book reviews. They’re also looking for photos and longer features on personal travel experiences. They’re paying in t-shirts, but the site has a slick look and a fun-loving tone. In fact, they’re currently looking for entries in a “Funniest Travel Stories” contest, with unspecified prizes.
The deadline for the next issue is July 31st. Find submissions guidelines here.

The site also mentions a place called Pology that’s looking for submissions (unpaid but maybe a nice place to build up clips for beginners), plus a plug for Book Passage’s 2006 Travel Writers & Photographers Conference.