Body Image & Waist Beads Stories
Spoken Black Girl x Fitbeads
DEADLINE: April 8, 2022
INFO: Spoken Black Girl and Fitbeads 2022 are coming together to amplify stories about body image and the use of waist beads across the Diaspora. We are looking for all different forms from essays to poetry and short stories.
Submissions can respond to either of these 2 prompts (if it can answer both we're especially excited to hear from you):
1) Tell us about your body image journey. How has your relationship with your body changed over time? How has your body changed? We are seeking stories of transition and growth (ex. after childbirth, puberty, menopause or other major shifts). We are looking for stories that capture your truth, and there's no one way to express that truth, so be creative!
2) What do waist beads represent in your culture? What are the names people call them and the ways people use them? Does your family have any traditions around waist beads and how were you first introduced to them? What purpose have they served on your journey? We are creating a space for cross-cultural understanding across the Diaspora. Through telling our waist bead and body stories, we can connect over what brings us together.
COMPENSATION:
$100 + Publication for the best story
Publication to 2 runner-ups
Spoken Black Girl Publishing strives for equality and representation within the publishing and mental health and wellness industries by publishing the voices of Black women and women of color writers and providing affordable workshops, educational events, services, and empowering media with the purpose of breaking the mental health stigma in communities of color while leveling the playing field in publishing. It is our belief that all voices deserve to be heard, and our team is dedicated to bringing quality and value to our audience. Through sharing stories that heal and creating an outlet for marginalized voices to be heard, we hope to change the discourse on mental health in communities of color.
Fitbeads is a self-love platform centered around waist beads and their ability to uplift, enrich, and encourage self-care. We cultivate conversations about culture, history, and meaning, while also creating spaces for personal connection and self-discovery. We go beyond just providing waist beads and into the actual meaning behind the practice. Rather than exoticize or tokenize African culture, we want to bridge the gap between those aware and unaware of its traditions while also making space for new conversations about the body.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeNI4NNJP34a86QttqTHBT73Yq-w65vB-URal25MfjN_KUSlw/viewform
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2022 James Baldwin Literary Prize
Taint Taint Taint Magazine
DEADLINE: April 11, 2022
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: TAINT TAINT TAINT Magazine's 2022 James Baldwin Literary Prize is now open for submissions. We are excited to announce Deesha Philyaw as the Fiction judge and Randall Horton as the Non Fiction judge for this year.
PRIZE:
One winner for the $500 prize will be selected from each genre.
Three runner-ups from each genre will receive honorable mention and special feature publication in TTT Magazine!
Finalists will be announced in early June 2022.
THEME: “Artists are here to disturb the peace. They have to disturb the peace. Otherwise, chaos.”
GUIDELINES:
We strongly encourage you to read Taint Taint Taint's Mission Statement prior to submitting.
All Fiction, Non Fiction, Essays and excerpts of longer works should be no more than 5,000 words.
Pages should be numbered and include your first and last name for all genres.
Please submit prose as a .Doc or Docx file format, double spaced, 12 point font (Times New Roman).
tainttainttaintmagazine.submittable.com/submit
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MINERAL SCHOOL RESIDENCY
Mineral School
DEADLINE: April 15, 2022
INFO: Mineral School is an artists residency located in a former 1947 elementary school near Mt. Rainier, in Mineral, Washington. During 2022, we’ll offer residency to a total of 24 creative people, including seven folks rescheduling from 2020’s canceled sessions. Among the 17 residents we can accept in 2022, we expect up to 14 writers and up to three visual artists. We’ll host three two-week residency periods and two special one-week residency sessions for Spanish-language writers in September and for parent artists in October.
We provide accepted applicants with space and time to create new work without the interruptions of normal life and with the bonus of healthy meals prepared by culinary volunteers using locally-grown organic produce and eggs where possible. Each resident will live in an 800-square foot former classroom that offers peekaboo views of Mineral Lake and Mt. Rainier, and that will double as their writing studio, with desk and chair, lighting, bookcase, and lots of chalkboards. The school building has shared bathrooms with showers. Residents are served all meals daily (plus 24/7 access to a snack fridge and coffee/tea station), and will have the opportunity to share work with the public. Mineral features a fishing lake, boat rentals (or our kayaks), some in-town hiking trails, a bar, a B&B, a general store, churches, a post office, and many deer. It's a 25-minute drive to the Ashford/Nisqually entrance to Mt. Rainier National Park.
Visiting authors and artists: During each residency, special guests will visit and present work. Typically, alumni presenters visit and in some cases bring with them a special guest artist they've chosen to introduce to Mineral. Due to continued precautions related to COVID-19. we may host these activities online.
2022 RESIDENCY DATES:
Residency sessions with openings will be held during the following two-week time periods:
July 31-August 14, 2022 (all genres)
August 28-September 11, 2022 (all genres)
September 17-September 25 (Spanish-language writers session with Seattle Escribe)
October 1-October 9, 2022 (parent writers/artists in all genres)
October 23-November 7, 2022 (all genres)
RESIDENCY FELLOWSHIPS:
During 2022, we are able to offer 12 fellowships so writers and artists may attend residency at no cost. Otherwise, two-week residency costs $425 (mixed-genre residencies) and one-week sessions (for parent artists) cost $250.
Seattle Escribe celebrates Spanish literature and supports poets and writers who produce literature in Spanish. This year Seattle Escribe and Mineral School are partnering to offer a Spanish-specific writing residency to support four writers from within the United States so that they may attend a one-week all-Spanish residency during the third week of September 2022, during the heart of Hispanic Heritage Month. Poetry or prose writers who write, think, and speak fluent Spanish may apply. The fellowships also include travel assistance from points between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA along the I-5 corridor, if needed.
June Dodge Fellowships are open to poets or writers from the Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon) and whose work is inspired by adventure, travel, the outdoors, and a feisty won't-give-up spirit. Though named for a woman, applicants of any gender may apply! These fellowships fund a two-week residency and include transit to Mineral from Portland, Seattle, or points between on I-5.
The Tahoma Literary Review Fellowship will offer one writer of poetry or prose who identifies as part of the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color) community support for a two-week residency. The awarded recipient's work will also be published in the Tahoma Literary Review, which is supporting this fellowship and publication to recognize and uplift BIPOC voices. The fellowship also includes travel assistance from points between Portland, OR and Seattle, WA along the I-5 corridor, if needed.
The Mona Lisa Roberts Visual Artist Fellowship supports a two-week residency for one visual artist who self-identifies as LGBTQ+ and lives in the Pacific Northwest (Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington) or the provinces of western Canada (British Columbia, Alberta, Yukon). This fellowship funds a two-week residency any month and transit from Seattle, Portland, or points between. Depending on the medium and artist preference, the artist can work in the studio room where they sleep, spread out in the gym, or make the most of the outdoors.
The Erin Donovan Writing Fellowship supports one woman writer at midlife. A fan of small town culture, travel, dive bars, nature, wordplay, and late-night talks about the meaning of life, Erin Donovan lived with abandon. Her friends and family co-created a fellowship in her memory open to applicants from the states where Erin lived. This residency is open to a woman-identifying writer of poetry or prose living in Massachusetts, New York, Washington, or Oregon, who is at least 40, and whose writing expresses wit and compassion. This fellowship funds the two-week residency fee and offers travel reimbursement upon proof of travel purchase or mileage, up to $175 (OR/WA) or $400 (NY/MA).
mineralschool.submittable.com/submit
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Arts Writing Residency
The Black Embodiments Studio / Burnaway / The Luminary
DEADLINE: April 15, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST
INFO: The Black Embodiments Studio (Seattle, WA), Burnaway (Atlanta, GA) and The Luminary (St. Louis, MO) are partnering on an arts writing residency that embeds an arts writer in St. Louis’ Black arts communities!
The Arts Writing Residency is a joint endeavor that advances our long-standing commitments to arts writing as a necessary component to healthy arts communities—and reflects their beliefs that arts writing can and should be supportively cultivated and adequately compensated.
To this end, the residents will be hosted at The Luminary, their writing practice will be guided by The Black Embodiments Studio, and their work will be published by Burnaway. The Arts Writing Residency will provide a structure of support for two writers to enter into and engage with St. Louis’ Black artists, and with museums, galleries, and events that feature and support them.
The writers will receive housing accommodations in The Luminary’s residency apartment for one month, a $3,250.00 stipend to support their writing, and $350.00 travel stipend.
APPLICATION: The Arts Writing Residency is a pilot program. As such, one resident will be selected from an application process only open to people who have already participated in The Black Embodiments Studio Arts Writing Incubator, or who will have completed their participation in Spring 2022. The second resident will be selected from an open call process, the eligibility of which is described below.
All applicants will pitch for how they will spend their time in residence. To be eligible for consideration, all pitches must thoughtfully and critically engage with St. Louis’ Black arts community. Applicants could propose, but are not limited to:
Publishing a weekly or biweekly column
Developing and publishing in-depth profiles of 2+ Black artists
Conducting interviews to be in conversation with St. Louis Black creatives
Writing a review of 2+ exhibitions, performances, or programs in St. Louis
Experimenting with arts writing and offer a new form
A combination of the above
Applications will be juried by an anonymous panel of three people. Notification will be sent out to everyone who applied by April 30, 2022.
RESOURCES + RESPONSIBILITIES: Each resident receives a $3,250.00 stipend for their arts writing project and a $350.00 travel stipend. The travel stipend is to cover roundtrip travel from their home base to St. Louis. The Arts Writers Residency will also sponsor the open call resident to attend Burnaway’s Art Writing Incubator, a five-week program which equips participants with tools for producing considered criticism. (The BES-affiliated resident will not attend Burnaway’s Art Writing Incubator, as they’ve already progressed through BES’s Incubator.)
The Black Embodiments Studio, Burnaway, and The Luminary will provide the resident editorial support and on-site resources.
In reciprocity, each resident will:
spend one month hosted at The Luminary’s residency apartment in June 2022 or July 2022;
dive into the St. Louis arts community and attend studio visits, informal discussions, and local programming, with the guidance of The Luminary.
research and write at least two pieces of arts writing on a St. Louis artist or arts event to be published by Burnaway in Fall 2022.
A note on accommodations: The Luminary has an on-site three-bedroom apartment with a shared common space including a full kitchen, bathroom, living room, dining room, and laundry. At times, there may be an overlap with other visiting artists and writers. In consideration of COVID-19, The Luminary prioritizes residents’ comfort while also creating a generative space for practitioners of different backgrounds to informally gather.
ELIGIBILITY:
To be eligible for The Arts Writers Residency, applicants must be:
based in the United States;
at least twenty-two years of age;
an individual;
have a demonstrated interest and engagement in the arts, particularly in arts writing;
submitting an arts writing project focused on St. Louis-based artists or the St. Louis arts community.
Students are also eligible to apply.
Applicants will not be considered if they:
apply as part of a collective or group proposal;
submit a project for fiction writing, however experimental arts writing is encouraged;
submit a project to write about The Luminary and its projects.
This residency intends to nurture new voices and break down barriers to participate in the arts writing community. A history of publications is not required, but a demonstrated commitment in past work to a critical writing practice and/or arts advocacy is.
TIMELINE:
Call Opens - March 1, 2021
Application Due - April 15, 2022
Applicants Notified - May 15, 2022
Available Summer Residency Dates - June 1 through July 31, 2022
Available Fall Residency Dates - September 15 - November 15, 2022
How to Apply and Selection Procedure
Applicants must apply by April 15, 2022 at 11:59 PM PST.
Kemi Adeyemi, Director of The Black Embodiments Studio, Stephanie Koch, Gallery Director of The Luminary, and the Burnaway Editorial Staff will review applications alongside a panel who represents the arts writing community. This group will choose the residents based on a rubric built on equity and the capacity for the applicant to realize their proposed project.
Applications can be addressed and sent to Stephanie Koch at stephanie@theluminaryarts.com. This contact is also available for any questions about the application or accommodations for accessibility.
The application and samples must be submitted either via a single PDF with page numbers, file naming convention: Last NameFirst NameThe Arts Writing Residency.pdf. Partially completed applications will not be reviewed. Please submit the below information:
In a cover sheet, share personal information:
Header: The Arts Writing Residency
First and Last Name
Email Address
Website (not required)
City and State
Your availability for a one-month residency stay in St. Louis within the time frame of June 1 - July 31, 2022, and September 15 - November 15, 2022.
In 500 words or less, respond to the following prompt: The function of The Arts Writing Residency is to create discourse around St. Louis' Black arts scenes—and during your residency, you will be a key interlocutor between these scenes, Burnaway’s readers, and readers nationwide. How do you understand the function of arts writing in this scenario? What is generative (and challenging) about using arts writing to create connections around Black art within and beyond St. Louis?
In 300 words or less, pitch an arts writing project to be published by Burnaway and speak to how this pitch reflects your intellectual and/or ethical commitments to arts writing.
Submit a writing sample (exhibition statement, article, short essay, or relevant student paper, etc.). 10 pages max and uploaded as a single PDF.
Note: To be eligible for consideration, all pitches must thoughtfully and critically engage with St. Louis’ Black arts community. Applicants could propose, but are not limited to:
Publishing a weekly or biweekly column
Developing and publishing in-depth profiles of 2+ Black artists
Conducting interviews to be in conversation with St. Louis Black creatives
Writing a review of 2+ exhibitions, performances, or programs in St. Louis
Experimenting with arts writing and offering a new form
A combination of the above
blackembodiments.org/besxluminary-arts-writing-residency
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WRITING FELLOWSHIP FOR NEW PARENTS
Pen Parentis
DEADLINE: April 17, 2022
INFO: One talented writer who is the parent of at least one child under 10 years old will receive $1000 to further their writing career, a year of mentorship, and will be offered the opportunity to read their winning story at the Pen Parentis Literary Salon on Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (election day madness!–online, or in-person if bookstore events have resumed) Their winning story will also be published in Dreamers Creative Writing Magazine (both online and in print) as well as included in the annual Dreamers Writing Anthology. See FAQ for even more on the prize!
Submissions call for a new, never-published fiction story—any genre, on any subject—of up to 603 words, double-spaced in Times New Roman 12 point or similar font, with one inch margins.
Please note: we change word count each year because one of the goals of this project is to keep parents working — motivating all writers to continue to create new high-quality creative writing at the very busiest time of the parenting journey. We keep word count intentionally low. Write something new! You can do it!
THINGS TO REMEMBER:
Put only the title of the story and its word count on the manuscript. Nothing to identify the writer. Please number your pages!
On that note: Judging is blind and based only on the following criteria:
adherence to contest rules
creativity
narrative arc
emotional truth
elements of surprise, humor, writing skill, and/or layers of depth.
All genres and styles of unpublished fiction are welcome. No plays or poetry (we love them, but sorry, no.) Novel excerpts are acceptable only if they can stand alone as a story – do not tell us it is a novel excerpt until you win, including in the file name and cover letter.
Simultaneous submissions ok, but notify if published elsewhere. Multiple submissions welcome, but separate entry fee for each submission (see above). Entry fees will not be refunded.Previous Pen Parentis Fellows and Juror’s Prize winners are not eligible if they received a cash prize.
penparentis.org/fellowships/guidelines/
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The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize
The American Literary Translators Association
DEADLINE: April 18, 2022
INFO: The Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, which was inaugurated in 2009, recognizes the importance of Asian translation for international literature and promotes the translation of Asian works into English. Stryk was an internationally acclaimed translator of Japanese and Chinese Zen poetry, renowned Zen poet himself, and former professor of English at Northern Illinois University.
AWARD: This $6,000 prize will be awarded annually, and the winning translators and books are featured at the annual ALTA conference. Both translators and publishers are invited to submit titles.
Recent winners include Red Pine (2010), Charles Egan (2011), Lucas Klein (2013), Jonathan Chaves (2014), Eleanor Goodman (2015), Sawako Nakayasu (2016), Jennifer Feeley (2017), Bonnie Huie (2018), Don Mee Choi (2012 & 2019), Jake Levine, Soeun Seo, and Hedgie Choi (2020), and Archana Venkatesan (2021).
To be eligible for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize, works must be:
book-length translations into English of either a) poetry or b) source texts from Zen Buddhism (which must not consist solely of commentaries)
translations from Chinese, Hindi, Japanese, Kannada, Korean, Sanskrit, Tamil, Thai, or Vietnamese into English
published in the previous calendar year
Submissions will be judged according to the literary significance of the original and the success of the translation in recreating the literary artistry of the original. While the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize is primarily intended to recognize the translation of contemporary works, re-translations or first-time translations of important older works will also be seriously considered.
Submissions are accepted beginning in January each year. Submissions for the 2022 awards cycle opened on January 18, 2022, and will close on April 18, 2022.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
Complete the entry form online.
Send hard copies of the book(s) submitted to the judges requesting them. Upon completion of the submission, publishers will receive instructions for mailing print copies of submitted titles to those judges who request them. Please do not send hard copies of the book to ALTA directly. Books sent to ALTA will not be considered submitted for the award.
literarytranslators.org/awards/lucien-stryk-prize
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2022 WORK-IN-PROGRESS FELLOWSHIP
The Latinx in Publishing Inc.
DEADLINE: April 22, 2022
INFO: The Latinx in Publishing Inc. (LxP) Work-in-Progress (WiP) Fellowship Program sponsored by Macmillan Publishers, is designed to help support and create opportunities for aspiring Latinx writers. This year's Work-in-Progress Fellowship will support one Latinx writer (living in the United States including Puerto Rico) with a manuscript in the Middle Grade (8-12 years old) or Young Adult categories by pairing them with Macmillan editor Jess Harold to help develop their manuscript over a 10-month period.
The winner will be selected by a panel of judges. Macmillan will be given the first opportunity to read the finished manuscript and consider it for publication. In the event that a manuscript is not chosen for publication, the fellow is free to submit the manuscript elsewhere.
STIPEND: Writer will receive a stipend of $5,000
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS: The Work-in-Progress Fellow will be a Latinx/o/a writer with an unpublished work in progress. Writer must be unpublished or with a previously published work that sold less than 5000 copies. Must be Latinx at least 18 years of age and reside in the United States or Puerto Rico, though they are not required to be citizens or “legal” residents. Latinx in Publishing defines “Latinx” as persons originating from, descendant from, or citizens of Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Martinique, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthelemy, Saint Martin, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
ABOUT MACMILLAN: Macmillan Publishers is a global trade book publishing company with prominent imprints around the world. Macmillan publishes a broad range of award-winning books for children and adults in all categories and formats.
ABOUT JESS HAROLD: Jess Harold is an editor of children's books from picture books through YA, with a passion for stories that reflect the world for kids of all experiences. She's worked with some truly incredible authors including Angeline Boulley, Kacen Callender, and Joanna Ho. Jess began her career in marketing at Simon & Schuster Children's before moving to editorial at Scholastic. Now an Editor at Henry Holt BYR, she is eager to find more contemporary stories that center identity and its many intersections in the hopes of creating building blocks for a better world.
latinxinpublishing.com/wip-fellowship
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2022 Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant
Whiting Foundation
DEADLINE: April 25, 2022 by 11:59pm ET
INFO: The Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant of $40,000 will be awarded to as many as ten writers in the process of completing a book-length work of deeply researched and imaginatively composed nonfiction for a general readership. It is intended for multiyear book projects requiring large amounts of deep and focused research, thinking, and writing at a crucial point mid-process, after significant work has been accomplished but when an extra infusion of support can make a difference in the ultimate shape and quality of the work. The program's chief objective is to foster original, ambitious projects that bring writing to the highest possible standard.
Whiting welcomes applications for works of history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, the sciences, philosophy, criticism, food or travel writing, and personal essays, among other categories. Again, the work should be intended for a general, not academic, reader. Self-help titles and textbooks are not eligible. Examples of the wide range of previous grantees can be found on the program's website.
ELIGIBILITY: Projects must be under contract with a publisher in the US, UK, or Canada to be eligible, and the fully executed contract signed by all parties must be uploaded as part of the application. Contracts with self-publishing companies are not eligible.
The deadline for the 2022 grant is April 25, 2022. All materials must be received by 11:59pm Eastern Time (i.e., New York City time) on this date; incomplete applications will not be considered. We will, however, accept publisher letters until May 2, although we strongly advise applicants to encourage referees to get these letters in as close to April 25 as possible.
A panel of anonymous judges will base their final choices on the excellence of the writing (while understanding that they are reading a work in progress), the import of the subject matter and originality of approach, and financial need, which might vary according to existing support and the requirements of individual projects. The grantees will be announced in the fall.
The Foundation hosted online information sessions to answer questions and offer guidance on applying for the grant. You may watch a recording of the Mar 16 info session here.
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Moondancer Fellowship 2022: For Nature and Environmental Writers
The Writer's Colony at Dairy Hollow
DEADLINE: April 25, 2022
APPLICATION FEE: $35
INFO: The Writers’ Colony at Dairy Hollow (WCDH) is pleased to offer the Moondancer fellowship for authors who express their love of nature and concern for the environment through their writing. This fellowship is open to poets, fiction writers, playwrights, essayists, columnists, memoirists, and screenwriters. Prior publication is not a requirement. The successful applicant will demonstrate insight, honesty, literary merit, and the likelihood of publication or production.
The fellowship winner will receive a two-week residency at WCDH to focus completely on their writing. Each writer’s suite has a bedroom, private bathroom, separate writing space, and wireless internet. We provide uninterrupted writing time, a European-style gourmet dinner prepared five nights a week and served in our community dining room, the camaraderie of other professional writers when desired, and a community kitchen stocked with the basics for other meals.
Fellowship applications must be accompanied by a writing sample and a non-refundable $35 application fee. Only one writing project may be proposed per application. Writers proposing more than one project must submit a separate application and fee for each one. The winner will be announced no later than May 20, 2022. Residency must be completed by December 31, 2023. Exceptions will be made for COVID-19 concerns.
form.jotform.com/220265813071953
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RACE.ED Stuart Hall Foundation Fellowship
University of Edinburgh
DEADLINE: April 29, 2022
INFO: Applications are invited for the RACE.ED Stuart Hall Foundation Fellowship from postdoctoral scholars working in any area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. While applicants are not required to be limited solely to focusing on the work of Stuart Hall, the proposal should display a meaningful engagement with his wide-ranging repertoire.
RACE.ED is a cross-university network concerned with race, racialization and decolonial studies from a multidisciplinary perspective. Working across different traditions of thought, research, and teaching commitments, RACE.ED is made up of more than one hundred colleagues across the three colleges of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, and Science and Engineering at the University of Edinburgh.
The Stuart Hall Foundation is a charity committed to public education and addressing urgent questions of race and inequality in culture and society. It works collaboratively to forge create partnerships with universities and arts organisations in order to build a network of scholars, fellows and artists-in-residence.
IASH provides an enviable location in one of the world’s most intellectually inspiring cities, together with a dynamic network of international connections. Home to the Scottish Enlightenment, Edinburgh has a rich cultural heritage of scholarship and creativity that continues to the present day. In this haven of libraries and archives, galleries and music venues – all set amid iconic architecture – IASH helps scholars to take the humanities beyond campus to engage the public and work with organisations in a variety of sectors.
The Institute welcomes visiting researchers from across the world. Since 1970, over 1,250 Fellows have stepped through our doors. Up to 30 researchers are in residence at any one time in our amazing – and eclectic – nineteenth-century building just on the edge of the University’s central campus, boasting views of the Meadows. From more than 65 countries, IASH Fellows form a global alumnae/i community, and many career-long connections begin at the Institute.
What does the RACE.ED Stuart Hall Foundation Fellowship offer?
IASH hosts a lively scholarly community of visiting fellows. It is a supportive environment for postdoctoral researchers, while also offering networking opportunities with successful mid-career and eminent senior scholars. The Institute occupies a historic building with private courtyard and leafy views – perfect for uninterrupted thinking, reading and writing. Yet there is also plenty of opportunity to socialise and share ideas.
In short, a 2022-2023 RACE.ED Stuart Hall Foundation Fellowship provides:
Research visit at the University of Edinburgh for three to ten months
Bursary of £1,300 per month, plus grants for visa fees if required
Dedicated office space at IASH, University e-mail and library access
An allocated University mentor from the RACE.ED Network and/or a School within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Weekly Fellows’ Lunch to build community
Collegial work-in-progress seminar series for testing new ideas
Calendar of engaging events at the Institute and College
Who can apply?
We warmly welcome applications from postdoctoral scholars from around the world. Selection will be subject to the immigration rules governing the UK. Applicants must have a suitable project or study to undertake which engages meaningfully with the works of Stuart Hall, although it does not need to focus solely on Hall’s ideas.
Applicants must have been awarded a doctorate at the time of application, and normally within the last seven years (you must be able to produce a transcript, testamur, or a letter of completion/eligibility to graduate as part of your application), or to have published work of doctoral character and quality. You should not have held a previous Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities. Those who have held temporary and/or short-term appointments are eligible to apply.
Application procedure
The closing date
The closing date for receipt of the next round of applications (for visits from August 2022 to July 2023) is 29 April 2022. Applications received after that date will not be considered. Decisions will be communicated in July. Please ensure that you supply a valid email address so that you can be contacted quickly after decisions are made.
The application form
Please complete the online application form here.
Any additional supporting documents connected with an application should be emailed to iash@ed.ac.uk.
References
In addition to the application form, a minimum of two and a maximum of three confidential references are required.
Applicants should ask their referees to email their reference to the Director at iash@ed.ac.uk by 29 April 2022.
Referees should comment on the nature and quality of the research proposal, as well as on the qualifications of the applicant. One referee should certify the successful viva (defence) and final examination of the candidate’s PhD thesis.
Notes
Consideration will be given to the academic record and the publications of all applicants and their capacity to disseminate their views among a community of like-minded people. Candidates must give evidence of any contact they have made with researchers at the University of Edinburgh, are required to make such contact before submitting their applications, and those who can evidence the relevance of their proposed project to the University of Edinburgh research community will be regarded favourably. Particular weight will be placed on the quality and timeliness of the project proposed, and we encourage innovative and interdisciplinary topics and approaches.
Fellows are expected to participate in RACE.ED’s activities (such as delivering a workshop or seminars on their chosen topic).
Fellows are expected to become involved in RACE.ED and to commit to agreed objectives such as contributing to contextual description of collections, a workshop and seminar on the nature of such work and challenges around it, or a series of blog posts. Events could include curating a virtual pop up exhibition. This will form part of the evaluation of candidates.
Only fully completed formal applications will be considered. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that all documentation is complete, and that referees submit their reports to IASH by the closing date. Candidates may like to submit a copy of any one article or publication that is thought to be especially relevant to the research proposal and Fellowship submission. It must be emphasised, however, that no such submitted publication will be returned to the candidate.
The Institute was established in 1969 by the then Faculty of Arts to promote enquiry of the highest standards in the Humanities, broadly conceived. It began to receive Fellows in 1970, and is now located as an independent institute within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Science. Inter-departmental and inter-disciplinary study has always been encouraged.
Fellows must make the Institute their main place of work for the duration of the Fellowship. It is expected that Fellows will be in residence throughout the tenure of their Fellowship and will contribute fully to the life of the Institute during that time. Fellows give at least one seminar presentation during their tenure, and submit a report on their research at the end of their Fellowship. No regular teaching is required.
For information about the scope of work undertaken at the University of Edinburgh, see Edinburgh Research Explorer, or browse through the staff pages of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.
Applicants looking for suitable accommodation in Edinburgh may find these links useful.
In order to take full advantage of the seminars and lectures which take place during the semesters and to meet with staff in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, applicants are encouraged to apply for periods that will include at least part of one of the semesters.
iash.ed.ac.uk/raceed-stuart-hall-foundation-fellowship
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: PROSE
MudRoom Mag
DEADLINE: April 30, 2022
SUBMISSION FEE: $0
EXPEDITED SUBMISSIONS: $3
INFO: MudRoom Mag is accepting submissions in poetry and prose until April 30th.
COMPENSATION: We pay $15 per accepted piece.
PROSE GUIDELINES:
Mudroom publishes fiction, essays, and essays in translation. You can email prose submissions to mud.room.submissions@gmail.com.
To submit, please send a previously unpublished work no longer than 6,000 words in double spaced 12-point Times New Roman font. All works should be attached in a single .DOC/.DOCX .ODT or PDF file
Please indicate PROSE SUBMISSION in your subject line. Submissions without "Prose Submission" in the subject line will be deleted. You may also include a brief cover letter/third-person bio in the body of your email.
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Colorism Healing Writing Contest
Colorism Healing / Dr. Sarah L. Webb
DEADLINE: April 30, 2022 at 11:59 PM EST
INFO: The Colorism Healing Writing Contest is open to anyone anywhere in the world! If you have a story–or multiple ones–that they want to tell, this is the contest for you!
We are looking for pieces that directly address the topic of colorism—colorism is the marginalization and systemic oppression of people with darker skin tones and privileging of people with lighter skin tones. While other topics, including racism, are equally important, this contest is meant to provide a platform for specifically addressing colorism. The following links might be helpful in helping you determine if your submission is the right fit for this contest:
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
Poem submissions should be 1500 words or less
Fiction submissions should be 1500 words or less
Nonfiction submissions should be 1500 words or less
You may submit 1-3 pieces
We do not accept pieces that have already been published in print or online (This does not include personal or private social media profiles or forums)
You must be the original author of the piece that you submit
Family members of judges may enter the contest for publication but will not qualify for cash prizes
By submitting to the contest, you agree to have your writing published online and in print if it is selected
colorismhealing.com/colorism-healing-writing-contest/
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CRAFT SHORT FICTION PRIZE 2022
Craft
DEADLINE: May 1, 2022
INFO: The 2022 CRAFT Short Fiction Prize, for unpublished short stories from 1,000 to 5,000 words, will be awarded in October 2022. The top three entries will be selected by Alan Heathcock.
AWARDS:
Winner receives $2,000 award.
Runners-up receive $500 award and $300 award respectively for the second and third place finalists.
Publication of the top three stories in CRAFT, each with an introduction by the guest judge.
Publication of an author’s note (craft essay) to accompany the story by each of the writers of the top three entries.
GUIDELINES:
CRAFT Short Fiction Prize submissions are open to all fiction writers.
International submissions are welcome.
Short fiction only.
Please submit work in English only. We are not currently accepting translations.
This contest is for short stories 1,000 to 5,000 words in length.
We review literary fiction, but are open to a variety of genres and styles—our only requirement is that you show excellence in your craft.
Previously unpublished work only—we do NOT review reprints for contests (previously published includes blogs, personal websites, social media, etc.).
We allow simultaneous submissions—writers, please notify us and withdraw your piece if your work is picked up elsewhere.
We allow multiple submissions—please submit each piece as a separate submission accompanied by an entry fee.
$20 entry fee per submission.
All entries will also be considered for publication in CRAFT.
Please, please, double-space your submission and use Times New Roman 12 pt font.
Please include a brief cover letter with your publication history (if applicable).
We do not require anonymous submissions.
We do not discriminate on the basis of age, ancestry, disability, family status, gender identity or expression, national origin, race, religion, sex or sexual orientation, or for any other reason.
Additionally, we do not tolerate discrimination in the writing we consider for publication: work we find discriminatory on any of the bases stated here will be declined without complete review (you will be refunded, less fees).
craftliterary.com/craft-short-fiction-prize-2022-2/
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Voyage Anthology Contest
Voyage YA
DEADLINE: May 1, 2022
READING FEE: $20
INFO: We’re incredibly excited to offer writers a chance to have their young adult writing published in our inaugural Anthology! Short Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, and Poetry anthologies in the young adult market are taking off in popularity—and we at Voyage are obsessed with reading them. Submit your young adult writing to us for a chance to be selected for our own inaugural Anthology. This is a chance to see your name in print! We will be publishing hardcover, paperback, and ebook editions!
The anthology will be edited by the Voyage editorial staff: Racquel Henry, Editor-in-Chief; Kip Wilson, Associate Editor; Marquita Hockaday, Associate Editor.
The editors will select 8 pieces of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction to include in the collection.
Selected writers will be compensated accordingly:
Prose: $500
Poems/Flash fiction: $250
15 Author copies
Bonus: Every entrant will receive access to a pre-recorded mini workshop!
GUIDELINES:
Submissions are open to all writers working in English
International submissions are allowed
Submissions must be either fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction in the Young Adult category, and from the point-of-view of a young adult, meaning through the lens of a teen protagonist
5,000-word count maximum
We’re open to any genre or style—just send us the best you’ve got
Previously unpublished work only, please
Simultaneous submissions are fine—just notify and withdraw your entry if it’s picked up by someone else
Multiple submissions are okay—please submit each as a separate submission
Every entry will be considered for our regular publications as well
Please: 1) double space; 2) use Times New Roman 12 pt font; 3) have 1-inch margins, and 4) put the page number in the top right-hand corner
Tell us in a brief cover letter your publication history (if applicable, no worries if not)
thevoyagejournal.com/contests/
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Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
Truthout
DEADLINE: May 1, 2022
INFO: Truthout is proud to open submissions for the second year of the annual Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize, for work authored by people who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
We will be awarding two prizes, each for an original essay of 1,500 words or less on the topic of prisons, policing or a related subject. It may be written as a first-person narrative (although that is not a requirement). Each of the two winners will be awarded a prize of $3,000. The essays will be published on Truthout.
This prize is in honor of Keeley Schenwar, who was a devoted mother, daughter, sister, friend, writer and advocate for incarcerated mothers. Keeley was incarcerated, on and off, over the course of 14 years. She wrote often, both poetry and prose, particularly focusing on her experiences of incarceration and addiction. Keeley spoke out publicly about the inhumanity of the U.S. prison system and wrote about her own experience of incarceration. She wrote this essay about giving birth while incarcerated, and the brutality of being separated from her newborn baby.
Keeley died on February 4, 2020. This prize is in the spirit of Keeley’s desire for the kind of world where everyone can live a good life.
Keeley was the sister of Truthout Editor-in-Chief Maya Schenwar, and was one of the inspirations for Truthout’s early and sustained dedication to covering the injustices and violence of incarceration and policing. The Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize is reopened each year on the anniversary of Keeley’s death to continue drawing attention to the cruel realities of the oppressive systems she struggled against and wrote about.
The prize is open to people who are either currently or formerly incarcerated.
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2022. Prizes will be announced by July 1, 2022.
Essays can be submitted in two ways:
They can be emailed to essayprize@truthout.org. (Feel free to submit your essay either as an attachment or within the body of the email.)
They can be mailed to:
Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
Truthout
PO Box 276414
Sacramento, CA, 95827
truthout.org/articles/keeley-schenwar-memorial-essay-prize/
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2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship
The Jerome Foundation
DEADLINE: May 4, 2022 at 4pm CT / 5pm ET
INFO: The Jerome Foundation is excited to announce the 2023 Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship application open call. These two-year Fellowships support Minnesota and New York City-based artists across 8 artistic fields who are at an early point in their careers, generally in their 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
Jerome Hill Artist Fellowships support Minnesota and New York City-based artists across 8 artistic fields who generate new work that takes creative risks in expanding, questioning, experimenting with or re-imagining conventional artistic forms. This Fellowship supports artists who embrace their roles as part of a larger community of artists and citizens, and consciously work with a sense of service, whether aesthetic, social or both. Support is directed to artists who are at an early point in their careers in creating such work, generally in their 2nd–10th year as a generative artist.
AWARD: Fellows receive $50,000 over two consecutive years ($25,000 each year) to support their time and expenses for the creation of new work, artistic development and/or professional artistic career development.
jeromefdn.org/2023-jerome-hill-artist-fellowship-application-now-open
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ROLLING SUBMISSIONS
ESSAYS ON RADICAL HEALING
That’s No Longer My Ministry
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Hi! We’re journalists, editors and content creators Foram Mehta and Nadia Imafidon. And we’re teaming up to publish a first-of-its-kind anthology that aims to tell a different story about healing. As an extension to the evocative podcast series of the same name, the collection will tell the stories of marginalized folk in their own words about how they’re actively purging years of conditioning and the consequences of never being centered.
These stories acknowledge and move through trauma; they hold space for radical self-liberation and using “No.” as a complete sentence. They remind us: We don't have to hold onto the things that no longer serve us because that's no longer our ministry.
Publication Details
Accepted essays will be edited by us (Foram & Nadia) and curated together for a book that will be available for purchase as an e-book or as a paperback. Print copies of the book and one-hundred percent of proceeds from subsequent sales will be donated to Aakoma Project, an organization that aims to
Compensation
Writers whose essays are accepted for final publication will be credited with a byline in the book and a complimentary paperback copy of the completed anthology.
A note about writing for free: As writers ourselves, we know writers are highly underpaid and undervalued, but we also know the joy of contributing to a collaborative body of work for the sake of storytelling, for the sake of healing together. Everyone on this project (including us) is a non-paid contributor donating their time and work for the benefit of Aakoma Project.
We say this while also acknowledging that we live in a world that operates on money, and spending time to write for free is not a privilege afforded to everyone. That’s also why we’re asking for non-exclusive rights only to contributors’ essays (more details to be provided in the contributor’s agreement).
build the consciousness of youth of color and their
caregivers on the recognition and importance of mental health. They do this by offering free
therapy and workshops to youth and their families, helping to influence systems and services to
receive and address the needs of youth of color and their families.
Pitching Guidelines
We are seeking pitches for non-fiction first-person essays from people of color who hold identities that are marginalized. This includes but is not limited to:
LGBTQIA+
Immigrant/First-generation
Refugee
Indigenous
People with disabilities
When submitting your pitch, please include a brief bio and a link to your portfolio and/or first-person writing samples. We understand that not everyone will have a portfolio, so please send us something to give us an idea of your writing style.
Your pitch should include:
Working title
A summary of your story. (Tell us why you’re the person who needs to tell this story.)
We aim to get back to everyone who submits a pitch, but please allow us some time to respond, as we anticipate a full inbox! We will send contributor agreements to writers whose pitches we accept. Please, do not submit fully written essays.
Submit pitches to nolongermyministry@gmail.com. Editorial Guidelines
After we accept your essay pitch, writers should use the following writing guidelines: ● First-person reflections
○ Use this creative, non-fiction writing guide for reference
● Non-fiction
● English (with creative use of language)
● 8th grade reading level (When in doubt, keep it simple!)
● 1,500-3,00 words recommended
● AP Style (reference guide)
We’re interested in your story, but we acknowledge that your story will likely include other people in it. For that reason, we ask that if you’re mentioning someone by their name that you get their permission to do so or change the name.
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TORCH FRIDAY FEATURE
Torch Literary Arts
DEADLINE: Rolling
ENTRY FEE: $0
INFO: Torch Literary Arts welcomes submissions of original creative work by Black women writers. We are interested in work that challenges and disrupts preconceived notions of what contemporary writing by Black women should be. Your stories and poems are valuable and necessary. Write freely and submit what you are excited to share with the world.
Reading Period
Submissions are accepted for Friday Features only. We accept submissions on a rolling basis.
Simultaneous Submissions
Simultaneous submissions to other journals are welcome as long as they are identified as such and we are notified immediately upon acceptance elsewhere.
Manuscript Submission Guidelines
Include a one (1) page cover letter noting the title(s) of the work(s) submitted.
Upload your text submission as a Word (DOC, DOCX) or portable document format/PDF (PDF).
Typed, double-spaced (poetry may be single-spaced) pages.
Numbered pages.
Margins should be set at no less than 1” and no greater than 1.5”.
Poetry: submit up to five (5) poems totaling no more than eight (8) pages.
Fiction, Hybrid genre: 12-point font. No more than ten (10) pages or 2500 words (whichever is achieved first). Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained.
Drama/Screenwriting: submit one act or a collection of short scenes no longer than ten (10) pages. Excerpts of longer works are welcome if self-contained. Indicate if a performance video or dramatic audio reading will be available with the text submission if selected.
Restrictions
We do not reprint previously published work for TORCH Friday Features.
Submitting Online
We accept submissions via our online submission management system only. Submissions via postal mail or email will be discarded without response.
Notifications and Queries
Please allow up to three months for a decision. Using our online submissions system, you will be able to track the status of your submission.
Publication & Compensation
Publication is online at TorchLiteraryArts.org, unless expressly stated for special publications.
Authors whose work is selected for a Friday Feature will receive a $50 (US) payment for publication.
All rights revert back to the author after publication.
Awards
All work accepted for publication will be considered for nomination for internal and external awards such as The Pushcart Prize, Best of the Net, etc.
torchliteraryarts.submittable.com/submit
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OPEN CALL: EYEBEAM CENTER FOR THE FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Eyebeam Center
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism (ECFJ) is a grant-making program that supports artists producing innovative and revelatory journalistic work for major media outlets.
The funds distributed to artists will assist with research, travel, and other expenses many media outlets struggle to cover, allowing stories that are often out of reach in today’s climate to be produced. And, in an effort to be responsive to an ever-fluctuating news cycle, artists will be able to apply to ECFJ for support of their work on a rolling basis. Artists with longer-term, research-intensive projects are also encouraged to apply. Grant support will range from $500 to $5,000.
All applicants must read the ECFJ Open Call page before applying: https://eyebeam.org/ecfj
Eligibility:
Individuals and collectives can apply. Collectives must have work samples that reflect a history of working together.
International applicants are welcome.
Applicants must have an existing commission letter from an editor.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
At this stage of the program, all applications must be in English.
Criteria
ECFJ is a grant-making program that financially supports artists producing innovative journalistic work for major media outlets. Artists applying must have demonstrated track record of working with major media outlets.
Artists creating work with a focus on the following issues are encouraged to apply:
Data privacy
2018/2020 elections
Role of technology in society
Political influence campaigns
Interrogating harmful technologies
Countering disinformation
Artificial Intelligence
Each applicant must provide:
300-word project description
Assignment letter from editor
A reference contact or letter of support
Two samples of past work
Detailed budget of expenses (travel costs, per diem and research costs are acceptable)
At this time, final pieces must be in English.
All applications should be in alignment with Eyebeam’s core values of:
Openness: All the work here is driven by an open-source ethos.
Invention: We build on old ideas to generate new possibilities.
Justice: Technology by artists is a move towards equity and democracy.
Equity and Inclusion: Eyebeam aims to create a hub for conversation and practice-sharing that is aware and responsive to systemic inequities in technology and invests in the meaningful inclusion of historically marginalized groups and voices. Eyebeam is committed to and values diversity in its organization and programs as defined by gender, race, ethnicity, disability-status, age, sexual orientation, immigrant status, and socioeconomic status. With a history rooted in innovation and collaboration Eyebeam’s programs are grounded in artist-community dialogue. Eyebeam supports the meaningful access to technology for everyone.
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CALL FOR IMMIGRANT WRITERS
ẹwà
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: ẹwà is an independent journal that publishes original work exclusively by immigrant writers — foreign-born and first-generation — living in the United States. We are interested in poetry, fiction, memoir, personal essay, lyric, hybrid forms as well as non-academic cultural criticism.
A few things:
Submissions are accepted year-round, on a rolling basis.
We do not accept previously published material (in print or online).
Simultaneous submissions are accepted, but please notify us right away if your work is accepted anywhere else.
We accept multiple submissions in all genres of writing. We also accept co-/multiple-authored works, but please make sure that appropriate permissions have been granted.
To submit, please send your work in a single document containing no more than six pages of writing to submit@ewajournal.com.
TERMS: ẹwà requests first rights, worldwide, and the right to include the work on the ẹwà website indefinitely. After publication, all rights revert to the author. Copyright always remains with the author. Should your work be republished elsewhere in the future, please credit ẹwà with its first publication. Our terms will be updated as necessary.
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CALL FOR MENTORS
Latinx in Publishing
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: The Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program is a volunteer-based initiative that offers the opportunity for unpublished and/or unagented writers who identify as Latinx (mentees) to strengthen their craft, gain first-hand industry knowledge, and expand their professional connections through work with experienced published authors (mentors).
QUALIFICATIONS TO BE A MENTOR
Must identify as Latinx (does not include individuals of Spanish origin)
Must have published at least one book prior to February 2020
Must be located in the U.S. during the course of the program
Must be available to dedicate at least one hour per month for a minimum of ten months
ABOUT THE WRITING MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
The next cycle of the program runs from February 2022 through October 2022.
Applications for 2022 mentees will open in September, 2021. Applications for mentors are open on a rolling basis.
Mentees must complete a sign-up survey and submit 5-10 pages of sample writing.
Mentors must complete a sign-up survey and review mentor guidelines.
We match individuals based on category and time- commitment preferences. The sign-up survey will help us make the best matches between mentor and mentee.
Please be aware that not everyone who applies will be matched.
Participants will be notified of their mentor-mentee match and provided with contact information by January 2022.
Mentors and mentees will connect for one hour per month over a minimum of ten months.
The program will close in October 2022, but if the mentor and mentee would like to continue their mentor relationship, it is entirely at their discretion.
Please be aware that the Latinx in Publishing Writers Mentorship Program is a volunteer-based initiative. Latinx in Publishing will not be held responsible for mediating any relations between mentors and mentees once the program ends.
https://latinxinpublishing.com/mentorship
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Unmute Magazine
DEADLINE: Rolling
INFO: Unmute Magazine, is a digital mag that aims to lift the voices of BIPOC creatives who’ve been historically marginalized.
They are accepting the following submissions (must be arts-related):
Album/EP or concert review (600-800 words).
A review of your own music or art including a discussion of the inspiration behind it (600-800 words).
Art-related how-to article (600-800 words).
Interviews (an introductory paragraph and five written questions).
Reflections / Essays (up to 1,500 words).
Song or poem including a discussion of the inspiration behind it (may submit up to four for review).
Photograph(s), illustrations, art (JPEG or PNG format).
Have your own idea? Please pitch it to us!
Please submit the following with your piece:
A third-person bio of up to 100 words.
(Optional) Photo as JPEG or PNG format for your bio.
(Optional) Up to 3 links to social media (i.e. Spotify, Soundcloud, website, Instagram, etc).
Submission Rules:
Written works and bio must be submitted in Word or Pages format
By submitting you agree to be considered for publication in Unmute Magazine.
Work must be original.
Unmute Magazine retains standard first publication rights for submissions. All rights immediately revert to the creator upon publication.
It may take several weeks for a response, but your submission will be read. If accepted, you will be notified.
By submitting to Unmute Magazine, you agree to be added to our mailing list. You can unsubscribe at any time.
Please email your submission to Submissions (at) unmutemagazine (dot) com