Mills College - Place for Writers PROSE blog

The Womanist is looking for submissions, Deadline Dec. 1st

We need your voice! Together our voices create one loud ROAR!

Please if you write; poetry, prose, essays, etc. or create art please
submit to The Womanist. This is your opportunity to let your voice be
heard, join in with other women of color, and also to get published.

To submit please send all work to: thewomanist@yahoo.com

ARTWORK SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:_- Formatted digitally_- Saved as TIFFs
(not bmp or jpg if it can be avoided)_- Grayscale_- 300 dpi/ppiNo
larger than 8.5" x 22"_*The artwork should be in TIFF to retain the
quality of the image during _printing.__

WRITTEN WORK SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:_-Formatted in "Rich Text Format"
(.rtf) to avoid program and platform_(PC vs. MAC) conflicts_-
Proofed!!!_- Around 750 words

The deadline is DEC. 1st.

Independent Press Spotlight: Small Desk Press and Achiote Press , Nov. 20th

Independent Press Spotlight: Small Desk Press and Achiote Press
Tuesday November 20 • $5–$1

Intersection’s Independent Press Spotlight series continues with two
presses established just recently. Small Desk Press (est. 2006)
publishes writing by emerging artists and seeks to support writing
that challenges the conventional divisions of experimental, narrative,
poetry and/or prose. Small Desk Press seeks to present an eclectic aesthetic that gives primacy to no one school or style of writing, and
features readings by Dustin Heron & Ali Lawrence. Achiote Press (est.
2006) publishes two chapbooks each season: a single-author chapbook
and a chapjournal featuring poetry, prose, essay, or translation by
authors from diverse cultural and aesthetic backgrounds, and features
readings by Victoria-Lola Leon Guerrero & Truong Tran.

Intersection for the Arts, San Francisco

GROUNDED? Performance Series Week, Nov. 23rd-25th

GROUNDED?  Performance Series Week 2: Chinaka Hodge, iLL-Literacy,
Michelle  Mush Lee & Jason Mateo & Brothers Keeper

Friday, Saturday, Sunday  • November 23-25 • $10-$25  • 8pm

New Works in the Mix
A spoken word show that promises to rock a crowd? Yes! This week of
new works highlights the deep roster of Living Word artists, many of
them Youth Speaks staff members. These shows - some being heard for
the first time - will bring you spoken word art in production. This
unique fusion of spoken word with elements of hip-hop, experimental
theatre, and visual arts is performed by some of this generation's
most exhilarating young poets.

THREE NIGHTS ONLY!
  November 23, 24 & 25 • $10–$25 • Friday, Saturday & Sunday • 8pm
  Sunday is a “Pay What You Can” Performance
Location: Intersection for the Arts

Grounded? Performance Series Week 1, Nov. 15th-17th

Thursday, Friday, Saturday  • November 15-17 • $10-$25  • 8pm

Suicide Kings In Spite of Everything

The spoken word trio explores through poetry, vaudeville, and
confession how a rebel heir of Scientology, a Jew who used to run with
Nazi's and an immigrant punk rocker end up teaching poetry in our
Public Schools?! This show is about to go on tour after their smash
performances at this year's Hip Hop Theatre Festival. Catch it this
last time before it leaves.

Marc Bamuthi Joseph
  Special excerpt preview of the break/s
  Be among the few to experience an excerpt from one of the most
anticipated new works coming out of the Bay Area. Joseph's multimedia
journey through verse, contemporary dance and video interweaves his
personal story with the history of hip-hop.

THREE NIGHTS ONLY!
  November 15, 16 & 17 • $10–$25 • Thursday, Friday & Saturday • 8pm
  Thursday is a “Pay What You Can” Performance

Location: Intersection for the Arts
  446 Valencia Street (between 15 & 16)
Mission District
San Francisco, CA 94103
(415) 626-2787, www.theintersection.org

Friday night's performance has already SOLD OUT. Reserve your seats
for Thursday or Saturday night now.

John Hopkins University seeking Assistant Professor of Fiction Writing

Johns Hopkins University. The Writing Seminars is seeking an Assistant Professor of Fiction Writing, tenure track (see our website: www.jhu.edu/~writsem).

The Writing Seminars is a free-standing department, now celebrating its 60th year, of six tenured professors & four lecturers offering the BA, the MA (in Science Writing), & the MFA degrees. The department has just recently launched a literary quarterly, THE HOPKINS REVIEW. The candidate we seek must have at least one book of fiction with a national press, strong promise of future publication, college teaching experience, including experience teaching literature. We expect the candidate to teach two courses per term & to be actively engaged in the intellectual & creative life of the department. We are especially interested in writers who treat the Asian-American & AAfrican-American experience. Two candidates will be invited to campus for readings during the Spring of 2008 & the appointment will begin on January 1, 2009 or as soon thereafter as possible. Please send c.v., copies of publications, & three recommendation letters by December 15, 2007 to: Professor Jean McGarry, The Writing Seminars, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. AA/EOE