The Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize: Deadline to Submit
2024-11-01 | Online
This translation prize honors the life and work of award-winning poet and translator Malinda A. Markham. The award is generously funded by Jennifer S. Epstein.
$2000 and publication by Saturnalia Books
Guidelines:
–Manuscript must be a translation by a female translator of a female poet. Female is interpreted as anyone who identifies as female, including AFAB nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex.
–Manuscript must be an original collection of poetry from one author in any language translated into English. This includes single collections as well as selected works. In the case of a selected collection, please ensure that one does not already exist in English.
–Manuscript must be a length of 48-120 pages of translated poems (not including foreword material).
–While you are welcome to include the original poems in your submission, only the English translations will be considered during the awards process. We guarantee publication of an English-only version, but will work with the winner to determine if a bilingual edition is a better fit.
–The name of the original poet must be included on cover page.
–The translator’s name must not appear in the manuscript, including any front material.
–More than one translator is acceptable, so long as all translators identify as female, including AFAB nonbinary, genderfluid, agender, and intersex.
–Manuscript must include an acknowledgments page, if applicable.
–Do not include a foreword or afterword at this time. The winner will have the opportunity to work with Saturnalia Books’ editors on this material during the editing process.
–Online fee is $25. No refunds will be given to any withdrawn manuscripts.
–Translator must have written permission from either the original poet or their estate, unless the original work is in the public domain.
–Contest winner will be announced on the Saturnalia Books website and via email. Please do not contact Saturnalia Books regarding your submission status before January 1.
–By submitting to the contest, you agree to be added to Saturnalia Books’ email list.
–Submissions will only be accepted electronically.
–The winning manuscript will be chosen by Saturnalia Books’ editors. Saturnalia Books editors’ also reserve the right not to select a manuscript.
The Malinda A. Markham Translation Prize 2024 submission deadline is November 1.

Graywolf Press: Open Submission Period for Poetry in Translation
2024-11-11 00:00 - 2024-11-15 23:59 (America/Chicago)
Graywolf Press is excited to offer an open submission period for contemporary poetry in translation.

We are open to translations of poetry by living poets from any language, but we are especially eager to receive work from languages and countries of origin that are traditionally underrepresented in the literary landscape. We also encourage submissions from emerging BIPOC translators.

How to Submit

Interested translators should include the following materials in their Submittable submission:

– A one-page cover letter that describes the vision for the translation, the cultural and historical context of the original work, and how this work would contribute to Graywolf’s poetry list.
– Brief biographies of the poet and the translator(s), including previously published works. Note that we are looking for contemporary poetry by living poets and translators.
– A sample translation of 10-15 pages with the corresponding 10-15 pages of the poems in the original language. If you have a complete manuscript, please indicate so in your cover letter. Do not send a complete manuscript unless specifically requested.
– Details about the original publication(s) (including each publisher’s name and contact information and the year and country of each publication), along with evidence that authorization has been granted by the rights holder to the translator(s) for translation of the work into English and publication of the original text.

More Information

Please note the following:
– Graywolf will hold this open submission period from November 11, 2024, at 12:00 a.m. Central Time to November 15, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. Central Time via Submittable.
– Only the first 500 submissions will be considered, after which the submission period will close.
– We will only consider one project from each translator or translator team.
– Submissions outside this period will not be accepted, and submissions that are not translations of living poets will not be considered.
– Please do not contact Graywolf’s staff directly. Graywolf’s editorial team will contact translators with further interest and information.

– This is not a prize; Graywolf is not required to publish any submitted work.
– We hope to find innovative book-length works of poetry in translation, for which we will make an offer for publication, including an advance against standard royalties for the author and the translator. We expect that initial publication will be in 2026 or later.

Job Opportunity: Director and Publisher, University of Alberta Press
2024-11-12 08:00 - 2024-12-10 17:00 (America/Toronto) | University of Alberta, 116 St & 85 Ave, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2R3, Canada
Description
This position is excluded from the bargaining unit.
In accordance with the Handbook of Employment for Management and Professional Staff (Excluded), this full-time continuing position offers a comprehensive benefits package that can be viewed on our Benefits Overview page and an annual salary range which will be commensurate with qualifications.
Location – This role is hybrid with a mix of remote and in-person work at North Campus Edmonton.
Working at the University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a community of knowledge seekers, change makers and world shapers who lead with purpose each and every day. We are home to over 14,000 faculty and staff, more than 40,000 students and a growing community of 300,000 alumni worldwide.
Your work will have a meaningful influence on a fascinating cross-section of people — from our students and community members, to our renowned researchers and innovators, making discoveries and generating solutions that make the world healthier, safer, stronger and more just. Learn more.
Working for the University of Alberta Press

The Library & Museums portfolio seeks a dynamic and innovative Director and Publisher to provide intellectual, strategic, and operational leadership to the University of Alberta Press. The Press is a contemporary academic press that publishes up to 20 titles per year in both print and digital formats across a wide range of topics relevant to scholarship, research, and society.
Being the Director and Publisher of University of Alberta Press is a rare opportunity in scholarly publishing. Situated in a research-intensive university that offers strong institutional support, the experienced, creative, and cohesive publishing team produces award-winning books in both scholarly and literary arenas. The Press’s offices at the centre of campus are newly renovated and commodious. An adjoining event space connects the Press to units across the institution.
Candidates should be ambitious and bold, holding a vision for University of Alberta Press that builds on its reputation as a highly regarded publisher and accounts for the changes impacting academic publishing. The successful candidate can articulate a plan to enable the Press to continue to produce high-quality scholarship and to be a strong advocate for books, authors, and readers while leading the Press into an evolving future.
Reporting directly to the Vice-Provost (Library & Museums) and Chief Librarian, the Director and Publisher supports the mandate and mission of the Press by publishing important peer-reviewed scholarship, regional non-fiction, and creative works by Canadian and international authors; seeking and supporting development of scholarly work in broad and established fields as well as in specialized and emerging areas of research; extending the reach and influence of the University of Alberta by making evident the commitment to research, creativity, and the dissemination of knowledge.
Specific competencies we value and will consider include:
—Ability to develop and articulate a vision and strategy for the Press.
—Knowledge of emergent trends in academic publishing, e.g., AI, accessibility, inclusivity, sustainability, open access, open educational resources, and new editorial and production processes and technologies.
—Awareness of trends in scholarship and scholarly communication and a record of creating works that respond to these trends.
—Capacity to manage and lead people and teams.
—Business and financial acumen, particularly related to budgeting and planning.
—Awareness of the university press grant landscape and an ability to write successful grant applications.
—Adherence to high production values and editorial standards and technological currency in editorial and production processes.
—An entrepreneurial and creative mindset.
The ideal candidate will have a graduate degree as well as significant work experience in academic or commercial publishing.
The University of Alberta is one of Canada’s top universities. In addition to a university strategic plan, two other key plans shape the work we do. One is the Strategic Plan for EDI from 2019. More recently, the UofA created Braiding Past, Present, and Future: University of Alberta Indigenous Strategic Plan that seeks to “dismantle colonial structures in the university that have long disenfranchised Indigenous Peoples of their legal, social, cultural, religious and ethnic rights.” The Press advances these plans through its processes and its program.
The City of Edmonton is a welcoming city with vibrant communities and excellent schools. It is relatively affordable when compared with other major Canadian cities and has vast open spaces within the city in its river valley and ravines. While there are many tales of harsh winters, Edmonton has a very livable climate and is surrounded by a stunningly beautiful province. If you have questions about the community or university, please reach out to us.
At the University of Alberta, we are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible hiring process for all candidates. If you require accommodations to participate in the interview process, please let us know at the time of booking your interview and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs.
We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted.
The University of Alberta is committed to an equitable, diverse, and inclusive workforce. We welcome applications from all qualified persons. We encourage women; First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons; members of visible minority groups; persons with disabilities; persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity and expression; and all those who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas and the University to apply.
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2024 CBC Massey Lectures: Ian Williams
2024-11-18 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
In Ian Williams’ series of lectures, which he delivered across Canada this past fall, the award-winning author and poet explores what makes a good conversation, and how to connect with strangers even when you disagree with them — leaving space to maybe even change your mind. He also explains why sometimes the most important part of a conversation is silence.

Lecture 1: Why we need to have a conversation about conversations
Ever felt that no one is really listening? In the first of his 2024 CBC Massey Lectures, Williams explores why we need to have a conversation about conversations.
Civic and civil discourse have deteriorated, and the air is raw with anger and misunderstanding on all sides. Part of the reason is the lack of nuance in online spaces; another is that we’re closer than ever before to people who are different from us. So we need to find ways to change how we approach each other — because conversation isn’t going away.

Lecture 2: Public conversations
Williams believes that public space is important for democracy. This is where we articulate our values, and perhaps change our minds.
So how do we open ourselves up to connection with strangers while safeguarding our personal sovereignty and resisting efforts to convert us? And what can we learn from our conversations with strangers and loved ones alike about how to navigate the murky waters of national conversations?
Lecture audio will be available Nov. 19, 2024.

Lecture 3: Personal conversations
Bookstores are full of titles that are supposed to help us deal with difficult conversations — about emotions, hurts and misunderstandings.
The problem is that difficult conversations are almost always about something other than what they seem to be about. And what we’re actually looking for in a conversation isn’t always answers — it’s communion.
Lecture audio will be available Nov. 20, 2024.

Lecture 4: Who can speak for whom to whom about what?
Children’s first words tell us that they are listening, learning and figuring out the shape of the world. They’re also learning who can speak for whom to whom about what.
We’re in an era where many people feel an ownership over certain words, and how a community expresses itself. The term “appropriation” has come to create guardrails around what can be said and by whom. Williams considers the role of speech and silence in reallocating power, and what it means to truly listen.
Lecture audio will be available Nov. 21, 2024.

Ian Williams is a Canadian author and poet. His debut novel, Reproduction, won the Scotiabank Giller Prize in 2019. His short story collection, Not Anyone’s Anything, won the Danuta Gleed Literary Award for the best first collection of short fiction in Canada. He is currently a professor of creative writing at the University of Toronto. He is also a Trustee and past finalist of the Griffin Poetry Prize.

Poetry in Translation: Female Afghan Poets
2024-11-18 23:59 (America/Los_Angeles) | Online
Calico Series Call for Submissions
Poetry: Female Afghan Poets
We’re spotlighting the uncompromising voices of female Afghan poets in an upcoming edition of the Calico Series. The call is open to poets living in Afghanistan and the diaspora, translated from any language, and written in any style. We’re especially eager to see work with fresh poetic language and detailed imagery that will inspire, challenge, and expand our conception of poetry from that region of the world.
To submit, please send us 8–15 pages of translated poetry.
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 18
General Submission Guidelines
– Translators are expected to have identified the original copyright holder and obtained confirmation that the translation rights are available before submitting.
– We only consider previously unpublished translations. If a piece has been published anywhere, including on a personal blog, please submit something else.
– We acquire first serial rights, and the rights revert to the translator upon publication.
– The translator cannot also be the author of the piece (unless it is a co-translation).
– Please note: We are testing this new system for submissions. If you have any trouble with the form below, please send an email to info@twolinespress.com.

Draft Reading Series: Featuring Tolu Oloruntoba
2024-11-22 - 2024-11-24 | Online
Draft Reading Series presents “An Archive of Care”
November 22-24, 2024
Entirely on Zoom.
What traces does care leave behind? Texts, images, scars, tears, belly-laughs, rituals, memories? For its 19th season, the Draft reading series has condensed our programming into a single weekend. Curators Kern Carter, Therese Estacion and Tyler Pennock have invited a stunning collection of authors to commemorate acts of care: giving and receiving, chosen or imposed, private, public or something in between.
Over the course of a weekend (November 22 to 24, 2024) we will host six readings, including 30+ participants, with more news still to come.
The final reading of the weekend (Sunday, November 24th) will be an open mic with contributions from audience members and participants. A condensed version of the schedule is below. A detailed version is available here.
To register, please use this form:
https://forms.gle/Fc8o9oXJZz2pf1HV7
Having trouble? Please contact us at draftreadings at gmail dot com
We welcome your donations by e-transfer at draftseriescollective at gmail dot com
Suggested amount: $10-$30.
If times are tight for you, please attend as our honoured guest.
We are grateful for the support of the Toronto Arts Council and our generous audiences.
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE
DAY 1
Friday November 22
7 TO 9 P.M. E.S.T.
Curated by Tyler Pennock
Readings by Britta B., Qurat Dar, Yasmin Said, Tyler Pennock, and Veronique Synnott
DAY 2
Saturday November 23
1:30 TO 3:30 P.M. E.S.T.
A pop-reading by members of the Draft community. Brief readings (4 per set) by:
Leah Bobet, Hardish Dhaliwal, Carol Duncan, Kyraan Gabourel
Jill Jorgensen, Brooke Lockyer, Christine Mazumdar, Maria Meindl
Miranda Newman, Nicholas Power, Kamila Rina, Lana Starchuck
Thom Vernon, Myna Wallin, Kathleen Whelan Jiaqing Wilson-Yang
Here’s a detailed schedule with exact times.
4 TO 6 P.M. E.S.T.
Curated by Kern Carter
Readings by Kern Carter, George Elliott Clarke, Nadia Hohn, Khwahish Khan, Hanna Komar, and Brandon Rei
7 TO 9 P.M. E.S.T.
Readings by Ronna Bloom, Arundhati Dhara, Louie Leyson, and Tolu Oloruntoba
DAY 3
Sunday November 24
1:30 TO 3:30 P.M. E.S.T.
Curated by Therese Estacion
Readings by, Latif Askia Ba, Jody Chan, Therese Estacion, Kyla Jamieson, and Fareh Malik
4 to 6 P.M. E.S.T.
Open mic
Readings by any participants and audience members who want to share new work.

2025 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award Deadline
2024-12-16 23:59 (America/Vancouver) | Online
Prize Guidelines
This award is for developing writers of poetry, short fiction, and creative nonfiction (new!) and was established in memory of writer Bronwen Wallace. Bronwen Wallace felt that writers should have more opportunities for greater recognition early in their careers, and so this annual award is given to a writer who has published poetry or prose in a literary magazine or anthology, but has not yet been published in book form and is without a book contract.
By submitting to this award, candidates grant Writers’ Trust of Canada permission to publish their work in print and digital formats should they be shortlisted. All rights reserved by the author.

Application Form

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the 2025 prize, a writer must be:
– A Canadian citizen or permanent resident
– Published in an independently edited literary magazine or anthology (journalistic sources are eligible provided the applicant has published literary journalism as opposed to reportage). This publishing credit must be in the genre of the category to which you apply.
– Unpublished in book form and without a book contract (a self-published book or chapbook is not disqualifying)
To submit an entry:
– For creative nonfiction and short fiction, eligible candidates should send up to 10 pages (maximum 2,500 words) of previously unpublished work. For poetry, eligible candidates should send up to 10 pages (no word limit) of previously unpublished work.
– Candidates grant Writers’ Trust of Canada permission to publish their work in print and digital formats should they be shortlisted (all rights reserved by the author).
– For more information, see our eligibility and submission FAQ below.

Formatting

– Give your submission one overall title. Include the title at the top of your manuscript and in the file name of your PDF, and ensure both match the name given for your submission. You do not need a title page.
– Your manuscript must not include your name or any identifying information.
– Include consecutively numbered page numbers.
– Do not use large images within your manuscript.
– Use any font you wish in 11 pt size.

General FAQ

Is there an age restriction for submitting to the award?
No, Canadian writers of all ages are invited to submit.

What writing qualifies as creative nonfiction?
The category includes history, biography, commentary, criticism, literary journalism, and essays that are personal or lyric or narrative.

My qualifying publishing credit is a poem. Can I submit to the short fiction category?
No, to be eligible in a genre, a writer must have a publishing credit in that genre to qualify for the category.

I have been published in a zine or university publication. Does that qualify as a publication credit?
Yes, as long as the publication has an independent editorial process (i.e. the piece was selected for inclusion by an editor or review board).

I have signed a book contract with a publisher. Am I allowed to enter?
No, writers who have signed a full-length book contract with a traditional publisher on or before the submission deadline of December 16, 2025 are ineligible for this award.

I have a chapbook or self-published book. Am I allowed to enter?
Yes. A self-published book does not disqualify a writer, though writing included in a chapbook or self-published book may not be submitted to the award.

I have a book published in fiction but not in poetry. Can I still submit to the poetry category?
No. This award is for writers who are unpublished in book form, so a traditionally published book in any genre makes you ineligible.

Submissions FAQ

For the fiction and nonfiction categories, can I submit an excerpt from a longer work?
Yes, excerpts are accepted, though your submission should stand on its own as a distinct piece.

Can my submission to the award also be one of my qualifying publishing credits?
No, all parts of your submission must be unpublished and cannot appear in a literary magazine, anthology, or online journal before the prize is presented in June 2025. Work posted on a personal blog or on social media is still eligible.

Are simultaneous submissions allowed?
Yes, however, if your full submission is accepted elsewhere and is set to be published before June 2025, you must email the program manager to withdraw it from consideration for this award. If a single poem from a collection is accepted for publication elsewhere, only that poem will be removed from your submission and the jury will assess your entry based on the remaining poems.

What is the word or page limit?
For poetry, there is no word limit and the page limit is 10 pages. For creative nonfiction and short fiction, the word limit is 2,500 words, which generally falls into the 5-10 page range depending on the formatting. Please check your word count before submitting. There is no minimum for either category.

Are multiple submissions allowed?
You may submit writing in multiple categories for consideration. More than one entry in each category is not allowed and only the first submission will be accepted.

A piece I want to submit is due to be published after the deadline. Can I still submit it?
Submissions should not be published anywhere before the prize is presented in June 2025.

Is there a submission fee?
No.

A poem in my collection or reading of my short fiction has been performed live and/or the performance has been posted online. Can I still submit it?
Yes, a live performance or posted video recording of your submission does not disqualify it.

◢ Submit your poetry
◢ Submit your short fiction
◢ Submit your creative nonfiction

For more information please contact:

Devon Jackson, Senior Program Manager
djackson@writerstrust.com

The Moth Poetry Prize: 2024 Deadline
2024-12-31 | Online
The Moth Poetry Prize is one of the biggest prizes in the world for a single unpublished poem. The prize is open to anyone, as long as the poem is previously unpublished, and each year it attracts thousands of entries from new and established poets from over 50 countries worldwide.
1st PRIZE €6,000
3 RUNNER-UP PRIZES OF €1,000
8 COMMENDED PRIZES OF €250

The prize is judged anonymously by a single poet. Past judges include Claudia Rankine, Marie Howe, Deborah Landau, Daljit Nagra, Leontia Flynn, Billy Collins, Nick Laird, Warsan Shire, Hannah Sullivan and Nobel Laureate Louise Glück.
Past winners include Aniqah Choudhri, Michael Lavers, Natalya Anderson, Lee Sharkey, Ann Gray (whose poem was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best Single Poem) and Abigail Parry (who was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection).
The winner of The Moth Poetry Prize 2023 was American poet Lance Larsen for his poem, ‘Things I’m Against’.
‘Talk about being caught off guard! I was just happy to be among the shortlisted and commended poets. So much to learn from them. It feels great to be struck by lightning. I certainly have more confidence in this poem now, and the book manuscript it’s a part of. Thank you!’ Lance Larsen
The Judge
Fiona Benson is the author of four poetry collections: Bright Travellers, Vertigo & Ghost, Ephemeron and Midden Witch (forthcoming). All three of her published collections have been shortlisted for the T S Eliot prize, and her books have won the Forward Prize, the Seamus Heaney Prize, the Roehampton Poetry Prize and the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. At the time of writing, Infamous Offspring, a collaboration with the Belgian choreographer Wim Vandekeybus, is in production across Europe with the company Ultima Vez. In 2024 she received a Cholmondley Award from the Society of Authors. She lives in mid-Devon with her husband and their two daughters.
How to Enter
The Prize is open to anyone (over 16) from anywhere in the world, as long as the work is original and previously unpublished.
There is no line limit, and the poems can be on any subject.
The entry fee is €15 per poem. You can ENTER ONLINE or send your poem(s) along with a cheque or postal order made payable to ‘The Moth Magazine Ltd.’ with an ENTRY FORM or a cover letter with your name and contact details and the title of your poem(s) attached to: The Moth, Ardan Grange, Milltown, Belturbet, Co. Cavan, Ireland H14 K768.

**If you are concerned about formatting online, please go through the online process and then email your poem as a Word attachment with your entry number directly to enquiries@themothmagazine.com.*
Please remember to READ THE RULES of the competition before you enter.
CLOSING DATE 31 DECEMBER 2024
You will need to subscribe to our mailing list if you wish to be notified of the results
The shortlist will be announced in March 2025 and the four shortlisted poems will appear in the Irish Times online.The overall winner of €6,000 will be announced at a special award online in the spring of 2025.Call 00 353 (0)87 2657251 or email enquiries@themothmagazine.com for more details.

Hayden's Ferry Review: Translations
2024-12-31 23:59 (America/Edmonton) | Online
We are waiving our submission fee for Black and Indigenous writers. Please submit your translation pieces here. If you have questions concerning this policy, please email us.
Translations submissions should be works translated into English from any other non-English language, and must include the original text along with the translated text.
Translators should secure rights to translate the work they are submitting.
Submit up to 6 poems/micro-fictions, or one essay/story.
Prose should be double-spaced. We do not have a strict word count, though we favor pieces under 17 pages, and rarely accept work that is over 20. Please do not submit pieces that are over 25 pages.
Please include your entire submission in one file, and be sure your name and contact information are included on the first page of the file.
All work should be uploaded through our submissions manager. Acceptable file formats include .doc, .docx, and .pdf.
Please send one submission per genre at a time, and wait for a response before you submit additional work.
Simultaneous submissions are welcome. If your work is accepted elsewhere, please notify the editors immediately by adding a message to your submission in Submittable.
Withdraw your submission using Submittable. If you are only withdrawing a section of your work (for example: 2/5 poems), add a message to your submission in Submittable.
We do not accept previously published material.
We do not consider book-length works. Submitters are strongly encouraged to read the journal before submitting. Sample work from current and past issues is available on our website.
Upon acceptance, we will request a translator’s note on your translation process (similar to an artist statement).

Call for Paid Interns: Civitella Ranieri in Italy
2025-01-15 | Civitella Ranieri, Via Ursula Corning 1, Localitá Civitella Ranieri, Umbertide, PG, 060129, Italy
Civitella seeks candidates for our paid internship program for the 2025 residency season. Located in a 15th-century castle in Umbria, Italy, Civitella is a residency program for international writers, composers, and visual artists. Over the last thirty years, we have hosted more than 1,000 Fellows and Director’s Guests.
Interns are a treasured and integral part of our community and daily life. They live and work at the Castle for roughly twelve weeks between April and November. The Civitella internship is a formative experience that emphasizes public speaking, teamwork, event planning, and problem solving. Interns provide valuable support with the library, meals, excursions, and presentations during each fellowship session. An ideal candidate for this role will demonstrate an interest in cultural and linguistic exchange, as well as in nonprofit arts programming. In addition to daily responsibilities, it is often also possible for interns to work on projects structured around their individual interests and experience. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2025.
“Art and beauty are everywhere the Castle and every day brings a new challenge that leads to cultural, linguistic, and personal enrichment. Civitella is a multicultural place that encourages cooperation and teamwork with Fellows and Staff.” – Federica Machelli, Civitella Intern in 2023 & 2024 (pictured here, standing far left with Staff)
“My time working at Civitella was as engaging as it was beautiful. The Castle facilitates a warm and enriching space to learn under the leadership of the office Staff. The cooking, housekeeping, and groundskeeping Staff take excellent care of the Castle and welcome anyone who walks through its gates. I learned so much from both the Civitella team and the Fellows, and gained new perspectives on working in an international arts environment.” -Anna Sofia Neil, Civitella Intern in 2024
Roles and Responsibilities
Interns provide general assistance to the Executive Director, Residency Director, Program Coordinator, Program Assistant, Kitchen Staff, and the Fellows. They:
— Prepare for Fellows’ arrivals; provide transportation for Fellows and Guests; distribute orientation information and give tours of the facilities.
— Assist Fellows in their work as requested, run errands, greet guests, provide assistance in the office and in the on-site gallery.
— Accompany Staff and Fellows on excursions to nearby cultural sites, providing transportation, materials, and tour assistance.
— Provide interpretation as able and necessary.
— Help organize weekly events, including communications, technical assistance, and set up.
— Attend weeknight communal dinners with the Fellows, including setting and clearing tables at meal times, coordinating between Kitchen and Fellows, making announcements, and helping to maintain a lively and inclusive environment for conversation and exchange.
— Catalog new acquisitions for the library and re-shelve materials after use.
— Help track and maintain the inventory of the Foundation’s art collection.
— Attend staff meetings.
— Engage in special projects if interested and applicable.
Schedule
Civitella typically hosts one to three interns annually, between the months April and November, for twelve weeks each. Please note your availability in your cover letter.
The structure of the Civitella internship varies based on the projects, events, and needs of a given group of Fellows. Many intern responsibilities will happen Monday-Friday from 11AM-5PM, but these hours are subject to change. Dinner with the Fellows each weeknight is required. Flexibility is crucial and the intern should be available for events in the mornings, evenings, and on the weekends, as needed. As the main staff contact living at the Castle, the intern will be Fellows’ first call should an emergency arise.
Interns are encouraged to travel in their free time with advance notice given to Staff.
Skills and Requirements
Strong English proficiency is necessary, as is a valid driver’s license. We give preference to individuals with Italian language skills, experience in the arts or study/work abroad, and the ability to drive stick shift.
Applicants should be self-motivated, independent, collaborative, and adaptable. Each day interns encounter unpredictable and varying tasks; they should be comfortable working within an intensely motivated community in an idyllic but somewhat isolated location. An ideal intern maintains a confident, positive, and helpful attitude and must be open and diplomatic with people of diverse backgrounds and widely varying lived experiences.
Compensation
We offer selected candidates round trip airfare and transportation (from place of residence to Civitella), lodging, and meals (lunch and dinner six days per week) for the period of the internship and a stipend for incidental expenses of $200 per week.
Application Process
Applications must include a cover letter and an up-to-date CV. Please list two references with their relationship to you and contact information (phone, email). Your cover letter should explain why the internship would be meaningful to you, how you might best contribute to the Civitella community, and how past experiences have prepared you for the work described above. Please send as a single PDF and use the subject line INTERN APPLICATION: [YOUR NAME]. Your application must be emailed to diego@civitella.org by January 15th at 11:59PM EST. We will conduct virtual interviews in February. Notification is sent to candidates by early March.

2025 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry: Submission Deadline
2025-02-01 08:00 - 2025-04-30 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Submittable
Submit to the Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry!
🗓️ Deadline: April 30, 2025
🌍 Open to: International poets
✍️ Submit: 1-3 unpublished poems
💵 Fee: $15
🥇 Award: $1,500
🗂️ Organized by: Beloit Poetry Journal, with the support of the Adrienne Rich Literary Trust
📚 Judge: Nikky Finney
Guidelines
Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on any subject in any style up to a maximum of 10 pages per entry. (We enjoy long poems!)
Reading fee of $15 per entry. A limited number of complimentary entries are available to poets for whom the fee presents a hardship. Contact us at bpj@bpj.org for more information.
Submitters paying the reading fee may purchase a discounted 1-year subscription to the BPJ. (An additional shipping charge applies to international subscribers.)
Simultaneous submissions welcome. Please notify us immediately of publication elsewhere by leaving a message in Submittable.
We regret we that cannot accept entries after the deadline or changes to poems after submission.
Please no translations (though we are happy to see these during our regular reading periods).
Kindly refrain from placing your name anywhere on the attached manuscript.
The editors will consider all submissions for publication.
Finalists will be notified in the summer; the winner will be announced and published in the Fall issue of the BPJ.
We follow the CLMP Guidelines for contests and are committed, in all we do, to the highest ethical standards. If you are a personal friend, family member, or student of any BPJ editor or of the judge, or if you are a former or current intern or staff member of the BPJ, please refrain from submitting.
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2025 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry - Deadline
2025-02-15 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Arrowsmith Press, in partnership with The Derek Walcott Festival in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, presents the annual Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry to be awarded to a full-length book of poems by a living poet who is not a US citizen (green card holders welcome) published in the previous calendar year.
The book must be in English or in English translation, and may have been published anywhere in the world.
The prize includes a $2,000 cash award. In the case of translations, the prize money may be shared by the poet and the translator.
Publishers, authors, and others are invited to enter books published between January 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. Submission form and 2 copies of each book must be received by February 15, 2025. There is a $20 submission fee per book submitted. Unlimited submissions allowed. Two hard copies of each book should be mailed to Arrowsmith Press, 11 Chestnut Street, Medford, MA 02155. The prize committee hopes to work with publishers to coordinate an event along with their author’s touring schedule.

Harold Morton Landon Translation Award
2025-02-15 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Online
The 2025 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award is a $1,000 award recognizing a poetry collection translated from any language into English and published in the previous calendar year. Established in 1976, it is given annually. A noted translator chooses the winning book.
Submissions are accepted from September 15, 2024 through February 15, 2025 (11:59 p.m. Eastern Time). The 2025 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award will be judged by Roger Sedarat.
Please review the guidelines before sending your submission. For questions, please write to awards@poets.org.
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2025 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award Guidelines
Any translator who meets one of the below criteria on the date of the submission deadline, in any given year, is eligible: U.S. Citizen, or; resident of the United States for the ten-year period prior to the submission deadline, or; Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States.
Please note: By law the Academy of American Poets must report cash prizes awarded to individuals to the Internal Revenue Service. If individuals have a Social Security Number (SSN) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), the individual will receive a 1099. If the individual does not have an SSN or ITIN, the individual will receive a 1042 and could be subject to a withholding of a percentage of the cash prize.
– Only books published in the United States during 2024 are eligible for the 2025 prize.
– Books must be published in a standard edition (48 pages or more).
– Collaborations by up to two translators are eligible.
– Self-published books will not be considered.
– Only online submissions are accepted for the award through Submittable: poets.submittable.com/submit.
– The Academy of American Poets agrees to purchase for distribution to its members copies of the winning book. The Academy of American Poets may purchase additional copies of the book for its own use, but not for resale. No royalties will be paid to the author on the copies purchased by the Academy of American Poets. The publisher agrees to make available to the Academy of American Poets the number of copies requested and to sell the books at a special discount based on a percentage markup of the PPB (printing, paper, and binding) costs.
– The winner of the 2025 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award will be announced in June 2025.
– All correspondence concerning the contest should be addressed to the Academy of American Poets and sent to awards@poets.org.
– The decisions of the Academy of American Poets as to eligibility are final.
Please note: It is the mission of the Academy of American Poets to support American poets at all stages of their careers and to foster the appreciation of contemporary poetry. In furtherance of our mission, we are committed to maintaining the highest standards of quality and integrity in our publications and programs, and expect and require the same from the poets with whom we collaborate.
All applicants and selected award recipients agree that, as part of their eligibility to receive the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, they will maintain the highest standards of fairness, decency and personal integrity, in the Academy’s sole discretion, including with adherence to all applicable laws and community values. The decisions of the Academy of American Poets regarding eligibility, both initial and throughout the award period, are final.

Translation Talks: Amelia M. Glaser & Yuliya Ilchuk
2025-02-19 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
Amelia M. Glaser translates primarily from Yiddish, Ukrainian, and Russian. She is Professor of Literature at UC San Diego, where she holds the Chair in Judaic Studies. She is the author of Jews and Ukrainians in Russia’s Literary Borderlands, and Songs in Dark Times: Yiddish Poetry of Struggle from Scottsboro to Palestine. She is the editor of Stories of Khmelnytsky: Literary Legacies of the 1648 Ukrainian Cossack Uprising and, with Steven Lee, Comintern Aesthetics. Her joint translation with Yuliya Ilchuk of Halyna Kruk’s A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails was shortlisted for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize. She is currently writing a book about contemporary Ukrainian poetry.
Yuliya Ilchuk is Assistant Professor of Slavic Literature and Culture at Stanford University. She is the author of an award-winning book, Nikolai Gogol: Performing Hybrid Identity, and a translator of contemporary Ukrainian poetry. Ilchuk’s most recent book project, The Vanished: Memory, Temporality, Identity in Post-Euromaidan Ukraine, revisits collective memory and trauma, post-memory, remembrance, memorials, and reconciliation in Ukraine. Her co-translation of Halyna Kruk’s A Crash Course in Molotov Cocktails with Amelia M. Glaser was shortlisted for the 2024 Griffin Poetry Prize.
Translation Talks will run for approximately one hour on Zoom and will be hosted by Griffin Poetry Prize editorial director Adriana Oniță and social media editor Medgine Mathurin.
You will receive the Zoom link via Eventbrite after registering. Autocaptioning will be available. If you have any questions, please contact Adriana at editorialdirector@griffinpoetryprize.com
Check out our past Translation Talks on YouTube, featuring exceptional poet-translators in conversation, including Khaled Mattawa & Sarah Riggs; Ani Gjika & Dunya Mikhail; Ali Kinsella, Dzvinia Orlowsky, & Mira Rosenthal; Valzhyna Mort & Erin Moure; Manolis Aligizakis & Sharon Dolin; D. M. Bradford & Donald Nicholson-Smith, and George McWhirter & Emilie Moorhouse.
Learn more about the Griffin Poetry Prize on our website.

Cross-Pollinations: Eve Joseph and Dr. Jacqueline Hui
2025-02-26 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | Zoom
On Wednesday, February 26 at 6pm (EST)/3pm (PST), register for an hour of poetry and conversation around the theme of Palliative and End-of-Life Care. This event is curated jointly by the League of Canadian Poets, The Canadian Association for Health Humanities, and the Health Arts Research Centre.
This event will feature Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet and former hospice care counsellor Eve Joseph, who will be reading from her book In The Slender Margin: The Intimate Strangeness of Death and Dying. We will also hear from Dr. Jacqueline Hui, who has worked in Palliative Care for over twenty years.

Eve Joseph

Eve Joseph lives and writes on the unceded traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples. Her first two books of poetry The Startled Heart (Oolichan, 2004) and The Secret Signature of Things (Brick, 2010) were both nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Award. Her nonfiction book In the Slender Margin was published by HarperCollins in 2014 and won the Hubert Evans award for nonfiction. Her most recent book of poetry Quarrels (Anvil, 2018) was nominated for the Dorothy Livesay Award, The ReLit Award and won the 2019 Griffin Poetry Prize. Eve worked for 21 years as a community and crisis counsellor at the Victoria Hospice.

Dr. Jacqueline Hui

Dr. Jacqueline Hui has dedicated over two decades to the field of Palliative Care, practicing in Canada and teaching internationally. She is also the Faculty Development Lead for the Department of Family Medicine and Director of Teacher Development with the Office of Faculty Development at the University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine. As a physician, educator, and advocate, she has a deep understanding of the importance of presence, meaningful connection, compassion and resilience. Her work in Palliative Care has led to a profound wisdom of acceptance and letting go, shaping an approach to care that values humanity through life’s most challenging transitions.

The Adroit Journal Seeks Translation Readers
2025-04-01 00:00, 2025-05-01 00:00, 2025-06-01 00:00, 2025-07-01 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
The Adroit Journal seeks readers in translation to join our growing team. This is a volunteer, remote position with a start date of ASAP. The monthly commitment is approximately 6-8 hours when the submissions portal is open. Readers will read, discuss, and vote on submissions of translated work, and will attend monthly meetings, convened by the section editor.
Candidates need not be expert in multiple languages to apply. We’re looking, first and foremost, for experienced readers who are passionate about language and story, who are willing to read across genres, and who are enthusiastic about literary translation as an art form.
Please apply with a statement of interest (no more than a page) detailing your experiences as a writer, editor, and translator, if applicable; and what you would add to the journal’s literary and/or artistic community. You are encouraged to include things such as experience in the specific field(s), writing and publication, and other commendations and accolades, but this statement should NOT read like a résumé.
Your statement should highlight your history, passion, and experience with the areas of the position and creative writing. Feel free to discuss other topics you feel are appropriate, as well as any specific connections, measures, or initiatives you might have (or aspire to have) with The Adroit Journal’s staff community.
Please upload a cv/résumé.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis. This position is volunteer and remote, with a start date of ASAP. Due to the volume of applications, we can only respond to people we wish to interview for an opening.
Before applying please familiarize yourself with the journal by visiting our About page, and perhaps also an issue or two.

Poetry Fundamentals: A Seven-Week Course Taught by the North Sea Poets
2025-04-22 08:00 - 2025-06-03 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
A series of seven classes, delivered weekly from April 22 to June 3, by members of the North Sea Poets: Kathleen Jamie, Niall Campbell, Karen Solie, Don Paterson, Lisa Brockwell, John Glenday, and Leslie Harrison.
– Classes will run between 90 minutes and two hours long, and students will have an opportunity to interact with the tutor through a Q&A at the end of the session. All class times are BST (British Summer Time).
– This series is suitable for both experienced and emerging writers.
– Your ticket gives you access to all seven classes. Cost: £250
– Please visit the website for information about the series, and for details about additional single webinars, workshops, and masterclasses.

Week 1: 22nd April 2025 7:30-9:30pm
Don Paterson: What’s a Poem Anyway?
This introductory workshop will take a deep breath then a deeper dive into a place that poets often leave curiously unexplored: what is a poem, anyway? In this class, Don will look at not just the historical, cultural and psychological roots of the poem as a verbal artefact, but how the meaning of the word ‘poet’ has changed over the millennia, together with the poet’s role in the culture at large. He’ll then turn to the present to ask what poets might be for today: why do some of us still have the urge to do this strange thing with language, even in our age of dramatic technological and cultural change? And how can we do it most effectively?
Week 2: 29th April 2025 7:30-9:30pm
Niall Campbell: The Point of the Mask is Not the Mask
Charles Wright in his poem ‘Chickamauga’ writes: ‘The point of the mask is not the mask but the face underneath.’ The mask, in its own way, can be revealing. This workshop will begin by looking at how different poets (including Seamus Heaney, Liz Berry, Ted Hughes and others) have adopted different personae to create distance from the ‘usual’ author of their own work. Later, in generative exercises, we will also put on voices and masks to test how far we can step away from ourselves – and discover how, in being someone different, we might sometimes speak more truly.
Week 3: 6th May 2025 7:30-9:30pm
Karen Solie: ‘I Can’t Tell You What I Mean’: Writing Uncertainty​​
Language is a system for conveying meaning. But how might we begin to address experiences and ideas whose meanings, even to us, are less than clear? How might we, as poets, use language to express that uncertainty? How might our poems generate uncertainty as a meaningful experience for the reader? In this session, Karen will look at poems by several contemporary poets that suggest practical strategies for writing uncertainty, and writing by poets who offer ways to consider, as Fanny Howe does, ‘bewilderment as a poetics and an ethics.’ The class will also undertake a brief writing experiment, which might uncover the seed of a new poem.

Week 4: 13th May 2025 7:30-9:30pm
Lisa Brockwell: Reading to Write
Your lifelong apprenticeship to poetry starts with your internal library. The quickest way to write a half decent poem is to read a thousand great ones. To get there, you need to battle your way through many, many thousands of mediocre poems. The trick is to know the difference. That takes a lot of practice: it’s a long apprenticeship to become someone who can write a poem that a stranger might want to read. As well as talent, a good ear, humility and a sense of vocation – a poet has a living and growing anthology inside them, whispering to you during your waking and sleeping hours. Once built, this internal library will stay with you for life, growing, transforming, bedding in, living a life of its own. In this workshop, Lisa will provide a toolbox to help you build it – whether you’re starting out with plans for a Grand Designs-style new build or doing a refurb on something old and derelict.

Week 5: 20th May 2025 7:30-9:30pm
John Glenday: Behind. Before. Above. Between. Below.
In this online antidote to the empty page, John will explore the hinterland of the imagination, using Donne’s five dimensions of desire as a template. Where should we look, and what tools can we use to avoid the dreaded Writer’s Block? How should we adapt our process so that we’re always open to the creative worlds around and within us? Through discussion, examples and quickfire exercises, we’ll lay the foundations of new work and discover strategies for revitalising our ailing drafts. Every poem we write is our first poem.

Week 6: 27th May 2025 7:30-9:30pm
Lesley Harrison: Writing Home​​​
Drawing on work from several contemporary poets, this session will examine ways in which we map ourselves onto a landscape. Is ‘home’ always that place we define and complete? Is this inevitable? In this session Lesley will discuss the process of writing from here, wherever ‘here’ is, and how we might question the whole notion of a ‘firm footing’. Are there ‘homes’ and ‘heres’ into which we might also project our imaginations and alternative futures? (‘Maybe it is a good thing for us to keep a few dreams of a house that we shall live in later, always later, so much later, in fact, that we shall not have time to achieve it.’ – Gaston Bachelard, The Poetics of Space)

Week 7: 3rd June 2025 7:30-9:30pm
Kathleen Jamie: The Joy of Drafting
Using a new poem of her own, complete with all its drafts, Kathleen will demonstrate the process of writing a poem from start to finish. Beginning with the initial idea, she’ll ask – what is inspiration, anyway? Then follows the crucial back-of-an-envelope first draft, and after that, the absorbing task of re-writing and re-writing, listening and thinking, as poet and poem work together to achieve a finished form. Your own practice and voice will develop as you discover the skills required at each stage of this poetic process, with all its frustrations and rewards.

Call for Submissions — Beyond the Concert Hall: An Anthology of Sound
2025-05-31 | Online
Submit to Beyond the Concert Hall: An Anthology of Sound, the next anthology by Edmonton-based Laberinto Press!
Submission Guidelines:
Composer John Cage was poet John Ashbery’s musician of choice when it came to expanding his writing in innovative directions. Cocteau’s The Human Voice choreographs silences across phone lines to tell the story of a toxic relationship. Iconic Brazilian musical Black Orpheus re-tells the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, with Afro-Brazilian inspired musical numbers. Music is silence, it is the cacophony of carnival, an improvised sing-along, that earworm that will not leave our brains, the urban frenzy of the city streets cursing through our bodies, the words and voice of our dear ones.
Edited by Laberinto Press’s Director, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, the last anthology of the Beyond Series by Laberinto Press, titled: Beyond the Concert Hall: An Anthology of Sound invites Canadian writers to submit writing on musical experiences, and general experiences of sound, or silence. Special consideration will be offered to submissions by graduate and undergraduate Arts students and hyphenated Canadian authors.
Each submission should contain the following:
Poetry: three poems or ten pages;
Prose (Fiction, Non-Fiction): 10-12 pages.
All submissions should be double spaced, Times New Roman Pt. 12.
The contributors will be paid an honorarium.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 2025
How to submit:
Electronic submissions only:
Luciana Erregue-Sacchi at erregue@ualberta.ca
Subject: Beyond the Concert Hall

2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings
2025-06-04 19:30 - 22:30 (America/Toronto) | Koerner Hall, Koerner Hall, 273 Bloor St. West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Join us for an inspiring evening of poetry!
✨The 2025 Griffin Poetry Prize Readings
📅 June 4 | 🕢 7:30 PM ET
📍Live in Toronto or via YouTube livestream
The evening will feature:
✨ Margaret Atwood in conversation with Carolyn Forché
✨ Aaron Coleman reading Nicolás Guillén
✨ Brian Henry reading Tomaž Šalamun
✨ Karen Leeder and Durs Grünbein
✨ Carl Phillips
✨ Diane Seuss
✨ The 2025 Canadian First Book Prize Winner (announced May 21)
✨ A 2025 Finalist from Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie
Get your tickets today here!

Time and the Figurative with Karen Solie
2025-07-05 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Register for a unique chance to learn from Griffin Poetry Prize winner and trustee Karen Solie in the North Sea Poets webinar series!
Time and the Figurative with Karen Solie
“How — with no preparation — can this singular, short-lived event constituted by the appearance of an unusual poetic image, react on other minds and in other hearts, despite all the barriers of common sense, all the disciplined schools of thought, content in their immobility?”

– Gaston Bachelard
If the image is the instant, “the frozen present,” as Charles Simic writes, and metaphor the realm of myth and the past, the simile is “the key to the kingdom.” Through examples of poems, and with reference to writing on the poetics of image, this workshop with Karen will explore the magic of the figurative – its seeming ability to stop time, to expand the moment, to invoke simultaneously the past and present and gesture toward an uncertain future. It is a magic that allows readers of poems, as Li Po wrote, to be “alive twice.” The session will include discussion and…

Poetry Editor Position at The Ex-Puritan
2025-07-08 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Do you have strong opinions about contemporary poetry? Do you have the editorial chops and a desire to work with emerging writers? Do you want to play a role in shaping Canada’s literary conversation?
If so, you should throw your hat into the ring to become The Ex-Puritan’s new Poetry Editor!
We are currently looking for a dedicated individual to transition into our poetry department starting with our Fall 2025 issue (beginning in August 2025).
THE POETRY EDITOR WILL:
– Review all upvoted submissions to select three to six poems per issue
– Solicit poetry when necessary
– Send out acceptance and rejection emails prior to the publication of the next issue
– Actively work to diversify the demographic of poets, prioritizing work from disabled writers, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ writers, and other marginalized writers
– Edit accepted pieces and coordinate with the authors to meet the publishing deadline
– Work with the managing editor to ensure there is a team of sufficient readers to help with managing the submissions
– Attend and participate in regular masthead meetings
QUALIFIED CANDIDATES WILL HAVE:
– Knowledge of and interest in contemporary Canadian literature, literary communities, and magazine publishing
– Excellent written and oral communication skills
– Proficiency with MS programs and Google mail/docs
– The ability to meet strict deadlines
– The ability to work independently and as part of a team
Interested candidates should familiarize themselves with the magazine, its history, and the work it publishes, then send a cover letter and resume (or CV) as .doc, .docx, or .pdf attachment to both poetry@ex-puritan.ca and expuritaneditors@gmail.com. Cover letters should answer the following questions: 1) What draws you to The Ex-Puritan in particular? 2) What experience do you have as an editor? 3) What knowledge do you have of the current Canadian poetry scene? and 4) What experience makes you specifically suited for a role as a Poetry Editor?
This is a volunteer position, currently receiving a $250 honorarium per quarterly issue.
The Ex-Puritan is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and prioritizes applications from candidates who identify with historically marginalized groups and underserved communities. First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples or Indigenous peoples of North America are strongly encouraged to apply as well as racialized people, persons with disabilities, and those who identify as 2SLGBTQ+. If you require any accommodations during the application and hiring process, please let us know.
Applications will be received on a rolling basis.
Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview.
Deadline to apply is July 22, 2025.

English Program Director Position with Poetry in Voice
2025-07-10 | Online
Part-time, permanent contract position available: English Program Director
Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie (PIV/LVP) is a registered charity that promotes poetry and poetry education across Canada. We provide educators with engaging content and experiences, in English and French, to inspire their students to read, recite, and write poetry. We seek a dynamic, proactive, imaginative and productive Program Director to partner with our team members and ensure streamlined operations.
Responsibilities
– Review and curate new additions to our English poetry anthology
– Oversee all new content creation (Lesson Plans, Mixtapes, Dive Ins, etc.)
– Coordinate all English Team Regional Contests
– Collaborate with the French Director in the creation of our annual student poetry journal
– Plan and execute our National Finals and FutureVerse events with the rest of team
– Assist the Development team with its fundraising efforts

Qualifications
– 1-3 years of working with arts organizations, schools and/or non-profits
– Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (Humanities, Education, etc.)
– Excellent English speaking and writing skills, good knowledge of French an asset
– A solid knowledge and interest in Canadian poetry
– Knowledge of Canadian secondary education
– Rigorous editorial skills and attention to detail
– Excellent interpersonal skills
– Previous experience writing/talking about poetry to a general and/or educational audience an asset
– Excellent knowledge of Acrobat, Word, and Excel, and a working knowledge of a CMS and HTML an asset
– Ability to work well with diverse team members in a virtual office environment
You will be able to work from home and negotiate your weekly schedule. The salary is $ 32,265.66 per year, 18.75 hours per week, with 3 weeks of holiday, increasing to 6 weeks and a 15% pay rise after one year.
If you are interested in joining this exciting, successful organization now in its 15th year, please send your CV and a motivation letter to david@poetryinvoice.ca by July 10, 2025, with “English Program Director” in the email subject..
Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie welcomes applications from racialized persons/visible minorities, women, Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, ethnic minorities, and persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, as well as from all qualified cand dates with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.

Submit to the 2026 Sarah Maguire Prize for Poetry in Translation
2025-07-10 08:00 - 2025-10-21 00:00 (Europe/London) | Online
The Poetry Translation Centre invites international publishers to submit entries for the fourth biennial Sarah Maguire Prize, celebrating the best poetry book translated into English by a living poet from beyond Europe. Submissions open on 10 July 2025 and close on 31 December 2025. The shortlist will be announced by April 2026, with the winner revealed in September 2026.
In response to the current financial landscape affecting arts and literary organisations, the Poetry Translation Centre will, for the first time, charge a £15 entry fee per submission. Thanks to generous support from the Friends of Sarah Maguire, a limited number of free entries are available. Publishers who would struggle with this fee are warmly encouraged to get in touch with the Centre directly.
Established in honour of Sarah Maguire, the prize recognises outstanding achievement in poetry translation and aims to showcase the very best contemporary poetry from around the world.
The prize was established with a generous gift from the Estate of Sarah Maguire and donations from her friends and colleagues, as well as grants from the Golsoncott Foundation, the Garrick Charitable Trust and the British Council.
£1,500 is awarded to the winning poet and £1,500 to the winning translator (or shared if there is more than one translator). Publishers must have the right to distribute the book in the UK.
Eligibility
a) The book must have been first published in English between 1st January 2024 and 31st December 2025.
b) The book can be published in any country but the rights for sale in the UK must be in place.
c) The Publisher must hold and/or have cleared all necessary permissions to publish the book in the English language including the rights for sale of the book in the UK and be able to evidence this if requested.
d) The book must be the work of a single poet writing in a language other than English whose work has been translated into English.
e) The poet can be resident anywhere in the world but must originate from beyond Europe and publicly identify their writing as being from beyond Europe. For the purposes of the 2026 prize Europe will be defined as proposed by the United Nations geoscheme, which can be found here.
f) The book must be the work of a living poet. A posthumous collection will only be eligible if it has been published within one year of the poet’s death.
g) At least 50% of the translations in the book must not have been published before in book form.
h) A book shall be defined as having at least 48 pages and with a valid ISBN number in its country of publication.
i) Books must be physical publications. Books that are only available in e-format are not eligible for entry.
j) The book must be submitted by the publisher. Entries from individual poets or translators of their own work will not be accepted. This includes any books that have been self-published.
k) In all cases, the organiser’s ruling on the eligibility or ineligibility of a book will be final and binding.
Submissions
a) All entries must be submitted electronically through the Poetry Translation Centre’s Submittable entry page, with completed entry forms and a PDF of the book. Books must be submitted by the publisher.
b) The last date for submission will be 31st December 2025.
Shortlist
a) The judges will select a shortlist of five books, which will be announced in April 2026.
b) If in the judges’ opinion there are more titles worthy of recognition, the number of shortlisted books may be increased but will comprise of not more than seven books.
c) If an entry is shortlisted the publisher agrees to supply seven bound copies of the book by 15th April 2026 to the Poetry Translation Centre, The Albany, Douglas Way, Deptford, SE8 4AG, UK.
d) Copies of books submitted to the Poetry Translation Centre will not be returned.
e) Shortlisted and winning poets and translators will be expected to be available for publicity near the time of the awards and, where possible, to attend the award ceremony. Poets and translators may also be filmed and recorded at the ceremony for the promotion of the Prize.
f) The copyright of each poem and translation remains with the author. By entering the competition, the publishers grant the Poetry Translation Centre the right in perpetuity to publish and/or broadcast their translations, with appropriate acknowledgement, for distribution throughout the world, in print, on the Poetry Translation Centre website, in our newsletter, in associated publications, on social media channels, and in press releases and emails for the purposes of marketing the publication, the Prize or associated work.
g) For books entered into the prize containing the original language poems as well as English language translations the above terms apply to the original language poems as well as the English language translations.
The Judging
a) The Prize will be judged by three judges chosen by the Poetry Translation Centre. The competition organisers reserve the right to change the judging panel without notice.
b) The decision of the judges is final and they will not enter into any correspondence with entrants regarding their decisions.
c) Judges may call in books for consideration if they so wish.
d) The judges reserve the right not to award the Prize if, in their opinion, no works entered reach a sufficiently high standard.

2025 Sheila-Na-Gig Editions First Chap Contest
2025-07-18 00:00 (America/Toronto) | Online
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions invites entries for our annual First Chapbook contest. Please follow the guidelines below.Jessica Manack’s Gastromythology was our 2023 winner! Our 2024 winner, Elinor Ann Walker’s work, Fugitive but Gorgeous, will be published in 2025!

IMPORTANT: This contest is meant to support early-career poets. Only poets who have NOT previously published a chapbook or full-length collection are eligible to submit.
– Submit a chapbook-length poetry manuscript (20-40 pgs — not including front and back matter) via Submittable. Manuscripts will not be considered via email or snail mail.
– Poems may be previously published in print journals or online, if you own the rights for reprints.
– Simultaneous submissions are accepted. Please notify us immediately if your manuscript is accepted elsewhere. Reading fees are not refundable.
– Work will be judged on the merits of the manuscripts alone. Please help us judge the work anonymously by following these next guidelines carefully:
– DO NOT include a bio or formal cover letter.
– DO NOT include an acknowledgments page for previously published work. If your manuscript is selected for publication, you may send along this information later.
– DO NOT include your name ANYWHERE on your manuscript or in the Submittable title of your submission. Submissions that reveal authors’ identities will be disqualified without notice, and fees will not be refunded.
– DO NOT include any poems that we have published in Sheila-Na-Gig online. If we have published your work and you win the contest, you will have an opportunity to add these poems later (even if it increases the length of your manuscript).
– Do NOT ask to edit your work while it is under consideration; please do not email us while your work is under consideration.
– Do NOT submit collections that contain photos or other visual art. We do not publish chapbooks with visuals.
– DO NOT submit AI-generated or assisted work!
THE PRIZE: The selected manuscript will be published by Sheila-Na-Gig Editions. For sample chapbooks, check out https://sheilanagigblog.com/shop-sheila-na-gig-editions/ (last year’s winner, Elinor Ann Walker, will be published in 2025)
$500 honorarium + 50% royalties
25 copies of the published manuscript (and 55% discounts on future orders)
All participants will receive a copy of the winning volume upon publication. International participants will receive pdf copies.
READING FEE: $15.00
THE SUBMISSION PERIOD: July 1-31, 2025 by 11pm (Eastern)
THE JUDGE: Hayley Mitchell Haugen, Founding Editor, Sheila-Na-Gig online & Sheila-Na-Gig Editions: https://sheilanagigblog.com/about/
RESPONSE TIME: The winner will be announced on or before December 31, 2025
THE FINE PRINT: Sheila-Na-Gig Editions reserves the right to NOT select a winning manuscript. In the case of this unlikely event, reading fees will be refunded. We really want to publish manuscripts! Familiarize yourself with the works in Sheila-Na-Gig online to get a sense of our aesthetic. We publish well-crafted free verse poetry and especially seek poems with excellent imagery and a strong sense of voice. Chapbooks should also include a tightly consistent theme.
Sheila-Na-Gig Editions seeks to support the work of marginalized voices. BIPOC and members of the LGBTQ+ community are encouraged to submit their work.

Social Media Coordinator Position at Words Without Borders
2025-07-20 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Online
Words Without Borders Social Media Coordinator
Part-time
Remote
The social media coordinator’s mission is to drive engagement and growth across Words Without Borders’ social media channels as we work to broaden the audience for international literature. Reporting to the marketing and communications manager and working closely with the editorial, digital, and education teams, the social media coordinator will help develop innovative campaigns and engagement strategies for WWB’s magazine and programs, actively interacting with our Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, and LinkedIn audiences. You will maintain a distinct voice and presence on each platform, draft and schedule posts that utilize text, images, and/or videos, and interact with our readers, partners, and contributors. This is a great opportunity for an early-career communications professional to make an impact in a growing literary organization.
Founded in 2003, Words Without Borders cultivates global awareness by offering unparalleled access to international writing in English translation. Reaching readers around the world, our website provides a vital platform for today’s international writers and literary translators. Our programs include our Whiting Literary Magazine Prize–winning digital magazine for international literature, our online education program that helps teachers bring world literature into the classroom, and public literary events held virtually and around the US.
RESPONSIBILITIES
– WWB’s mission is to cultivate greater global awareness by expanding access to—and engagement with—international literature in translation. As social media coordinator, you will help WWB deepen engagement with our content while also growing our audience in both the literary and global education communities. Specifically, you will:
– Create and schedule Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, and LinkedIn posts (balancing the use of text, images, and/or video) for articles published on Words Without Borders and WWB Campus, WWB events, and other announcements.
– Assist in refining WWB’s visual identity on social media platforms; create graphics and memes related to WWB and international literature.
– Share articles and posts from other organizations or publications that relate to WWB’s community and mission.
– Monitor social media notifications and engage judiciously with shares, comments, and other users’ posts.
– Maintain a database of social media handles for contributors, literary nonprofits, and small, independent, and university presses that publish global literature and literature in translation.
– Work with relevant program staff to create special engagement campaigns around fundraising, program launches, and events.
– Monitor social media analytics, including by utilizing existing benchmark reporting strategies and adjusting strategies in response to trends in growth.
– Stay informed on social media trends and best practices and work with the marketing and communications manager to create and implement strategies and set benchmarks for growth and engagement.
– Propose and implement new ideas for social media engagement and growth among a wide range of demographic audiences using new and archival materials from the magazine, education program, and digital projects.
– Assist in maintaining the annual marketing and communications calendar for the extended WWB team.
– Assist with staffing virtual WWB events, as well as in-person events depending on location.

QUALIFICATIONS
– Demonstrated interest in international literature and familiarity with the publishing and international literature online communities, especially US and UK-based small, independent, and university presses. Knowledge of another language and/or cultural context strongly desired. Familiarity with global education and/or educational technology a plus.
– Demonstrated success using social media, including Facebook, Bluesky, and/or Instagram, for audience growth and engagement in a professional setting. Knowledge of current best practices for each platform’s algorithms. Professional experience on X/Twitter, Instagram, and/or Tiktok a plus. Minimum one year’s experience.
– Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills; excellent attention to detail.
– Motivated self-starter capable of working remotely and independently within a collaborative team. Must be capable of taking initiative and willing to pitch in on other projects when needed.
– Ability to multitask in a fast-paced environment, prioritize workload, and meet deadlines.
– Comfortable taking risks, testing hypotheses, and analyzing results to inform and refine strategy; track record of demonstrating sound judgment.
– Demonstrated graphic design experience or credentials, including a strong design sense and familiarity with Photoshop, Canva, and/or similar tools, is required; basic video/audio editing preferred.
– Experience with regular tracking and reporting on social media analytics.
– Familiarity with project management tools such as Jiro or Trello desired; background in website CMS such as WordPress a plus.
This is a remote, part-time (20 hours/week) position.The applicant should be available during US Eastern working hours; WWB’s core hours are 11am–3pm Eastern time (ET). Salary range is $21,000–$24,000 DOE plus paid time off.
Words Without Borders does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, ethnicity, age, gender identity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, nationality, marital status, parental status, military service, or disability. We are committed to pursuing equity and inclusion in our organization and seek candidates who bring diverse backgrounds and new perspectives to our work. Individuals from groups who have been historically underrepresented in the field of publishing are especially encouraged to apply. Permission to work in the US is required.
Please note that applicants who use generative AI in their application materials will be severely disadvantaged, if not disqualified entirely.
Due to the volume of applications received, we will only contact individuals who make it to the interview round. Please do not send queries about your application status.
TO APPLY
Interested candidates may email a résumé, the supplemental materials listed below, and a cover letter indicating how this position aligns with their skill set and career goals by 11:59pm Eastern time (ET) on Sunday, July 20, to jobs@wordswithoutborders.org with the subject line “Social Media Coordinator.” Our ideal candidate will be able to start the job by September 2. No phone calls or social media contact, please.
In your cover letter, please include at least one example of your demonstrated, quantifiable success using social media for audience growth and engagement in a professional environment. Please confirm that you have permission to work in the US, and clearly state your available working hours in ET.
Please also create, in a separate document, a Bluesky post for each of the following articles or campaigns, as well as one Instagram post for any one of the following. Include an original Canva-created graphic for each post, which might be one image, a carousel, or a reel, sized to the appropriate platform.
– From A to Z: A Dialogue with Mahmoud Darwish
– A “Kriol Soldier” Celebrates Afro-Caribbean Heritage
– 2025 Spring Fund Drive

Forward Arts Foundation: Seeking New Chair & Trustees
2025-07-21 | Online
Work With Us
We’re recruiting: Chair & Trustees
Are you keen to move the arts forward?
Are you passionate about the role the arts can play in building a better society? Do you think that diverse voices deserve to be heard through poetry? Do you want to be an empowering advocate for poetry’s transformative power?
We are looking for a new Chair and Trustees to join our board.
We’re a small, ambitious team working nationally and online to celebrate poetry, support new voices, and widen accessibility. With a reach of over 2.4 million people each year, we’re looking for board members who can help us grow and govern well. We’re particularly keen to hear from prospective Chairs and Trustees with experience in education, digital, fundraising and philanthropy, or governance and leadership. We’d also welcome the chance to support people under the age of 30 take their first step into trusteeship.
Our meetings are flexible, online-friendly, and inclusive by design. Poetry is for everyone – and we want our board to reflect that.
To apply or find out more, please contact Lucy Macnab: lucy@forwardartsfoundation.org, letting us know which role you’re interested in and why you’d like to be a trustee. This may include your relevant experience, skills, knowledge and what you’d like to gain from this trusteeship.
Deadline: Please get your applications in by 21 July

Lillian Allen Prize and Lillian Allen Emerging Artist Prize
2025-07-31 23:59 (America/Toronto) | Online
In 2024 the Ontario Arts Council, in partnership with the League of Canadian Poets, created the Lillian Allen Prize and the Lillian Allen Emerging Artist Prize to recognize and celebrate spoken word poetry.

The prizes are named after Canadian poet and spoken word artist Lillian Allen. Her distinctive approach to poetry through language, music and social consciousness continues to capture attention and make change. She embodies the excellence, creativity, and professionalism that she has brought to the form, and we recognize her community building and generosity of spirit by naming this prize in her honour.
The Lillian Allen Prize supports and promotes a spoken word artist with five or more years’ experience, and the Lillian Allen Emerging Artist Prize is for a spoken word artist with less than five years’ experience.
Prize: Two prizes of $2,000

The League of Canadian Poets is dedicated to increasing the accessibility of our programs and services; if you are unable to complete your submission as outlined below, please contact admin@poets.ca.
In 2025, this prize is open to poets based anywhere in Canada.
Nominees must:

– Be individual, professional artists, 18 years of age or older
– Be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada, or have an application pending for permanent resident status
– Submit all documentation in English or French

Submissions will require:

– A portfolio of work up to 20 minutes in length – accepted as 1-5 video files or 1-5 video links (e.g. Youtube, Vimeo)
– An artist statement on portfolio of work (up to 750 words in length)
– An artist CV, including performance history, community engagement, and education

– Submissions should not include audio or video effects that would not be replicated in a live performance.
– Submissions may include original music if it would be included in the live performance of the poem(s).
