The Housatonic Valley Cultural Alliance in Danbury recently announced the following grant:
New grant for Writers!
2010 Solo writers fellowship
The Solo Writers Fellowship provides a limited number of awards to writers of various genres who live or work in Connecticut. Four fellowships of $2,375 each will be awarded based on a panel's review of writer's application, work samples and professional work history. The purpose of this grant program is to reinforce the importance and value of writers within our community by supporting activities related to the artistic process, such as, but not limited to, rental fees, travel costs and/or living expenses while creating new work. We envision this grant program to support several weeks' worth of living and working in a temporary space that fosters imagination, focus and creativity.
Applications are due March 1, 2010. For more information, including Guidelines and Application forms, please go to www.letsgoarts.org/writersfellowship
This grant is made possible through the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving, and administered by the Greater Hartford Arts Council.
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Change to Blackboard Login
Login procedure for Blackboard has changed--you no longer use your Banner password to log in; you must use your Windows ID and Windows passworld. However, you must still use your Banner ID to log in to WestConnduit, if you use that path to get to the Blackboard login. Please see the message below from University Computing:
Blackboard Vista is again available and has been successfully re-configured to use your Windows username and password to log in.
You can no longer use your WestConnduit username and six-digit PIN for Blackboard Vista.
REMINDER: If you enter the wrong password for Blackboard Vista four times in a row, it will lock your Windows account for fifteen minutes. For faculty and staff, this will also lock your email for fifteen minutes.
A new web form will be available by 4:30 pm today at https://webapp.wcsu.edu/winpwd where you can change your Windows password even if you do not remember your current password. If your account has been locked out from too many failed log in attempts, changing your password through this form will unlock your account. You must have a WestConn email account (ConnectMail for students) before you can change your password. You will be asked for your Banner 8-digit ID (can be found from the Banner tab in WestConnduit), date of birth (DOB), last 4-digits of you SSN, and home zip code to verify your identity before you can change your password.
Blackboard Vista is again available and has been successfully re-configured to use your Windows username and password to log in.
You can no longer use your WestConnduit username and six-digit PIN for Blackboard Vista.
REMINDER: If you enter the wrong password for Blackboard Vista four times in a row, it will lock your Windows account for fifteen minutes. For faculty and staff, this will also lock your email for fifteen minutes.
A new web form will be available by 4:30 pm today at https://webapp.wcsu.edu/winpwd where you can change your Windows password even if you do not remember your current password. If your account has been locked out from too many failed log in attempts, changing your password through this form will unlock your account. You must have a WestConn email account (ConnectMail for students) before you can change your password. You will be asked for your Banner 8-digit ID (can be found from the Banner tab in WestConnduit), date of birth (DOB), last 4-digits of you SSN, and home zip code to verify your identity before you can change your password.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Fiction Position at Quinnipiac
Quinnipiac University invites applications for an Assistant Professor position beginning in Fall 2010. This is a full-time, non-tenure track renewable term appointment. Applicants must have an MFA or appropriate terminal degree in hand by August 2010, with a specialization in creative writing, fiction writing preferred. We seek candidates with a demonstrated commitment to undergraduate teaching and an established publishing history.
We have a growing interest in creative arts at Quinnipiac University, and the successful candidate will take a leadership role in developing this interest, including contributing to curriculum development within the department, advising our undergraduate literary magazine, organizing readings on campus, and advising departmental and college arts and creativity organizations. Expected teaching load is the equivalent of 3/3.
The English Department at Quinnipiac University serves nearly 150 majors and many minors across the University campus. It has been at the forefront of the University's WAC initiative and plays a key role in the development of the liberal arts as a center of excellence on campus. Salary and benefits are competitive.
Qualified applicants should apply online at https://careers.quinnipiac.edu. Online application materials should include a letter of application and a current curriculum vita. In addition, three letters of recommendation, at least one of which directly addresses the candidate's teaching, should be sent to Creative Writing Search, c/o Danielle Pomponi, English Department Secretary, CL-AC1, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518. Applications must be received by February 28, 2010.
We have a growing interest in creative arts at Quinnipiac University, and the successful candidate will take a leadership role in developing this interest, including contributing to curriculum development within the department, advising our undergraduate literary magazine, organizing readings on campus, and advising departmental and college arts and creativity organizations. Expected teaching load is the equivalent of 3/3.
The English Department at Quinnipiac University serves nearly 150 majors and many minors across the University campus. It has been at the forefront of the University's WAC initiative and plays a key role in the development of the liberal arts as a center of excellence on campus. Salary and benefits are competitive.
Qualified applicants should apply online at https://careers.quinnipiac.edu. Online application materials should include a letter of application and a current curriculum vita. In addition, three letters of recommendation, at least one of which directly addresses the candidate's teaching, should be sent to Creative Writing Search, c/o Danielle Pomponi, English Department Secretary, CL-AC1, Quinnipiac University, 275 Mount Carmel Avenue, Hamden, CT 06518. Applications must be received by February 28, 2010.
Some Good News
I'm excited to share that I'm now serving as the Managing Editor of Thin Threads, a book series about life changing moments put out by Kiwi Publishing. I'll be overseeing the manuscript selection process, helping to maximize the story collection process, and providing editing/revising for selected work. This, of course, is another hat I am wearing these days along with writer, teacher, consultant, speaker, and coach! I'm looking forward to learning a lot and contributing a lot during the partnership.
Kiwi Publishing is also publishing my anthology of women writers this spring! A sigh of relief as I won't have to solely manage the self-publishing process - more a fear of time constraints versus the task - but most importantly I feel my book is in good hands. I'm actually going to have a printed book! I am psyched.
Please know that Thin Threads is a great opportunity to get a publishing credit. Submission guidelines can be found on the website www.thinthreads.com. A permission fee of $100 is paid to the writer if accepted. There is a writing contest going on right now - $500 to the writer, $500 to their favorite charity. Details are also on the website.
As always, I hope as an MFA alumn (and currently WestConn writing instructor!) that the forward momentum in my writing career can also benefit others and vice versa.
Happy new year!
Kiwi Publishing is also publishing my anthology of women writers this spring! A sigh of relief as I won't have to solely manage the self-publishing process - more a fear of time constraints versus the task - but most importantly I feel my book is in good hands. I'm actually going to have a printed book! I am psyched.
Please know that Thin Threads is a great opportunity to get a publishing credit. Submission guidelines can be found on the website www.thinthreads.com. A permission fee of $100 is paid to the writer if accepted. There is a writing contest going on right now - $500 to the writer, $500 to their favorite charity. Details are also on the website.
As always, I hope as an MFA alumn (and currently WestConn writing instructor!) that the forward momentum in my writing career can also benefit others and vice versa.
Happy new year!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Online Workshops
University Computing is behind on posting the courses, so sit tight while they take care of it (hopefully by the end of the day). Your online instructor will post the syllabus as soon as the course is available online.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Monday Holiday
Since Monday is a holiday and neither Laurel nor I will be in the office, everyone gets a reprieve until Tuesday on the syllabi, including online workshops.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Dan Pope Workshop on Campus
January 27, 6:30 pm. How to Revise and Edit Your Own Work. The workshop will pay particularly close attention to line editing, but will not be limited to line editing. Some in-class writing to be done. If you missed Dan at the residency, or if you just can't get enough of him, this is your chance. To sign up, email no more than five pages of work in any genre to be considered in class to clementsb@wcsu.edu by January 20.
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
New article
New article in December issue of Cross Country Skier magazine. Find it on newsstands throughout snow country, or if you're lazy you can just follow the link.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Fiction Writer Full-Time Tenure Track Position / Department of Writing, Literature and Publishing
Fiction Writer, Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts
The Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor, or Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, in the area of Fiction writing. The initial appointment is for the 2010-11 academic year beginning September 1, 2010. For more information, click title above.
The Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing seeks a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor, or Distinguished Writer-in-Residence, in the area of Fiction writing. The initial appointment is for the 2010-11 academic year beginning September 1, 2010. For more information, click title above.
Monday, January 04, 2010
Truth or Consequences, continued
friends and countrymen,
i want to thank everyone who attended my "lecture" on saturday and helped me figure out whatever it is that i've got by the tail, or neck, or whatever. Your comments were inspiring. if you've had any further throughts, i'd like to remind you to please pass em on -- either here or directly to my email at rose@danielasarose.com. i really appreciate all the feedback. also, to get some visuals on what i'm up to out there in new mexico, you might want to go to my facebook page and look at the album titled "T or C." again, thanks. the spirit of support in this program never fails to astound me. daniel
i want to thank everyone who attended my "lecture" on saturday and helped me figure out whatever it is that i've got by the tail, or neck, or whatever. Your comments were inspiring. if you've had any further throughts, i'd like to remind you to please pass em on -- either here or directly to my email at rose@danielasarose.com. i really appreciate all the feedback. also, to get some visuals on what i'm up to out there in new mexico, you might want to go to my facebook page and look at the album titled "T or C." again, thanks. the spirit of support in this program never fails to astound me. daniel
Important Spring Dates
January 18: Syllabi are due (and online multigenre workshop syllabi will be posted)
January 31: Enrichment project proposals are due
Feburary 15: Thesis proposals are due
May 7: Final thesis submissions are due
May 22: Last day of semester
May 24: Grades are due
Email contact information has been sent to all students who were not at the residency as well as to all students whose mentors were not at the residency.
January 31: Enrichment project proposals are due
Feburary 15: Thesis proposals are due
May 7: Final thesis submissions are due
May 22: Last day of semester
May 24: Grades are due
Email contact information has been sent to all students who were not at the residency as well as to all students whose mentors were not at the residency.
Saturday, January 02, 2010
My Interview with writer Tayari Jones
As part of my internship at the African-writing journal, I interviewed the American writer, Tayari Jones. The interview has just been published. Enjoy.
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