Faculty Reading: APRIL 8

Support your teachers & fellow writers!

This Thurs, April 8 from 12:30-2:00 in SO 1020 A&B, some of our faculty will
be reading from their works including Prof. Mohamed Benzidon, Melissa Keith, Holly Jones, Linda Nieman, and Melanie Sumner.

There will be additional readings next Wed, April 14 (same time and place).

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Wag’s Revue

Dear Writers,

Wag’s Revue invites you to enter its summer contest in fiction, poetry, and essays. Submissions of electronic writing are also encouraged in any of the above genres. First prize receives $1,000 and publication in Wag’s Revue issue 6. Second prize is $500, third is $100, and all submissions are considered for publication. There is no limit to the number of entries an author may submit. The contest deadline is May 31, and winners will be announced June 21. The submission fee is $20.

View our complete submissions guidelines here.

Aspiring to marry the rigors of print with the freedoms of the internet, Wag’s Revue is an online quarterly of fiction, poetry and creative nonfiction. Its previous issues featured George Saunders, Dave Eggers, T.C. Boyle, Stephen Elliot, Brian Evenson, Wells Tower, Daniel Wallace, K. Silem Mohammad, and many others.

“Remarkable” – Poets & Writers
“A triumph in online literature” – The Best Damn Creative Writing Blog
“Highly recommended to everyone” – Live Nude Books
We look forward to reading your work.

Sincerely,
Sandra Allen, Dave Eichler, Will Guzzardi, and Will Litton
Editors, Wag’s Revue
www.wagsrevue.com

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Mommy and Me Gluten-free

Zander’s Healthy Bakery is looking for a highly energetic person to represent their newly published book Mommy and Me Gluten-free (Stories and Recipes to Inspire You!).

Recently featured in Guideposts magazine, this exciting new book is capturing the attention of health-minded families and national media alike.  Published by an Atlanta-based mom who was struggling to find gluten-free food’s for her allergy-ridden son to eat,  Mommy and me gluten-free (Stories and Recipes to Inspire You!) offers nutritious and delicious dessert offerings to the growing population of gluten-intolerant adults and children.  More than a cookbook, Mommy and me gluten-free! features inspiring stories that give testimony to God’s faithfulness through this family’s personal struggles.

Responsibilities include:

• Pitching news stories to editors of local and national magazines and newspapers and producers of TV and radio shows.
• Booking interviews with local and national radio & TV shows.
• Writing and assembling press materials.
• Building local and national target media list.
• Posting weekly inspiration on Zander’s Healthy Bakery facebook.
• Posting weekly media-related updates to Zander’s Healthy Bakery web site.

Experience needed:

• Excellent communication skills, computer knowledge, experience or currently learning to create press materials.  If there is no experience with this, we can train the ideal candidate.

Ideal person: Highly energetic, excellent communicator, interest in healthy living, and is spiritually sound in the Lord.

All interested applicants, please visit our website to learn more about us: www.zandershealthybakery.com. Also, please send a letter of interest along with a resume to Sharon Feskanin sfeskanin@zandershealthybakery.com.

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY: Office of Alumni Affairs

KSU’s Office of Alumni Affairs is looking for an Annual Giving Intern.

Description: In conjunction with the Kennesaw State University Alumni Association, the Office of Alumni Affairs is charged with alumni programming, alumni outreach, and alumni engagement. Utilizing the experience of five individuals, the Office of Alumni Affairs is the driving force behind alumni communication, events, and annual giving.  The mission of the Office of Alumni Affairs is to innovatively connect alumni, one partnership at a time. Our efforts are designed to cultivate pride and stimulate the engagement of currently attending KSU students and the alumni community.

The Annual Giving Internship is an excellent opportunity to gain insight about donor relations, cultivation, and annual appeal processes, as well as develop invaluable career skills in the non-profit sector.

Responsibilities:

• Assist with writing scripts, coordinating callers, and organizing data for annual phonathon
• Assist with mass mailings and other projects
• Provide support for alumni events, particularly those events geared toward donor cultivation and recognition
• Implement donor recognition program
• Further develop Alumni Legacy, Millennium Walk, and reunion programs
• Develop annual giving web presence on Alumni web site and social media interfaces
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Availability to work at least 10 – 15 flexible hours per week
• Excellent computer, critical thinking, and problem solving skills
• Sound judgment, initiative, and ability to maintain confidentiality
• Enthusiasm and creativity

Compensation: The Annual Giving Internship is an unpaid position but can be used for course credit if applicable.

How to Apply: Please email cover letter and résumé to Caryn Young at cyoung48@kennesaw.edu, using Annual Giving Internship as the subject line.

Internship Opportunities!

The KSU Student Media Board is now accepting applications for:

The Sentinel newspaper Editor in Chief, Summer/Fall Term (July – Dec., 2010)

Share Art & Literary Magazine Editor in Chief, 2010-2011

Talon Feature Magazine Editor in Chief, 2010-2011

Applications are only available online at:

http://www.kennesaw.edu/student_life/sent_forms/eic_webform.html

Please note the interview date & time before applying.

Application Deadline:

Tuesday, April 13, 2010, 5 p.m.

Railroad Noir: Congrats Linda!

Congratulations to Linda Niemann! Her new book, Railroad Noir:  The American West at the end of the Twentieth Century, will be released at the end of April by Indiana University Press. Containing beautiful photographs by Joel Jensen and narratives by Linda, the book will be an important addition to Indiana’s prestigious railroad  list.
Congratulations to Linda for her hard work and her success!

New Works & Ideas: Hunger Pains

HUNGER PAINS (Dr. Aaron Levy’s new play for young adults) has been chosen as the featured play as part of KSU’s NEW WORKS & IDEAS Week. The cast is made up of all KSU Acting majors, so it’s a talented group. Plus it’s a more “staged” staged reading. It’s good stuff.

The shows are this wed, thu, fri, March 24, 25, 26 at KSU, 8p.m. in KSU’s new Black Box.

While he’s making no money on this production, there is still a small charge for this event. Tickets are cheaper ($5) if you get them directly from the box office. Or you can get them on line at https://ticketing.kennesaw.edu/ for $12. Plenty of tickets are still available, but Black Box holds 75+ so it’s important to get tickets asap.

There is also student written 10 minute plays on 3/27 (sat.) that are free and in the bigger Stillwell theatre.

3rd Annual Robert Hill Award in Graduate Writing

3rd Annual Robert Hill Award in Graduate Writing

Students currently enrolled in the MAPW Program are invited to submit their work to the 2010 Robert Hill Award in Graduate Writing. The winner will receive a cash award of $400.

Please be aware that the competition will be intense, so send your very best work.

Eligibility:

• Students from any concentration may enter.
• They must have completed at least 18 semester hours (6 courses) of coursework or be currently enrolled in their sixth course in the MAPW Program.
• They must be (or must have been) enrolled in a course, including capstone hours, within the calendar year in which the award is given, in this case 2009-10.

Regulations:

• Students can submit any number of times while they are at KSU, but may win only once.
• They may submit an essay, a piece of fiction (a completed story or a novel excerpt), a play or script, or any other work of prose of up to, but no more than, 25 pages. They may submit from three to five poems of up to but no more than 10 pages.
• Students may not identify themselves on the submission. Any submission that identifies its author will be disqualified. (See “Submission Procedures.”)

Submission procedures:

• Students will submit their work anonymously.
• Submissions must be typed, double-spaced, using a readable (e.g., Times New Roman), 12-point font.
• Students will submit four paper copies of their work. One copy will include a cover sheet that gives the work’s title, the student’s name and student I.D. number, and contact information (including day and evening phone numbers and an active email addresses). It must be stapled—not paper-clipped—to one copy of the submission. The other three will include a cover sheet with only the work’s title. In the case of a poetry submission, all of the poems’ titles must be included on the cover sheets, not just one.
• Emailed submissions will not be accepted.
• Submission that do not follow the submission procedures will be automatically disqualified.
• Students will submit paper copies of their work to the MAPW Director, Jim Elledge, beginning now until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, 12 April 2010. The winner will be announced by the end of April. Submissions may be slipped under Dr. Elledge’s door (EB #165), placed in the black plastic box on the wall to right of this office door, or delivered in person.

Selection committee:

• The selection committee will be composed of three members, one from each concentration.
• It will remain anonymous.
• It reserves the right not to make an award in any given year.

Dinner with David Durham

MAPW students:

You are invited to dine with author David Anthony Durham on Wednesday, March 31 at 5 PM (until 6:30) at the KSU Commons.  The meals will be “Dutch treat” so be sure your KSU identity cards are charged for the $12.50 cost of the meal.

RSVP to Tony at tgrooms@kennesaw.edu by March 30.  We will meet in the lobby of the Commons at 5 on Wed, 3-31.

This is a great opportunity to talk intimately with Durham, author of 5 novels (3 literary historical novels and 2 fantasy novels).  He will be happy to talk about writing and publishing.

REMEMBER that David will be reading in a public program at KSU on Thursday, April 1,at 6:30 in Student Center University Rooms BCDE;  A reception and booksigning will follow in University Room A.

You can learn more about David at his web- and blog-site:  www.davidanthonydurham.com

JOB PANEL REMINDER

Next week there are two jobs panels:

Tuesday, Mar 16–Getting the Best Teaching Jobs. SO 2035 12:30-2:00
Speakers include Carolyn Waters from Cobb County Schools

Wednesday, Mar 17–Getting Jobs in Writing SO 2028 12:30-2:00
Speakers include Marc Fitton, Melanie Janus and Jennifer Escalona