DEADLINE: April 18th, 2025

MAXmachina is a lab where storytellers, artists, scientists, and creative technologists expand live performance. They create work that uses science and technology to explore the promise and peril of our rapidly changing world. Projects include music, dance, and experimental and immersive performance.

Media Art Xploration is inviting proposals for our 2025/26 MAXmachina laboratory program for works in dance, theater, music, experimental performance, and immersive pieces incorporating live activation. Past works have included interactive installations, mixed-reality performances, artworks implementing scientific research, and more analogue pieces interrogating the promise and peril of our increasingly technologized world. 

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR?

We like weird ideas that do not fit into categories and familiar ideas made unfamiliar. We appreciate a simple story told well, and the use of traditional forms to illuminate new facets of science and technology also aligns with our mission. We hope to create critical conversations informed by science that encourage expansive and imaginative ways of thinking.

Application Deadline April 3, 2025

Position Overview

The Communications Officer, Digital Engagement (CO) plays a key role in the success of Third Wave Fund’s social media presence and engagement across our digital platforms and channels. Excited about amplifying our responsive grantmaking to gender justice organizing efforts across the U.S., the life-giving and -saving work of our grantee partners, and the critical support of our donor base, the CO will execute a wide range of digital tactics, including but not limited to, publishing social media posts and emails, creating and sharing short-form video content, and driving engagement with our online audiences. The CO has a deep understanding of strategically utilizing social media platforms, a keen attention to the latest trends, and is skilled at analyzing social media metrics, but can also support the day-to-day internal communications operations, such as email platform subscriber maintenance, project and content calendar management, and performing website updates, as needed. The CO reports directly to the Director of Strategic Communications, collaborates with the Communications Officer (Storytelling), and occasionally works with consultants to see projects through completion.

About Third Wave Fund

Third Wave Fund resources and supports youth-led, intersectional gender justice activism. We build on the brilliance of our communities using responsive and participatory grantmaking so we can sustain our movements and thrive—now and long term. Our grantmaking and donor mobilizing advances the community power, well-being, and self-determination of young Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) most directly impacted by and best positioned to end gender oppression. We specifically resource grassroots movements that are multi-issue, community-led and unapologetically queer, trans, intersex, and sex worker-led. We value the work of social justice-minded individuals who may not see themselves reflected in philanthropy. Third Wave Fund is fiscally sponsored by the Proteus Fund which partners with foundations, advocates, and individual donors to advance democracy, human rights, and peace.

Inquiries & Applications

To apply, please submit your cover letter, resume, and reference as one document via Jotform by Thursday, April 3, 2025, at 11:59pm in your time zone. Please do not submit your cover letter and resume via email as it will not be considered. 

For questions about the job posting, please email comms@thirdwavefund.org. 

PSNY would love to offer you the opportunity to volunteer at this year's Festival. From general admission to stage management, caretaking VIPs, and beautifying the festival space, volunteering at PoFest is a customizable experience that fits your skill set.

Be a part of the biggest gathering of Poets in the United States at Poetopia!

The Role and What You’ll Do:

We are looking for an Account Coordinator to join our Creator & Social team, supporting innovative retail brands. The ideal candidate has an interest in influencer marketing, social media, consumer PR, and talent relations.

Source influencers for client campaigns using research and analytics tools

Monitor and track influencer content and social media metrics

Develop reports, strategies, and messaging documents

Maintain and develop relationships with influencers

Negotiate fees and deliverables with influencers

Coordinate events and on-site activations

Participate in brainstorming sessions to develop strategic/creative thinking for clients

You Have These:

A combination of education and experience provides the required skills and knowledge for successful performance

Bachelor’s degree - Public Relations, Communications, or Marketing preferred

Communicate effectively and professionally, and exhibit strong organizational, presentation, and interpersonal skills

Ability to show time management skills and handle a high-volume workload

Ability to think strategically and creatively, and to problem-solve independently and in groups

A pulse on the latest marketing, PR ,and social media trends

Serena’s top picks:

Legend Press: Accepting Manuscript Queries

Bold Strokes Books: Accepting Submissions

Sundress Publications

Unicorn Press

Acre Books: Accepting Queries

If you’ve recently published a book, you can leverage no-fee contests to get more visibility for your work. Even writers who forego the traditional publication route are not always disqualified from entering their books into these contests. Fee-free contests can offer everything from extra promotion and notoriety to monetary awards or invitations to read at colleges.

Award categories range from art, business, fiction, poetry, memoir, history, and even children’s literature. While some awards are only open to authors from a specific state or region, others accept entries from writers around the U.S. Here are some of the annual published book awards that do not charge monetary reading fees.

Merganser Magazine is a new online journal of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. They accept all genres of poetry and prose: “We’re eager to find strong, well-written pieces across a wide range of material.” That said, they seem to favor science fiction and fantasy themes, as the visual aesthetic of the journal suggests.

Merganser Magazine was established in 2024, and since then they’ve published three issues online. Each issue features writing from three to four contributors.

While Merganser Magazine doesn’t have any firm editorial guidelines, they focus on short pieces that are quick and easy to read online. They prefer writing under 2,000 words, and they don’t like long paragraphs. Authors may submit any number of pieces, but Merganser Magazine prefers not to publish more than one piece by an author at a time.

Merganser Magazine accepts submissions on a rolling basis, and submitting authors can expect a response within one month. Authors published in Merganser Magazine should wait at least six months before submitting again.

Merganser Magazine pays authors published in the journal. Authors of fiction and creative nonfiction receive $0.08 per word (the SFWA pro rate), and poets receive $1 per line.

Merganser Magazine accepts submissions via email, not online or by post. They accept simultaneous submissions but ask that authors withdraw writing published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work, and they do not accept work that’s generated, translated, or developed by AI.

Merganser Magazine only accepts submissions that follow the guidelines they’ve posted online. Please read these guidelines in full before submitting.

1. Orbit Works

2. Legend Press

3. Crooked Lane

4. Head press

5. TCK Publishing

6. Bold Strokes

&. Genius Book Publishing

8. Heleguin Heartwarming

9. Young Dragons

10. CSIRO Publishing

These are themed calls and contests for fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some of the call themes are: solarpunk; seaside gothic; witchcraft; tributes to late bloomers; epiphany; where legends walk (superhero stories); creature feature; women of the weird west; feast or famine?; (sub)liminal; and eldritch.

“Portland Review aims to showcase a wide range of forms and styles of writing and to foster experimentation. Writing published in Portland Review has been selected for awards and anthologies like Best of the Net and the Best American series. You can read the journal online to get a sense of what they like. 

Portland Review accepts submissions online using Submittable, not via email or by post.  They accept simultaneous submissions but ask that authors withdraw writing published elsewhere. They do not accept previously published work.

Portland Review only accepts submissions that follow the guidelines they’ve posted online. Please read these guidelines in full before submitting.

If you would like to learn more or submit to Portland Review, please visit their website here.”

Written by A Guest Author March 13th, 2025

Temporal Lobe Literary is a new online journal that, “celebrates the richness of the creative nonfiction genre.” They publish poetry, essays, memoirs, interviews, hybrid writing, and other types of creative nonfiction. They like honest, resonant, and nuanced writing that, “explores the complexities of being human”. You can read the journal online to get a sense of what they publish.

Temporal Lobe recently published their first issue, featuring eight pieces by seven contributors. There are four poems, three pieces of prose, and one piece of hybrid writing. The journal is thoughtfully designed, and the website that houses it is attractive and easy to navigate.

Temporal Lobe plans to publish quarterly. They’re open to submissions year-round.

Written by A Guest Author March 17th, 2025

By Sabyasachi Roy

The Glass Post is Currently Accepting Submissions!

We are a brand new online literary magazine, and we would love some talented writer's work! We want to see writing that is true to your creative self. Authentic, real, imaginative, and contemplative are all things we look for in new pieces, so once you’ve crafted something that makes you proud, submit! Let us help you put it out into the world to be seen, read, heard, and—just maybe—understood.

Please read the following guidelines before submitting

Poetry – Up to 3 poems, no more than 5 pages total.

Prose – Up to 3 prose pieces, 50-2,000 words each.

Creative Letters – Up to 3 poetic or expressive letters with a max of 1,500 words each.

All submissions must be compiled into a single document (.doc, .docx, .pdf).

You may submit one document per category, but please fill out a new submission form for each.

Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but we only consider unpublished work.

If your piece is accepted elsewhere, please withdraw your submission from our magazine.

We strive to respond to all submissions within 2-6 weeks. If you do not receive a response within that time, please consider it a decline. We encourage you to submit again after 60 days.

Seeking submissions for fiction, essays, poetry, and art.

Do you write when you first wake up or think it’s bad luck? “Free writing” or “stream of consciousness writing” can be what you are missing to get those lost pages or thoughts to paper.

Real-life success stories.

Some options of sites that will help to get your books noticed.

Did you just finish your children’s book? Check out this platform to help promote and get noticed.

Resources to help you find publishers seeking direct submissions.

Did you know that not all sales are equal to the rest? Check this article out to see why. Target better keywords to help get noticed.

During this workshop, with the help of Ell Peary, learn to get words on paper, feedback from the instructor, where to submit your work, and a guide to the ongoing process of writing, editing, and publishing.

If you have an ebook and want to promote your book, the site above has 4 options.

Look no further. The website above has a database full of agencies and agents looking to take on emerging authors. Filter and let your search begin.

Join Tom Bromley in his live-editing session where you submit your work for a chance to have an engaging discussion on how you can develop your work and more.

“These literary magazines accept hybrid, or cross-genre, writing. They also accept other genres, like fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Some pay writers. Many, but not all, are open for submissions now, or will open soon."

“Some publishers open and close their doors to submissions on a routine basis. It can be hard to determine if they are open or shut to submissions, and when you should submit. The following publishers, however, are always open to submissions from writers without agents or previous publishing experience.”

Harlequin

Chronicle Books

Page Street Publishing

Gibbs Smith

Turner Smith

and more.

You are invited to a free talk with the associate director of publicity at Tor Books, Caro Perny. The talk will air live on Friday, November 22nd at 1pm ET / 10am PT / 6pm GMT. Sign up now to watch live or get a free copy of the recording.

“The Meadow is a journal of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction produced and published by the students at Truckee Meadow Community College in Reno, Nevada. The journal features writing by both new and established authors, such as Kim Barnes, Bob Hicok, and Alyson Hagy. Writing published in The Meadow has gone on to receive recognition in some notable places, such as The Pushcart Prize anthology and The Best American Essay anthology.  Although they do publish some writing by students at the college, they seek submissions from around the world.”

“Writing for children and young adults is very different than writing for adults. Audience expectations are different.”

1. FIYAH

2. MIDNIGHT & INDIGO

3. ROUGH CUT PRESS

4. CHESTNUT REVIEW

5. ANODYNE MAGAZINE

Poems, we are told, attempt to capture truth; and “truth,” Julia Kristeva writes, is “barren… without makeup, without seeming, rotten and dead, full of discomfort and sickness.” This workshop thinks through reading and writing poems in the tones, registers, and images that invoke that truth: the abject, the horrifying, the queer, the disabled and disabling, and the intimate. Drawing on writers and artists including Ai Ogawa, Hiromi Itō, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, and Greer Lankton, the workshop will ask students to write their own selves into work, finding ways to find personal and collective solace through that discomfort. Ultimately, this workshop asks: What scares (or revolts) you? Who is scared (or is revulsed) by you? And what’s the difference between those two questions?

About the instructor: Zefyr Lisowski is the author of the forthcoming Uncanny Valley Girls, an essay collection about horror movies, exes, and intimacy (Harper Perennial 2025). A 2023 NYFA/NYSCA Fellow in Nonfiction and 2023 Queer|Art Fellow, she’s also the author of two poetry collections, Girl Work (Noemi Press 2024) and Blood Box (Black Lawrence 2019). Raised in the Great Dismal Swamp, North Carolina, Zefyr lives in Brooklyn and has seen grave robbers twice. Find her at zefyrlisowski.com.

At The Poetry Society of New York, we believe that true creativity flourishes when all voices are heard, especially those that have been historically marginalized. Our commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equity isn't just a statement—it's woven into the fabric of everything we do. We aim to model this commitment for the entire arts industry, creating spaces where everyone, regardless of their background, feels seen, valued, and empowered.

PSNY's Free Verse Workshops are a direct response to the social inequities that too often silence BIPOC and LGBTQ+ voices. These free monthly workshops offer two distinct, identity-centered spaces: one for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) and one for LGBTQ+ creatives. Here, participants can connect, create, and explore their unique identities through poetry, in environments designed specifically for them.

We recognize that these spaces are not just about creativity—they're about justice. By centering BIPOC and LGBTQ+ experiences, we’re working to dismantle the barriers that have long kept these voices on the margins. Each workshop concludes with a resource-sharing session, where participants can exchange literature, community events, and grants, building networks that extend beyond the workshop.

As part of our unwavering commitment to equity, all attendees receive a 50% discount for our Weekly Virtual Workshops—because access to the arts should never be a privilege but a right.

If you do not identify as BIPOC or LGBTQ+, we warmly invite you to explore other PSNY events.

PSNY + Haricot Vert Present: Poetry in the Dreamworld, the National Poetry Month / National Dreamer Day Collaboration of Your Dreams (Literally & Figuratively) ✨

Poetry and dreams share a language—symbols, feelings, fragments of memory. Both move through us, often unfiltered, mysterious, and deeply human. In this generative workshop, we’ll explore the parallels between dreaming and writing, using both as tools for deeper self-connection and poetic play.

Together, we’ll ask:

What does it mean to write from the dreamworld?

How can we bridge the unconscious and the poetic?

What new questions and images can we dream up—together?

We'll look to inspiring poets and intuitive writing prompts to guide us, and close the evening with space to share and reflect.

This workshop will be led by Jackie Braje, Brooklyn-based poet, educator, and Chief Operating Officer of The Poetry Society of New York! Jackie is also the Managing Director of the NYC Poetry Festival and co-founder of Milk Press.

AAHKMBXX42 for 20% annual or monthly website plan.

This online platform helps to provide free resources and courses to help you advance your startup and current business to the next level with templates, courses, and other programs.

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FUD helps earn some extra cash while working on your writing. This app gives you the chance to do tasks in your free time and earn money in the process!

Are you an emerging creative making a notable cultural impact in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, or New York City? Rémy Martin's This is My City grant program is seeking visionary artists, musicians, designers, and entrepreneurs who are making an impact in their communities through creative innovation. Four groundbreaking local leaders will each receive a $20K grant, paired with one-on-one mentorship from industry leaders, to amplify their community impact. Whether you're a DJ building bridges through sound, an artist reimagining public spaces, or a cultural entrepreneur mentoring the next generation through arts, this grant aims to help turn your vision into reality. Applications are open now until April 11, 2025 at 6 p.m. ET

Each month a grant round-up is presented for you: Here is a place for you to find resources to help you gain funding head-on. These grants are for small businesses, creators, and non-profits.

Free support for women and minority entrepreneurs.

HELLO ALICE is a platform that helps you continuously find resources to fund your projects and business.

Challenge Overview and Goals

This Challenge calls for the submission of innovative business concepts supported by robust business models. The concepts should leverage NASA’s Earth system science resources to enable climate applications with paying customers that can sustain the business. The challenge seeks to move beyond simply building data-driven tools, focusing instead on the sustainability and viability of the associated business model.

The Challenge has four primary goals:

Foster Sustainable Businesses

Aligning NASA Data with Market Needs

Create SBIR Pathways

Engage New Entrepreneurial Talent:

Participants are required to develop a Challenge Submission that includes the following key elements:

A well-defined business model and value proposition statement that incorporates NASA climate or Earth system data sources to deliver a service or product

System architecture and/or data flow diagram depicting the NASA data source your business will use and how the data will be extracted, processed, and stored to support the product or service

Assessment of market fit and customer base potential including preferred data delivery formats for customers

Description of the business’s unit economics

Commercialization plan that can be used in an SBIR Phase I application and addresses the business’ sustainability plan

Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of global climate innovation experts. Up to 10 winners will be awarded cash prizes of $10,000 each and receive additional benefits.

Kinnected is brought to you by HueCapital. Kinnected recently launched and it is a directory that can help you to advance your career whether you are looking to network within your current profession or looking to network outside of your profession. This new tool is here to help create an easy way to search between industries, services, and locations, with the help of filtering tools such as event type, career level, ethnicity, level of education, age group, member size, and more.

Here is another partnership through Hello Alice with Verizon. They are hosting a workshop to help pivot individuals into career paths of their choice while giving resources and tools to do so.

The Skill Forward program, in partnership with Verizon and edX, is 100% free and connects you with online training, resources, and career services to help you find your next big job opportunity. Through Skill Forward, you receive 12 months of access to over 250 online courses and certifications in a variety of in-demand areas, including AI, business, leadership, business, communication, and more.