Jobs & Opportunities

Diaspora Dialogues invites submissions to its annual publishing/mentoring program. Open to emerging Toronto-area writers of short stories, creative nonfiction, plays, and poems. Settings of works must include the Greater Toronto Area. Approximately 15 writers will be chosen and each assigned (free of charge) to an established writer or dramaturge in a mentoring capacity. Selection of finished pieces will be published in the annual Diaspora Dialogues anthology, TOK: Writing the New Toronto. Deadline: May 9, 2008. More details...

The Strong Words reading series, which showcases three writers on the first Monday of every month at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto, is currently booking its spring readers. Writers, poets and activists who are interested in reading are invited to submit a brief bio, a literary CV and writing sample (4-7 pages) to moezsurani@yahoo.com. More details...