[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: New Job Listings on AWP eLink

[Amanda J Labagnara]

Dear Faculty and MFA-ers,

You're welcome to use my AWP access info. to log on to AWP's Job List site:

YOUR USER NAME IS:  MSimon92521
YOUR PASSWORD IS:  3477
YOUR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES ON:  9/1/2008

Best wishes,
M.S.

>Dear AWP Member,
>
>There are new job listings available on AWP eLink!  To view the new
>positions, visit www.awpwriter.org.  Your user name and password are
>included at the end of this email.
>
>A new online issue of the Job List is published the first week of every
>month‹twelve online issues a year on AWP eLink.  Now that the Job List is
>exclusively online, AWP wants to remind you to check back periodically as
>more jobs will be added throughout the month.
>
>If you have any questions about AWP eLink, please contact our membership
>services department at (703) 993-4301, or email services at awpwriter.org.
>
>
>AWP ELECTION RESULTS
>
>AWP's individual members have elected Francisco Aragon, Terry Blackhawk,
and
>Denise Low to serve as the individual membership's representatives on the
>AWP Board of Directors. Biographical notes, campaign statements, and other
>election information may be found in the AWP News section of AWP eLink >
>Governance.
>
>
>CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE
>
>The last day to pre-register for AWP¹s 2008 Conference in New York is
>December 31, 2007. After this date, pre-registration for AWP¹s 2008
>Conference will close. To register today please visit us online:
>http://awpwriter.org/conference/2008awpconf.php.
>
>AWP'S 2008 EVENT SCHEDULE IS NOW ONLINE
>
>AWP¹s 2008 Event Schedule is now online. To view hundreds of events we are
>offering in New York please visit us online:
>
>http://awpwriter.org/conference/2008sched.php
>
>Please be sure to consult the schedule before arriving in New York so that
>you can be apprised of any updates that may apply.
>
>You can also view AWP¹s 2008 Featured readers and presentations at our
>website:
>
>http://awpwriter.org/conference/2008headliners.php
>
>Registration for AWP¹s 2008 Conference in New York City is open! Our 2008
>Conference & Bookfair promises to be our best yet, with presentations from
>John Irving, Louise Glück, Mark Strand, Yusef Komunyakaa, Frank McCourt,
>A.S. Byatt, James Tate, Sonia Sanchez, Galway Kinnell, Martin Amis, Edwidge
>Danticat, Robert Pinsky, Natasha Tretheway, Sharon Olds, Ha Jin, Carolyn
>Forché, and many other wonderful writers!
>
>To register today at AWP¹s discounted pre-registration rates, please visit
>us online: http://awpwriter.org/conference/2008awpconf.php.
>
>Please note that to receive the discounted pre-registration rates, you must
>register no later than December 31, 2007.
>
>AWP¹S CONFERENCE HOTELS IN NEW YORK CITY
>
>AWP¹s Conference Headquarters Hotels have sold out of rooms at this time,
>BUT AWP has secured additional discounted rooms for you in mid-town at the
>Doubletree­ Times Square. The Doubletree is just seven blocks from AWP¹s
>Conference site and is in the heart of mid-town. The Doubletree is
currently
>offering AWP Conference attendees discount room rates of $239 for
>singles/doubles, $269 for triples, and $299 for quads.
>
>To make your reservations today, simply call the Doubletree directly at
>212-719-1600 and provide the group code WRI.
>
>For the most up-to-date information on AWP¹s Conference Hotels, or to
>reserve a room today, please visit us online:
><http://awpwriter.org/conference/2008hoteltravel.php>
>
>
>AWP BOARD DRAFTS NEW HALLMARKS
>
>The Professional Standards Committee of the AWP Board of Directors, in
>concert with representative members of our programs, has been developing
new
>hallmarks and recommendations for undergraduate creative writing programs.
>Go to AWP eLink >  Support for Programs > Drafts of New Hallmarks to see
the
>following documents:
>
>AWP Recommendations on the Teaching of Creative Writing to Undergraduates
>
>AWP Hallmarks of an Effective BFA Program or BA Major in Creative Writing
>
>AWP Hallmarks of an Effective Minor in the Undergraduate Study of Creative
>Writing
>
>AWP Hallmarks of an Effective Undergraduate Program in Creative Writing at
a
>Two-Year College
>
>We welcome your suggestions. If you would like to suggest a new
>recommendation or hallmark, or suggest a revision of one of the drafted
>hallmarks or recommendations, please send your suggestion to
>hallmarks at awpwriter.org or write to the Executive Director, AWP, Mail Stop
>1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030.
>
>Please send us your suggestions no later than December 7, 2007 as the
>documents will be completed and ratified in January, 2008. We will publish
a
>new edition of the Program Director¹s Handbook in February. Thank you.
>
>
>AWP¹S NEW ONLINE GUIDE TO WRITING PROGRAMS
>
>We have launched our new online Guide to Writing Programs!  Search for
>graduate or undergraduate creative writing programs by location, degrees
>offered, concentrations of study, current faculty and more.
>
>http://www.awpwriter.org/programsearch/
>
>
>SUBMIT YOUR WORK TO THE WRITER¹S CHRONICLE & AWP JOB LIST
>
>The Writer¹s Chronicle seeks brilliant essays on the craft of writing, on
>literary works published after 1950, and on issues and controversies in
>contemporary letters. AWP Job List also seeks helpful articles providing
the
>best advice for jobseekers.  Please submit your work via US mail only; no
>emailed submissions will be considered. AWP pays $10 per one hundred words
>for first serial rights for accepted work. We cannot consider articles that
>have been previously published, including publication on the Web. Submit
>your work to: The Editors, AWP, Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University,
>Fairfax, VA 22030.
>
>Thank you for supporting AWP.
>
>YOUR USER NAME IS:  MSimon92521
>YOUR PASSWORD IS:  3477
>YOUR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES ON:  9/1/2008

Maurya Simon

Professor
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

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