Do you sometimes fantasize about how cool it would be to write a stupefyingly popular blog, column or article for an online magazine? It is time, my friends, to turn those dreams into reality. dislocate.org is looking for contributors to write articles about books, writing, the "industry," and all things remotely related to a writer's life (art, fashion, pop culture, sex(!), etc.).
Perks of writing for dislocate.org:
excellent writing, of course. But more specifically:
Guest Contributors
Article categories are still somewhat fluid, so write about anything that excites you. Here's what we're thinking so far:
For the "Writing" section: book reviews, author interviews, profiles, craft-related essays, stuff about publishing, an "MFA Beat"-type section, general coverage of the literary scene, "opinion" pieces on any of the above.
For the "Culture" section: everything else (subject to the web editorial team's definition of good taste).
Go ahead and submit an article! Send a query or the full article (in the body of the email) to dislocate.online@gmail.com.
Staff Writers
Interested in having articles published regularly on dislocate.org, and adding a sweet line to your CV? Staff writers will be chosen by the web editorial team on the basis of previously submitted work. In other words, give us something awesome to publish, then give us something else that's equally awesome, and after that we'll discuss making you a core member of our writing team.
Questions? Comments? Great ideas? Send them to dislocate.online@gmail.com.
March 10th, 2010
784 pp., Ballatine, $27
Reviewed by Sara Joy Culver
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The important thing to understand before you read this review is that I am not a snob.
This excerpt from the diary of Eric Murphy, dated 24 June 2010, is currently on loan to dislocate.org from the British National Museum for Literature.
24 June 2010
As I find myself in the middle of an extended stay on a peculiar, far-flung Island which has no access to Taco Bell and whose barbaric entertainment systems are incompatible with my 30 Rock digital versatile discks, I need something to occupy me throughout the evening and night.
I write this while sitting underneath a small, window air conditioner, one that barely cools the space around me, not to mention the entire room. Outside, the temperature clocks in at 91 degrees with humidity somewhere between 70 and 80 percent, the heat index somewhere in the triple digits, completely obscene.
[read]9.01.10I'm visiting my hometown in rural northern California, and as I write this I'm sitting on an ocean bluff in fog so thick I can't see the water. I am told that this particular bluff is home to the southernmost individual Sitka spruce on the west coast, but the tree is allegedly nestled in a hidden rocky crevice and I haven't located it yet. The fog doesn't help, of course.
[read]8.24.10Attention writers and readers: We are now accepting poetry, fiction, and nonfiction submissions for our Issue 7 reading period, July 15 to November 15, 2010. This year we have transitioned to an online-only submission policy: submit your work via Submishmash. This will streamline our reading process and expedite responses to our prospective contributors.
[read]7.14.10Didn't get a chance to attend dislocate's annual shindig, celebrating the new issue release and the launch of the website whose site tracker statistics you are at this very moment improving? We made a slideshow for you so that you would make sure to clear your calendar and book plane tickets to Minneapolis for next year.
[read]5.16.10