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UCI Literary Journalism
Links and Resources

Editing Instruction and Resources

Listservs

  • Writer L - The Narrative Writer's Listserv

National Internship Programs--Summer

Newspapers and Reviews

Online Publications

  • Nieman Narrative Digest - A selection of narrative nonfiction from Harvard University's Nieman Program in Narrative Journalism.

Poynter Institute

Publications

Publishing and Research Opportunities

  • UCI's Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program - UROP publishes a journal of student writing and research and hosts an annual symposium. Funds are also available for individual student research projects, both during the academic year and the summer.
  • Vice-Versa: Creative Works and Comments - Recently reimagined, Vice-Versa journal is now a biannual online creative works journal that houses the expected genres (fiction, poetry, visual art, interviews, nonfiction, and reviews!) along with multimedia work (videos, e-literature, and moving poetry). Based in the University of Hawai‘i, we are committed to publishing voices from Hawai‘i and the Pacific alongside work from all over the world.

Reporting Tools

Research Resources

Scholarship Opportunities

  • Society of Professional Journalists/ L.A. Chapter: 5/14/10 (NEW) - SPJ-LA is offering up to four scholarships of up to $1000.00 each to eligible students. For more information, visit the link above, or contact SPJ-LA Scholarship Coordinator My-Thuan Tran at my-thuan.tran@latimes.com. 2010 Deadline: May 14
  • The Norman Mailer Writing Awards for Creative Nonfiction--4/29/10 - Norman Mailer produced extraordinary works in many genres, including the category of this year’s award: Creative Nonfiction. Students may submit work in any of the subgenres of creative nonfiction: memoir or autobiography, essay, literary journalism, profiles of people or places, and so on. Whatever its type, the best work will be true material presented with compelling literary merit. ELIGIBILITY, PAGE LENGTH, and DEADLINES Entries will be accepted online only and may include one or more pieces of writing. Winners receive travel and lodging to attend the Colony's National Award Ceremony. Entries accepted March 22 - April 29, 2010, Noon CST. The Two-Year College Competition is open to first- and second-year full-time students enrolled in a community college, junior college, technical college. Maximum 15 single- spaced pages. The Four-Year College Competition is open to current full-time students. Maximum 15 single-spaced pages. The college winner receives a scholarship to the Norman Mailer Writers Colony during the summer of 2011. Students may submit one or more pieces of writing. Although there are page limits for these pieces, quality is far more important than quantity. No late entries will be accepted. For complete submission guidelines and judging criteria, or to submit an entry, visit the NCTE website.
  • The Ruth Ashton Taylor Scholarship Award--5/31/10 Deadline - The Ruth Ashton Taylor Scholarship award recognizes promising, female college sophomores, juniors, and seniors who are interested in a career in journalism. For more information on application requirements, visit The Good News Foundation's website. 2010 Deadline: May 31 2010

The Nieman Program

Weblogs

Writing Links (Compiled by S. Kaufman)