Welcome to Paper Cat Press’s Weekly Roundup! In the Weekly Roundup, I provide links and summarized information about the crowdfunded projects, creator opportunities, and resources that have caught my eye over the week. I hope you enjoy!

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News || Helping Others || Awards || Recent Webcomic Debuts || Crowdfunded Projects || General || Animation || Comics, Illustration, and More || Conventions and Events || Designers || Fan Zines || Mentorships & Fellowships || Residencies, Retreats, and Workshops || Scholarships, Sponsorships, and Grants || Teaching || Typesetting || Voice Acting || Writing and Editing || Youth and Internships || Resources || Deals || Giveaways

News

•  The Ripped Bodice shared its State of Racial Diversity in Romance Publishing Report.
•  Patreon’s look has been updated, with an updated creator navigation.
• If you follow Paper Cat Press on WordPress, the emails you receive when I post may wind up in your Spam folders, even if you check the emails every week. Be sure to check, and mark as “Not Spam”! I will create a new mailing list in April that will hopefully address this.
• Facebook began expanding its “Fan Subscription” feature, but creative leaders like Matt Saincome and Iron Spike urge you not to use it. “Facebook’s deal asks creators to turn over a license to their work that survives even after they stop using Fan Subscriptions,” writes Dami Lee for The Verge. Furthermore, Facebook intends to take 30% of the income derived from Fan Subscriptions, as opposed to Patreon’s 5%. While some seek out Patreon alternatives that are less aggressive towards adult content creators, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people, Facebook (which already has anti-LGBTQ policies) is not the way to go.
• The #DrawingWhileBlack hashtag, created by Abelle, took place from February 26-28. Be sure to check out the hashtag for incredible Black illustrators!
• Emma Thompson exited the movie “Luck” helmed by Skydance Animation in protest of their decision to hire John Lasseter, the former Pixar employee who lost his job after repeated sexual misconduct. She wrote a powerful letter explaining her decision, which included the following passage: “If John Lasseter started his own company, then every employee would have been given the opportunity to choose whether or not to give him a second chance. But any Skydance employees who don’t want to give him a second chance have to stay and be uncomfortable or lose their jobs. Shouldn’t it be John Lasseter who has to lose HIS job if the employees don’t want to give him a second chance?“
• Lee & Low Books are relaunching their Diversity Baseline Survey to compare results with their previous survey from 5 years ago. All publishers, agents, and review journals are encouraged to contribute.
• SPX has created a legal aid fund in support of 11 indie artists and an indie publisher who are faced with a defamation lawsuit because they spoke out against another creator’s alleged pattern of sexual abuse. Please support their cause and send the message that survivors of sexual assault do not feel afraid to speak out against their abusers and supporters of victims should not pay for an abuser’s crimes.

Social Resources

• Need information on elections, candidates, and public policy in the US? Check out Ballotpedia.
• Need to contact your government officials? Let Resist Bot and 5calls help you out.
• The Crash Override Network has resources on what to do if you’re a victim of online harassment and/or doxxing and how to protect yourself.
• If you are a trans person in need of legal assistance, check translawhelp.org for pro bono services in your state.
• Here’s a list of free or low-cost mental health resources. Thank you so much for compiling this list, Tiffany!
• If you need to talk to someone or otherwise vent, please utilize this list of help hotlines.

Remember to rest, eat, and drink water when you can. Take care of yourself the best that you can. You, your presence, and your work have an incredible impact on the people around you. You should be here.

Awards

The Eisner Awards are now accepting submissions through March 15. Publishers may submit a maximum of five nominees for any one category, and the same item or person can be submitted in more than one category. Individual creators can also submit.

Eisner Hall of Fame voting for 2019 is open until March 15. Comics professionals working in the industry are welcome to vote.

The annual Chelsea Awards, awarded by the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists, is accepting nominations through March 15. Read this thread from Sam for more information on the award and the AFSA!

The Hugo Awards are accepting nominations from WorldCon members until March 15. Renay made this handy spreadsheet so that members can more easily find your sci-fi/fantasy or SF/F-adjacent work and nominate it for voting. Creators from around the world can add themselves to the spreadsheet and are encouraged to do so for the best visibility. Nilah Magruder also explained the Hugos further in this thread!

A2CAF is accepting nominations for its Kids’ Comics Awards until April 1.

You can vote for the Locus Awards until April 15.

The DiNKy Awards are accepting submissions for their 2019 show until today, March 1.

The Penguin Random House Library Award for Innovation Through Adversity is accepting applications from US libraries and staff who overcome adversity and create lasting innovative community service programs that successfully inspire and connect with new readers. A $10,000 cash award will be given to a US library, and four runners-up will receive $1,000 in Penguin Random House books.

The Ladies of Horror Fiction Awards is accepting submissions of works of horror created by women (cis or trans) until December 31. The awards will be announced in 2020.

Crowdfunded Projects

Comic artist Rad is current raising funds to produce Die Hibi Die Volume 0: Welcome to the Jungle. In this volume of Die Hibi Die, the Beastman people of Tatibah transgress against Primordial Law, in hopes of raising a feral child they find in the civilized ways of a Beastman. The paperback book will feature 68 pages of black and white comics. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, a digital wallpaper, and a print. The Kickstarter ends on March 12.

Kel McDonald is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce the print edition of The Dead Deception. Detective Maria Pimienta’s new partner is Connor Burke, the first and only open werewolf detective. As casualties pile up, she begins to suspect him as a suspect in a murder case. The Dead Deception is the third book in The City Between series, but any of the series can be read as a stand-alone novel. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, digital or physical bundles of “The City Between” books, and additional digital and/or physical books. The Kickstarter ends on March 13.

 Comic artist Alakotila is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Fell Swoop, a self-contained LGBTQA+ SFF, romance, and adventure comic. The comic follows Naran and Atavah, accidental companions who must find their way out of dilapidated ruins… and closer to one another. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, charms, stickers, mini prints, and more. The Kickstarter ends on March 16.

Illustrator Michi is currently raising funds on Kickstarter in order to produce two LGBTQ+ themed Cosmic Lovers enamel pins. Tier options include enamel pins, stickers, an acrylic charm, and a notepad. The Kickstarter ends on March 17.

 Jenn Arledge of Arledge Comics is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce The Great Witch Artemis. The 78-page all-ages graphic novel follows Artemis, a former witch now relegated to a small town after a fall from grace, who crosses path with determined superfan Emmett. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, a behind-the-scenes USB drive, an enamel pin, and a custom commission. The Kickstarter ends on March 18.

Comic artist Kathleen Jacques is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce a reprint of Band Vs. Band: Volume 1. The comic, currently an ongoing webcomic, is a retro-inspired enemies-to-lovers queer romance between competing musicians. The reprint will feature additional pages of bonus content. Tier options include digital and physical copies of both Volume 1 and 2, a risograph print, an original sketch, and guest artist postcards. The Kickstarter ends on March 20.

Comic artists J Doyle and Y Zhou are currently raising funds on Kickstarter to reprint the first chapter of Battery Acid. The story is summarized on its campaign page: “After falling out in middle school, Ono Kazuo and Hasegawa Seiji find themselves on the same baseball team in high school. Determined not to let awkward memories ruin their halcyon days, Ono and Hasegawa try to make amends and work through their issues… leading to some unexpected developments.” Tier options include digital and physical copies of Chapter 1, access to Chapter 2’s development blog, prints, an acrylic charm, a signed bookplate, and original artwork. The Kickstarter ends on March 21.

Cloudscape Comics is currently raising funds to produce The Witching Hour, a duotone comic anthology by women and nonbinary contributors from Western Canada. The book features 11 stories of different genres that reflect upon the definition of what a witch can be. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, an enamel pin, a bookplate, and other comics from Cloudscape. The Kickstarter ends on March 24.

 Margins Publishing is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Dates! An Anthology of Queer Historical Fiction (Volume 3). Like the other books in the Dates! series, every story has queer main characters in situations before 1965 with no tragic endings; however, this book’s theme is “adventure.” Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, postcards, past Dates! books, other titles from Margins Publishing, and commissions. The Kickstarter ends on March 28.

 POMEgranate Magazine is currently raising funds on Kickstarter to produce Eternal Witchcraft – A Comics Spellbook. The comics anthology features over 21 contributors and over 200 pages of instructional witchy comics. Tier options include digital and physical copies of the book, a mobile background and POMEgranate Magazine’s previous comic anthology Group Chat. The Kickstarter ends on March 31.

General

The Comics Studies Society is accepting nominations for Executive Board positions.

Sakura-Con is hiring Japanese-speaking Guest Relations to assist their Japanese guests of honor.

The Latinx Collective shared a directory of Latina and Latinx small business owners and collectives. Check it out!

Did you or will you table in an artist alley in the US in 2019? Take the 2019 Artist Alley Convention Survey here. The results of the 2018 survey are available here.

The Comic Tea Party is a weekly book club for webcomics. Participate in the Discord chat weekly on Thursdays at 5pm to 7pm PST. Sign your comic up for a chance to have it read and discussed in the group!

Animation

• (Greenwich, CT) Blue Sky Studios is seeking a temporary animator. They’re also seeking summer interns in animation, character, character simulation, crowds, effects, lighting/compositing, story, vis dev, and more.
• (London, UK) Blue-Zoo Animation is seeking a 2D Background Painter, a 2D Environment Designer, a 2D Layout Artist,  CG Modelers and Texture Artists, Lighting TD/Compositor, a Maya Character Animator, a Prop Designer, a Rigger, a Storyboard Artist, Toon Boom Breakdown Artists, a Toon Boom Harmony Animator, and Toon Boom Rigging Artists.
• Cartoon Network is seeking a Production Assistant.
• (Vancouver, BC) DHX has job openings for a 2D BG Builds Supervisor, a 2D Harmony Animator, a Lead Designer, 3D, a Harmony Animation Supervisor, a Production Coordinator (Design/Assets), a Storyboard Artist, a Storyboard Supervisor, and more.
• DICE LA is seeking a Lead Character Artist.
• (Burbank, CA) Disney TV Animation is hiring Creative/Production interns for Summer, a Color Designer, and a Storyboard Artist. Be sure to check Disney’s website for both creative and office positions with Disney!
• (Glendale, CA) Dreamworks is hiring an Artistic Recruiter, Assistant Animatic Editor, a Character Designer, a Feature Technical Director, a Lead Effects Artist, a Modeler, a Production Assistant, a Production Intern, a Visual Development Artist, and more. They’re also offering a temp Lighter/Compositor position.
• (Playa Vista, CA) FoxNext Games is hiring a Concept Artist and a Technical Artist to work on Marvel Strike Force.
• (London, UK) The Line Studio is hiring animators, production designers, and producers for 3-month positions until April 15.
• (Los Angeles, CA) Netflix Animation is hiring an Animatic Editor, an Art Director, a Background Designer, a Background Painter, a Character Designer, a Head of Story, a Line Producer, Production Coordinators, Production Managers, a Prop Designer, and Storyboard Artists.
• (Burbank, CA) Nickelodeon is hiring an Asset Production Coordinator, Character Technical Director/Rigger, CG Animation Director, Character Designer, a Production Coordinator, a Post-Production Supervisor, a Storyboard Artist, and a VP of Digital Content.
• Pixomondo is seeking an Animator, a CG Supervisor, a Compositor, a Houdini FX Artist, a Pipeline TD, and a Senior Lighting Artist in Los Angeles, CA. They’re also seeking animators in Toronto, a Senior Lighting Artist in Vancouver, and more internationally.
• (Vancouver, BC) Sony Imageworks is hiring Animators, Character FX Technical Directors, Compositors, FX Artists, Layout Artists, Lighters, Matte Painters, Modelers, and more.
• Titmouse is looking for an Associate Producer, Character Designer, an Episodic Director, a Line Producer, a Production Coordinator, a Storyboard Artist, and artist and production interns in Los Angeles, CA. In New York, they’re seeking a 2D Animator and artist and production interns for summer. They’re also seeking a 2D animator, a background layout artist, a background painter, compositors, a line producer, and a prop designer in Vancouver, Canada.
• (Toronto, Canada) Ubisoft is hiring artists, programmers, office workers, and more.
• (Burbank, CA) Walt Disney Animation Studios is hiring an animator, a character TD, a crowds artist, an effects artist, an environment designer, an environment modeler, lighting artists, and a story artist. They’re also seeking interns in CG Art, Story Art, and Visual Development Art.

Check this list of animation and gaming jobs worldwide that’s updated daily. You can find a directory of currently open animation jobs at animatedjobs.com. See Entertainment Careers for more listings.

Comics, Illustration, and More

• Comics Beat is doing a daily feature of free comics in 2019.
• Threadless is accepting artwork for the following design challenges: Tropicália, due March 1; and Kawaii, due March 8.
• The OC Adventure Zine “A Call to Action” is accepting applications from artists and writers until today, March 1. Profits will be evenly distributed amongst contributors after printing costs are covered.
• Oneshi Press is currently accepting submissions for their upcoming Summer 2019 issue until today, March 1. Creators will be paid royalties based on book sales.
• The Oxford Comics Network has a Call for Papers on “Comics and Travel” open until March 8.
• Power and Magic Press is accepting pitches for The Queer Witch Comics Anthology Volume 2 until March 10. Contributors must be a person of color and a woman, “whether fully or partially or complicatedly.” Use the hashtag #CovenSearch if you’re look for a team member!
• Augmented: A 2019 Cyberpunk Anthology is accepting pitches until March 12. Contributors will be paid $50 per full color comic page.’
• Hellcat Press is accepting submissions to its horror comic anthology Dark Lady Returns from female (cis or trans) contributors until March 15.
• SpiderForest Webcomic Collective is accepting submissions from webcomic creators for their Yemen Humanitarian Crisis Charity Zine until March 15. Creators do not need to be affiliated with SpiderForest Webcomic Collective. Submissions should include original webcomic characters as children.
•  Lotus: A South Asian LGBT+ Zine is accepting applications until March 17. Contributors will be compensated with a free digital edition of the zine and discounted rates on physical copies. All proceeds will be donated to charity.
• ComixCentral is accepting 1-12 page all-ages comics with the theme “family” for an anthology until March 31. Contributors will be compensated with 3 printed books per page of comics they produce.
• The Silent Manga Audition is now accepting entries for its 11th competition through March 31. Submit text-free comics of 31 pages or less with the theme “Promise” for a chance to win cash prizes, professional feedback, and editorial support.
• The Webcomic Almanac 2.0 is accepting submissions until April 6. The charity art zine is for webcomic creators to submit new artwork promoting their series.
•  The Ribbit! Zine is accepting submissions until April 8. The zine is for charity, and contributors are not paid, but will receive a copy of the zine.
•  MediBang Paint is accepting entries to their Medi-chan Summer Fashion Dress-Up Contest until April 26. Using Medi-chan’s character template and design a new outfit for her for a chance to win up to ￥30,000. They’re also hosting the MCPO (Manga Contents Promote Organization) Awards and accepting entries until May 7. You can submit Illustrations with the theme “Journey” or Manga with an open theme. Winners may be awarded up to ¥200,000 and an invitation to an award ceremony.
• Clip Studio Paint is accepting submissions of illustrations and comics with the theme “gift” from students until May 9.
•  Dirty Diamonds is seeking contributors for its tenth and final issue with the theme “Death” until May 31. According to their submissions page, “Dirty Diamonds is an all-girl anthology, meaning we are all-inclusive. If you are female/femme, we want your comics.”

• Argot Magazine is seeking written and illustrated submissions about queer and marginalized experiences. Their payment ranges from $35 to $250 per piece.
• Arsenika is accepting portfolio submissions for cover work and pays $100 for reprint artwork.
• The Asexual is accepting general submissions from marginalized voices in the queer community.
• Asexual Artists is always seeking creative asexual interviewees.
• Daily comics news blog The Beat is hiring a Managing Editor.
• The Brave Some is seeking submissions of short stories, prose, essays, reviews, and visual art by black and/or brown women and femmes.
• New publisher Bulgihan Press is seeking to publish short self-contained comics of 20-40 pages by solo creators.
• Carnation Books is accepting submissions of queer genre fiction and welcomes fanfiction writers seeking to transition into publishing original writing content. They are actively seeking submissions with asexual or aromantic main characters. They are also seeking cover artists and plot and style editors.
• Chris Williams is seeking a new artist to draw 4-panel comics once a week for the manga-style webcomic Scurry & Cover. Contact Chris at yoreanon-chrisw@yahoo.co.jp for more information.
• ComicsMNT is seeking pitches for features. They are also seeking to interview comic artists on their process.
• Stephanie Cooke is actively connecting comic creators of all types for paid projects. Check out Creator Advisor for more information.
• Cricket Media is seeking writers and illustrators for upcoming features and articles in their various children’s magazines.
• FIYAH Lit Mag is seeking Black comic creators to feature in its 2019 issues.
• GenderTerror is accepting submissions of LGBTQ+ horror from artists and writers.
•  Heartspark Press is seeking emerging (C)AMAB trans or non-binary illustrators of color for paid illustration work.
• Jerry’s Art-A-Rama hosts a number of art contests, some ongoing and some requiring specific materials.
•  (New York, NY) Kodansha Comics is seeking a Managing Editor.
• Do you have a webcomic with LGBTQ characters and themes? LGBTQ Webcomics is looking to add more queer webcomics to their database on Tagpacker!
• Longreads is accepting portfolio submissions from illustrators.
• Lore Lush Publishing is seeking Cover Artists.
•  Lucky Pocket Press, a risograph press and artist collective making zines and objects that feel lucky and warm, is seeking artists to collaborate with. 
• Narratively is seeking submissions of writing, photography, and illustrations.
• Natashane is accepting entries from asexual creators or creators of comics with asexual characters for a directory of Asexual Comics that they’ve created.
• You can send samples of your work along with pitches to thenib@firstlook.org to be considered by The Nib.
• The New Southern Fugitives is seeking submissions of fiction, book reviews, essays, poetry, photography, and visual art from creators in the South. They pay $60 per book review, essay, or story and $25 per poem, photograph, or visual art.
• Pink Narcissus Press is seeking cover artwork for SF/F speculative fiction. They pay $100-$200 for nonexclusive rights.
• POMEgranate Magazine is accepting pitches from artists and writers.
• Robot Dinosaur Games is accepting artwork submissions for its upcoming anthology. They will pay $75 per piece.
• Scholastic Canada is currently interested in reviewing Indigenous material in all genres and at all levels. No other unsolicited submissions are being accepted at this time.
• (New York, NY) Scholastic Corporation is seeking a Senior Editor to join their imprint Graphix to work on graphic novels for elementary and middle grade readers.
• The Webcomic Library is a new resource that hopes to serve as a comprehensive list of webcomics. Submit your webcomic using this form.

Check out Arts for LA, Call for Entry, College Art Opportunities, Graphic Competitions, or Hey, Art Friends for more exhibition, residency, and grant opportunities. See Find Anthologies for a list of anthologies with open submissions and to submit anthologies of your own. Check Chris Arrant’s #ComicJobs hashtag on Twitter. Check Comic Ops to see opportunities specifically for comic creators.

Conventions and Events

Con or Bust has free tickets available for people of color for a number of upcoming conventions, including the Nebula Conference, CrossingsCon, and more.

• Big Easy Con (June 1-2) is currently accepting applications from exhibitors.
• Flame Con’s (August 17-18) press applications are open, as are applications to be a FlameCon featured cosplayer.
• GeekGirlCon’s Programming applications are open until May 31.
• Artist Submissions are open for the Gender Unbound Fest (September 2) until April 28.
• Love in Panels is hosting RomBlogCon: A Virtual Conference for Romance Bloggers on April 13 and 14.
•  MCX (the Mississauga Comic Expo) is accepting applications for its exhibitor spaces until May 20.
• New York Comic Con is accepting applications for its artist alley until May 14.
• The Scholarship from Hell is accepting applications until March 15. Recipients will receive domestic coach airfare to and from the StokerCon venue, a 4-night stay at the convention, free registration to StokerCon , and placement in Horror University, multiple workshops.
• Thought Bubble is currently accepting applications for exhibitors until March 10.
• WonderCon (March 29-31) professional registration is now open.

Here’s a list of international zine fests brought to you by ZINES!

Designers

• (New York, NY) The Experiment is seeking an Associate Designer.
• (New York, NY) Penguin Random House is seeking a Designer to join the Creative Marketing Services Department.
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•  Roll20 is seeking a Graphic Designer.
• (New York, NY) Simon & Schuster is hiring a Book Cover Designer.
• (New York, NY) Skyhorse Publishing is seeking a Designer.
• (San Francisco, CA) Viz Media is seeking a Designer.
• (New York, NY) Workman Publishing is seeking a Senior Designer in adult trade book cover and interior design.

Fan Zines

Looking for more fan zines to submit to? Check out this spreadsheet created by magicalzombie for more! Have a finished zine project you want to advertise? Check out Zine RTer!

Games

• (Irvine, CA) Game studio Nexon is currently hiring artists, designers, and programmers. They’re also seeking localizers for contract work in El Segundo.
• (London, UK) Roll7 is seeking a Lead Programmer, a Lead Artist, and Admin/Assistant Intern. Employees work from home 9 days out of 10.

Check this list of animation and gaming jobs worldwide that’s updated daily.

Mentorships & Fellowships

•  Jen Bartel and FlameCon have teamed up to offer an artist alley table mentorship. FlameCon artists with half-tables can enter by March 20 for a chance to receive vigorous mentorship on table setup and preparation and also have your table costs paid for you.
•  The Word: A Storytelling Sanctuary is accepting applications for its 2019 Editor-Writer Mentorship until March 31. Four writers from underrepresented groups will be paired with an editor who will provide substantive edits.
• The Representation Matters Mentorship Program is accepting applications from self-identified people of color interested in the publishing industry until April 1. Mentorships will last 6 months, with a minimum of one session every two months.
• Writing by Writers is offering fellowships to Esalen Writer’s Camp in Big Sur, CA until April 15. Emerging writers of color and members of the LGBTQIA+ community are welcome to apply.

Residencies, Retreats, and Workshops

• (New York, NY) The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art and Storytelling is seeking an artist-in-residence for 2019-2020 and accepting applications until April 15. The selected artist will be granted a non-living studio, $7,000 honorarium, and the possibility of earning additional income by leading workshops with museum patrons.
• (Portland, OR) Tin House’s Summer Workshop is currently accepting applications for its July 7-14 event. General applications are due by April 7.
• The Jack Jones Retreat is accepting applications for its third annual retreat until March 31. 16 fellowships are available to applicants.

Check out the Alliance of Art Communities, Arts for LA, College Art Opportunities for exhibition, residency, and grant opportunities.

Scholarships, Sponsorships, and Grants

• GLAAD’s Rising Stars Grant is accepting applications from people aged 18-30 who enhance intersectional LGBTQ media advocacy and representation in their communities until March 10. Recipients will receive $5,000 and will attend the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards.
• The Scholarship from Hell is accepting applications until March 15. Recipients will receive domestic coach airfare to and from the StokerCon venue, a 4-night stay at the convention, free registration to StokerCon , and placement in Horror University, multiple workshops.
• The Creators for Creators Grant is accepting applications from single cartoonists or writer/artist duos until March 18. Applicants must not have ever been published by a third-party publisher, and stories pitches must be between 64-100 pages upon completion.
•  Greg Buchanan is offering a writing scholarship for early career writers of games, with applications due on March 15. Ongoing mentorship and funding to buy a domain name or 6 months of SquareSpace hosting is included.
•  The Spare Change Grant Program is accepting applications from Black, PoC, and LGBTQ+ artists to use for the cost of residency and open-call application fees until March 25.

• The Ann Whitford Paul—Writer’s Digest Manuscript Award is accepting submissions until April 1. $1,000 will be granted to a picture book manuscript from any SCBWI picture book writers who are not under contract and/or have not sold a picture book manuscript in the last three years.

• The Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant is accepting applications from nonfiction writers with a signed contract from a publisher until April 22.
•  The Dash Grant is now accepting applications from small press creators until May 24. Recipients will receive a $250 grant to produce their book and premiere it at Short Run 2019, receive a free half table to Short Run, receive access to Fogland Studios in Seattle (and optional instruction), receive online mentorship, and be featured in an art show at Fantagraphics Bookstore and Gallery.

• A number of micro grants are available for marginalized writers.
• The Awesome Foundation offers $1000 grants on a rolling basis.
• Black Rainbow offers microgrants of $300 to LGBQTI people of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community that includes $200 to assist with hosting Indigenous LGBTQI community events.
• The Eyebeam Center for the Future of Journalism is accepting applications from artists on a rolling basis. Artists covering data privacy, the 2018/2020 elections, the role of technology in society, political influence campaigns, harmful technologies, countering disinformation, and artificial intelligence may receive $500 to $5,000 in grants.
• Gumroad’s Creators Fund is accepting applications on a rolling basis. Gumroad will be allocating $50,000 in creative grants of $500 to $5,000 throughout the year.
• Mel Gillman shared this list of Grants, Fellowships, and Residencies for Cartoonists! Thanks, Mel!
• My Documented Life maintains a list of scholarships for undocumented students.
• Canadian artists and cultural connectors are welcome to apply for grant funds through the Professional Development for Arts Professionals of Supporting Artistic Practice. Details on how and when you can apply are available on the page.
• Are you a professional freelancer experiencing financial duress? The Haven Foundation offers grants and assistance to applicants with chronic illness or injury or other career-threatening emergencies.
• The Spare Change Grant Program offers grants each month to a person of color and/or gender minority to be used for covering application costs for residencies and calls for submissions. Apply by the 25th of each month for a chance at the award.
• Springboard for the arts offers an Emergency Relief Fund for personal and community disasters that affect artists in Minnesota.
• Tulsa Remote is accepting applications from remote workers who are willing to relocate to Tulsa, OK in exchange for reduced rent and a total of $10,000 over the course of a year. Read more about the program here.
• The Vlogbrothers are offering sponsorships to creators of educational video content.
• We Need Diverse Books is accepting applications for their Internship Grant.

Check out Arts for LA, College Art Opportunities, or this list by ProFellow for grant opportunities.

Teaching

• OCAD University is seeking an Assistant Professor of Illustration. The position is open only to qualified racialized and Indigenous persons.
• The art department at Southern Arkansas University is seeking a full time instructor in Communication/Graphic Design.

Sign up to teach at Skillshare to earn royalties based on the premium member students in your class. See here for additional information.

Voice Acting

•  Everlasting Quest, a 4koma webcomic, is seeking voice actors.
• Nightlight Podcast is seeking Black voice actors.
• Season 2 of Starship Iris is seeking voice actors, particularly Latinx voice actors for the part of Julio.

Check the Casting Call Club and Voice Acting Space for more voice acting and audio opportunities.

Writing and Editing

• Cristina Arreola is seeking pitches about nonfiction books focused on overlooked women for Bustle.
• Lee & Low Books are relaunching their Diversity Baseline Survey to compare results with their previous survey from 5 years ago. All publishers, agents, and review journals are encouraged to contribute.
• The Oxford Comics Network has a Call for Papers on “Comics and Travel” open until today, March 8.
• The Auburn Avenue is seeking written submissions and photography with the theme “The South Got More to Say…”  for their Spring/Summer 2019 issue until March 31.
• FORESHADOW: A Serial YA Anthology is seeking its final submissions until April 1.
• Vulture Bones is seeking submissions of speculative fiction from trans and nonbinary voices for its fourth issue until April 1.
• Emma Press is seeking children’s picture book manuscripts, particularly from authors underrepresented in publishing, until April 20.
• #DVPit will be held on April 23 and 24. Please read the rules before participating in the event!
• Lethe Press is seeking short story submissions for Hatchet Job, an anthology collection full of horror short stories of 10,000 words or less, until April 30.
• Carnation Press is seeking queer interpretations of the ACD canon for an anthology of Sherlock Holmes-inspired works until May 1. They’re also seeking submissions of short stories from fanfiction writers seeking to transition into publishing their original writing content. They are actively seeking submissions with asexual or aromantic main characters. They are also seeking cover artists and plot and style editors.
• Catapult and Soft Skull Press are accepting submissions for their upcoming Tiny Nightmares anthology until May 1. Writers of accepted stories will be paid $100.
• Cleis Press is seeking submissions for Best Women’s Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 from authors who are “women, gender nonconforming, genderqueer and/or nonbinary” until June 1. Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis. Selected writers will receive $225 and 2 copies of the printed book.
• Less Than Three Press is accepting submissions for its LGBTQIA anthology Creature Feature until July 31.
• Professor Grace Dillon is accepting submissions from emerging writers for “Imaging Indigenous Futurisms,” the 10th Annual Science Fiction Writing Contest, for a $1,000 award until November 1.

• (New York, NY) ALA is seeking an Editor/Publisher for Booklist Publications, a unit of ALA Publishing.
• The American Greetings Alternative Writing Studio is accepting applications for freelance card writers.
• Anathema accepts fiction and nonfiction submissions year-round from queer and nonwhite writers.
• Anime Feminist is looking for contributors in the upcoming year. Read here for more information. Article writers will be paid $50 per article.
• Anime News Network is looking for Freelance Editorial Contributors and Convention Correspondents.
• Argot Magazine is seeking written and illustrated submissions about queer and marginalized experiences. Their payment ranges from $35 to $250 per piece.
• Do you have aromantic or asexual characters in your prose? Enter your book into this database so that more people can find your work.
• Autostraddle is seeking personal essays, feature stories, and article submissions on fashion and beauty, sex and relationships, humor, and investigative journalism, particularly from butch/masculine-of-center women, people of color, people over age 45, and trans women.
• (New York, NY) Avid Reader Press is seeking an editor.
• Daily comics news blog The Beat is hiring a Managing Editor.
• Black Girls Create is looking for submissions of creative work from black creators showing what their time at Hogwarts would’ve looked like! They are also seeking black women creators and pop culture critique and commentary from black women creators.
• Black Rainbow accepts pitches from LGBQTI people of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and pays $150 for selected articles.
•  Black Youth Project is seeking pitches related to ableism and physical and mental health.
• (London, UK/REMOTE OKAY) Blue-Zoo Animation is seeking Speculative Script Writers.
• Book ‘N Pieces Magazine is accepting fiction submissions. Writers of previously unpublished stories over 2500 words receive $100, and writers with stories under 2500 words or previously published receive $50.
• (New York, NY) Book of the Month is seeking an Editorial Assistant.
• Bustle is accepting pitches and shared guidelines for how to pitch to them.
• Cake Literary is looking for Black male writers for upcoming SFF Middle Grade projects. They’re also seeking Native/Indigenous, US-based writers for upcoming Middle Grade fantasy projects.
• Carina Press has an ongoing open call for male/male romantic suspense and a new call for Carina Adores, a new trope-driven LGBTQ+ contemporary romance line. Find out what the editors want to read here!
• CBR is seeking experienced writers to write on comic book news, analyses, and movie and tv show casting news.
• Choice of Games is hiring writers for their new line of interactive romance games.
• Clarksworld Magazine is looking for fiction and nonfiction contributors and pays up to $0.10 per word.
• Comics MNT is seeking writers open to taking assignments and writers with interesting pitches for articles about comics.
• Cricket Media is seeking writers and illustrators for upcoming features and articles in their various children’s magazines.
• (New York, NY) Crooked Line Books is seeking an Editor/Senior Editor for Women’s Fiction.
• Online monthly magazine The Dark is accepting submissions from 2000 to 6000 words in length. Encouraged genres include horror and dark fantasy, but graphic, violent horror is not desired. Payment is $0.06/word for up to 6000 words. Republishing payment is $0.01/word.
•  ENBY Magazine is seeking personal essays, interviews, reviews, visual art, short stories, and poetry from AMAB, BIPOC, disabled, neuroatypical, and/or any other underrepresented group within the non-binary community for Issue #4.
• Fiyah Lit Mag is seeking Black book reviewers.
• GenderTerror is accepting submissions of LGBTQ+ horror from artists and writers.
• Grimlore Games is seeking a full-time writer. Remote okay.
• Interlude Press is seeking LGBTQA+ contemporary, fantasy, and science fiction YA novels and LGBTQA+ contemporary, historical, romantic comedy, mystery/suspense, and romantic adult fiction. Manuscripts should be 60,000-80,000 words in length.
• (New York, NY) Jimmy Patterson is seeking an Editor.
• (New York, NY) Scholastic Corporation is seeking a Senior Editor to join their imprint Graphix to work on graphic novels for elementary and middle grade readers.
• (San Francisco, CA) Letterform Archive is seeking an Assistant Editor.
• Longreads is seeking pitches for personal essays, interviews, reading lists, and more.
• Lore Lush Publishing is accepting manuscript submissions in a number of genres. Diverse and inclusive works are prioritized. They’re also hiring Editors, a Publishing Assistant, and a Publicist.
• “Love Like Mine,” an ongoing column in Xtra, is seeking essays about queer love in all its forms – romantic, familial, platonic, and more.
• Native Ink Press is seeking submissions of nonfiction prose and children’s books.
• Narratively is seeking submissions of writing, photography, and illustrations.
• NineStar Press is seeking LGBTQA+ romance, paranormal, sci-fi, fantasy, and horror fiction.
• Panel Patter is looking for contributors, particularly from writers interested in manga and webcomics!
• (Atlanta, GA) Peachtree Publishing Company is seeking a Senior Acquisitions Editor.
• (New York, NY) Penguin Random House is seeking an Editor with an affinity for pop culture.
• POMEgranate Magazine is accepting pitches from artists and writers.
• (New York, NY) Putnam Young Readers is seeking an Editor.
• Reckoning is accepting submissions of creative writing (fiction or nonfiction) about urban nature and environmental challenges of cities for its fourth issue.
•  (New York, NY) Saga Press is seeking an Editorial Assistant.
• Scholastic Canada is currently interested in reviewing Indigenous material in all genres and at all levels. No other unsolicited submissions are being accepted at this time.
•  Submittable is seeking blog contributions focused on film and filmmakers.
• Three-Lobed Burning Eye is seeking original speculative short stories and flash fiction. Accepted authors of short stories will receive $100 and for flash fiction authors will receive $30.
• (San Francisco, CA) Viz is seeking an Editor to manage graphic novels, trade books, and the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
• (New York, NY) W. W. Norton is seeking an Assistant Project Editor for its Trade department.
• (New York, NY) Yen Press is seeking an Assistant or Associate Production Editor.
• Zooscape is accepting submissions of furry fiction up to 10,000 words. They pay 6 cents per word up to 1000 words, $60 for longer stories, and $20 for reprints.

Check out writingcareer.com for a list of calls for submission!

Youth & Internships

• (Boston, MA) Beacon Press is seeking summer interns in Design, Digital & Social Media, Editorial, Marketing, and Publicity
• (Somerville, MA) Candlewick Press is seeking interns in Design, Editorial, Graphic Production, Marketing, Production and Manufacturing, Publishing Technologies, and Sales.
• Comics Club highlights and connects comic clubs and shares advice and resources to help youth comic creators.
• Hachette Book Group is hiring interns in Boulder, CO, Berkeley, CA, New York, NY, Philadelphia, PA, and Boston, MA.
• (New York, NY) Harper Collins Children’s Books is seeking a summer intern in Digital Design. 
• inQluded, a new platform for LGBTQIA+ youth, is accepting submissions.
• (New York, NY) Marvel Entertainment is seeking an Editorial Intern for Summer 2019.
• My Documented Life maintains a list of scholarships for undocumented students.
• Natalie “Tally” Nourigat offers advice & resources for young cartoonists ages 14-18 (although this is good advice for creators at any age)!
• The NewPages Young Writers Guide for artists and writers shares publications seeking applications from youth contributors.
• (London, UK) Roll7 is seeking an Admin/Assistant Intern. Employees work from home 9 days out of 10.
• Titmouse is seeking production and art interns in New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA.
• We Need Diverse Books is accepting applications for their Internship Grant.

Resources

• The 2019 Convention Artist Survey is now accepting submissions from artists who sold work at 2019 shows.
• Becca Hillburn of Nattosoup shared a post on Getting to Know Traditional Comic Materials and Promoting a Class or Workshop. She also shared a list of Recommending Reading for Comic Artists. Be sure to check Becca’s Youtube channel for new video interviews with independent artists, walkthroughs with dip pen nibs, tutorials, and more.
• Byelacey shared a great thread of tips for artists on Twitter!
• Camilla Zhang hosted the “Running A Comics Project on Kickstarter” Webinar, and you can watch it here.
• Camila Torrano shared a guide to painting diverse skin tones.
•  Crazy Animal Face shared these tips for approaching an artist with a proposal.
• Have you checked out the Creator Advisor? Initialized and run by Stephanie Cooke,  the project aims to connect artists, writers, editors, and anyone involved in making comics together for paid projects, with an aim to prioritize marginalized creators.
• Creator Resource aims to share resources for comic book creators, writers, and editors. Check it out!
• Delilah S. Dawson has been sharing informative threads about publishing. Here’s one about editors, and here’s another about the business end of writing. There’s also a thread on Twitter tips for writers, literary agents, and deepening character.
• Artist E.Hanby opened a blog sharing Clip Studio Paint tips!
• Emily maintains a Dropbox folder of fat body reference images for artists.
• Erin Roseberry shared some great info on getting your work into your local library! Thanks, Erin!
• Ethan M. Aldridge shared a thread on getting an agent.
• Fai wrote a comprehensive Zine Organizing Guide. Thanks, Fai!
• H.D. Harris shared color palettes that cover a range of different skin tones.
• Hnery shared a web app that lets you rotate a 3D model of a skeleton.
• Isa shared an invoice and accounting managing tool for Google Sheets.
• Jim Mortensen shared a 50-page PDF with storyboarding tips. The PDF is pay-what-you-want, and all proceeds are donated to Inner City Arts.
• Kickstarter has a large resource area for bringing publishing, comics, or journalism projects to life.
•  Kickstarter also shared an article on spreading the word about projects.
• Laura brought up some great points about exclusionary language and cis-patriarchal gatekeeping. It’s something that everyone who calls themselves an ally and creator of inclusive opportunities needs to be aware of.
• Liz Kramer shared a thread of free portfolio website hosts.
• Marie Lum shared this great color resource for artists!
•  Nilah’s latest helpful resource is a spreadsheet containing upcoming (or recently released) kids graphic novels. Add your own upcoming kids GN releases here!
• Nilah Magruder updated the list of literary agents who represent illustrators and added a new page with Steps to Querying. Niki Smith also has a list of agents who represent creators of graphic novels. Maria Vicente shared a guide on querying your graphic novel, from the perspective of a literary agent.
• Nilah also shared this great piece of wisdom: don’t self-reject! And for those who don’t self-reject, but still get rejections, read the thread for her compassionate encouragement.
•  Rami H-P Lehkonen released Manage Your Time – Make More Comics.
• Rian shared some great tips on professionalism for artists in online spaces and having a portfolio so that your work is accessible.
• Ever had your work stolen? RitheGuardian created a free DMCA takedown template!
• Shay shared these great tips on selecting zines to participate in (I follow these too!). They also created this incredible spreadsheet for zine templates… wow! Thank you, Shay!
• Stephanie Cooke shared this great list of comic shops for you to sell your indie comics and wares at!
• TO Comix Press has shared a sample contract for comic anthology projects, the start-to-finish process of producing an anthology, and articles on marketing and getting indie books into stores. Thanks for always being so helpful!
• Xavier shared a thread of calculating day rates for freelancers. Women have a tendency to charge 30% less than male freelancers – but we all have bills to pay! David created a free responsive spreadsheet for you to use, in case the math is daunting.
• Yoshi Yoshitani shared a comprehensive Guide to Tabling at Conventions (2019 Edition).

Deals

• Every Monday, Barnes and Noble offers deals on manga.
• Daiya Manga lists great deals for manga and anime.

Remember to check ComiXology, Dick Blick, Jerry’s Art-A-Rama, Joann, Michael’s, and RightStuf for their weekly ads, coupons, and specials on comics and art supplies.

Giveaways

• Book Riot has frequent book giveaways. Right now, they’re giving away a $100 Amazon gift card (for US residents, excluding Puerto Rico and all other US territories).
•  Goodreads constantly offers giveaways for a variety of titles in all genres. Check out these giveaways for comics and graphic novels, like this one for The Handmaid’s Tale by Renée Nault and Margret Atwood and Mera: Tidebreaker by Danielle Paige and Steven Bryne.
• Love in Panels is giving away romance books, comics (including “Bloom” by Kevin Panetta and Savanna Ganucheau), and chocolates in celebration of reaching 1,000 Twitter followers. Enter by March 10 for a chance to win!
• Seven Seas has a survey for February. Suggest up to 18 new titles for Seven Seas to consider for licensing. Fill out the survey to be entered into a raffle to win a copy of any book Seven Seas has published so far in 2018!

That’s it for this week! Look out for another post next week with these categories and possibly more. Is there something you’d like to see more of? Something you know about but don’t see here? Let me know! 

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Link to the previous Roundup: Weekly Roundup – March 1, 2019