Planet Word Museum was supposed to open in May. However, due to the Pandemic, it did not open as scheduled.
Now, it is opening, officially, October 22.
Author: Dr Davis
New Museum
Planet Word Museum will be opening in Washington, DC on May 30, 31. It is being billed as the museum “where language comes to life.”
Creative Writing on the Apocalypse
The End is Here – Creative Writing Collection
deadline for submissions: March 30, 2020
full name / name of organization: Spectral Visions Press (University of Sunderland)
contact email: theendisheresvp@gmail.com
Spectral Visions Press is now accepting submissions for The End is Here: A Book about the Apocalypse. We want to hear your unique take on the fall of civilisation, we want to see your visions of our potential future, and we want to journey into your dystopic worlds. If you have a story or poem that fits the brief, start submitting.
• Minimum 1,000 words, maximum of 5,000 words of prose or 30 lines of poetry.
• Submissions should be formatted as a word document; we cannot work with pdf.
• Submissions should be double-spaced, use a neutral font style, and font size of eleven.
• Please include your full name, email address, your piece’s title, the date of submission, and a short bio (100 words) all on a short cover letter.
• All work must be original and not have been used previously in another collection.
from UPenn’s CFPs
Speak of the Devil
The Language Nerds have a great post on how different languages give the idiom “speak of the devil.”
PhD Comics
English Jokes
10 Jokes about the English Language from LostInthePond.
67 Hilarious Reasons Why the English Language is the Worst! from BoredPanda
Confusing English Language from TheBoreSite
National Read a Book Day
August Days
I was going to be serious with these, but then I saw some fun ones, so I’m just putting in all the ones I think are cool. From National Day Calendar.
August 2: National Coloring Book Day
August 8: National Happiness Happens Day
August 9: National Book Lovers’ Day
August 14: National Creamsicle Day
August 16: National Tell a Joke Day
August 27: National Just Because Day
August 28: National Power Rangers Day AND National Bow Tie Day
CFP: Pop Culture
Studies in Popular Culture: A Call for Submissions for Spring 2020 issue
updated: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 – 11:12amDr. Lynnette Porter, Editor/Studies in Popular Culture, Popular Culture Assoc in the Southdeadline for submissions: Thursday, August 1, 2019
Studies in Popular Culture (SiPC) is looking for submissions for the Spring 2020 issue. This journal of the Popular Culture Association in the South (PCAS) publishes articles on popular culture however mediated through film, literature, radio, television, music, graphics, print, practices, associations, events – any of the material or conceptual conditions of life. Contributors include distinguished anthropologists, sociologists, psychologists, cultural geographers, ethnomusicologists, historians, and scholars in comics, communications, film, games, graphics, literature, philosophy, religion, and television.
from UPenn’s CFPs
CFP: one-page story–wishes
Tidbits: A One-Page Story Anthology is looking for stories on the theme of wishes
updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2019 – 2:46pmTidbits: A One-Page Story Anthologydeadline for submissions: Sunday, June 30, 2019
Theme: Wishes
We are looking for one-page story submissions to the inaugural edition of Tidbits: A One-Page Story Anthology. For this collection, we would like authors to consider the theme of wishes. This encompasses but is not limited to:
dreams
hopes
fantasies
needs
desires
wish-granting entities (genies, fairies, etc)
be careful what you wish for stories
consequences of wishing
wishful thinking
from UPenn’s CFPs