26 March 2013
Entries Open: 2013 National Taiwan University Literary Translation Awards (NTD 50,000 top prize | Asia-wide)
Deadline: 31 May 2013
The Department of Foreign Language and Literatures of National Taiwan University has been holding the NTU Literary Translation Awards to promote to the world classical Chinese literature and translation of such works. The awards consist of cash prizes and certificates, while awarded works are published.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the awards is to promote translation of Chinese literature classics, presenting the beauty and the profoundness of Chinese literature to people who are not familiar with the Chinese language from around the globe.
ENTRY: Entrant must send English translation of the selected poems to the organizer before deadline. Please see the awards website for full texts of the poems.
JUDGING: Judging of entries will be conducted in two phases: preliminary and final. The organizer will invite professors and writers to be judges, and will release the judge list along with the final results of the awards. If the quality of entries falls below the required standard, the judges can decide not to award a prize/prizes.
PRIZES: Winners of the awards will be selected from each of the two groups, including the College and University Students Group and the Public Group. The first place winner will be granted NTD 50,000; the second place winner NTD 30,000; the third place winner NTD 10,000; the participant awards winners NTD 5,000. The winners will also receive certificates from the organizer. The prizewinning translations will be published online and in print.
ENTRANTS: College and university students and members of the public who are interested in literary translation are all welcomed to join the competition.
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
(Please note: no entries will be returned. Entrants should keep a copy as backup.)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: ntuliterarytranslation@hotmail.com.tw
For submissions: Department of Foreign Language and Literatures, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Website: http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/
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The Department of Foreign Language and Literatures of National Taiwan University has been holding the NTU Literary Translation Awards to promote to the world classical Chinese literature and translation of such works. The awards consist of cash prizes and certificates, while awarded works are published.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of the awards is to promote translation of Chinese literature classics, presenting the beauty and the profoundness of Chinese literature to people who are not familiar with the Chinese language from around the globe.
ENTRY: Entrant must send English translation of the selected poems to the organizer before deadline. Please see the awards website for full texts of the poems.
JUDGING: Judging of entries will be conducted in two phases: preliminary and final. The organizer will invite professors and writers to be judges, and will release the judge list along with the final results of the awards. If the quality of entries falls below the required standard, the judges can decide not to award a prize/prizes.
PRIZES: Winners of the awards will be selected from each of the two groups, including the College and University Students Group and the Public Group. The first place winner will be granted NTD 50,000; the second place winner NTD 30,000; the third place winner NTD 10,000; the participant awards winners NTD 5,000. The winners will also receive certificates from the organizer. The prizewinning translations will be published online and in print.
ENTRANTS: College and university students and members of the public who are interested in literary translation are all welcomed to join the competition.
WHAT TO SUBMIT:
(Please note: no entries will be returned. Entrants should keep a copy as backup.)
- Entry form
- An entry will not be accepted if the information required on the form is incomplete.
- Entry into the competition signifies acceptance of all the rules. No feedback on the final results can be provided.
- Photocopy of the front and back of your ID card or passport.
- Entrants for the College and University Students Group must also submit a photocopy of the front and back of their student cards.
- Education and work experience in any format.
- Your translation in four copies
- Entries must consist of two parts. Both parts must be in English and be printed on A4 sheet(s).
- Please also send the electronic file of your translation in word format via email at the organizer’s email address. If the electronic copy is not consistent with the paper copy, judges’ decisions will be based on the electronic version.
- Entries must be submitted anonymously. There must be nothing on it which might identify the translator.
- Manifest form
- Source texts of entries are limited to the poems provided by the organizer. Entries must not have been previously published or accepted for publication, either in print or online, and must not enter for any other competition.
- Copyright infringement and/or plagiarism will result in the disqualification and, if applicable, removal of awards from any entry deemed in violation. The violating entrant’s name will be made public by the organizer, and all entry fees forfeited.
- Each entrant must submit only one entry.
- Postal submissions must be postmarked by Friday, 31 May 2013.
- The submission package should include all the items mentioned above, and be sent to the following address: Department of Foreign Language and Literatures, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
- Please note on the package “NTU Literary Translation Awards” and the group you are joining.
- Please also send an electronic copy of your entry in word format via email at the organizer’s email address (ntuliterarytranslation@hotmail.com.tw) by Friday, 31 May 2013.
- The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the regulations.
- If the quality of entries falls below the required standard, the organizers reserve the right not to award a prize/prizes. If entries are of equal quality, they can be awarded the same prize.
- Entrants agree for the organizer to use the winning entries in any form (such as traditional and simplified versions, digitalization, online publication, CD, audio publication, and print), including sublicensing, in perpetuity without any further payment or royalty to the Entrants. Copyright will remain with the prizewinning entrants.
- The list of winners is schedule to be publicized on the awards website in October, 2013, along with the date of the prize presentation ceremony.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: ntuliterarytranslation@hotmail.com.tw
For submissions: Department of Foreign Language and Literatures, National Taiwan University, No.1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Rd., Da’an Dist., Taipei City 10617, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Website: http://www.forex.ntu.edu.tw/
12 September 2012
Call for Papers: 2013 Hwa Kang International Conference on English Language and Literature (Taiwan)
Deadline: 31 January 2013
The Hwa Kang International Conference on English Language and Literature is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Literature at Chinese Culture University to encourage intellectual exchanges and academic dialogues between scholars in Taiwan and around the world. In 2013 the conference theme will be Exploring Discourse: Trends and Applications in Language and Literature. The conference organizers want to explore the idea of “discourse” as we find it in the fields of linguistics, language teaching, literature and cultural studies, and in the study of language, communication and texts.
LITERATURE & CULTURAL STUDIES:
“Discourse” has long been a common term in literary studies, where it can have various meanings including genre-related ones such as “narrative discourse.” Michel Foucault, however, has helped us rethink the concept of “discourse” in terms of its social, political, and cultural formations. For Foucault various discourses (e.g. the discourse of medicine or of history) are expressions of power, and in “every society the production of discourse is at once controlled, selected, organized and redistributed according to a certain number of procedures, whose role is to avert its powers and its dangers.” (“The Discourse on Language,” 1972) Literature and its related cultural practices are types of discursive formations that have been manipulated, analyzed, questioned, and subverted by scholars in literary and cultural studies. We would like to invite original abstracts that deal with theories of discourse, interpretations of literature and related discursive formations, textual analyses involving stylistics and discourse analysis, interrogations of the institutions of literature and literary studies, applications in the teaching of literature, and other approaches that concern literature and discourse.
Subject areas might include but are not limited to the following topics:
Different kinds of discourse and their analysis have been topics of interest in the past few decades. The focus of this conference will be on advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied discourse. We welcome papers which present empirical studies of discourse analysis and are based on theoretical approaches, including those of speech act theory, interactional sociolinguistics, the ethnography of communication, pragmatics, conversational analysis, and variation analysis. We also welcome submissions which take discourse as a framework used to interpret rhetoric, culture, collaborative practices, power, identity, diversity, etc. We also hope that this conference can help language teachers to incorporate an awareness of discourse in their teaching, which would only be enhanced by such a perspective.
Possible subject areas include, but are not restricted to, the following:
For queries: eng_conf@pccu.edu.tw or call Ms. Erika Chin at 02-28610511 ext. 23705
For submissions: eng_conf@pccu.edu.tw
Website: http://www.pccu.edu.tw/
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The Hwa Kang International Conference on English Language and Literature is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Literature at Chinese Culture University to encourage intellectual exchanges and academic dialogues between scholars in Taiwan and around the world. In 2013 the conference theme will be Exploring Discourse: Trends and Applications in Language and Literature. The conference organizers want to explore the idea of “discourse” as we find it in the fields of linguistics, language teaching, literature and cultural studies, and in the study of language, communication and texts.
LITERATURE & CULTURAL STUDIES:
“Discourse” has long been a common term in literary studies, where it can have various meanings including genre-related ones such as “narrative discourse.” Michel Foucault, however, has helped us rethink the concept of “discourse” in terms of its social, political, and cultural formations. For Foucault various discourses (e.g. the discourse of medicine or of history) are expressions of power, and in “every society the production of discourse is at once controlled, selected, organized and redistributed according to a certain number of procedures, whose role is to avert its powers and its dangers.” (“The Discourse on Language,” 1972) Literature and its related cultural practices are types of discursive formations that have been manipulated, analyzed, questioned, and subverted by scholars in literary and cultural studies. We would like to invite original abstracts that deal with theories of discourse, interpretations of literature and related discursive formations, textual analyses involving stylistics and discourse analysis, interrogations of the institutions of literature and literary studies, applications in the teaching of literature, and other approaches that concern literature and discourse.
Subject areas might include but are not limited to the following topics:
- Literature as discourse
- Discourse and power
- Discourse and knowledge
- Discourse and subjectivity
- Discourse and ethnicity
- Discourse and gender
- Discourse and institutions
- Discourse and the canon
- Discourse and history
- Discourse and rhetoric
- Discourse and translation
- Discourse and literary education
- Interdiscursivity
- Others
Different kinds of discourse and their analysis have been topics of interest in the past few decades. The focus of this conference will be on advances and research results in the fields of theoretical, experimental, and applied discourse. We welcome papers which present empirical studies of discourse analysis and are based on theoretical approaches, including those of speech act theory, interactional sociolinguistics, the ethnography of communication, pragmatics, conversational analysis, and variation analysis. We also welcome submissions which take discourse as a framework used to interpret rhetoric, culture, collaborative practices, power, identity, diversity, etc. We also hope that this conference can help language teachers to incorporate an awareness of discourse in their teaching, which would only be enhanced by such a perspective.
Possible subject areas include, but are not restricted to, the following:
- Discourse analysis
- Genre analysis
- Text analysis
- Conversational analysis
- Variation analysis
- Pragmatics
- Speech act theory
- Interactional sociolinguistics
- Ethnography of communication
- Socio-cognitive dimension of discourse
- Discourse and identity
- Discourse community
- Discourse and technology
- Corpus-based analysis
- Contrastive rhetoric
- Discourse and English teaching
- Second language acquisition
- Second language writing
- Dialogic learning
- Multiple assessment
- Others
- Conference Date: May 4, 2013
- Submission of abstracts: January 31, 2013
- Notification of acceptance of abstracts: March 8, 2013
- We accept papers written either in English or in Chinese. No full-paper submission is required.
- Each submission should include the following information and items: (a) Name of the contributor in both Chinese and English, professional affiliation, current position, mailing address, office and home phone numbers, and email address. List the above items on the Contributor Data Form that may be downloaded from the conference website. (b) An abstract of 350-500 words along with a list of 3-6 keywords for abstracts in English. An additional English abstract with English keywords for abstracts written in Chinese (No more than 500 characters and 6 keywords).
- Submissions must be sent electronically as e-mail attachments.
- All abstracts will be subject to a blind review process by two reviewers.
- Hwa Kang English Journal welcomes the full text of the conference presentations. Vol. 19 No. 2 is scheduled to be published in Oct. 2013. Please visit the journal website for further information.
For queries: eng_conf@pccu.edu.tw or call Ms. Erika Chin at 02-28610511 ext. 23705
For submissions: eng_conf@pccu.edu.tw
Website: http://www.pccu.edu.tw/
16 July 2012
Taiwan Ministry of Culture's eBook Competition (NT$4.5 million in prize money)
Deadline: 16 September 2012
The Ministry of Culture has launched an e-book competition to inspire innovative ideas in the country's digital publishing industry. The competition, with a total prize money of NT$4.5 million (US$150,250), will hand out 32 awards to the best e-books compatible with computers, mobile phones and tablet computers, as well as those with Taiwanese themes. In addition to inspiring top-quality digital content, the competition also aims to inspire breakthroughs in the interactive and creative designs of e-books.
Those interested must submit their works by Sept. 16, with winners to be announced on Nov. 29. Contest winners will have the opportunity to have their works published. The competition, the first of its kind in Taiwan, is part of an effort this year by the ministry to encourage digital reading and publishing.
Read the full story on FocusTaiwan.
(Note: we will update this post once the official guidelines for submissions have become available on the Ministry's website.)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: call 886-2-2343-400
Website: http://www.moc.gov.tw/
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The Ministry of Culture has launched an e-book competition to inspire innovative ideas in the country's digital publishing industry. The competition, with a total prize money of NT$4.5 million (US$150,250), will hand out 32 awards to the best e-books compatible with computers, mobile phones and tablet computers, as well as those with Taiwanese themes. In addition to inspiring top-quality digital content, the competition also aims to inspire breakthroughs in the interactive and creative designs of e-books.
Those interested must submit their works by Sept. 16, with winners to be announced on Nov. 29. Contest winners will have the opportunity to have their works published. The competition, the first of its kind in Taiwan, is part of an effort this year by the ministry to encourage digital reading and publishing.
Read the full story on FocusTaiwan.
(Note: we will update this post once the official guidelines for submissions have become available on the Ministry's website.)
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For queries: call 886-2-2343-400
Website: http://www.moc.gov.tw/
07 June 2011
Call for Papers: Fourth East Asian Conference on Comparative Literature (Soochow University, Taipei)
Deadline: 1 July 2011
We take great pleasure in announcing that the Fourth East Asian Conference on Comparative Literature, sponsored by the Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China (CLAROC), will be hosted by Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 10, 2012. The theme for this conference is "Obsession in Context.¨
Obsession is usually associated with excessiveness or a lack of temperance. As a concept, therefore, it is by definition contextualized: excess as determined by normal self-control, intemperate fixation as determined by reasonable balance. Interestingly, the usually negative association with morbid deviancy is more than ¡§balanced¡¨ by an obverse concern with the driving intensity of obsession, as if without such animating intensity we can only be left with an uneventful backdrop of bland normalcy. Thus territorialization (obsedere: to besiege, to occupy) is inherently associated with the deterritorialization of excess (excedere: to depart, to go beyond). This duality can be used to explain our fascination with and perennial debates about Oedipus' status as a tragic hero, or about Antigone's status as a model of ideal desire.
The elucidation of this problematic of duality in obsession is of particular interest to comparative literature, a field traditionally defined by a kind of transgressive enclosure of literature in normative cultural contexts. There is enclosure because the object of comparison is necessarily situated within restrictive cultural particularities, but such enclosure can be transgressive when it becomes the ground of differentiation to escape the flatness of the larger context of globality. Instances of this shift to comparative contextualization can be found in other contexts as well. One recurrent discursive topos in Buddhism, for example, is to use local ¡§grasping¡¨ (conformance to a mundane life style) as a possible way to prevent excessive global attachment (a straightjacketing fixation on enlightenment that ¡§out-grasps¡¨ grasping).
We, therefore, invite papers investigating all aspects of obsession with a view to furthering our understanding of (1) its imbrication with the dynamics of contextual conformance and transgression and (2) its relevance to the contextuality of literary comparison and thus to the ongoing search for a disciplinary paradigm in comparative literature.
Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:
Contact Information:
For inquiries: complit@scu.edu.tw
For submissions: complit@scu.edu.tw
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We take great pleasure in announcing that the Fourth East Asian Conference on Comparative Literature, sponsored by the Comparative Literature Association of the Republic of China (CLAROC), will be hosted by Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan, on March 10, 2012. The theme for this conference is "Obsession in Context.¨
Obsession is usually associated with excessiveness or a lack of temperance. As a concept, therefore, it is by definition contextualized: excess as determined by normal self-control, intemperate fixation as determined by reasonable balance. Interestingly, the usually negative association with morbid deviancy is more than ¡§balanced¡¨ by an obverse concern with the driving intensity of obsession, as if without such animating intensity we can only be left with an uneventful backdrop of bland normalcy. Thus territorialization (obsedere: to besiege, to occupy) is inherently associated with the deterritorialization of excess (excedere: to depart, to go beyond). This duality can be used to explain our fascination with and perennial debates about Oedipus' status as a tragic hero, or about Antigone's status as a model of ideal desire.
The elucidation of this problematic of duality in obsession is of particular interest to comparative literature, a field traditionally defined by a kind of transgressive enclosure of literature in normative cultural contexts. There is enclosure because the object of comparison is necessarily situated within restrictive cultural particularities, but such enclosure can be transgressive when it becomes the ground of differentiation to escape the flatness of the larger context of globality. Instances of this shift to comparative contextualization can be found in other contexts as well. One recurrent discursive topos in Buddhism, for example, is to use local ¡§grasping¡¨ (conformance to a mundane life style) as a possible way to prevent excessive global attachment (a straightjacketing fixation on enlightenment that ¡§out-grasps¡¨ grasping).
We, therefore, invite papers investigating all aspects of obsession with a view to furthering our understanding of (1) its imbrication with the dynamics of contextual conformance and transgression and (2) its relevance to the contextuality of literary comparison and thus to the ongoing search for a disciplinary paradigm in comparative literature.
Possible topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Obsession and repetition
- Technology and excess
- The allure of production/productivity
- Affect and habit
- Cult, fashion, and fandom
- Obsession and the canon
- Power and resistance
- Obsessive love and hate
- Addictions
- Sainthood and martyrdom
- Crime and conspiracy
- Philosophical approaches to obsession
Contact Information:
For inquiries: complit@scu.edu.tw
For submissions: complit@scu.edu.tw
06 June 2011
Call for Papers: (Wo)Man and the Body (Contemporary Women's Writing International Conference, Taiwan)
Deadline: 1 September 2011
‘Bodies have all the explanatory power of minds. Indeed, for feminist purposes, the focus on bodies, bodies in their concrete specificities, has the added bonus of inevitably raising the question of sexual difference that mind does not’ – Elizabeth Grosz, Volatile Bodies: Towards a Corporeal Feminism (1994)
It is in order to raise the question of sexual difference that women must construct a textual space to allow their bodies to be heard. Textual representations of corporeal specificities and the various inscriptions on raced, classed, gendered and sexualised bodies have always been central to women’s writing. The study of bodily discourses and the affective responses of the body to physical environments and societal mandates are also central to feminist literary scholarship. In view of the significance of corporeality in women’s textual productions, the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association and Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan invite submissions of papers on the theme of ‘(Wo)Man and the Body’ for the fourth international conference on contemporary women’s writing, to be held in Taipei from 11th to 13th July 2012.
Papers and panels in English are sought on all genres of literary and popular writing since the 1970s, including fiction, poetry, plays, autobiography, travel writing, graphic novels etc. in any language. Papers and panels are also sought on the relation of this writing to theory, criticism and teaching. Please note that all presenters are required to be members of the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association (http://www.the-cwwa.org/). Possible topics might include: bodies and bio-politics; bodies and environment; bodies and identities; bodies and migration; bodies and sexualities; bodies and space; bodies and spirituality; bodies and textuality; bodies and work; the medicalisation of bodies; (post)human bodies.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS OR PANEL PROPOSALS
E-mail the conference contact person (below) with the following information
Applications and abstracts: 1 September 2011
Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2011
CONTACT PERSON:
Dr. Pin-chia Feng
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
National Chiao Tung University
Hsin-chu, Taiwan
cww2012.taiwan@gmail.com
CONFERENCE VENUE:
International Conference Hall of Center
for Condensed Matter Sciences
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Contact Information:
For inquiries: cww2012.taiwan@gmail.com
For submissions: cww2012.taiwan@gmail.com
Website: http://www.the-cwwa.org/
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‘Bodies have all the explanatory power of minds. Indeed, for feminist purposes, the focus on bodies, bodies in their concrete specificities, has the added bonus of inevitably raising the question of sexual difference that mind does not’ – Elizabeth Grosz, Volatile Bodies: Towards a Corporeal Feminism (1994)
It is in order to raise the question of sexual difference that women must construct a textual space to allow their bodies to be heard. Textual representations of corporeal specificities and the various inscriptions on raced, classed, gendered and sexualised bodies have always been central to women’s writing. The study of bodily discourses and the affective responses of the body to physical environments and societal mandates are also central to feminist literary scholarship. In view of the significance of corporeality in women’s textual productions, the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association and Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures of National Chiao Tung University in Taiwan invite submissions of papers on the theme of ‘(Wo)Man and the Body’ for the fourth international conference on contemporary women’s writing, to be held in Taipei from 11th to 13th July 2012.
Papers and panels in English are sought on all genres of literary and popular writing since the 1970s, including fiction, poetry, plays, autobiography, travel writing, graphic novels etc. in any language. Papers and panels are also sought on the relation of this writing to theory, criticism and teaching. Please note that all presenters are required to be members of the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association (http://www.the-cwwa.org/). Possible topics might include: bodies and bio-politics; bodies and environment; bodies and identities; bodies and migration; bodies and sexualities; bodies and space; bodies and spirituality; bodies and textuality; bodies and work; the medicalisation of bodies; (post)human bodies.
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS OR PANEL PROPOSALS
E-mail the conference contact person (below) with the following information
- Your full name as you would like it to appear in the conference booklet
- Contact information (e-mail and mailing address)
- A short biography including academic affiliation and area(s) of study
- A 250-word abstract in MS Word (doc or docx) format
- Any audiovisual equipment required
Applications and abstracts: 1 September 2011
Notification of acceptance: 30 September 2011
CONTACT PERSON:
Dr. Pin-chia Feng
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
National Chiao Tung University
Hsin-chu, Taiwan
cww2012.taiwan@gmail.com
CONFERENCE VENUE:
International Conference Hall of Center
for Condensed Matter Sciences
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
Contact Information:
For inquiries: cww2012.taiwan@gmail.com
For submissions: cww2012.taiwan@gmail.com
Website: http://www.the-cwwa.org/
14 April 2011
Job Opening: News Reporter/ Desk Editor for The China Post (Taipei)
Local News Reporter
- Near-native English writing skills
- Near-native Chinese comprehension skills
- Professional journalism experience preferred but not necessary
- Taiwanese I.D. or ARC with eligibility to work required
Local Desk Editor
- At least five years of experience as editor and/or reporter with a major English-language newspaper or news agency
- Proficient in reading and speaking Mandarin - Familiar with Taiwan business and politics
If you would like to join our team, please email your resume and a brief letter highlighting your interests to:
Email: careers@mail.chinapost.com.tw
Fax: 886-2-2595-2010
Mail: The China Post, Human Resources Dept., 8 Fu Shun Street, Taipei, Taiwan 104
Contact Information:
For inquiries: careers@mail.chinapost.com.tw
For submissions: careers@mail.chinapost.com.tw
Website: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/
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- Near-native English writing skills
- Near-native Chinese comprehension skills
- Professional journalism experience preferred but not necessary
- Taiwanese I.D. or ARC with eligibility to work required
Local Desk Editor
- At least five years of experience as editor and/or reporter with a major English-language newspaper or news agency
- Proficient in reading and speaking Mandarin - Familiar with Taiwan business and politics
If you would like to join our team, please email your resume and a brief letter highlighting your interests to:
Email: careers@mail.chinapost.com.tw
Fax: 886-2-2595-2010
Mail: The China Post, Human Resources Dept., 8 Fu Shun Street, Taipei, Taiwan 104
Contact Information:
For inquiries: careers@mail.chinapost.com.tw
For submissions: careers@mail.chinapost.com.tw
Website: http://www.chinapost.com.tw/
28 March 2011
Chinese to English Translator Wanted for a Large Project on Taiwan Art and Literature
Deadline: 31 March 2011
Description : We have a large project about Taiwan art and literature. We need some professional translators to work on it. The client requires the translator have master or PhD in art or literature. If you are qualified, please send us your CV and rate.
Source Language : Chinese Traditional
Target Language : English
Word Count : 100000
Apply here.
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Description : We have a large project about Taiwan art and literature. We need some professional translators to work on it. The client requires the translator have master or PhD in art or literature. If you are qualified, please send us your CV and rate.
Source Language : Chinese Traditional
Target Language : English
Word Count : 100000
Apply here.
31 January 2011
Taiwan Tourism Bureau Essay Contest for Foreign Nationals
Deadline: 10 February 2011
A National Essay Contest for foreign nationals residing in Taiwan and abroad to write about their favorite thing to do here is launched today with generous prizes totaling NT$500,000. The event has drawn widespread attention from foreigners, igniting their desire to joust with each other to take home the top prize of NT$50,000.
“Top 100 Fun Things to Do in Taiwan”
Sponsored by the Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan), the event is coordinated and executed by Evergreen International Corporation and tealit.com. The “Top 100 Fun Things to Do in Taiwan” contest aims at providing an opportunity for foreign residents in Taiwan to share the most interesting and not-to-be-missed things about Taiwan. Entries will be posted for voting by a number of citizens and evaluated by some experts. A total of 50 winners will be announced and awarded a total prize of NT$500,000. Visit http://www.fun100.tealit.com for more details.
An unusual way of promoting tourism in Taiwan, the event’s main objective is to collect personal perspectives from foreign visitors and residents in Taiwan in the hopes of maximizing the effect of internet tourism advertising with the genuine experiences of travelers coming from different countries around the world, according to the Tourism Bureau.
Having toured Matsu, three charming girls from Russia — Alexandria, Daria, and Maria — said they will not let the chance slip and will compose a wonderful essay on Taiwan to compete for the top 3 grand prizes, they hope to visit more attractions in Taiwan with the prizes.
Entries will be accepted until February 10, 2011. The best entry will earn a prize of NT$50,000, while the second place winner will get NT$40,000 and the third to the fifth place winners will each get NT$25,000. This is an unprecedented essay contest designed for foreign nationals with the most generous prizes ready to be given out. There will be 50 entries selected for a total prize of NT$500,000. Interested foreign nationals may register online at http://www.fun100.tealit.com. The final results will be announced on February 21, 2011.
More information here.
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A National Essay Contest for foreign nationals residing in Taiwan and abroad to write about their favorite thing to do here is launched today with generous prizes totaling NT$500,000. The event has drawn widespread attention from foreigners, igniting their desire to joust with each other to take home the top prize of NT$50,000.
“Top 100 Fun Things to Do in Taiwan”
Sponsored by the Tourism Bureau, Republic of China (Taiwan), the event is coordinated and executed by Evergreen International Corporation and tealit.com. The “Top 100 Fun Things to Do in Taiwan” contest aims at providing an opportunity for foreign residents in Taiwan to share the most interesting and not-to-be-missed things about Taiwan. Entries will be posted for voting by a number of citizens and evaluated by some experts. A total of 50 winners will be announced and awarded a total prize of NT$500,000. Visit http://www.fun100.tealit.com for more details.
An unusual way of promoting tourism in Taiwan, the event’s main objective is to collect personal perspectives from foreign visitors and residents in Taiwan in the hopes of maximizing the effect of internet tourism advertising with the genuine experiences of travelers coming from different countries around the world, according to the Tourism Bureau.
Having toured Matsu, three charming girls from Russia — Alexandria, Daria, and Maria — said they will not let the chance slip and will compose a wonderful essay on Taiwan to compete for the top 3 grand prizes, they hope to visit more attractions in Taiwan with the prizes.
Entries will be accepted until February 10, 2011. The best entry will earn a prize of NT$50,000, while the second place winner will get NT$40,000 and the third to the fifth place winners will each get NT$25,000. This is an unprecedented essay contest designed for foreign nationals with the most generous prizes ready to be given out. There will be 50 entries selected for a total prize of NT$500,000. Interested foreign nationals may register online at http://www.fun100.tealit.com. The final results will be announced on February 21, 2011.
More information here.
Cathay Pacific's Travel the World in 80 Days Video/ Essay Competition
Deadline: 6 March 2011
Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Organizer”) is the organizer of the ‘Travel the world in 80 Days with Cathay Pacific! Competition’ (“Competition”). All entrants should carefully read these Terms and Conditions prior to entering the Competition.
A. Entry Requirements
1. A person satisfying the eligibility requirements set out is Section B below (“the entrant”) may enter the Competition by clicking the “Like” button on www.cathaypacific.com/80days (“Campaign Website”), submitting a video, a photo with title or a short essay with respect to the theme of “Where in the world would you go in 80 Days” (“Entry”) in the below format and in accordance with the mechanics as set out in these Terms and Conditions:
2. Each Entry must meet the following requirements:
For Essay/Text descriptions:
i. Formats: .DOCX, .DOC, .TXT
ii. Recommended length: within 200 words
iii. Language: English
3. Each entrant can submit multiple Entries. There is no maximum number of Entries for each entrant.
4. An entrant agrees that all Entries must;
(a) be the entrant’s original and sole work and not based in whole or in part on or copied from the work of any other person or entity;
(b) not have been previously published or accepted for publication or made into an audio/visual feature and must not be under consideration for publication or in the process of being made into an audio/video feature;
(c) not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights and/or any other rights of any person or entity;
(d) not advertise or promote any goods or services;
(e) not contain any material which the entrant does not have permission to use;
(f) not contain any viruses or any other components with harmful or contaminating effects on Campaign Website or any equipment connected to it; and
(g) acquire permission to use of materials involving any other person apart from the entrant in the entry
The Organizer has the sole discretion and final decision in determining whether any Entries submitted by an entrant should be disqualified and/or removed from the Campaign Website.
B. Eligibility
1. The Competition is open to residents of the following territories:
a) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) United States
e) India
f) Taiwan
g) Japan
h) Indonesia
i) South Africa
j) Netherlands
k) Singapore
l) United Kingdom
2. An entrant must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entering the Competition.
3. Employees of the Organizer and its wholly owned subsidiaries and of McCann Erickson and Universal McCann are not eligible to participate in the Competition.
C. Game Mechanics, Video Submission and Conduct
1. Submission of Entries to the Competition commences at 12:01am (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) on 24 January 2011 and ends at 11:59pm (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) on 6 March 2011 (”Submission Period”).
2. To enter, an entrant must, during the Submission Period, visit the Campaign Website and submit their Entries with a duly completed entry form. If the Organizer in its sole discretion considers that an Entry submitted by an entrant does not comply with the entry requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions, such Entry will be disqualified and not be considered as an Entry. The Organizer will delete and destroy any disqualified Entries and any Entries of any disqualified persons. The Organizer will not notify any entrants of their disqualified Entry and will not return disqualified Entries to any entrant.
3. Entries of any entrant that qualify for entry into the Competition will be published by the Organizer on the Campaign Website.
4. Without prejudice to any other rights of the Organizer, the Organizer shall, at any stage of the Competition, have the right to disqualify, without notice, any person and his/her Entry(ies) if the Organizer believes that such person does not meet the above eligibility requirements or such person has;
a) breached any of these Terms and Conditions;
b) submitted any invalid, incorrect, inaccurate and/or insufficient information in relation to the Competition; or
c) tampered with the entry process.
5. The Organizer will appoint a panel of judges, which is consist of Marketing Managers of Cathay Pacific, and independent judges, to rate each Entry by reference to their creativity, originality and relevance to the theme of the Travel the world in 80 Days with Cathay Pacific! marketing campaign and 8 entrants will be shortlisted as potential winners of the Competition (“Potential Winner”). Potential Winners will be chosen in accordance with the complete and unfettered discretion of the panel of judges of the Organizer, and Organizer provides no warranty as to the experience or qualifications of the judges. Announcement of the Potential Winners will be published on the Campaign Website by 14 March 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8). Potential Winners are required to contact the Organizer by email at promotion@cathaypacific.com and provide such documentary proof as requested by the Organizer to confirm his/her identity, age and residency. If a Potential Winner fails to contact the Organizer by the specified period and/or provide the requested documentary proof, or such documentary evidence submitted fails to satisfy or prove the eligibility requirements, such Potential Winner will be disqualified.
6. If a Potential Winner is disqualified from the Competition for whatever reason, the Organizer may, at its sole discretion, decide whether to select another Potential Winner from the list of entrants. All Entries of entrants that are not selected as Potential Winners will be destroyed by the Organizer and will not be returned to the entrant.
7. Potential Winners will be invited to Hong Kong for a final panel interview and a one-day challenge from 12 to 14 April 2011 (“Final Interview”).
Potential Winners shall arrive in Hong Kong no later than 12:00 noon (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) of 12 April 2011 to attend the Final Interview. The Organizer will provide and arrange flights (time and date of flight will be decided by the Organizer) and THREE (3) nights of hotel accommodation (at a hotel designated by the Organizer) for all Potential Winners to attend the Final Interview. Cash allowance of HKD600 per day will also be sponsored by the Organizer for each Potential Winner to attend the 3-day Final Interview in Hong Kong. Details of the challenge can be found at the Campaign Website.
8. Each Potential Winner is responsible for checking with any relevant authorities regarding passport and visa requirements. It is the sole responsibility of each Potential Winner to obtain all requisite travel documentation, visas and insurance.
9. The winner of the Competition (“Winner”) will be selected by the Organizer based on the relevant Entries and the performance of the Potential Winners at the Final Interview.
10. All entrants acknowledge and agree that proof of dispatch cannot be accepted as proof of delivery or successful transmission of an Entry. The Organizer does not accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorized access to Entries, or Entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes.
11. The Organizer accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected Entries. The Organizer does not provide any confidentiality of the Entries, regardless of whether such Entries are published or not or as to the identity of an entrant. An entrant shall be solely responsible for his/her Entries and the consequences of submitting them for the Competition.
D. Prize
1. The Organizer will have the final discretion as to the total number of prize(s) to be awarded in this Competition. The prizes for the Winner (“Prize”) will include:-
a) If the territory of residence of the Winner is Hong Kong:-
i. Subject to flight and booking availability, unlimited travel on Economy Class (“E” fare category) on flights operated by the Organizer or Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (“Dragonair”) and to destinations operated by the Organizer or Dragonair any 80 days between 01 June and 31 August 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) with no repeated routes (“Eligible Travel”). For the avoidance of doubt, all such Eligible Travel shall exclude any codeshare joint ventures and domestic flights;
ii. Subject to booking and hotel availability, up to THREE (3)-nights stay for single occupancy at hotels designated by the Organizer and at each destination that the Winner travels to in connection with the Eligible Travel (“Hotel Accommodation”). ;
iii. Travel insurance for all Eligible Travel (“Travel Insurance”). For details of the terms and conditions of the Travel Insurance, please refer to Appendix A;
iv. Cash allowance for meal and local transportation expenses incurred for the Eligible Travel up to a maximum amount of HKD$76,800 (“Allowance”) for the entire period of the Eligible Travel, with maximum daily spend per the table below:
Items Maximum Allowance per day
Meal Expenses HK$2,400.00
Transportation HK$400.00
Organizer will advise the Winner of the payment arrangements for the Allowance at the time the Winner collects the Prize.
b) If the territory of residence of the Winner is outside of Hong Kong, in addition to the Eligibility Travel on flights provided by Organizer and Dragonair, Hotel Accommodation, Travel Insurance and Allowance, referred to in paragraph a) above, such Winner will be entitled to:
i. Subject to flight and booking availability, one round trip air ticket on Economy Class from the territory of residence of the Winner to Hong Kong on such flights as designated by the Organizer;
ii. One night hotel stay (for single occupancy) at Headland Hotel or Novotel City Gate in Hong Kong for any overnight stays in Hong Kong when transiting in Hong Kong during the Eligible Travel.
E. Prize Terms and Conditions
1. The Winner’s name will be published on 2 May 2011(Hong Kong time GMT + 8) on the Campaign Website.
2. The Winner will be notified to collect his/her prize by 2 May 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) (the ‘Grand Prize Notice’) by email through the email address provided by the Winner in the Entry Form.
3. Winner should claim his/her prize by contacting the Organizer on or before 16 May 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) by replying to the Grand Prize Notice or email to promotion@cathaypacific.com .
4. If the Winner fails to claim the Prize within the time and in the manner specified, the Organizer shall have the right to disqualify such Winner, forfeit the Prize and select another Winner from the list of Potential Winners.
5. The Winner shall submit his/her itinerary in relation to the Prize to the Organizer by 25 May 2011 a(Hong Kong time GMT + 8) nd make booking requests for such itinerary with the Organizer by 1 June 2010 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8). The Organizer has the final discretion as to whether to accept the Winner’s itinerary and booking requests. The Prize will be forfeited if no booking requests are submitted by the Winner by 1 June 2010, [18:00] (Hong Kong time GMT + 8).- The Winner is not entitled to any payment or compensation from the Organizer for any Prize forfeited or not used in full.
6. Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. The Organizer reserves the right to substitute Prizes of equal or greater value at any time. In the event of this substitution taking place, the Organizer will not be liable for any possible claim arising out of such substitution.
More information here.
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Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Organizer”) is the organizer of the ‘Travel the world in 80 Days with Cathay Pacific! Competition’ (“Competition”). All entrants should carefully read these Terms and Conditions prior to entering the Competition.
A. Entry Requirements
1. A person satisfying the eligibility requirements set out is Section B below (“the entrant”) may enter the Competition by clicking the “Like” button on www.cathaypacific.com/80days (“Campaign Website”), submitting a video, a photo with title or a short essay with respect to the theme of “Where in the world would you go in 80 Days” (“Entry”) in the below format and in accordance with the mechanics as set out in these Terms and Conditions:
2. Each Entry must meet the following requirements:
For Essay/Text descriptions:
i. Formats: .DOCX, .DOC, .TXT
ii. Recommended length: within 200 words
iii. Language: English
3. Each entrant can submit multiple Entries. There is no maximum number of Entries for each entrant.
4. An entrant agrees that all Entries must;
(a) be the entrant’s original and sole work and not based in whole or in part on or copied from the work of any other person or entity;
(b) not have been previously published or accepted for publication or made into an audio/visual feature and must not be under consideration for publication or in the process of being made into an audio/video feature;
(c) not infringe any Intellectual Property Rights and/or any other rights of any person or entity;
(d) not advertise or promote any goods or services;
(e) not contain any material which the entrant does not have permission to use;
(f) not contain any viruses or any other components with harmful or contaminating effects on Campaign Website or any equipment connected to it; and
(g) acquire permission to use of materials involving any other person apart from the entrant in the entry
The Organizer has the sole discretion and final decision in determining whether any Entries submitted by an entrant should be disqualified and/or removed from the Campaign Website.
B. Eligibility
1. The Competition is open to residents of the following territories:
a) Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China
b) Australia
c) Canada
d) United States
e) India
f) Taiwan
g) Japan
h) Indonesia
i) South Africa
j) Netherlands
k) Singapore
l) United Kingdom
2. An entrant must be 18 years of age or older at the time of entering the Competition.
3. Employees of the Organizer and its wholly owned subsidiaries and of McCann Erickson and Universal McCann are not eligible to participate in the Competition.
C. Game Mechanics, Video Submission and Conduct
1. Submission of Entries to the Competition commences at 12:01am (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) on 24 January 2011 and ends at 11:59pm (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) on 6 March 2011 (”Submission Period”).
2. To enter, an entrant must, during the Submission Period, visit the Campaign Website and submit their Entries with a duly completed entry form. If the Organizer in its sole discretion considers that an Entry submitted by an entrant does not comply with the entry requirements set out in these Terms and Conditions, such Entry will be disqualified and not be considered as an Entry. The Organizer will delete and destroy any disqualified Entries and any Entries of any disqualified persons. The Organizer will not notify any entrants of their disqualified Entry and will not return disqualified Entries to any entrant.
3. Entries of any entrant that qualify for entry into the Competition will be published by the Organizer on the Campaign Website.
4. Without prejudice to any other rights of the Organizer, the Organizer shall, at any stage of the Competition, have the right to disqualify, without notice, any person and his/her Entry(ies) if the Organizer believes that such person does not meet the above eligibility requirements or such person has;
a) breached any of these Terms and Conditions;
b) submitted any invalid, incorrect, inaccurate and/or insufficient information in relation to the Competition; or
c) tampered with the entry process.
5. The Organizer will appoint a panel of judges, which is consist of Marketing Managers of Cathay Pacific, and independent judges, to rate each Entry by reference to their creativity, originality and relevance to the theme of the Travel the world in 80 Days with Cathay Pacific! marketing campaign and 8 entrants will be shortlisted as potential winners of the Competition (“Potential Winner”). Potential Winners will be chosen in accordance with the complete and unfettered discretion of the panel of judges of the Organizer, and Organizer provides no warranty as to the experience or qualifications of the judges. Announcement of the Potential Winners will be published on the Campaign Website by 14 March 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8). Potential Winners are required to contact the Organizer by email at promotion@cathaypacific.com and provide such documentary proof as requested by the Organizer to confirm his/her identity, age and residency. If a Potential Winner fails to contact the Organizer by the specified period and/or provide the requested documentary proof, or such documentary evidence submitted fails to satisfy or prove the eligibility requirements, such Potential Winner will be disqualified.
6. If a Potential Winner is disqualified from the Competition for whatever reason, the Organizer may, at its sole discretion, decide whether to select another Potential Winner from the list of entrants. All Entries of entrants that are not selected as Potential Winners will be destroyed by the Organizer and will not be returned to the entrant.
7. Potential Winners will be invited to Hong Kong for a final panel interview and a one-day challenge from 12 to 14 April 2011 (“Final Interview”).
Potential Winners shall arrive in Hong Kong no later than 12:00 noon (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) of 12 April 2011 to attend the Final Interview. The Organizer will provide and arrange flights (time and date of flight will be decided by the Organizer) and THREE (3) nights of hotel accommodation (at a hotel designated by the Organizer) for all Potential Winners to attend the Final Interview. Cash allowance of HKD600 per day will also be sponsored by the Organizer for each Potential Winner to attend the 3-day Final Interview in Hong Kong. Details of the challenge can be found at the Campaign Website.
8. Each Potential Winner is responsible for checking with any relevant authorities regarding passport and visa requirements. It is the sole responsibility of each Potential Winner to obtain all requisite travel documentation, visas and insurance.
9. The winner of the Competition (“Winner”) will be selected by the Organizer based on the relevant Entries and the performance of the Potential Winners at the Final Interview.
10. All entrants acknowledge and agree that proof of dispatch cannot be accepted as proof of delivery or successful transmission of an Entry. The Organizer does not accept responsibility for any error, omission, interruption, deletion, defect, delay in operation or transmission, communications line failure, theft, destruction, alteration of, or unauthorized access to Entries, or Entries lost or delayed whether or not arising during operation or transmission as a result of server functions, virus, bugs or other causes.
11. The Organizer accepts no responsibility for late, lost or misdirected Entries. The Organizer does not provide any confidentiality of the Entries, regardless of whether such Entries are published or not or as to the identity of an entrant. An entrant shall be solely responsible for his/her Entries and the consequences of submitting them for the Competition.
D. Prize
1. The Organizer will have the final discretion as to the total number of prize(s) to be awarded in this Competition. The prizes for the Winner (“Prize”) will include:-
a) If the territory of residence of the Winner is Hong Kong:-
i. Subject to flight and booking availability, unlimited travel on Economy Class (“E” fare category) on flights operated by the Organizer or Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (“Dragonair”) and to destinations operated by the Organizer or Dragonair any 80 days between 01 June and 31 August 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) with no repeated routes (“Eligible Travel”). For the avoidance of doubt, all such Eligible Travel shall exclude any codeshare joint ventures and domestic flights;
ii. Subject to booking and hotel availability, up to THREE (3)-nights stay for single occupancy at hotels designated by the Organizer and at each destination that the Winner travels to in connection with the Eligible Travel (“Hotel Accommodation”). ;
iii. Travel insurance for all Eligible Travel (“Travel Insurance”). For details of the terms and conditions of the Travel Insurance, please refer to Appendix A;
iv. Cash allowance for meal and local transportation expenses incurred for the Eligible Travel up to a maximum amount of HKD$76,800 (“Allowance”) for the entire period of the Eligible Travel, with maximum daily spend per the table below:
Items Maximum Allowance per day
Meal Expenses HK$2,400.00
Transportation HK$400.00
Organizer will advise the Winner of the payment arrangements for the Allowance at the time the Winner collects the Prize.
b) If the territory of residence of the Winner is outside of Hong Kong, in addition to the Eligibility Travel on flights provided by Organizer and Dragonair, Hotel Accommodation, Travel Insurance and Allowance, referred to in paragraph a) above, such Winner will be entitled to:
i. Subject to flight and booking availability, one round trip air ticket on Economy Class from the territory of residence of the Winner to Hong Kong on such flights as designated by the Organizer;
ii. One night hotel stay (for single occupancy) at Headland Hotel or Novotel City Gate in Hong Kong for any overnight stays in Hong Kong when transiting in Hong Kong during the Eligible Travel.
E. Prize Terms and Conditions
1. The Winner’s name will be published on 2 May 2011(Hong Kong time GMT + 8) on the Campaign Website.
2. The Winner will be notified to collect his/her prize by 2 May 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) (the ‘Grand Prize Notice’) by email through the email address provided by the Winner in the Entry Form.
3. Winner should claim his/her prize by contacting the Organizer on or before 16 May 2011 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8) by replying to the Grand Prize Notice or email to promotion@cathaypacific.com .
4. If the Winner fails to claim the Prize within the time and in the manner specified, the Organizer shall have the right to disqualify such Winner, forfeit the Prize and select another Winner from the list of Potential Winners.
5. The Winner shall submit his/her itinerary in relation to the Prize to the Organizer by 25 May 2011 a(Hong Kong time GMT + 8) nd make booking requests for such itinerary with the Organizer by 1 June 2010 (Hong Kong time GMT + 8). The Organizer has the final discretion as to whether to accept the Winner’s itinerary and booking requests. The Prize will be forfeited if no booking requests are submitted by the Winner by 1 June 2010, [18:00] (Hong Kong time GMT + 8).- The Winner is not entitled to any payment or compensation from the Organizer for any Prize forfeited or not used in full.
6. Prizes are non-transferable and there is no cash alternative. The Organizer reserves the right to substitute Prizes of equal or greater value at any time. In the event of this substitution taking place, the Organizer will not be liable for any possible claim arising out of such substitution.
More information here.
30 January 2011
Call for Entries: The Urban Nomad Film Fest (Taiwan)
Deadline: 28 February 2011
Once again, back! It's the incredible! The film animal! The uncannable!
The Urban Nomad Film Fest is now accepting entries for its TENTH annual festival, to take place in Taipei, Taiwan starting in early May 2011, to be followed by touring dates to other cities in Taiwan. This year will continue to combine the world's best indie docs and with Taiwan's best short films, and we're also going to rig up a total environment for the video arts, which will be more than a viewing experience, it will be an actual experience.... And you have a chance to be part of it. In fact, we can't do it without you! Please send us your kick-butt documentaries, short films, experimental films and video art. If you want to help out with Urban Nomad, we would also love to have you as a festival volunteer.
Total prize money for our Taiwan Short Film Competition has increased to NT$40,000, with a TOP JURY PRIZE of NT$25,000!!! There will also be a second prize of NT$7,500 and an audience prize of NT$7,500.
The competition is for short films (under 60 minutes) produced in Taiwan, by Taiwanese directors or that have some significant relationship to Taiwan.* There are no restrictions on genre. Our definition of "film" includes any time-based work that can be burned onto a DVD, including documentary, narrative, experimental, video art and other genres.
We are also extremely happy to receive non-competition films, i.e. films from outside Taiwan or feature-length films. International directors, we encourage you to submit your films. You are a very important part of our programming, and every year we sponsor director visits and related events, which helps our community here to grow. We will be very good to you.
The entry deadline is February 28. (We must RECEIVE your film by this date.)
Rules and Suggestions:
- Films under 15 minutes stand a greater chance of getting accepted.
- Around 12 feature-length films are accepted each year, on average
- Priority will be given to films with both Chinese and English: in other words, Chinese language films should have English subtitles, and films in any other language should ideally have Chinese subtitles
- Films should be produced no earlier than 2009.
- Do not submit the same film you submitted in previous years.
- You must fill out one application form per film you submit.
- Each film should be on its own, separate DVD.
- You can send more than one DVD (and application form) per package.
- It is easiest for us to receive regular or registered mail via the post office.
If your film is accepted, you will be entitled to FREE ENTERY to all Urban Nomad events, including screenings and parties. Basically, we hope you can come hang out and enjoy the festival with us. Also, if you can speak at the screening of your film, that would be awesome!
Note: Eligibility for the competition is at the discretion of the Urban Nomad Film Fest.
Volunteers:
We need translators (English to Chinese) for film subtitles and event Staff for screenings and other events. Send us an email with VOLUNTEER in the subject line, and let us know a little about yourself and why you'd like to join our team. We will contact you about 2 months before the festival to check your availability.
Deadline: February 28
Format: DVD or MEPG2 (NTSC)
Address: 5F #16 Jinmen St., Taipei 100, Taiwan
Download Entry Forms: click here
Questions: urbannomadfilmfest [at] gmail.com
More information here.
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Once again, back! It's the incredible! The film animal! The uncannable!
The Urban Nomad Film Fest is now accepting entries for its TENTH annual festival, to take place in Taipei, Taiwan starting in early May 2011, to be followed by touring dates to other cities in Taiwan. This year will continue to combine the world's best indie docs and with Taiwan's best short films, and we're also going to rig up a total environment for the video arts, which will be more than a viewing experience, it will be an actual experience.... And you have a chance to be part of it. In fact, we can't do it without you! Please send us your kick-butt documentaries, short films, experimental films and video art. If you want to help out with Urban Nomad, we would also love to have you as a festival volunteer.
Total prize money for our Taiwan Short Film Competition has increased to NT$40,000, with a TOP JURY PRIZE of NT$25,000!!! There will also be a second prize of NT$7,500 and an audience prize of NT$7,500.
The competition is for short films (under 60 minutes) produced in Taiwan, by Taiwanese directors or that have some significant relationship to Taiwan.* There are no restrictions on genre. Our definition of "film" includes any time-based work that can be burned onto a DVD, including documentary, narrative, experimental, video art and other genres.
We are also extremely happy to receive non-competition films, i.e. films from outside Taiwan or feature-length films. International directors, we encourage you to submit your films. You are a very important part of our programming, and every year we sponsor director visits and related events, which helps our community here to grow. We will be very good to you.
The entry deadline is February 28. (We must RECEIVE your film by this date.)
Rules and Suggestions:
- Films under 15 minutes stand a greater chance of getting accepted.
- Around 12 feature-length films are accepted each year, on average
- Priority will be given to films with both Chinese and English: in other words, Chinese language films should have English subtitles, and films in any other language should ideally have Chinese subtitles
- Films should be produced no earlier than 2009.
- Do not submit the same film you submitted in previous years.
- You must fill out one application form per film you submit.
- Each film should be on its own, separate DVD.
- You can send more than one DVD (and application form) per package.
- It is easiest for us to receive regular or registered mail via the post office.
If your film is accepted, you will be entitled to FREE ENTERY to all Urban Nomad events, including screenings and parties. Basically, we hope you can come hang out and enjoy the festival with us. Also, if you can speak at the screening of your film, that would be awesome!
Note: Eligibility for the competition is at the discretion of the Urban Nomad Film Fest.
Volunteers:
We need translators (English to Chinese) for film subtitles and event Staff for screenings and other events. Send us an email with VOLUNTEER in the subject line, and let us know a little about yourself and why you'd like to join our team. We will contact you about 2 months before the festival to check your availability.
Deadline: February 28
Format: DVD or MEPG2 (NTSC)
Address: 5F #16 Jinmen St., Taipei 100, Taiwan
Download Entry Forms: click here
Questions: urbannomadfilmfest [at] gmail.com
More information here.
13 January 2011
Call for Submissions - Taiwan Journal of Democracy Special Issue: Media and Citizenship
Deadline: 15 March 2011
Scholars have long noted the need for a well‐informed electorate to maintain healthy democracies. Media performances, in many instances, have implications for the quality of democracies and their societies. An established body of scholarship in media studies and elsewhere has addressed such issues as media contribution to democratic governance. Much less empirical research examines connections among media, media systems and citizenship, including the rights, responsibilities and privileges associated with belonging to particular nations or communities, as well as associated values, identities and processes working to reinforce or transform them.
This special issue of the Taiwan Journal of Democracy is an invitation to bridge that gap. As many countries move toward more democratic forms of governance, the articulation of various dimensions of citizenship has import for the quality of democracies, but has not been fully explored in studies of democracy and democratization, as Guillermo O’Donnell has noted (See his lead article in Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Vol.3, No.2, December 2007; http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/tjd.php). We use citizenship in a broad sense here, including formal rights and accompanying responsibilities in terms of a nation‐state, but also dimensions reaching into often‐overlooked dimensions of citizenship—including civil, social, cultural or environmental, among others—as well as what some have termed the emergence of a global civil society, or post‐national citizenship following the spread of globalization.
This call for papers is intended to explore the interface of citizenship with media, building on other work on media and political engagement. Papers here may explore conceptual and analytical bridges to such key notions as agency, identity, deliberation, practice, civic interests and expression, or civic culture, among others. Please note this call is not region specific.
Key questions remain regarding interactions of dimensions and conceptualizations of citizenship with society, including regarding the formation, erosion or transformation of citizenship and citizens. How do media work to explore the limits of citizenship, of belonging or exclusion, of public and private spheres, of diversity among citizens, or in the transformation from non‐citizen to citizen, and vice‐versa? As Manuel Castells and Silvio Waisbord have asked, as demarcations between states, civil society and their citizens shift, what are the implications for our understandings of citizenship and the role of communication? Peter Dahlgren discussed media’s key roles in terms of shaping components of civic agency and culture; what are the observed cases of those formulations? How do citizens’ encounters with mediated content shape identity formation, public opinion, civic awareness, among others? As citizens struggle to resolve conflicts in democratic, non‐democratic or democratizing societies, how does media performance connect? In rapidly transforming technological contexts, what are the implications for articulation or realization of citizenship at various scales?
Guidelines & Timeline
Full‐paper proposals of empirical research (maximum 10,000 words, including references, footnotes, tables and figures) will be considered for the special issue. Papers should follow the Journal’s style and writing guidelines and editorial policies, which can be found on its website (http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/tjd.php). Because of deadline considerations, only English language manuscripts will be considered. The deadline for paper submission is March 15, 2011. Authors will be notified by July 15, 2011, regarding the outcome of peer reviews. Final revised manuscripts for publication will be due Sept. 15, 2011. The tentative publication date for the issue will be December 2011.
Documents should be sent via email to co‐editor Juliet Pinto. A title page including a 150‐word abstract, relevant contact information and a brief biological sketch should be sent as a separate file. Manuscripts should include only the working title as a header on each page, and all identifying information should be removed.
Special Issue Co‐Editors
Dr. Juliet Pinto
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Journalism & Broadcasting, SJMC
Florida International University
North Miami, FL 33181
(305) 919‐4404
juliet.pinto@fiu.edu
Dr. Sallie Hughes
Associate Professor
Dept. of Journalism
School of Communication
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305) 284‐8163
shughes@miami.edu
More information here.
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Scholars have long noted the need for a well‐informed electorate to maintain healthy democracies. Media performances, in many instances, have implications for the quality of democracies and their societies. An established body of scholarship in media studies and elsewhere has addressed such issues as media contribution to democratic governance. Much less empirical research examines connections among media, media systems and citizenship, including the rights, responsibilities and privileges associated with belonging to particular nations or communities, as well as associated values, identities and processes working to reinforce or transform them.
This special issue of the Taiwan Journal of Democracy is an invitation to bridge that gap. As many countries move toward more democratic forms of governance, the articulation of various dimensions of citizenship has import for the quality of democracies, but has not been fully explored in studies of democracy and democratization, as Guillermo O’Donnell has noted (See his lead article in Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Vol.3, No.2, December 2007; http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/tjd.php). We use citizenship in a broad sense here, including formal rights and accompanying responsibilities in terms of a nation‐state, but also dimensions reaching into often‐overlooked dimensions of citizenship—including civil, social, cultural or environmental, among others—as well as what some have termed the emergence of a global civil society, or post‐national citizenship following the spread of globalization.
This call for papers is intended to explore the interface of citizenship with media, building on other work on media and political engagement. Papers here may explore conceptual and analytical bridges to such key notions as agency, identity, deliberation, practice, civic interests and expression, or civic culture, among others. Please note this call is not region specific.
Key questions remain regarding interactions of dimensions and conceptualizations of citizenship with society, including regarding the formation, erosion or transformation of citizenship and citizens. How do media work to explore the limits of citizenship, of belonging or exclusion, of public and private spheres, of diversity among citizens, or in the transformation from non‐citizen to citizen, and vice‐versa? As Manuel Castells and Silvio Waisbord have asked, as demarcations between states, civil society and their citizens shift, what are the implications for our understandings of citizenship and the role of communication? Peter Dahlgren discussed media’s key roles in terms of shaping components of civic agency and culture; what are the observed cases of those formulations? How do citizens’ encounters with mediated content shape identity formation, public opinion, civic awareness, among others? As citizens struggle to resolve conflicts in democratic, non‐democratic or democratizing societies, how does media performance connect? In rapidly transforming technological contexts, what are the implications for articulation or realization of citizenship at various scales?
Guidelines & Timeline
Full‐paper proposals of empirical research (maximum 10,000 words, including references, footnotes, tables and figures) will be considered for the special issue. Papers should follow the Journal’s style and writing guidelines and editorial policies, which can be found on its website (http://www.tfd.org.tw/english/tjd.php). Because of deadline considerations, only English language manuscripts will be considered. The deadline for paper submission is March 15, 2011. Authors will be notified by July 15, 2011, regarding the outcome of peer reviews. Final revised manuscripts for publication will be due Sept. 15, 2011. The tentative publication date for the issue will be December 2011.
Documents should be sent via email to co‐editor Juliet Pinto. A title page including a 150‐word abstract, relevant contact information and a brief biological sketch should be sent as a separate file. Manuscripts should include only the working title as a header on each page, and all identifying information should be removed.
Special Issue Co‐Editors
Dr. Juliet Pinto
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Journalism & Broadcasting, SJMC
Florida International University
North Miami, FL 33181
(305) 919‐4404
juliet.pinto@fiu.edu
Dr. Sallie Hughes
Associate Professor
Dept. of Journalism
School of Communication
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL 33146
(305) 284‐8163
shughes@miami.edu
More information here.
16 December 2010
Taiwanese or Taiwanese-American Writer Needed by Next Media Animation (compensation: NT50,000 per month)
Reply to: gigs-zxpjn-2110407776@craigslist.org
Next Media Animation – the Taiwanese media company and animation studio that brought you the viral, animated video about Tiger Woods, Steven Slater/Jet Blue, and recently, the TSA body scanners and our ‘feud’ with Conan O'Brien – is looking to hire temporary writers/producers to work in Taiwan.
The applicant must be a college graduate. He or she can be Taiwanese or Taiwanese-American but must have excellent English language skills, particularly in reading and writing. A good handle on Mandarin, of course, is necessary as one will be living in Taipei.
The applicant can be currently located in Taiwan or in the US but must be legally qualified to work in Taiwan. Ideally, if the applicant is from the US, he or she will have family ties in Taiwan to make the transition easier.
No experience is necessary. Compensation: NT50,000/month. For hire immediately.
Those interested, please send a resume and two short writing samples (one serious piece and one lighthearted/comedic/witty piece) to email address above.
Compensation: NT50,000/month
More information here.
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Next Media Animation – the Taiwanese media company and animation studio that brought you the viral, animated video about Tiger Woods, Steven Slater/Jet Blue, and recently, the TSA body scanners and our ‘feud’ with Conan O'Brien – is looking to hire temporary writers/producers to work in Taiwan.
The applicant must be a college graduate. He or she can be Taiwanese or Taiwanese-American but must have excellent English language skills, particularly in reading and writing. A good handle on Mandarin, of course, is necessary as one will be living in Taipei.
The applicant can be currently located in Taiwan or in the US but must be legally qualified to work in Taiwan. Ideally, if the applicant is from the US, he or she will have family ties in Taiwan to make the transition easier.
No experience is necessary. Compensation: NT50,000/month. For hire immediately.
Those interested, please send a resume and two short writing samples (one serious piece and one lighthearted/comedic/witty piece) to email address above.
Compensation: NT50,000/month
More information here.
28 November 2010
Reporter Needed for Taiwan's Leading English-Language Newspaper
Taiwan's leading English-language newspaper is seeking qualified individuals for the position of full-time reporter.
Requirements:
- Professional journalism experience preferred but not necessary
- Taiwanese I.D. or ARC with eligibility to work required
- Near-native English writing skills
- Near-native Chinese comprehension skills, enough to understand and translate the following paragraph into English
警方為暑期防飆勤務而加強取締，即日起逢週末假日間，台北市警局中山分局將規劃辦理密集取締飆車行為，
並邀請監理、環保等單位派員共同執行取締危險駕車勤務，以展現淨化社會治安及維護交通安全決策。
For questions, please call (02) 2596-9971 ext. 545.
Apply here.
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Requirements:
- Professional journalism experience preferred but not necessary
- Taiwanese I.D. or ARC with eligibility to work required
- Near-native English writing skills
- Near-native Chinese comprehension skills, enough to understand and translate the following paragraph into English
警方為暑期防飆勤務而加強取締，即日起逢週末假日間，台北市警局中山分局將規劃辦理密集取締飆車行為，
並邀請監理、環保等單位派員共同執行取締危險駕車勤務，以展現淨化社會治安及維護交通安全決策。
For questions, please call (02) 2596-9971 ext. 545.
Apply here.
26 November 2010
Taiwan Literature Award
Taiwan Literature Award
Go to website
Email Address: service@nmtl.gov.tw
Editor/Founder: The National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Country: Taiwan
Type: Writers' Prize
Description: The NMTL-sponsored award is one of the most prestigious literary honors in Taiwan. Jury panels choose from works that were published in the past year and submitted to the competition. The Taiwan Literature Award is designed to encourage the writing and publication of literary works, and promote Taiwan literature in the international arena.
(Directory entry)
Read about the 2010 Taiwan Literature Awards here.
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Go to website
Email Address: service@nmtl.gov.tw
Editor/Founder: The National Museum of Taiwan Literature
Country: Taiwan
Type: Writers' Prize
Description: The NMTL-sponsored award is one of the most prestigious literary honors in Taiwan. Jury panels choose from works that were published in the past year and submitted to the competition. The Taiwan Literature Award is designed to encourage the writing and publication of literary works, and promote Taiwan literature in the international arena.
(Directory entry)
Read about the 2010 Taiwan Literature Awards here.
24 October 2010
Taiwan, the New Homeland Essay Competition
Deadline: 10 November 2010
Let the sense of smell be a key to open your memory box. Use your pen to write down our country - Taiwan. What taste moves you. Welcome every new migrant and citizen in Taiwan to share the transnational work and life experience by writing. Every word read touches our hearts. People from every corner of Taiwan are welcome to participate in the event.
Entry groups: migrants, natives, students of primary school
Specifications: story writing style is preferred, 1000 words max.
Organized by the National Immigration Agency
More information here.
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Let the sense of smell be a key to open your memory box. Use your pen to write down our country - Taiwan. What taste moves you. Welcome every new migrant and citizen in Taiwan to share the transnational work and life experience by writing. Every word read touches our hearts. People from every corner of Taiwan are welcome to participate in the event.
Entry groups: migrants, natives, students of primary school
Specifications: story writing style is preferred, 1000 words max.
Organized by the National Immigration Agency
More information here.
19 October 2010
Center for Chinese Studies Research Grant Program
Deadline: 31 May of each year
1. The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) has the following provisions for its research grant program.
2. This program is designed for foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors and doctoral candidates in departments related to Chinese studies at foreign universities, as well as researchers at related foreign academic institutes. The content of the research, to be undertaken in Taiwan, should be within the field of Chinese studies.
3. Assistance provided by the CCS includes subsidies of research expenses, research materials service, liaison with universities and research institutions, and use of CCS facilities, etc.
4. Research tenure is three months to one year.
5. Applications should be submitted to the CCS by May 31 of each year before the year in which grants are intended to be used; notification of the CCS’s decision will be given by the end of August of the same year after a careful review.
Applications should include the following documents:
1) Application form
2) Curriculum Vitae (including a list of publications)
3) Research plan
4) Letter(s) of recommendation
6. Grantees are entitled to travel subsidies and research subsidies.
Eligibility for travel subsidies is restricted to foreign scholars who currently reside abroad; those already in Taiwan are not eligible.
7. Subsidies available under the Research Grant Program are as follows:
1) Travel subsidies: One direct round trip economy class air ticket from the domicile of the grantee to Taipei will be provided by the CCS. Travel expenses will be reimbursed upon the grantee’s arrival in Taiwan on the basis of the ticket stub and receipt.
2) Research subsidies: To be paid at the beginning of each month and divided into four levels: professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and doctoral candidate.
Researchers at academic/research institutes will also receive grants according to the above scale. The actual amount of research subsidies is determined by the CCS and any adjustments to those amounts will be decided upon by the CCS Advisory Committee.
8. Grantees must sign a contract with the CCS and observe the following regulations:
1) No outside employment will be allowed without the prior approval of the CCS. Concurrent acceptance of a grant from any other organization in the R.O.C. is not permitted.
2) Participation in all scholarly research activities arranged by the CCS is required.
3) All regulations must be observed when using CCS and National Central Library facilities.
4) A research report or paper must be submitted to the CCS by the end of a grantee’s research tenure.
9. Grantees who fail to observe Article 8 will have their research subsidies terminated by the CCS.
10. Scholars who receive a grant under the Program must wait a minimum of three years after completion of their research projects before applying again.
11. Any additions to the above provisions will be handled by the CCS as authorized by the CCS Advisory Committee.
12. These provisions have been approved by the Ministry of Education. Any revisions hereto must be approved by the CCS Advisory Committee and reported to the Ministry before going into effect.
More information here.
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1. The Center for Chinese Studies (CCS) has the following provisions for its research grant program.
2. This program is designed for foreign professors, associate professors, assistant professors and doctoral candidates in departments related to Chinese studies at foreign universities, as well as researchers at related foreign academic institutes. The content of the research, to be undertaken in Taiwan, should be within the field of Chinese studies.
3. Assistance provided by the CCS includes subsidies of research expenses, research materials service, liaison with universities and research institutions, and use of CCS facilities, etc.
4. Research tenure is three months to one year.
5. Applications should be submitted to the CCS by May 31 of each year before the year in which grants are intended to be used; notification of the CCS’s decision will be given by the end of August of the same year after a careful review.
Applications should include the following documents:
1) Application form
2) Curriculum Vitae (including a list of publications)
3) Research plan
4) Letter(s) of recommendation
6. Grantees are entitled to travel subsidies and research subsidies.
Eligibility for travel subsidies is restricted to foreign scholars who currently reside abroad; those already in Taiwan are not eligible.
7. Subsidies available under the Research Grant Program are as follows:
1) Travel subsidies: One direct round trip economy class air ticket from the domicile of the grantee to Taipei will be provided by the CCS. Travel expenses will be reimbursed upon the grantee’s arrival in Taiwan on the basis of the ticket stub and receipt.
2) Research subsidies: To be paid at the beginning of each month and divided into four levels: professor, associate professor, assistant professor, and doctoral candidate.
Researchers at academic/research institutes will also receive grants according to the above scale. The actual amount of research subsidies is determined by the CCS and any adjustments to those amounts will be decided upon by the CCS Advisory Committee.
8. Grantees must sign a contract with the CCS and observe the following regulations:
1) No outside employment will be allowed without the prior approval of the CCS. Concurrent acceptance of a grant from any other organization in the R.O.C. is not permitted.
2) Participation in all scholarly research activities arranged by the CCS is required.
3) All regulations must be observed when using CCS and National Central Library facilities.
4) A research report or paper must be submitted to the CCS by the end of a grantee’s research tenure.
9. Grantees who fail to observe Article 8 will have their research subsidies terminated by the CCS.
10. Scholars who receive a grant under the Program must wait a minimum of three years after completion of their research projects before applying again.
11. Any additions to the above provisions will be handled by the CCS as authorized by the CCS Advisory Committee.
12. These provisions have been approved by the Ministry of Education. Any revisions hereto must be approved by the CCS Advisory Committee and reported to the Ministry before going into effect.
More information here.
21 September 2010
Academic Articles Wanted by The English Academy, Taiwan (pays NT$500 per article)
Deadline: open
We are looking for people to write short articles in English. These will be written in Intermediate / High Intermediate English. These are not for a magazine. Instead, they will be posted online.
You will be given a title and some writing guidelines (words that must be included). You will also need to include some links to other sites for reference.
General Conditions:
- They must be original articles (this will be checked) though of course you should read stuff to develop your ideas.
- The articles will be at least 800 words.
- Payment is NT$500 per accepted article. However, particularly detailed ones can be paid at $1000.
- Your name will not be on the article.
- You agree to write (a minimum of) two articles per week.
You should be an experienced adult English teacher. We are particularly interested in English teachers who have knowledge of some of the following topic areas:
IELTS
TOEFL iBT
FCE
CAE
BULATS
New TOEIC
Business English
Conversation
Vocabulary learning
Improving reading skills
Improving listening skills
Solving spelling problems
Solving pronunciation problems
Academic writing
Dealing with phone calls
If you are interested, please indicate which topic area you would be interested in writing about and send your resume to: ben@academy.com.tw
More information here.
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We are looking for people to write short articles in English. These will be written in Intermediate / High Intermediate English. These are not for a magazine. Instead, they will be posted online.
You will be given a title and some writing guidelines (words that must be included). You will also need to include some links to other sites for reference.
General Conditions:
- They must be original articles (this will be checked) though of course you should read stuff to develop your ideas.
- The articles will be at least 800 words.
- Payment is NT$500 per accepted article. However, particularly detailed ones can be paid at $1000.
- Your name will not be on the article.
- You agree to write (a minimum of) two articles per week.
You should be an experienced adult English teacher. We are particularly interested in English teachers who have knowledge of some of the following topic areas:
IELTS
TOEFL iBT
FCE
CAE
BULATS
New TOEIC
Business English
Conversation
Vocabulary learning
Improving reading skills
Improving listening skills
Solving spelling problems
Solving pronunciation problems
Academic writing
Dealing with phone calls
If you are interested, please indicate which topic area you would be interested in writing about and send your resume to: ben@academy.com.tw
More information here.
20 September 2010
Filipino Online English Teachers Wanted by Taiwan Learning School
Deadline: until filled
Home base English Teacher Wanted - Philippines
An online learning school in Taiwan is currently recruiting English instructors who will use skype software as our online English learning platform to teach students.
- Available to teach between 7pm-11:50pm( TWT ) Monday –Friday
- One-on-One classes of highly motivated adult students.
- Full training on our Online Tutoring software and teaching skill will be given.
- Classes use our textbooks, material, some website information if necessary.
- Long-term or Short-term employment opportunity (most of our students sign up from 6 months to 1 years)
Technical requirements:
- DSL, Cable or Fiber Optic Internet Connection
- Headphone/Microphone set
Skills and Education Required:
- Energetic and professional personality
- College or university degree (preferred), or a current university student.
- Previous ESL teaching experience (preferred)
- - Excellent speaking skills,
- Previous working experience in other fields
- Familiarity with using computers
If you are interesting in this position, please email to recruit@dma1on1.com
More information here.
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Home base English Teacher Wanted - Philippines
An online learning school in Taiwan is currently recruiting English instructors who will use skype software as our online English learning platform to teach students.
- Available to teach between 7pm-11:50pm( TWT ) Monday –Friday
- One-on-One classes of highly motivated adult students.
- Full training on our Online Tutoring software and teaching skill will be given.
- Classes use our textbooks, material, some website information if necessary.
- Long-term or Short-term employment opportunity (most of our students sign up from 6 months to 1 years)
Technical requirements:
- DSL, Cable or Fiber Optic Internet Connection
- Headphone/Microphone set
Skills and Education Required:
- Energetic and professional personality
- College or university degree (preferred), or a current university student.
- Previous ESL teaching experience (preferred)
- - Excellent speaking skills,
- Previous working experience in other fields
- Familiarity with using computers
If you are interesting in this position, please email to recruit@dma1on1.com
More information here.
07 September 2010
Call for Papers: Hwa Kang English Journal
Hwa Kang English Journal is a refereed scholarly journal, published by the Department of English Language and Literature, Chinese Culture University. Founded in 1995, the journal is now issued in April and October. Committed to promoting rigorous research and intellectual dialogue, the journal features articles that cover a wide range of scholarly concerns. We welcome original submissions from domestic and foreign scholars in the fields of literature, linguistics, English teaching, and cultural studies. In addition to articles on research, methodology and criticism, the journal also welcomes book reviews.
Submission Guidelines
1. Submission deadline for the April issue is December 31 and for the October issue is June 30.
2. Manuscripts should be written in English. Papers in the field of literature follow MLA style; papers in the fields of linguistics and English teaching adhere to APA style. Manuscripts must be single-spaced and typeset in 12-point Times New Roman. Notes should appear in the form of footnotes.
3. Manuscripts should be limited to 20 pages in length, inclusive of abstracts; there should be English (250 words maximum) and Chinese abstracts, each with 3 to 6 keywords below.
4. All submissions and correspondence should be transmitted electronically via e-mail. Please submit electronic files of manuscripts (in Microsoft Word) along with the author’s data form (available at http://sites.google.com/a/pccu.edu.tw/hkej/call-for-papers) to eng_jour@pccu.edu.tw.
5. All submissions will be reviewed first by the in-house editorial committee. The approved manuscripts will then be evaluated by two anonymous outside reviewers. A referee fee of NT$ 2,000 will be paid for the outside blind review. The editorial committee will make its final decisions based on the comments of the reviewers.
6. There must be no indication of author’s personal identity in the manuscript. Any reference to the author’s previous works should be in the third person. The author’s name and affiliation should appear on a separate sheet.
7. Accepted manuscripts will be returned only as electronic files after galley proofs and revisions are done. If the manuscript cannot be returned on time, it will appear in the next issue.
8. Our journal will not consider for publication manuscripts being simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Revised chapters of M.A. theses or Ph.D. dissertations may be submitted for consideration. The author should indicate that his/her submission is part of his/her degree work in a revised form.
9. Upon acceptance of his/her article for publication, the author is required to sign a copyright agreement form (available at http://sites.google.com/a/pccu.edu.tw/hkej/copyright-agreements).
10. The author will receive one copy of the journal and ten off-prints of the article upon publication.
11. Book reviews should cover books published within the last five years and should be around 2 pages in length. They should include full bibliographical data at the top of the text, as well as the total number of pages (including the front matter pages) in the book. The bibliographical data should be written as such: Herman Rapaport. Milton and the Postmodern. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. xiv + 270 pages.
Contact Us
Queries may be sent to the following address or by email to crrgel@staff.pccu.edu.tw
Editorial Board, Hwa Kang English Journal
Department of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University
55 Hwa Kang Rd, Yangmingshan Taipei 111, Taiwan
More information here.
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Submission Guidelines
1. Submission deadline for the April issue is December 31 and for the October issue is June 30.
2. Manuscripts should be written in English. Papers in the field of literature follow MLA style; papers in the fields of linguistics and English teaching adhere to APA style. Manuscripts must be single-spaced and typeset in 12-point Times New Roman. Notes should appear in the form of footnotes.
3. Manuscripts should be limited to 20 pages in length, inclusive of abstracts; there should be English (250 words maximum) and Chinese abstracts, each with 3 to 6 keywords below.
4. All submissions and correspondence should be transmitted electronically via e-mail. Please submit electronic files of manuscripts (in Microsoft Word) along with the author’s data form (available at http://sites.google.com/a/pccu.edu.tw/hkej/call-for-papers) to eng_jour@pccu.edu.tw.
5. All submissions will be reviewed first by the in-house editorial committee. The approved manuscripts will then be evaluated by two anonymous outside reviewers. A referee fee of NT$ 2,000 will be paid for the outside blind review. The editorial committee will make its final decisions based on the comments of the reviewers.
6. There must be no indication of author’s personal identity in the manuscript. Any reference to the author’s previous works should be in the third person. The author’s name and affiliation should appear on a separate sheet.
7. Accepted manuscripts will be returned only as electronic files after galley proofs and revisions are done. If the manuscript cannot be returned on time, it will appear in the next issue.
8. Our journal will not consider for publication manuscripts being simultaneously submitted elsewhere. Revised chapters of M.A. theses or Ph.D. dissertations may be submitted for consideration. The author should indicate that his/her submission is part of his/her degree work in a revised form.
9. Upon acceptance of his/her article for publication, the author is required to sign a copyright agreement form (available at http://sites.google.com/a/pccu.edu.tw/hkej/copyright-agreements).
10. The author will receive one copy of the journal and ten off-prints of the article upon publication.
11. Book reviews should cover books published within the last five years and should be around 2 pages in length. They should include full bibliographical data at the top of the text, as well as the total number of pages (including the front matter pages) in the book. The bibliographical data should be written as such: Herman Rapaport. Milton and the Postmodern. Lincoln and London: University of Nebraska Press, 1983. xiv + 270 pages.
Contact Us
Queries may be sent to the following address or by email to crrgel@staff.pccu.edu.tw
Editorial Board, Hwa Kang English Journal
Department of English Language & Literature, Chinese Culture University
55 Hwa Kang Rd, Yangmingshan Taipei 111, Taiwan
More information here.
02 September 2010
English Copywriter Needed in Taiwan
Position: Copywriter
Location: Taiwan
Seeking applicants from: Taiwan
Company name: Global Sources
Contact: tw-hrp1@globalsources.com
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. It provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers.
Our leading team of 3, 200 people worldwide is skilled, tech-savvy and thrives in a dynamic, cross-cultural environment. If this sounds like you, then consider applying for the position of:
English Copywriter
The successful candidate’s primary responsibility will be to write clear and concise copy on time for print and online advertisements and ensure it reflects the clients' Unique Selling Points and adheres to the Effective Ad Guidelines.
* A university degree in Journalism, English, Literature or Mass Communication or a related field
* Outstanding English language copywriting skills, with native standard English
* At least 2 years of full-time working experience (writing-related)
* Experience in marketing or journalism is preferred
* Can work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Currently residing in Taiwan
* Good command of spoken Mandarin is a plus
Please submit all of the following to the address below: detailed resume, cover letter and expected salary.
Human Resources Department
Email: tw-hrp1@globalsources.com
More information here.
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Location: Taiwan
Seeking applicants from: Taiwan
Company name: Global Sources
Contact: tw-hrp1@globalsources.com
Global Sources is a leading business-to-business (B2B) media company and a primary facilitator of two-way trade with Greater China. It provides sourcing information to volume buyers and integrated marketing services to suppliers.
Our leading team of 3, 200 people worldwide is skilled, tech-savvy and thrives in a dynamic, cross-cultural environment. If this sounds like you, then consider applying for the position of:
English Copywriter
The successful candidate’s primary responsibility will be to write clear and concise copy on time for print and online advertisements and ensure it reflects the clients' Unique Selling Points and adheres to the Effective Ad Guidelines.
* A university degree in Journalism, English, Literature or Mass Communication or a related field
* Outstanding English language copywriting skills, with native standard English
* At least 2 years of full-time working experience (writing-related)
* Experience in marketing or journalism is preferred
* Can work under pressure and meet deadlines
* Currently residing in Taiwan
* Good command of spoken Mandarin is a plus
Please submit all of the following to the address below: detailed resume, cover letter and expected salary.
Human Resources Department
Email: tw-hrp1@globalsources.com
More information here.
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