Call for Submissions: Essays, Non-fiction, Photography for Belt Magazine's Pittsburgh Anthology

"HERE’S WHAT WE WANT: We’re looking for nonfiction contributions, but we’re open to photographic essays, comics / illustrations, and poetry. Again, if it expresses something truly Pittsburghese, we want to see it. Work running 750-3000 words is preferred. We will accept proposals until November 15 and finished stories until December 31st; any work which previously appeared elsewhere can be accepted as long as there is permission to do so. We expect to publish the anthology by Spring 2015. Contributors will get to have their friends be jealous of their Pittsburgh pride, but they will also receive free copies of the book, and, if the anthology is successful enough, a split of the proceeds.*"

Get all the details here

8/28- 9/4 Weekly Arts & Urbanism Roundup

Pittsburgh
What a trip: Living it up in Pittsburgh, hidden-arts-and-culture jewel (Washington Post)

Hop to it on microbrew tour (Toronto Star)

Allure showcase represents 34 Pittsburgh area artists (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

110 Artists gather for Fair in the Park (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Let's Talk About Art: Review of Blaine Siegel's Pittsburgh Biennial Show (Pittsburgh Post Gazette)

Pittsburgh area fall family activity guide (Pittsburgh Mommy Blog)

Murals give youngsters a chance to shine, memorialize Pittsburgh playwright (Pittsburgh Tribune Review)

Cleveland

Cleveland police shooting may have been "suicide by police". (Cleveland.com)

Black, white and stuck all over: Identity politics are keeping Cleveland a two race town in a multi-race world.  (Belt Magazine)

Cleveland House of Blues to host benefit for documentary film about famed rock writer Jane Scott. (Cleveland Scene)

Cleveland joins meatless Mondays trend. (Cleveland Scene)

Mansfield, Ohio

Thousands of movie fans expected to celebrate 20th anniversary of The Shawshank Redemption

Akron

Goodyear says it won't build new $500 million factory in Ohio.

Other "Rust Belt News"

Repurposing old train stations in the rust belt. (Belt Magazine)

Ferguson, race and the inner ring suburb. (Belt Magazine)

Other Architecture, Urbanism and Arts News

The art of Burning Man (but is it art?) (Hyperallergic)

The Subsidy Show: Colbert, Fallon and the crony capitalism of the creative class.

The Highway to Serfdom

Chinese authorities shut down Beijing Independent Film Festival. (Hyperallergic)

Designing mobile homes for the new wanderers (Hyperallergic)

The war on Airbnb

Building bigger roads actually makes traffic worse (Wired)

Second American journalist beheaded by ISIS (UK Daily Mail)

Bahrain tortures award winning photojournalist (Hyperallergic)

Call for Submissions: Essays, Nonfiction for Youngstown Anthology

Belt Magazine is gaining a reputation for putting out great writing and reporting about the "Rust Belt".

Next Anthology: Youngstown!

A call for submissions and proposals

Proposal deadline: October 1, 2014

Submission deadline: November 1, 2014

Publication date: Fall 2015

"We are accepting nonfiction contributions, including essays, profiles and reported works between 500 and 2,000 words that fit with the vision expressed above. Proposals of no more than 300 words are also welcome. We will work with writers on pieces that show promise.Payment will be $100* upon publication.

Contributions are needed for the following sections:

• Family (culture, neighborhoods, attachments)
• Loss (violence, steel, racial and ethnic conflict)
• Transcendence (arts, sports, religion)
• Work (new business, new politics, redevelopment)

We are also looking for work from documentary photographers and graphic artists with a Youngstown connection. Work will be published in black and white. Poetry will be considered, but the bar is extremely high. Please do not submit works of fiction."

All details here: http://beltmag.com/car-bombs-cookie-tables-youngstown-anthology/