Posts made in April, 2009

2009 Ethnographic Poetry Competition

www.aaanet.org/sections/sha/2009Poetry.pdf The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual poetry competition as a means to encourage scholars to use alternative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns. These concerns may be any of those associated with the fields of anthropology: Archaeological, Biological, Linguistic, Sociocultural and Applied. Winning entries and honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual...

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Katherine Paterson Prize for Young Adults and Children’s Writing

Calling all YA and children’s writers! Hunger Mountain is thrilled to present the inaugural Katherine Paterson Prize for YA and Children’s Writing! Hunger Mountain, the arts journal of Vermont College of Fine Arts, will launch our new online arts journal early this summer. Our new site will include YA and Children’s Literature; we’ll feature articles on hot topics and trends in YA and children’s literature, interviews with publishing industry...

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The Bard Fiction Prize (39 and younger only)

www.bard.edu/bfp/ The Bard Fiction Prize is awarded to a promising, emerging writer who is an American citizen aged 39 years or younger at the time of application. In addition to the monetary award, the winner receives an appointment as writer in residence at Bard College for one semester, without the expectation that he or she teach traditional courses. The recipient gives at least one public lecture and meets informally with students. The...

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Arroyo Literary Review Call for Submissions

Arroyo Literary Review seeks poetry and fiction for our second issue. We welcome submissions between January 15, 2009 and May 31, 2009. Submissions should be sent by mail to: Arroyo Literary Review Department of English – MB 2579 California State University, East Bay 25800 Carlos Bee Blvd. Hayward, CA 94542 Please include SASE. Simultaneous submissions are acceptable, though notify us immediately should your work be accepted elsewhere. We only...

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Howard Frank Mosher Prize in Short Fiction

The sixth annual Howard Frank Mosher Prize in Short Fiction awards one $1,000.00 prize and two honorable mentions. The first prize winner also receives publication in Hunger Mountain, the VCFA Journal of the Arts. 15 finalists receive a signed Stinehour Press Award Series Broadside. JUDGE: Andre Dubus, III DEADLINE: Postmarked by June 30, 2009 www.hungermtn.org/hfm.asp ENTRY FEE: $20.00 GUIDELINES: – $20 entry fee, payable to “Hunger...

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