2007 Fellowship Competition: Writers @ Work Conference Writers at Work P.O. Box 540370 North Salt Lake, UT 84054-0370 In addition to conference events, Writers @ Work offers an annual Fellowship Competition for emerging writers in the fiction, nonfiction, and poetry genres. Best-selling authors Rick Bass and Pamela Houston were among early fellowship award recipients. Winners are honored with cash prizes and publication in Quarterly West, and a...

Perigee Poetry Contest

Named in honor of Carson’s parents, The Marguerite and Lamar Smith Fellowship for Writers was inspired by McCullers’ experience at the Breadloaf Writer’s Conference in Vermont and, especially, the Yaddo Arts Colony in Saratoga Springs, New York.; To honor the contribution of these writers’ residences to McCullers’ work, the Carson McCullers Center for Writers and Musicians awards fellowships for writers to spend...