Shenandoah, the literary magazine of Washington and Lee University, has extended the deadline for its occasional prize for a work honoring the life and fiction of Flannery O'Connor.
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Archive August 2009
Deadline for Flannery O'Connor Contest Extended
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.31.09
Spectrum of Genres Represented in Guardian First Book Award Longlist
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.28.09
The U.K. newspaper the Guardian announced today the ten semifinalists for its 2009 First Book Award.
Two Emerging Writers Receive Iowa Poetry Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.27.09
The University of Iowa Press announced today the winners of the 2009 Iowa Poetry Prize, both of them receiving the honor for debut collections.
Marvin Bell to Judge Debut Book Prize
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.26.09
The Academy of American Poets announced yesterday that poet Marvin Bell will judge the 2010 Walt Whitman Award, given for a first poetry collection.
NPR's Second Three-minute Fiction Contest Closes Tonight
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.25.09
Due to the popularity of the first Three-Minute Fiction Contest, National Public Radio (NPR) is giving writers a second chance to submit their short short stories.
Upcoming Contests Looking for Your Single Knockout Piece
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.24.09
Until the end of September, nine literary journals are running competitions open for entries of individual poems, stories, and essays.
NEA Fellowships Support Translation of Works in Eleven Languages
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.20.09
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) announced yesterday that it has awarded sixteen translators Literature Fellowships for Translation Projects to work on specific literary endeavors.
Poet and Professor Juliana Spahr Honored for Writing and Teaching
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.19.09
Folger Poetry, a program of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., announced yesterday that it will award Juliana Spahr its nineteenth annual O. B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize.
Pacific Northwest Magazine Seeks Fiction With an Eye on Environment
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.18.09
A prize of one thousand dollars and publication in Bear Deluxe Magazine out of Portland, Oregon, is being offered for a short story that addresses the environment, sense of place, and the natural world.
Historical Research Residencies Offered to Creative Writers
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Posted by Prize Reporter on 8.17.09
In 2010, the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, will give at least four fellowships to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who wish to explore American history before the twentieth century.