Writing Contest

Once again, the fabulous Marcela Landres has sent us notices on writing opportunities that may be of interest to our Society members.

Here are a few:

TIN HOUSE SUMMER WRITERS WORKSHOP Scholarship Application Deadline: March 15 Workshop Dates: July 13 -20 The workshop features seminars, readings, meetings with agents and editors, and workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Participating authors include Dorothy Allison, Steve Almond, and Colson Whitehead, among others. For more information, visit http://www.tinhouse.com/workshop/

ESSAY PRIZE Deadline: March 17The Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture offers publication and a $1000 prize. For more information, visit http://al.gcsu.edu/

ALTA NATIONAL TRANSLATION AWARD Deadline: March 31 A prize of $2,500 is given to a translator whose work has made a valuable contribution to literary translation in the previous year. Publishers may submit book-length translations of poetry, fiction, drama, and creative nonfiction. For more information, visit http://www.utdallas.edu/alta/

CHAPBOOK CONTEST Deadline: April 1 Diagram Journal offers a prize of $1000, publication by New Michigan Press, and 25 author copies for a chapbook-length collection of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, or mixed-genre work. For more information, visit
http://thediagram.com/contest.html

KEROUAC WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE Deadline: April 30 The Kerouac Project offers residencies at the historic home of Jack Kerouac to writers of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. For more information, visithttp://kerouacproject.org/

Please take a moment to view Marcela's website at: http://www.marcelalandres.com/