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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Maurya Simon
[mailto:maurya.simon@ucr.edu] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, March 30, 2006 7:18
PM<BR><B>To:</B> Amanda Labagnara<BR><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: Nimrod/Hardman Writing
Awards<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Hi Amanda,<BR><BR>Please forward this email to
everyone. Thanks, Maurya<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE class=cite cite="" type="cite">To: "nimrod@utulsa.edu ()"
<nimrod@utulsa.edu><BR>Subject: Nimrod/Hardman Writing Awards<BR>From:
Francine Ringold <francine-ringold@utulsa.edu><BR>Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006
12:44:17 -0600<BR><BR><A name=OLE_LINK1></A>Dear Writer,<BR> It’s time to
enter the <I>Nimrod</I>/Hardman Awards competition for two annual awards given
by <I>Nimrod International Journal</I>, deadline April 30, 2006. <B>The
Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction and The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry
offer first prizes of $2,000 and second prizes of $1,000, along with
publication of the winning stories and poems, and a trip to Tulsa to receive
the awards and take part in our annual writing workshop.</B> Past
winners include Sue Monk Kidd, Kate Small, Diane Glancy, Steve Lautermilch,
Ellen Bass, Thomas Gough, Ruth Schwartz, and Sarah Flygare. Past judges
for the Awards include Marvin Bell, Mark Doty, Janette Turner Hospital,
Stanley Kunitz, W. S. Merwin, Pattiann Rogers, William Stafford, Ron Carlson,
Edward Hirsch, and John Edgar Wideman. <BR> <BR>I have included the
Awards rules in this e-mail. Please contact us if you have any
questions, or visit our website—<A
href="http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod">www.utulsa.edu/nimrod</A>—to learn more
about <I>Nimrod</I>. Also, feel free to share this information with any
writing friends or groups. I hope to see your submission
soon!<BR> <BR>Best,<BR> <BR>Eilis O’Neal<BR>Managing
Editor<BR>Nimrod International Journal<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR>The
28th <I>Nimrod</I>/Hardman Awards<BR>The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for
Fiction &<BR>The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry<BR> <BR>FIRST PLACE:
$2,000 AND PUBLICATION<BR>SECOND PLACE: $1,000 AND
PUBLICATION<BR> <BR><B>Contest Rules<BR> <BR></B>Postmark Deadline:
APRIL 30, 2006<BR> <BR>Poetry: 3-10 pages. One long poem or several
poems.<BR> <BR>Fiction: 7,500 words maximum.<BR><I> <BR>No
previously published works or works accepted for publication
elsewhere</I>. Author's name must not appear on the manuscript.
Include a cover sheet containing major title and subtitles, author's name,
full address, phone, e-mail & fax numbers. "Contest Entry" should be
clearly indicated on both the outer envelope and the cover sheet.
Manuscripts will not be returned. <I>Nimrod</I> retains the right to
publish any submission. Include SASE for results only. If no SASE
is sent, no contest results will be sent; however, the results will be posted
on <I>Nimrod</I>’s web site.<BR> <BR>Entry/Subscription Fee: $20 includes
a one-year subscription. Make checks payable
to:<BR> <BR>NIMROD<BR>Literary Contest--Fiction or Poetry<BR>The
University of Tulsa, 600 S. College<BR>Tulsa, OK 74104 <BR>(918)
631-3080<BR><A
href="http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod">www.utulsa.edu/nimrod</A><BR><A
href="mailto:nimrod@utulsa.edu">nimrod@utulsa.edu</A><BR> <BR>*If you do
not wish to receive notification of Nimrod events, please reply to this email
and ask to be removed from our
list.<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><X-SIGSEP>
<P></X-SIGSEP>Maurya Simon<BR><BR>Professor <BR>Department of Creative
Writing<BR>University of California Riverside<BR>900 University
Avenue<BR>Riverside, CA 92521-0318<BR><BR>TEL. (951) 827-2006
(office)<BR><BR>FAX: (951) 827-3619 <BR></P></BODY></HTML>