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<b><font color=white><span style='color:white;font-weight:bold'> Summer
Literary Seminars</span></font></b> <font color=white><span style='color:white'>|
<a href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/" eudora=autourl>http://www.sumlitsem.org/</a></span></font>
<b><font color=white><span
style='color:white;font-weight:bold'>Nove</span></font><br>
SUMMER LITERARY SEMINARS-NOVEMBER UPDATE<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
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Dear Friends in Literature,<br>
<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>CONTENTS<br>
</span></b><br>
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1. 2008 Russia Program Updates: format and faculty additions<br>
<br>
2. Contest: Win a Free Trip to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /></span></font>Russia
or Kenya<br>
<br>
3. SLS 10th Anniversary Fundraising Campaign <br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>1. 2008 </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>RUSSIA</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> PROGRAM UPDATES:
FORMAT AND FACULTY ADDITIONS<br>
</span></b><br>
<br>
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We're very excited to announce our brand-new program structure, to be
implemented in 2008. The first two weeks will mirror the classic SLS-Russia
format that's ten years in development (writing workshops, lectures, readings,
roundtable discussions, walking tours, boat rides, etc.) -- but the third,
final, and optional week of the program, will be dedicated to a festival of
Russian Writing, with an even greater overall emphasis on meeting Russian
writers, increased opportunity for collaborative work, specially focused
lectures and roundtable discussions, and much more. Please check our website
over the coming months for frequent program updates. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
A special welcome to the newest additions to our 2008 Russia faculty:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Fiction - Binnie Kirshenbaum<br>
<br>
Fiction -- Tom Bissell<br>
<br>
Fiction -- Catherine Texier<br>
<br>
Non-Fiction -- Binyavanga Wainaina<br>
Poetry – Christian Bok<br>
Travel Writing - (afternoon) Stephanie Griest <br>
Untranslatable Russia (afternoon) – Alexander Skidan<br>
<br>
Lecturer - Pyotr Aleshkovsky<br>
<br>
Lecturer - Arkadii Dragomoschenko, <br>
<br>
Lecturer - Sergey Gandlevsky <br>
<br>
Lecturer - Dmitri Golynko-Volfson<br>
<br>
Lecturer - Ekaterina Taratuta<br>
<br>
Lecturer - Leonid Kostyukov<br>
<br>
Lecturer - Linor Goralik <br>
<br>
Lecturer - Stanislav Lvovsky <br>
<br>
Lecturer - Dmitry Kuzmin<br>
<br>
Many others TBA…<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
We are currently accepting applications for our 2008 Russia program, found on
our website at <a href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/">www.sumlitsem.org</a>.<br>
<br>
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <br>
</span></b><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>2. </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>KENYA</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> AND </span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>RUSSIA</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
LITERARY CONTEST<br>
</span></b><br>
<br>
<br>
The annual Summer Literary Seminars-St. Petersburg, Russia/Nairobi-Lamu, Kenya
program—one of the world's most renowned, dynamic and innovative
international literary conferences, now in the tenth year of its
existence—announces the launch of its 2008 literary contest, offering the
winners some of the most generous prizes in North America. This year, in
keeping with our stated goal of bringing under one logistical umbrella our two
extremely dissimilar (in the very best sense of the word) flagship programs,
we're trying something new—indeed, by merging together our SLS-Russia and
SLS-Kenya contests. The entrance fee for this one, unified contest (held in
three genres: fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) will be $15 in the US or Canadian
($10 if postmarked before November 1<sup>st</sup>), but the winners in each
category will receive publication in one of the three high-quality North
American literary/general interest magazines—Maisonneuve (Montreal, QC):
non-fiction; The Walrus (Toronto, ON) and St. Petersburg Review (Concord, NH):
fiction, poetry—AND the choice of attending (airfare, tuition, and
housing included, approximately value of $5,000) EITHER our Russia or Kenya
programs. (Those that have already applied to the Kenya contest, will be automatically
entered into this unified SLS contest.) <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
This Year's Contest Judges: <br>
<br>
Robert Hass -- poetry<br>
<br>
Fiona McCrae (Graywolf Press, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief) – fiction<br>
<br>
Josip Novakovich – non-fiction.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Second-place winners will receive a full tuition waiver for either the Russia
or Kenya programs, and third-place winners will receive a 50% tuition discount
on either the Russia or Kenya programs. A limited number of finalists in each
genre, determined by the contest readers based on the respective entries'
overall strength, will be offered Select Scholarships applicable either
to the Russia or Kenya programs. Please see our website for complete contest
guidelines: <a href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/">www.sumlitsem.org </a>. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Contest Deadline: February 28, 2008 (postmarked)<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Entries from Canada may be sent to:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Summer Literary Seminars<br>
KENYA & RUSSIA Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry Contest (Please indicate genre)<br>
English Department <br>
Concordia University<br>
1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W.<br>
Montreal, Quebec H3G 1M8 Canada <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Entries from the US and other countries may be sent to:<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Summer Literary Seminars<br>
KENYA & RUSSIA Fiction/Nonfiction/Poetry Contest (please indicate genre)<br>
PO Box 16 <br>
Brooklyn, NY 11222 <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Best of luck to all who enter!<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>3. SLS 10<sup>th</sup> ANNIVERSARY
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN<br>
</span></b><br>
<br>
<br>
This past July we received official confirmation of our 501 (c) (3) status
following our three-year trial—we couldn’t be more pleased about
the development, as it now means that all charitable donations made to SLS are
completely tax deductible. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
In celebration of our 10<sup>th</sup> year as a completely independent
organization, we’re launching our largest fundraising campaign ever.
Through the spring SLS will be partially focused on fundraising, moving forward
on several new grant writing initiatives, and planning fundraising events in
several North American cities. <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
We’d be remiss if we didn’t at this time ask those of you with the
means to seriously consider donating to our organization—we do indeed need
your help, and we would be forever grateful for any contribution you can make.
Contributions may be sent by check (made out to Summer Literary Seminars) to: <br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
SLS-Fundraising PO Box 16 Brooklyn, NY 11222-0016<br>
<br>
<br>
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Alternatively, contributions can be made using credit or debit cards by
following the link at the bottom of this page: <a
href="http://www.sumlitsem.org/russia/payments.aspx">http://www.sumlitsem.org/russia/payments.aspx</a>
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Our very best wishes to you,<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
Summer Literary Seminars<br>
<br>
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<br>
<div>Maurya Simon</div>
<br>
<div>Professor </div>
<div>Department of Creative Writing</div>
<div>University of California Riverside</div>
<div>900 University Avenue</div>
<div>Riverside, CA 92521-0318</div>
<br>
<div>TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)</div>
<br>
<div>FAX: (951) 827-3619 </div>
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