<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Maurya Simon</b> <<a href="mailto:maurya.simon@ucr.edu">maurya.simon@ucr.edu</a>><br>Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 at 7:59 PM<br>
Subject: New Job Listings on AWP eLink<br>To: Ching-In Chen <<a href="mailto:chinginchen@gmail.com">chinginchen@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br>Dear Ching-In,<br>
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Please send this one out, too, on our MFA list-serv. Folks are welcome to use my user name and password (which appear at the end of the email) to log on to the AWP site.<br>
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Thanks,<br>
Maurya<br>
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Dear AWP Member,<br>
<br>
There are new job listings available on AWP eLink! To view the new<br>
positions, visit <a href="http://www.awpwriter.org" target="_blank">www.awpwriter.org</a>. Your user name and password are<br>
included at the end of this email.<br>
<br>
A new online issue of the Job List is published the first week of every<br>
monthtwelve online issues a year on AWP eLink. We add more jobs as we<br>
receive them, so we suggest you check back periodically.<br>
<br>
If you have any questions about AWP eLink, please contact our membership<br>
services department at (703) 993-4301, or email <a href="mailto:services@awpwriter.org" target="_blank">services@awpwriter.org</a>.<br>
<br>
<br>
AWP 2008 ELECTIONS<br>
<br>
Three new board members will be elected to represent the AWP member writing<br>
programs of the Midwest, Pacific West, and West. The new Board-Elect will<br>
begin their terms in the spring of 2009. Only the program directors of each<br>
region vote in this election. If you would like to stand for election and<br>
represent the writing programs in your region, please go to AWP eLink for<br>
complete information: AWP eLink > AWP news > Governance. The deadline for<br>
nominations, seconds, and campaign statements is Friday, October 3rd, 2008.<br>
<br>
<br>
AWP'S BOOKFAIR REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!<br>
<br>
More than 370 magazines and presses have already reserved exhibit space for<br>
AWP¹s 2009 Annual Conference & Bookfair in Chicago. To reserve your exhibit<br>
space, please visit us online:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2009bookfair.php" target="_blank">http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2009bookfair.php</a><br>
<br>
<br>
REMEMBERING GEORGE GARRETT<br>
<br>
One of the members of AWP's founding board of directors, George Garrett,<br>
passed away in May. George was very generous to AWP in his donation of work<br>
and time to the association's projects. He was the long-serving editor of<br>
Intro. One year, when AWP was struggling to secure a new publisher for<br>
Intro, George insisted that his publisher accept the Intro anthology for the<br>
next book on George's own personal three-book contract. This was in the<br>
1970s, when his novel The Death of Fox was a best-seller and a selection of<br>
the Book of the Month Club. George¹s publisher agreed to the deal. George's<br>
garage was filled with mail bins of Intro submissions for many years, and<br>
Intro gave many of our members their first boasting rights of national<br>
publication.<br>
<br>
A generous and industrious writer, teacher, and editor, George was a mentor<br>
and friend to many of AWP's most accomplished writers and teachers. It was<br>
due to George's generosity to the programs and writers of AWP that we<br>
created the George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in<br>
Literature in 2004.<br>
<br>
We begin accepting letters of nomination for George¹s namesake award on<br>
August 1st, and anyone may submit letters of nomination. The deadline for<br>
letters of nominations is September 15th.<br>
<br>
Complete guidelines and criteria for the award are available on both our<br>
public and members-only website.<br>
<br>
<br>
PRESIDENT¹S LETTER<br>
<br>
AWP¹s new President for 2008-2009, Ron Tanner, has published a letter to<br>
AWP¹s members. Go to AWP eLink > AWP News.<br>
<br>
<br>
STATISTICS ON MFA PROGRAMS<br>
<br>
We have compiled statistics gleaned from a survey of 142 MFA programs in<br>
creative writing: average faculty salaries, average number of TAs per<br>
program, financial aid averages, average class size, etc. Go to AWP eLink ><br>
Program Support > Surveys. Help us help you by responding promptly to our<br>
future surveys.<br>
<br>
<br>
AWP 2006-07 ANNUAL REPORT<br>
<br>
AWP¹S 2006-2007 Annual Report is now available in PDF format. Go to AWP<br>
eLink > AWP News.<br>
<br>
<br>
WRITERS' CONFERENCES & CENTERS<br>
<br>
Looking for a writer's conference, center, residency, or retreat to attend?<br>
The Writers¹ Conferences and Centers (WC&C) website, <a href="http://www.writersconf.org" target="_blank">www.writersconf.org</a>,<br>
provides information about the most established and respected writing<br>
organizations in North America and abroad. WC&C is a great resource for<br>
complete program descriptions, including information about application<br>
deadlines and procedures, conference faculty, locations, tuition,<br>
scholarships, and much more.<br>
<br>
<br>
Thank you for supporting AWP.<br>
<br>
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YOUR MEMBERSHIP EXPIRES ON: 9/1/2008<br>
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