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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">The Department of Creative Writing announces two fellowship awards to the Community of Writers workshops in Squaw Valley, California.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span style="color: black; "><b><span style="mso-tab-count:1"> · </span></b></span><span style="color: black; ">One fellowship will be awarded in poetry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span>These awards will cover the expense of conference tuition and housing expenses for the weeklong conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Please note: Recipients of these fellowships will be responsible for their own travel expenses.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">These awards are only available to graduating second- and third-year MFA students.<o:p></o:p></font></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Submission Requirements<o:p></o:p></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Submissions should be unpublished work and must also include a cover sheet with the following contact information: home address, a telephone number, and email address.<o:p></o:p></font></span></p>
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</span>Please submit two hard copies of the submission, adhering to the following guidelines:
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</span>Poetry</b></span><span style="color: black; ">: Submissions should consist of four or five stapled pages of recent poems, typed in twelve-point Times New Roman.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Your name should appear in the upper right-hand corner of each page.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
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</span><b>Fiction</b></span><span style="color: black; ">: Submissions may consist of a story or two or a novel chapter or chapters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Novel chapters should be accompanied by a synopsis of the novel.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Submissions should be typed in double-spaced twelve-point Times New Roman.<span style="mso-spacerun:
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</span>They should not exceed 5,000 words. Your name should also appear in the upper right-hand corner of each page.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Additional Requirements<o:p></o:p></font></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Applicants must be able to attend the entire conference. The poetry conference will be held from Saturday, June 23rd to Saturday the 30th, 2012; the fiction conference
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</span>More information about the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley can be found at:
<a href="http://www.squawvalleywriters.org/"><span style="color:black">www.squawvalleywriters.org</span></a><b>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Kindly submit entries to Michael Jayme by 3:00 P.M. on Wednesday, March 14th, 2012.</font></b></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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