[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: Nimrod Writing Awards

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From: Maurya Simon [mailto:maurya.simon at ucr.edu] 
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 1:46 PM
To: Amanda Labagnara
Subject: Fwd: Nimrod Writing Awards



Hi Amanda,


Please forward this announcement to everyone.  Thanks, Maurya




Dear Writer,
 It's time to enter the Nimrod/Hardman Awards competition for two annual
awards given by Nimrod International Journal, deadline April 30, 2006.
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.  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. 

 
I have included the Awards rules in this e-mail.  Please contact us if
you have any questions, or visit our website-
<http://www.utulsa.edu/nimrod> www.utulsa.edu/nimrod-to learn more about
Nimrod.  Also, feel free to share this information with any writing
friends or groups.  I hope to see your submission soon!

 
Best,

 
Eilis O'Neal
Managing Editor

 

 

 


The 28th Nimrod/Hardman Awards


The Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction &


The Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry



 

FIRST PLACE: $2,000 AND PUBLICATION


SECOND PLACE: $1,000 AND PUBLICATION



 

Contest Rules


Postmark Deadline: APRIL 30, 2006 


Poetry: 1,900 words maximum, 500 words minimum (about 3-10 pages); one
long poem or several poems. 


Fiction: 7,500 words maximum.



 

No previously published works or works accepted for publication
elsewhere.  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.  Nimrod 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
Nimrod's web site.



 

Entry/Subscription Fee: $20 includes both processing fee of $2.50 & a
one-year subscription.  Make checks payable to:



 

NIMROD


Literary Contest--Fiction or Poetry


The University of Tulsa, 600 S. College


Tulsa, OK  74104


(918) 631-3080


www.utulsa.edu/nimrod


nimrod at utulsa.edu


 
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Maurya Simon

Professor 
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

FAX: (951) 827-3619 


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