storySouth News http://www.storysouth.com/news/ en Copyright 2007 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:46:14 -0600 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=3.2 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Preliminary judges sought for Million Writers Award As we gear up for the 2008 Million Writers Award, which will kick off in February, we are now accepting applications for preliminary judges. These judges will help screen the nominations and select the list of notable stories of the year. To apply, e-mail me your writing and/or editing experience and why you think you'd make a good preliminary judge. My contact info is on the editors' page.

]]> http://www.storysouth.com/news/2007/11/preliminary_judges_sought_for.html http://www.storysouth.com/news/2007/11/preliminary_judges_sought_for.html Million Writers Award Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:46:14 -0600 Deep South Writers Festival seeks submissions The Fall 2007 Deep South Festival  of Writers seeks fiction, non-fiction, drama and poetry submissions  related to geographic displacement, trauma, nostalgia and loss. While we are especially interested in works exploring the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, submissions may interpret the concept  of displacement broadly.

Fiction, non-fiction and drama  submissions should be 8-14 pages. Poetry submissions should be no more than 5 pages. Please submit the entire manuscript to be presented.

Conference Dates:  November  1 - 4, 2007

Submission Deadline: September  15, 2007

A hard copy of the submissions should be sent to:

The Deep South Festival of Writers

c/o Dayana Stetco, Director of Creative Writing
Department of English
University of Louisiana Lafayette

P.O. Box 44691
Lafayette, LA 70504-4691

For more information, please see the website:
http://english.louisiana.edu/deep-south/DeepSouth.html

One of the oldest literary conferences in the country, the Deep South Festival of Writers is an  annual event run by the Creative Writing Program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.  The festival encourages innovative cultural  exchange by providing panel discussions, performances, readings and  craft lectures by prominent artists and writers from across the nation. This year's featured writers include Mary Gaitskill, Rikki Ducornet  and Ernest Gaines.

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