Revision Strategies: From Personal Narrative to Op-Ed
The author of Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America (Little A, 2021) offers advice on how to make a personal narrative resonate with the wider world.
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Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writer-in-Residence Program
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center at Arkansas State University offers a monthlong residency in June to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in Piggott, Arkansas. Residents are provided with a loft apartment on the downtown square in Piggott, a $1,000 stipend to help cover food and transportation costs, and the opportunity to write in the studio where Ernest Hemingway worked on A Farewell to Arms in 1928.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
June 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
February 28, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
December 18, 2024
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writer-in-Residence Program, 1913 Museum Row, Piggott, AR 72454. (870) 598-3487. Adam Long, Executive Director.
Adam Long
Executive Director
Contact City:
Piggott
Contact State:
AR
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
72454
Country:
US
Pardon Me
The act of presidential pardons is in the news again, and not just for pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys. Public interest in this presidential power granted by the U.S. Constitution, and inspired by an early English law granting kings “the prerogative of mercy,” has peaked due to the sitting president’s recent decision to pardon his son. If you had the power to pardon someone you love for their offenses, would you? Write a personal essay revolving around this thought experiment, reflecting on your own ideas about forgiveness, punishment, and justice. Choose someone you have had a close relationship with at some point in your life as the subject of your pardon, and feel free to openly interpret what constitutes an offense. Imagine how this act of mercy and power could transform both of your lives.
Literary Arts Fellowships
Alabama State Council on the Arts
Entry Fee:
$0
Deadline:
March 1, 2025
At least two fellowships of $5,000 each are given annually to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who are legal residents of Alabama and have lived in the state for a minimum of two years. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 20 pages of poetry or prose and a résumé including a list of publications by March 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Emerging Voices Fellowship
PEN America
Entry Fee:
$25
Deadline:
January 31, 2025
Nine fellowships of $1,500 each and participation in a virtual five-month mentorship program, which includes one-on-one mentorship with an established writer; introductions to editors, agents, and publishers; a professional headshot; and a one-year PEN America membership, are given annually to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers “from communities that are traditionally underrepresented in the publishing world.” Fellows also participate in workshops on editing, marketing, and building a professional platform. Writers who have not yet published a book and who do not hold an advanced degree in creative writing are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 10 pages of poetry or 15 pages of prose, a series of personal statements, a curriculum vitae, and contact information for at least one reference with a $25 entry fee by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Note: This listing has been updated to include information provided by the sponsoring organization after the issue went to press.
Norbert Blei/August Derleth Nonfiction Book Award
Arts Literature Laboratory
Entry Fee:
$30
Deadline:
January 31, 2025
A prize of $1,000 is given annually for a book of nonfiction, including creative nonfiction, by a writer who is a resident of Wisconsin (or who has previously resided in Wisconsin for at least five years) published in the previous year. The winner will also receive a five-day stay at Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts. Submit a copy of a book of any length published in 2024 with a $30 entry fee ($20 for Arts + Literature Laboratory members) by January 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Women’s Prose Prize
Red Hen Press
Entry Fee:
$25
Deadline:
February 28, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Red Hen Press is given annually for a book of fiction or nonfiction by a writer who identifies as a woman. Alyssa Graybeal will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a story collection, essay collection, novel, memoir, or other manuscript of prose of 25,000 to 80,000 words with a $25 entry fee by February 28. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Award Series
Association of Writers & Writing Programs
Entry Fee:
$30
Deadline:
February 28, 2025
Three prizes of $5,500 each and publication by a participating press are given annually for a poetry collection, a short story collection, and a novel. A prize of $2,500 and publication by a participating press is also given annually for an essay collection or a memoir. For the Donald Hall Prize for Poetry, submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages. For the Grace Paley Prize for Short Fiction, submit a manuscript of 150 to 300 pages. For the James Alan McPherson Prize for the Novel, submit a manuscript of 60,000 to 110,000 words. For the Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction, submit a manuscript of 150 to 300 pages. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript with a $30 entry fee ($20 for AWP members) by February 28. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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Morton, McCarthy, and Sarabande Prizes
Sarabande Books
Entry Fee:
$34
Deadline:
February 15, 2025
Three prizes of $2,000 each and publication by Sarabande Books are given annually for a poetry collection, a work of fiction, and an essay collection. For the Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry, using only the online submission system, submit a poetry collection of at least 48 pages with a $34 entry fee by February 15. Diane Seuss will judge. For the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction, using only the online submission system, submit a collection of stories or novellas or a short novel of 150 to 250 pages with a $34 entry fee by February 15. Ed Park will judge. For the Sarabande Prize in the Essay, using only the online submission system, submit an essay collection of 150 to 250 pages with a $34 entry fee by February 15. Leslie Jamison will judge. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Calibre Essay Prize
Australian Book Review
Entry Fee:
$19
Deadline:
January 28, 2025
A prize of $5,000 AUD (approximately $3,236) is given annually for an essay. A second-place prize of $3,000 AUD (approximately $1,942) and a third-place prize of $2,000 AUD (approximately $1,294) are also awarded. The winners are published in Australian Book Review. Using only the online submission system, submit an essay of 2,000 to 5,000 words with an entry fee of $30 AUD (approximately $19), or $20 AUD (approximately $13) for ABR subscribers, by January 28. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
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