Articles - Canadian Writers Grants en-us http://proofpositive.com N/A http://proofpositive.com editor@proofpositive.com 20 http://proofpositive.com/articles/372/1/Paterson-Poetry-Prize/Page1.html   Name Paterson Poetry Prize Description $1,000 award. A book of poems must be 48 pages or more and have a print run of 500 copies or more Passaic County Community College is a publicly supported two-year college offering associate in arts and associate in science degree programs that lead to transfer to four-year colleges. Offering associate in applied science degrees and certificates in career specializations, the College provides more than forty degree and certificate programs to over 5,000 students. Student activities, cultural programming, and intercollegiate athletics provide students with a variety of extracurricular experiences. Deadline February 1, 2006 URL http://www.pccc.edu/poetry/Prize/2005/2006_Paterson_Poetry_P.html Prize $1,000 info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/371/1/Orange-Prize-for-Fiction/Page1.html   Name Orange Prize for Fiction Description Arts Council England is providing ￡30,000 over three years (￡10,000 per year) for bursary awards for the winners of the Orange Award for New Writers. By offering a bursary to a novelist or short story writer for her first publication, the Arts Council is able to support the professional development of a writer at a crucial stage in her career. Deadline November 26 URL http://www.orangeprize.co.uk/news/index.html Prize ￡30,000 Eligibility By a woman of any nationality info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/369/1/Commonwealth-Writers-Prize/Page1.html   Name Commonwealth Writers' Prize Description The outstanding literary talent which exists in many parts of the Commonwealth is making a significant contribution to contemporary writing in English. To encourage and reward the upsurge of new Commonwealth fiction and ensure that works of merit reach a wider audience outside their country of origin, the Commonwealth Foundation established the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1987. Deadline 15 November 2006 URL http://www.commonwealthwriters.com/2006/index.html Prize ￡10,000 info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Thu, 09 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/364/1/Grant-MacEwan-Literary-Awards/Page1.html   Name Grant MacEwan Literary Awards Description Entries are now invited for the Grant MacEwan Author's Award. This award was created by the government of Alberta to honour the life and contributions of the late Dr. Grant MacEwan. Guidelines : http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/funding_partnerships/awards_scholarships/MacEwan/ YngWriter_ltr.pdf Deadline December 29, 2005. URL http://www.cd.gov.ab.ca/funding_partnerships/awards_scholarships/index.asp# Grant%20MacEwan Prize $25,000 Eligibility Open to residents of Alberta only info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/363/1/The-Kiriyama-Prize/Page1.html   Name The Kiriyama Prize Description The Kiriyama Prize was established in 1996 to recognize outstanding books about the Pacific Rim and South Asia that encourage greater mutual understanding of and among the peoples and nations of this vast and culturally diverse region. The Prize consists of a cash award of US $30,000, which is split equally between the fiction and nonfiction winners. Deadline October URL http://www.kiriyamaprize.org/ Prize $30,000 Eligibility Open to any writer info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/362/1/Governor-Generals-Literary-Awards/Page1.html   Name Governor General's Literary Awards Description The Governor General's Literary Awards are given annually to the best English-language and the best French-language book in each of the seven categories of Fiction, Literary Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Children's Literature (text), Children's Literature (illustration) and Translation (from French to English). Deadline - 15 March 2006. - 7 August 2006. URL http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggla/zu127826964756111003.htm Prize ＄15,000 Eligibility  Canada info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/361/1/Educators-Award/Page1.html   Name Educator's Award Description The Delta Kappa Gamma Society International maintains an Educator's Award Fund for the stimulation of educational research and writing. This award recognizes outstanding women authors whose work may influence the direction of thought and action necessary to meet the needs of today's complex society. The content must be of more than local interest with relationship, direct or implied, to education everywhere. Deadline February 1 URL http://www.deltakappagamma.org/International/whatwedo/educators_award/ Prize $1,500  info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/360/1/Annie-Dillard-Award-for-Creative-Nonfiction/Page1.html   Name Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction Description Born April 30, 1945, Annie Dillard is best known for her nature-themed writing. She has explored her past and present dealings with nature through poetry, essays and novels. Often compared to Thoreau and other transcendentalist writers, Deadline March 15, 2006 URL http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~bhreview/anniedillard.htm Prize $1,000 Eligibility Open to any writer info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/359/1/Dorothea-Lange-Paul-Taylor-documentary-prize/Page1.html   Name Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor documentary prize Description The year 2006 marks the sixteenth anniversary of the Dorothea Lange-Paul Taylor documentary prize, a $20,000 award given annually by the Center for Documentary Studies. First announced a year after the Center's founding at Duke University, the prize was created to encourage collaboration between documentary writers and photographers in the tradition of the acclaimed photographer Dorothea Lange and writer and social scientist Paul Taylor. In 1941 Lange and Taylor published An American Exodus, a book that renders human experience eloquently in text and images and remains a seminal work in documentary studies. The Lange-Taylor Prize honors their important collaborative work. Deadline All required materials must be submitted under one cover during the month of January and postmarked no later than January 31, 2006. URL http://cds.aas.duke.edu/l-t/index.html Prize The amount of the award is $10,000. info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600 http://proofpositive.com/articles/358/1/Independent-Publisher-Book-Awards/Page1.html   Name  Independent Publisher Book Awards Description Calling All Independent Authors and Publishers!  The 10th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards, conducted to honor the year's best independently published titles are accepting nominees for books with 2005 copyrights or that were released in 2005. This year we are offering 60 categories and best fiction and non-fiction awards in ten (10) new North American regions. Discounted pricing is available for a limited time. Enter today!  The Independent Publisher Book Awards (The IPPYs) are a broad-based, unaffiliated awards program open to all members of the independent publishing industry, and are open to authors and publishers who produce books intended for the North American market. Deadline All entries must be postmarked by April 1, 2006. URL http://www.independentpublisher.com/ipaward.lasso Eligibility Open to any published writer info@contestguru.com (Jeong Hee Yoo) Wed, 08 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0600