Deadline: 1st May 2024
Applications are now open for the Waterston Desert Writing Prize 2024 . The Waterston Desert Writing Prize was created in 2014, inspired by author and poet Ellen Waterston's love of the High Desert, a region that has been her muse for over 40 years. The Prize provides financial and other support to writers whose work reflects a similar connection to the desert, recognising the vital role that deserts play around the world in the ecosystem and in human storytelling.
In celebration of the Prize's tenth anniversary, the 2024 guest juror will be actor and producer Sam Waterston, who funded the original donation that launched the Prize. The ceremony's keynote speaker will be Tucker Malarkey, a national bestselling author. Malarkey's most recent book, Stronghold: One Man's Quest to Save the World's Wild Salmon , chronicles a conservationist's journey to save the world's remaining wild salmon.
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Prize
- In 2024, the award will recognise the winner with a cash prize of US$ 3,000 and a reading and reception at the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon, on 26 September 2024.
Eligibility
- Open to non-fiction writers who illustrate artistic excellence, sensitivity to place and literacy in the desert, with the desert as their theme and setting.
- The prize supports writers of literary non-fiction who are completing, proposing or considering the creation of a book-length manuscript. It is recommended that the writing sample submitted be part of the proposed project or faithfully represent it in content and style.
Application
Step 1. Fill in the online enrolment form . This form is the only information identifying the location (your name, address, e-mail address) that should appear.
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Stage 2. Press ONE Word (.doc or .docx) or PDF file. Combine the three parts of the application described below into one document and do not put your name or other identifying information on any page of the document.
- Biographical statement :
One double-spaced page, size 12 and one-inch margins. Do not disclose your identity in this information. CVs or curriculum vitae will not be accepted. Provide a brief narrative summarising:- Your educational, professional, publishing and writing experience
- How the Waterston Desert Writing Prize will benefit your work
- His commitment to making a significant contribution to the body of desert literature
- Proposal Title and Description : No more than one double-spaced page, size 12 and one-inch margins. The description should include:
- Proposal title
- Brief description of the project
- Desert sites included in the project's research
- Brief description of how the project will contribute to desert literature and expand knowledge about deserts
NOTE: No budget required
- Writing sample : No more than 10 double-spaced pages, 12-point type and one-inch margins. Please consider:
- Writing samples that belong to other genres, such as poetry, fiction or youth literature, will be disqualified.
- Writing samples can be published material or unpublished drafts.
- You must be the sole author and have full ownership of the work.
- Any extra materials included in the proposal and not requested in these guidelines will not be reviewed.
Step 3. Send your materials. All entries must be sent via Submittable. Please note that incomplete and late submissions will not be analysed. The deadline is 23:59 on Wednesday 1 May 2024.
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