New Creative Writing Listserv

The Dept. of Writing & Linguistics at Georgia Southern University has started a creative writing listserv to share announcements and information. We plan on opening this up to those within and beyond the department, including students, alumni, and members of the Statesboro community and beyond who might want to know about campus events, book reviews, author visits, opportunities for publication, and whatever else seems relevant to a general audience.If you are interested in subscribing to the list--and in inviting others to subscribe--please do! Just send an email to listserv@georgiasouthern.edu with the body of the message saying, "Subscribe crwrite-l (your name)" Note that as with many lists, that final character is a lower-case "l" and not an I or a 1. Once you are a list member, you may post whatever you'd like.

GSU Creative Writing Club

Next meeting is Tues., Oct. 24, 6-8 pm
Newton Building Room 1113
For more info., contact Faculty Adviser Peter Christopher, 681-5880
pchrstphr@georgiasouthern.edu

Barbadian writer Anthony Kellman, Oct. 18

The Department of Writing & Linguistics is proud to announce the visit by Barbadian writer Anthony Kellman, now a professor of creative writing at Augusta State University, to Georgia Southern. He holds a B.A. from the University of the West Indies and an M. F. A. from Louisiana State University. Prof. Kellman has published several volumes of poetry, two novels, and two music CDs. His poems have also appeared in the Heinemann Book of Caribbean Poetry and in numerous journals and other anthologies. He will read from his poetry and fiction and perform some of his music in the Barbadian Tuk style on Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 7:30pm in Lecture Hall 1004 in the IT building. The evening is co-sponsored by the Department of Literature and Philosophy and the Center for International Studies. All are invited to this event. There is no admission fee.

2007 Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship

2007 Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship
www.writermag.com
Award: $500 and a year's subscription to The Writer
Judges: The Writer editors
Deadline: March 1, 2007
The Sylvia K. Burack Award is a writing contest for full-time college students. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors.
Requirements: You must be 18 or older and a full-time undergraduate student at a university or college in the U.S. or Canada at the time of entry. The winner will be
asked to provide proof of enrollment.

Rules
1. Submit a 600- to 800-word personal essay in English on a topic you feel passionate about.
2. Include a cover page with the essay title and word count, as well as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Contact information must be valid in May 2007. Place only the title (not your name) at the top of each page of the essay. Entries must be typed and double-spaced on standard letter-size paper. Number each page. Paperclip the pages together.
3. The award is open to students in the U.S. and Canada enrolled full time in a college or university at the time of entry. (Do not send transcripts with entries.) Employees of Kalmbach Publishing Co. are not eligible to participate.
4. Only one entry per student will be accepted.
5. Send entries to: Sylvia K. Burack Award, The Writer, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612.
6. Entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2007.
7. Entries will not be returned. Do not send originals.
8. The winner will be announced in May 2007 and will receive $500.

Current Contests for Undergrads: Atlantic Monthly

The Atlantic Monthly invites submissions of poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays for its 2006 Student Writing Contest. Categories: Poetry, fiction, and personal or journalistic essays.
Prizes: First $1,000 | Second: $500 | Third: $250 and one-year subscriptions to The Atlantic Monthly for seven runners-up in each category.
ENTRANTS must be full-time undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled in an accredited degree-granting U.S. institution. Submissions should be original, unpublished work (they may have appeared in student periodicals) demonstrating superior quality of expression and craftsmanship.
SUBMISSIONS should not exceed three poems or 7,500 words of prose. No entrant may send more than one submission per category, and entries must be postmarked by December 1, 2006.
MANUSCRIPTS should be typewritten (one side only, please) double-spaced, and accompanied by a cover sheet with the following information: title, category, word count, author's name, address, phone number, e-mail address (if available), and academic institution. Of this information, only the title should appear on the manuscript itself.
PLEASE PROVIDE a stamped, self-addressed postcard for acknowledgement of receipt. We cannot provide information on the status of a manuscript until winners are announced, in the May 2007 issue. Winners will receive notification in March.
POSTMARK SUBMISSIONS BY DECEMBER 1, 2006, AND SEND TO:
Student Writing Contest
The Atlantic Monthly
The Watergate
600 New Hampshire Ave, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20037
Submissions will not be accepted via e-mail or fax.