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SEPTEMBER

McLean-Hunter Endowment Award for Nonfiction
PRISM International will award a $1,500 first prize for the best piece of literary nonfiction. Winning entry will be published in PRISM International and receive $20 per page compensation in addition to the prize and a one-year subscription to PRISM. Entries must be typed, double-spaced and no more than 25 pages. Entrant's full name, address, and title of the piece must appear on a separate cover page. The title of the piece should appear on each page, but the author's name should not. Entry fee $25 plus $5 for ach additional entry made payable to PRISM International. No simultaneous submissions. Contest not open to students or instructors in the Creative Writing Program at University of British Columbia. Send entries postmarked by Sept. 30 to: PRISM International Literary Non-Fiction Contest, Creative Writing Program, University of British Columbia, Buch E 462, 1866 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z1. For more details, visit: http://www.arts.ubc.ca/prism.
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OCTOBER

El Andar Prize for Literary Excellence II
Up to 4,000 words of creative nonfiction. Submissions may be in English or Spanish and should relate to Latino life and experiences. Only previously unpublished work considered. Include a separate cover letter with name, titles of entries, desired categories of submissions, address and telephone number of the author and biographical information. Do not include name on manuscript since judging is blind. First place prize is $1,000, second place prize is $200. Submissions should also be delivered on diskette in MS Word, if possible. If sending only manuscripts please submit TWO copies. Entry fee $15. Deadline Oct. 31. Send entries to: Literary Award, El Andar Publications, P.O. Box 7745, Santa Cruz, CA 95061. Visit http://www.elandar.com for more details.
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Eleventh Annual Missouri Review Editors' Essay Prize
U$1,500 Prize for up to 25 typed, double spaced pages. $15 entry fee made payable to The Missouri Review. Entry fee includes a one-year subscription to Missouri Review. One winner and three finalists chosen. Finalists receive minimum of $100 or consideration for publication at regular rates. Include an index card with author's name, address and telephone number in upper left corner and title of piece in center. Also include this information on the first page of the submission. Send entries by Oct. 15 to: Missouri Review Editors' Prize, 1507 Hillcrest Hall, UMC, Columbia, MO 65211. Outside of the envelope must be marked "Essay."
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Langston Hughes Centennial Conference Call for Papers
UThe Department of English at Missouri Southern State College invites papers for the Langston Hughes Centennial Conference to be held Jan. 31 - Feb. 2, 2002 in Joplin, Missouri, Hughes' birthplace. Paper proposals on any aspect of Hughes' life and legacy will be considered, but suggested topics include: Multiculturalism/the canon, Jazz and the Blues, The Harlem Renaissance, Oral Traditions, McCarthyism, Africa, The New Negro, America, Modernism, Expatriation/Exile, Communism, Children's Literature and Contemporary Literature. Send typed, double-spaced proposals of no more than 500 words by Oct. 12 to: Bryan Vescio, Missouri Southern State College, 3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801.