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Literary Arts congratulates the recipients of the 2006 Oregon Literary Fellowships.
Out-of-state judges selected 13 writers and six publishers to receive grants ranging from $500 to $3,000. A reception in March 2007 will honor this year’s recipients.
Applications for the 2007 Oregon Literary Fellowships will be available on February 1, 2007.
Fellowships to Writers
These fellowships help writers with funds to initiate, develop or complete projects in the genres of poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature.
Poetry:
•Regina Godfrey (Portland), The C. Hamilton Bailey Fellowship
•Kathleen Halme (Portland), The Walt Morey Fellowship
Fiction:
•Tina Boscha (Brownsville), The Leslie Bradshaw Fellowship
•Miriam Gershow (Eugene)
•Peter Brown Hoffmeister (Eugene)
Nonfiction:
•Angie Chuang (Portland), Friends of the Lake Oswego Library William Stafford Fellowship
•antoinette nora claypoole (Ashland)
•William George (Portland)
Drama:
•Sharon Sassone (Portland)
Young Readers Literature:
•Elizabeth Rusch (Portland) The Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature
•Beth Ann Wagner (Portland)
Special Fellowships for Women Writers
The Women Writers Fellowship is a limited, special fund, endowed by the Ralph L. Smith Foundation and administered by Literary Arts, for women writers living in Oregon. Of special interest to the grantmakers are perspectives that are traditionally not well represented, including those exploring experiences of ethnicity, class, physical disability or sexual orientation.
•Shannon Brazil (Portland), drama
•Ingrid Wendt (Eugene), poetry
Fellowships to Publishers
Presses and magazines that demonstrate a commitment to literary publishing receive this fellowship.
• CALYX Journal, editor Margarita Donnelly (Corvallis)
• Chiasmus, editor Andy Mingo (Portland)
• Hawthorne Books, editor Rhonda Hughes (Portland)
• Poetry Northwest, editor David Biespiel (Portland)
• Rain Magazine, editor Nancy Cook (Astoria)
• Wordcraft of Oregon, editor David Memmott (La Grande)
2006 Fellowship Judges
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