Press Release #10
SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUCES OLDER WRITERS GRANT WINNER
SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION
PO Box 1693, Dubuque, IA 52004-1693
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For Immediate Release: March 8, 2005
SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUCES OLDER WRITERS GRANT WINNER
The Speculative Literature Foundation (SLF) is delighted to announce
that its first annual Older Writers Grant is to be awarded to Andrea
Hairston. The $750 grant will be used to help Ms. Hairston in her
professional writing career. Honorable Mentions included Huey Alcaro,
Kathleen Camp, Robin Courtwright, Bruce Golden, and Elaine Sutherland.
These writers will receive a one year free membership to the
Speculative Literature Foundation, which offers many helpful resources
for speculative fiction writers.
The award is intended for writers of fifty years or older to assist
such writers who are just starting to work at a professional level.
The award was chosen by a jury consisting of M.J. Goodner, Sandra
Kasturi, and Sheree Thomas of the SLF on the basis of interest and
merit. Award Administrator Sandra noted they received over 70
applications. Sandra said "What made the winner stand out was good
writing, good characterization, an interesting idea, and a lack of
cliches. [Ms. Hairston] sent a novel excerpt, and I wanted to see how
everything turned out. I wanted to keep reading, and was disappointed
that I only had a short excerpt! To me, that's the mark of a really
good book."
The Older Writers Grant is generously sponsored in its entirety by Centric Advertising (http://www.centric.com/).
For more information and guidelines for the previous award, please click here.
Please direct any questions to Sandra Katsuri, Award Administrator, at olderwriters@speculativeliterature.org
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