This memorial award is intended to aid a young woman writer of 32 years or younger who both embodies Amanda's personal strengths—warmth, generosity, a passion for community—and who needs some time to finish a book in progress. The book in progress needn't be thematically or stylistically close to Amanda's work, but we would be lying if we said we weren't looking to support another writer of Amanda's outrageous lyricism and heart.
Requirements and Guidelines
Applicants should send a work in progress, between 5,000 and 40,000 words, and a statement of their financial situation. You may list any and all ridiculous jobs performed to facilitate your writing, and you may include two other short pieces, published or otherwise, which will be read if you feel they would help in the understanding of your work generally. The reading group will consist of McSweeney's editors and a handful of writers and readers close to Amanda.
The award of $2,500 will be given in one lump-sum grant, with no strings attached. The deadline is January 15, 2011 (postmarked). Winners will be notified by March 15, 2011. Send materials, with SASE, to:
The Amanda Davis Highwire Fiction Award
849 Valencia St., San Francisco, CA 94110
More information here.
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