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Help me out here. How would you list the Daniel Pearl Award -- under D or under P, or both? At the moment I am going mostly with last names, but it doesn't feel right (if I were LOOKING, I would probably look under D). Whatever, do check out that award! AAAS Kavli Science Journalism Awards for outstanding reporting for a general audience, honoring individuals (rather than institutions, publishers or employers) for their coverage of the sciences, engineering and mathematics. Each category winner receives $3,000. Categories for U.S. submissions: U.S. submissions in the following categories: Large Newspaper, Small Newspaper, Magazine, Television:Spot News/Feature Reporting, Television:In-depth Reporting, Radio, and Online. international category for Children's Science News is open to journalists worldwide across all news media. International category for Children's Science News is open to journalists worldwide across all news media. Deadline Aug. 1, 2009.
AAAS Science Dance contest (best performance of a dissertation choreographed and set to music), link to 4 You-Tube videos of winners who best bridged art and science, dancing their PhD thesis
American Academy of Arts and Letters awards, including a variety of Academy Awards in Literature, many conveying both honor and $$.
ALA Awards (from the American Library Association) greatly influence library, school, and family purchases. They include:
• Margaret A. Edwards Award • William C. Morris YA Debut Award • Michael L. Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Literature • Schneider Family Book Award (to honor an author or illustrator for a book that embodies an artistic expression of the disability experience for child and adolescent audiences) • The Odyssey Awards (best audio book for children and/or young adults, in English, in U.S.) • YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults (Young Adult Library Services Association award) • Coretta Scott King Book Awards (to honor African American authors and illustrators who create outstanding books for children and young adults) • Alex Awards (for ten books written for adults that have special appeal to young adults, ages 12 through 18) • Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal Anthony Awards, presented at annual Bouchercon World Mystery Convention, for Best Novel, Best First Novel, Best Paperback Original, Best Short Story, Best Critical Work, special Services, and Website.
Espy Foundation Residencies for Poets and Writers (one-month residencies in March, June, and October to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Oysterville, Washington)
Glimmer Train Press holds contests for fiction, in these categories: Fiction Open, Family Matters, Very Short Fiction Award, Short Story award for new writers. Check the list of 25 winners and finalists for all Glimmer Train contests.
Indies Choice Book Awards (ICBA), chose by indie booksellers across U.S., in these categories: Best Indie Buzz Book (fiction), Best Conversation Starter (nonfiction), Best Author Discovery, Best Indie Young Adult Buzz Book (fiction), Best New Picture Book, Most Engaging Author.
MacDowell Colony residency fellowships (for residencies year-round, on a 450-acre estate in Peterborough, New Hampshire, of up to two months for emerging and professional artists in fields of architecture, film/video arts, interdisciplinary arts, literature, music composition, theatre, and visual arts). Go here for answers to frequently asked questions.
PEN Northwest Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency (a seven-month residency, stipend $5,000, in southwest Oregon's back country (competition open to poets, fiction writers, or creative nonfiction writers)
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting (Travel grants to cover hard costs associated with upcoming travel for an international reporting project. Our ideal project offers print, photography, radio, and video. Our definition of "crisis" is broad. We see great value in covering the too often under-reported systemic level crises, from environmental issues and struggles for resources or human rights abuses, to post-conflict reconstruction, or brewing ethnic tensions. We are interested in the stories that would typically not make the headlines without our support.) Check out Untold Stories: Dispatches from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
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