LAST WEGO POST!!!

As the school year wraps up and WEGO is folding into GLO, this is my last post as coordinator. I'm going to try to change the URL right now to reflect the GLO name. (In other words, if you see or hear nothing more about this, I failed.) GLO's new coordinators Amber and Jennifer may feel inclined to post over the summer... or they'll enjoy the break like the rest of us and return in the fall. Stay tuned...

HAPPY SUMMER!!

Best,
Jessica
missjmachado@yahoo.com

Contests: The Writers Workshop (Deadlines vary)

The Writers Workshop in Asheville, NC is holding several contests:

19th Annual Poetry Contest

FIRST PRIZE: $300
SECOND PRIZE: $200
THIRD PRIZE: $100
Ten Honorable Mentions

Deadline (extended): postmarked by June 30th, 2008.

All work must be unpublished. Each poem should not exceed two pages.

Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, phone and title of work should appear on a separate cover sheet.

The entry fee is $20 (or $15 for Workshop members) for every 3 poems. All entries receive comments from the judges.

Enclose self-sealing SASE for comments and winners’ list, and mail to: Poetry Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with name of contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.


Hard Times Writing Contest

FIRST PRIZE: $300
SECOND PRIZE: $200
THIRD PRIZE: $100
Ten Honorable Mentions

Deadline: postmarked by July 31st, 2008.

Write about a difficult experience in your life, how you overcame this obstacle, and how you were changed by it. Winning stories will be chosen for originality and creative writing style.


2nd Annual Meet the Authors Writing Contest

E.L. DOCTOROW and PETER MATTHIESSEN in NY

FIRST PRIZE: $500, or an all-expenses-paid trip to meet the authors, Sept. 9-10
SECOND PRIZE: $300, or meet the authors. Accommodation provided.
THIRD PRIZE: $200, or meet the authors.
Ten Honorable Mentions

Contest winners are eligible for a free trip to New York to personally meet National Book Award-winning authors E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen. The winners will also receive autographed books by the authors - or, may opt for a combined $1,000 in cash prizes instead of the trip. In addition, ten Honorable Mentions will receive recognition.

Deadline: postmarked by August 5th, 2008.

Submit an unpublished story (fiction or creative non-fiction), of twenty-five pages or less. Pages should be paper clipped. Your name, address, email, phone and title of work should also appear on a cover sheet. Double-space; use 12 point font.

The entry fee is $25 per story, or $20 for Workshop members. Multiple entries are accepted. Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Do not use Fedex, certified mail, etc.

Please make check or money order payable to The Writers' Workshop, and mail to: Author's Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with "Author's Contest" in the subject. The entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.
Stories should be previously unpublished, and should not exceed 4,000 words (double-spaced, 12 point font). Multiple entries are accepted. Your name, address, phone and title of work should appear on a cover sheet.

Enclose a self-addressed, self-sealing stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, and the reading fee of $20 (or $15 for Workshop members) per entry.

Make check or money order payable to Writers' Workshop, and send to: Hard Times Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, N.C. 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with name of contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.

20th Annual Memoirs Competition

FIRST PRIZE: $300
SECOND PRIZE: $200
THIRD PRIZE: $100
Ten Honorable Mentions

Deadline: postmarked by November 30th, 2008.

Submit a memoir of 4,000 words or less. Multiple entries are accepted. All work must be unpublished.

Pages should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone and title of work on a separate cover sheet.

Double-space, and use 12 point font.

The entry fee is $20 per story, or $15 for Workshop members. Enclose legal size self-sealing SASE for critique and list of winners. Do not use Fedex, certified mail, etc.

Make check or money order payable to The Writers’ Workshop, and mail to: Memoir Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC 28805.

Electronic submission may be sent to WritersW@gmail.com, with name of contest in the subject. Entry fee is payable online.

Contest: Oregon Writers Colony (Deadline Aug. 15)

Oregon Writers Colony presents two contests:

Short Stories, Both True and Imagined & The Elizabeth Bolton Poetry Contest

Short Story Awards:
~ 1st/$200, 2nd/$100, 3rd/$50, 1st Honorable Mention/Certificate of Achievement.
~ Additional Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and on OWC website.
~ First place winners are featured on the cover of the Colonygram.

Poetry Awards:
~ 1st /$100, 2nd/ $ 50, 3rd/ $ 25, and Honorable Mentions credited in Colonygram and website.
~ First, Second and Third prize poems will be published in OWC Colonygram.

Short Story Contest Rules:
- Original, unpublished short story, fiction or nonfiction.
- Word limit: 2500 max.
- Fee per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member, $10 optional fee for judges' constructive critiques.
- Standard manuscript format (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12pt. Courier or Times Roman font)
- Title, word count and category (fiction, nonfiction) on first page.
- NO author name on story. This is an anonymous contest
- Multiple entries okay.
- One entry per submission packet

Poetry Contest Rules:
- Up to three poems per entry, any form or style, original and
unpublished.
- Fee per entry: $10/OWC member, $15/non-member
- NO author name on poems. This is an anonymous contest
- Multiple entries okay.
- One entry (up to three poems) per submission packet.

Include in Short Story submission packet:
Four stapled copies of one entry. (Keep originals; entries will not be returned.)
One business envelope -- labeled fiction or nonfiction -- with the following inside:
~Check for entry fee, can combine with optional critique fee.
~3x5 card (please no odd-sized cards) with 1. Category (fiction, nonfiction) 2. Your name, address, phone, email. 3. Entry title. 4. Specifically where you heard about this contest. 5. OWC Member or non-member. 6. Critique request if you included the optional critique fee.
SASP (Self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt/your piece of
mind)
# 10 SASE if you request judges' constructive critiques (mailed
to you in early Oct.)

Include in Poetry submission packet:
Two copies of each poem. (Keep originals; entries will not be returned.)
One business envelope with the following inside:
~Check for entry fee.
~3x5 card (please no odd-sized cards) with 1. Your name, address, phone, email. 2. Poem titles 3. Specifically where you heard about this contest. 4. Whether OWC Member or non-member.
SASP (Self-addressed stamped postcard for receipt/your piece of
mind)

Mailing address for both contests: OWC Contest, C. Lill Ahrens, 306 NW 32nd St., Corvallis, OR 97330.

From Debra Gwartney:

"I hope you'll all join me in thanking Jessica Machado for her
outstanding work as WEGO coordinator this year (the last WEGO
coordinator ever). She jumped through the bureaucratic hoops,
endured the "trainings" and meetings, slogged through the pages
of material, all in order to bring true financial vibrancy to
your organization. Those funds will allow you all to plan some
great events, readings, workshops, whatever next year--so get
involved! I'll also mention Jessica's excellent event planning
and her regular updates on the blog and other daily care-taking
of WEGO. Welcome to Amber, new coordinator of GLO, and a fond
thanks and farewell to Jessica." --co-advisor Debra Gwartney

Paul Collins Wins Outstanding Teaching Award!

Nonfiction professor Paul Collins was awarded the 2008 John Eliot Outstanding Teaching Award in Writing.

The John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award is given to exceptional professors in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who have demonstrated excellence in their teaching.

Everyone is invited to join in acknowledging the effort and commitment faculty members have placed into the well being of their students.

When: Friday, June 6th, 2008
Where: Smith Memorial Student Union, room 355
Time: 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Cost: Free

There will be a reception during the ceremony.

Free food will be available.

Please come show these exceptional individuals the acknowledgment and support they deserve.

Congrats Paul!

For a list of all the winners, click here.

Oregon Literary Fellowships (Deadline June 27)

Oregon Literary Fellowships provide financial support to writers and independent publishers in Oregon. The submission deadlines for 2008 is June 27, 2008. The minimum award amount is $2,500. Recipients will be announced in January, 2009.

Applications and guidelines are available at the Literary Arts web site, www.literary-arts.org, or by contacting Susan Denning at susan@literary-arts.org or 503-227-2583. Fellowships are awarded in poetry, fiction, literary nonfiction, drama and young readers literature. There is no charge to apply for an Oregon Literary Fellowship.

Since 1988, Literary Arts has awarded more than $500,000 in fellowships and grants to Oregon writers and publishers. With this support, many writers have completed works that have received Oregon Book Awards as well as national recognition. In 2007, Literary Arts established the Oregon Writers' Endowment-a new, permanent source of funds for writers that will allow the organization to distribute a significant amount of fellowships on an annual basis.

The Oregon Literary Fellowships program is sponsored by the C. Hamilton Bailey Endowment, Betty Bradshaw, Leslie Bradshaw Endowment, The Collins Foundation, John & Julie Dixon, Friends of the Lake Oswego Library/Booktique, Gray Family Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, Edna L. Holmes Fund of The Oregon Community Foundation, Jackson Foundation, The Ruth Manary Fund of The Samuel S. Johnson Foundation, Mancini Family, Maybelle Clark Macdonald Fund, Walt Morey Endowment, Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Writers' Endowment, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Ralph L. Smith Foundation, Rose E. Tucker Charitable Trust, U.S. Bank, Women Writers Fellowship Endowment and the Wyss Foundation.

End of the Year Writers' Potluck (June 8th)

Eat, drink, and be merry at the End of the Year Writers' Potluck!

Sunday, June 8th
4 pm
Crystal Root's house, NE PDX, Alberta Arts District

email Amber (our new GLO coordinator) for directions/carpooling/etc: amberbmn@gmail.com

Bring a dish or a drink! Kick back and have fun with the non-fiction, fiction, and poetry writers and faculty!

A hamburger/veggie burger bar will be provided by the hostesses!

Portland Review Release Party (Wed, June 11)

Come celebrate the spring release of PSU's literary journal, the Portland Review!

Wed, June 11
9 p.m.
Towne Lounge
714 SW 20th Place/Burnside
$3

With readings by local contributers and music by:
Moderstate
Jipeddo
Mr. Romo