Saturday, November 25, 2006

Announcement: Donald Murray Prize

THE DONALD MURRAY PRIZE

The Special Interest Group on Creative Nonfiction (a subsidiary group of the Conference on College Composition and Communication) solicits nominations for the DONALD MURRAY PRIZE. This prize will go to the author of the best essay/work of creative nonfiction on the subjects of teaching and/or writing published in the year.

The Donald Murray Prize is generously sponsored by Thomson/Wadsworth Publishing, who will provide an honorarium of $500.00 to the winner. The judges this year will be Lynn Bloom, Rebecca Faery, and Doug Hesse.

Authors, editors, and readers are asked to nominate essays/creative nonfiction on writing and/or teaching that were published between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006. Send four copies of each work to The Donald Murray Prize, University Writing Program, One Shields Avenue, UC Davis, Davis CA 95616. Also provide publication information, including the date of publication.

The deadline for submissions is January 15, 2007. The winner will be announced at the 2007 CCCC convention in New York.

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