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Audre Lorde Creative Writing Award


The Audre Lorde Creative Writing Award was established in 1993 to honor the late poet Audre Lorde, who died of breast cancer in 1992. She was the author of many books, including Zami: a new way of spelling my name, The Cancer Journals, Chosen: Poems Old and New, and The Marvelous Arithmetic of Distance. Ms. Lorde's Collected Poems were published by W.W. Norton in 1997. Her activism as a lesbian woman of color remained a driving force behind much of her writing, both prose and poetry.



Guidelines

Submissions are due November 1, 2007

The Audre Lorde Creative Writing Prize for 2007 will be given to a student writer currently enrolled at San Francisco State University whose work, in its artistry, expresses a social conscience.

The award will be given for a work of POETRY and will include a cash prize.

Eligible students should submit a manuscript of no more than 10 pages. The author's name should not appear on any of the pages. Cover letter should include the author's SFSU status, name, address, and contact information, and the name (or first line) of each poem submitted. Manuscripts will not be returned.

Address submissions to:

The Poetry Center/SFSU
Audre Lorde Creative Writing Award
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco CA 94132

Note: This Prize is coordinated with financial aid awards and handled by the San Francisco State University Financial Aid Office.



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