by Jennifer McCollum, Ph.D.
Public Relations Officer
North Carolina Humanities Council
Greensboro — The North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, invites original entries of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry for the 2010 Linda Flowers Literary Award. The postmark deadline for submissions is August 15, 2010.
The Linda Flowers Literary Award is given annually by the North Carolina Humanities Council for unpublished writing that portrays North Carolina, its people, and cultures. While authors do not have to be North Carolinians, entries are expected to draw on North Carolina connections and/or memories.
The North Carolina Humanities Council will award the author of the wining entry a cash prize of $500, publication in the Humanities Council’s biannual magazine North Carolina Conversations, and support towards a writer’s residency at Weymouth Center for the Arts and Humanities.
There is no entry fee. Entries should be no longer than 2,500 words and five copies of an entry should be submitted. For a complete description and full submission guidelines for the Linda Flowers Literary Award, visit the North Carolina Humanities Council website at www.nchumanities.org.
Entries should be mailed to the North Carolina Humanities Council, Attention: Dr. Shelley Crisp, Executive Director, 122 N. Elm Street, Suite 601, Greensboro, NC, 27401. Questions about the Linda Flowers Literary Award may be directed to Dr. Crisp at scrisp@nchumanities.org or (336) 334-5383.
The North Carolina Humanities Council is a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The Humanities Council supports through grants and public programs vital conversations that nurture the cultures and heritage of North Carolina. In addition to grants and publications, the Council offers the Teachers Institute, a free professional education development program for NC’s K-12 public school teachers; Road Scholars, a speakers bureau bringing scholars and NC communities together to explore issues in the public humanities; Let’s Talk About It, a library discussion series of literature and film in partnership with the North Carolina Center for the Book; Museum on Main Street (MoMS), a traveling exhibition in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution and rural NC towns statewide; NC Roadwork, an initiative encouraging the examination of local NC history related to routes of human passage; and Literature and Medicine, a scholar-facilitated book discussion group for hospital staff to reflect on the larger mission of medicine. Learn more about the work of the North Carolina Humanities Council at www.nchumanities.org.