[EDLING:2312] 2007 ETHNOGRAPHIC POETRY & FICTION COMPETITIONS

[Misha Cahnmann Taylor]

    SOCIETY FOR HUMANISTIC ANTHROPOLOGY
    2007 ETHNOGRAPHIC POETRY & FICTION COMPETITIONS

    Details below


THE 2007  ETHNOGRAPHIC POETRY COMPETITION*

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual poetry
competition as a means to encourage scholars to use alternative
literary genres to explore anthropological concerns.  These concerns may
be any of those associated with the fields of  anthropology:
Archaeological, Biological, Linguistic, Sociocultural  and Applied.

Winning entries and honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual
meeting of the American Anthropological Association in fall  2007, and
will be published in the Society's journal, Anthropology  and
Humanism.  The winner(s) will receive an award of $100.  All entries
will be considered for publication in the journal.

There is no entry fee for members of the American Anthropological
Association.  If you are not a member, there is a $10 fee.

Judges will be:

    * Misha Cahnmann Taylor cahnmann at uga.edu, Department of Language and
    * Literacy Education, University of Georgia.
    * Kent Maynard maynard at denison.edu, Department of Anthropology, 
      Denison
    * University
    * Dorine Preston dopresto at uga.edu, Department of English, University of
    * Georgia



Submissions must be unpublished and include: a) *one copy of a cover
letter *with home and institutional addresses & a short bio, b) * three
copies of no more than three poems* of any length totaling no  more than
10 pages in all (please do not include your name/address  on the poems,
c) a *self-addressed stamped envelope* for contest  results, to be
posted by the end of May 2007, and d) *proof of AAA membership or a $10
check *made to the Society for Humanistic Anthropology. Send unpublished
poems only.  Complete submissions must be postmarked by *March 10, 2007* 
to:

    Dr. Misha Cahnmann Taylor
    Department of Language and Literacy Education
    125 Aderhold Hall
    Athens, GA 30602
    (off.) 583-8127
    email: cahnmann at uga.edu


Electronic or faxed submissions will not be accepted except by  request
from ethnographic poets working outside the U.S. and Canada.


THE 2007 ETHNOGRAPHIC FICTION COMPETITION

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual fiction 
competition to encourage anthropologists to use alternative literary 
genres to explore anthropological concerns.  These concerns may be any 
of those associated with the four fields of anthropology.

Stories should not exceed 20 pages typed double-spaced.  There is a 
limit of one story for each submission.  Three hard copies per entry 
should be submitted.

Winning entries and honorable mentions will be recognized at the annual 
meeting of the American Anthropological Association in San Jose, CA in 
November 2006.  The winning story will be published in the Society's 
journal, Anthropology and Humanism.  The winner(s) will receive a cash 
award of $100.
******There is no entry fee to enter this competition.

The judging committee consists of: Ayala Emmett (chair), Ruth Behar and 
Judy Labensohn.
Submissions and queries should be sent to:
Ayala Emmett
Associate Professor
Department of Anthropology
University of Rochester
P.O. Box 270161
Rochester, NY  14627                  Phone: (585) 275-8736
e-mail: aemt at mail.rochester.edu
The deadline for RECEIPT of submissions is June 1, 2007.


-- 
Misha Cahnmann Taylor, Assistant Professor
Language and Literacy Education
125 Aderhold Hall
College of Education, UGA
Athens, GA 30602
(706) 583-8127
cahnmann at uga.edu 

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