News from Jeanne Rogers of Wyoming Writers, Inc.:
Because of the nature of the Wyoming Writers, Inc., organization this year, the deadline for the WWI awards and the submission process have been modified for this year only. The awards affected are: Western Horizon Award, Milestone Award, the Arizola Magnenat Award, and the Emmie Mygatt Award.
Submissions for the Western Horizon Award and the Milestone Award will be accepted through May 31 for submissions emailed, phoned in, or given to me in person. I’ll be in Thermopolis by Thursday afternoon, May 31, to attend the annual WWI conference, and will take submissions until the end of the day (I’m assuming the person submitting would be attending the conference and awards banquet).
If you mail a submission, please postmark by May 25 to ensure its delivery to me by the end of May. To email your submission, put the award name in the subject line, and either attach your submission document, or paste the information into the body of the email.
These two awards are open to current members of Wyoming Writers, Inc., and each award may have multiple recipients, as they were designed to honor achievement within our membership. These two awards are non-competitive; any submission that meets the criteria will receive recognition. Since the Western Horizon Award and the Milestone Award are for recognition of an individual’s achievement, these are submissions and not nominations, and as such, are made by the individual writer. Please encourage those members whose work qualifies to submit their information.
The Western Horizon Award recognizes a writer’s first major work published between May 2006 and May 1, 2007. For a first book, include the title, ISBN, the publisher, and publication date. (The book must have an ISBN to qualify for this award.) For a first article/story/essay/poem in a major publication, include the title of the work, the name of the periodical, and date of publication. The periodical must be national or literary, and have a subscriber base.
The Milestone Award recognizes published writers for ongoing achievements in their writing careers. Submissions should succinctly express the breadth and depth of your writing career thus far.
For the following two awards, the Emmie Mygatt Award and the Arizola Magnenat Award, the recipients (one each) are chosen by the WWI Awards Committee from nominations by the current membership of WWI. I would need to notify the recipients at least two weeks prior to the awards banquet, which doesn’t leave much time for nominations. Emailing or calling with a nomination for these awards would be best this year.
The Arizola Magnenat Award is given to any adult, organization, business, or other entity that has provided special encouragement and motivation to writers. A nominee for this award does not have to be a member of WWI.
The Emmie Mygatt Award is given to a WWI member for outstanding service to the organization, in honor and memory of one of WWI’s founders. Past recipients and the outgoing president of WWI are not eligible for this award.
Send your submissions or nominations to: Jeanne Rogers, P. O. Box 501, Sundance, WY 82729-0501, jrogers@collinscom.net, (307) 283-2125 or (307) 290-0797. Awards will be presented at the Saturday night banquet June 2, 2007, at the annual WWI conference being held this year in Thermopolis, WY.
