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Deadlines coming up for Woolf-inspired prizes

Posted in A Room of Her Own Foundation, tagged , on Sunday 24 June 2012| Leave a Comment »

A Room of Her Own, a foundation for women writers and artists, has several prize deadlines coming up, along with a one-day conference. They include:
The foundation and its awards are inspired by Virginia Woolf, and this Woolf quote appears prominently on the foundation’s website:

Women have sat indoors all these millions of years, so that by this time the very walls are permeated by their creative force, which has, indeed, so overcharged the capacity of bricks and mortar that it must needs harness itself to pens and brushes and business and politics.

Intellectual freedom depends on material things. Poetry depends upon intellectual freedom, and women have always been poor, not for two hundred years, but from the beginning of time … That is why I have laid so much stress on money and a room of one’s own.
Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, 1929

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AROHO writing contest deadlines approach

Posted in A Room of Her Own Foundation, awards, tagged , , on Friday 1 July 2011| Leave a Comment »

A Room of Her Own Foundation has two writing competition deadlines coming up. They are:

  • Orlando Prize deadline is July 31. Awards are given for unpublished poetry, short fiction, flash fiction and nonfiction. A $1,000 prize is awarded in each category, along with publication of the work.
  • To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize postmark deadline is Aug. 31. The award is given for the best unpublished poetry by a woman. The winner receives $1,000 and publication with the Red Hen Press.

The foundation is dedicated to furthering the vision of Virginia Woolf and bridging the gap between a woman’s economic reality and her artistic creation by offering generous financial support to women of diverse artistic expression.

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A Room of Her Own deadlines for women writers

Posted in A Room of Her Own Foundation, awards, tagged on Wednesday 19 January 2011| Leave a Comment »

The deadline for the A Room of Her Own foundation’s $1,000 Orlando Prize is Jan. 31.

The foundation, for women writers and artists, will award its To the Lighthouse Poetry Publication Prize for the best, unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Apply here by Aug. 31. The 2010 winner was Carolyn Guinzio for her volume E.

The deadline to apply for the A Room of Her Own 2011 Retreat is March 1.

AROHO is a nonprofit institution working on behalf of women writers. The $50,000 Gift of Freedom Award is given every two years and is the largest grant of its kind to women in the United States.

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Room of Her Own announces deadlines

Posted in A Room of Her Own Foundation, tagged on Thursday 1 July 2010| Leave a Comment »

A Room of Her Own Foundation has announced two competition deadlines for women writers

In addition, the foundation’s 2011 retreat for women writers is scheduled for Aug. 8-14, with Marilynne Robinson as the featured guest for the week. Additional information and the online application will be on the website Aug. 1. The application deadline is March 1, 2011.

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Deadline for Orlando Prize is Sunday

Posted in A Room of Her Own Foundation, Orlando, tagged , on Thursday 25 February 2010| Leave a Comment »

The deadline for the A Room of Her Own Foundation‘s Spring 2010 Orlando Prize is Feb. 28.

Four $1,000 Orlando Prizes for Creative Nonfiction, Short Fiction, Poetry, and Sudden Fiction will be awarded.

The competition is open to women of all nationalities. All applications must be written in English and submitted online. Winners will be announced April 15.

Since its beginning, A Room Of Her Own Foundation has expended $603,204 on behalf of creative women through its $50,000 Gift of Freedom awards, scholarships, retreats, day conferences, public readings, the AROHO Book Club, and its customized Web-based resource center.

AROHO has hosted more than 250 women writers at retreats that feature a world-class faculty, and has sponsored approximately $50,000 in scholarships for women writers to attend its retreats as well as other intensive writing programs.

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