Eve Claxton, author of The Book of Life (Edbury Press, 2005), a collection of the best-written memoir and autobiography throughout history, shares her top 10 with Guardian.co.uk. Check these out at Top Ten Memoirs and Autobiographies.
London-born Eve Claxton studied literature at Manchester University before moving to New York in 1995. She has written for many publications in the U.S. and abroad, and is the author of The Book of Life as well as two guidebooks to New York. She lives in Brooklyn.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Friday, July 18, 2008
First Person Impressions Competitions: Deadline August 15, 2008
First Person Impressions: A National competition for Memoir and Documentary Writers, Filmmakers and Photographers.
Each day countless stories unfold. Take a real life experience of your own and tell it in a way that only you can. Craft your story with words, photos or video. Make the ordinary magical, or the exotic familiar. Shock us, amaze us or make us pause to reflect. The only rule is that it’s real.
All entries must be new works that have not previously been published, exhibited or screened, including on the Internet.
Categories
Film – up to 5 minutes
Essay – 1500 words or less
Photography – up to 5 images. Single images are welcome; multiple images must be related, as in a photo essay.
Prizes
The top three winning entries in each category will be presented at the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, November 12-16, 2008.
$500 – 1st place category winners
$100 – 2nd place category winners
$50 – 3rd place category winners
The 1st place writing and photography winners will have their work published in various publications including the Philadelphia City Paper. For a complete listing of publications go to impressions.firstpersonarts.org. The top five entries in each category will be featured on firstpersonarts.org
Judges
Documentary Video
Steven Rea, Film Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer
Samuel Adams, Contributing Editor, Philadelphia City Paper
Ron Kanter, Emmy Award-winning director of New Cops, Acting Out, Life and Death – Dawson, Georgia
Photography
Katherine Ware, curator of Photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Short Memoir
Daniel Jones, editor of the Modern Love column in the New York Times
Laurence Kirshbaum, Founder and agent, LJK Literary, former CEO Time Warner Book Group
Amy Salit, Producer, Fresh Air, WHYY FM
Enter at impressions.firstpersonarts.org
Video: http://www.viddler.com/explore/FirstPersonArts/videos/33/
For more information, visit First Person Arts
Each day countless stories unfold. Take a real life experience of your own and tell it in a way that only you can. Craft your story with words, photos or video. Make the ordinary magical, or the exotic familiar. Shock us, amaze us or make us pause to reflect. The only rule is that it’s real.
All entries must be new works that have not previously been published, exhibited or screened, including on the Internet.
Categories
Film – up to 5 minutes
Essay – 1500 words or less
Photography – up to 5 images. Single images are welcome; multiple images must be related, as in a photo essay.
Prizes
The top three winning entries in each category will be presented at the First Person Festival of Memoir and Documentary Art at the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, November 12-16, 2008.
$500 – 1st place category winners
$100 – 2nd place category winners
$50 – 3rd place category winners
The 1st place writing and photography winners will have their work published in various publications including the Philadelphia City Paper. For a complete listing of publications go to impressions.firstpersonarts.org. The top five entries in each category will be featured on firstpersonarts.org
Judges
Documentary Video
Steven Rea, Film Critic, Philadelphia Inquirer
Samuel Adams, Contributing Editor, Philadelphia City Paper
Ron Kanter, Emmy Award-winning director of New Cops, Acting Out, Life and Death – Dawson, Georgia
Photography
Katherine Ware, curator of Photography, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Short Memoir
Daniel Jones, editor of the Modern Love column in the New York Times
Laurence Kirshbaum, Founder and agent, LJK Literary, former CEO Time Warner Book Group
Amy Salit, Producer, Fresh Air, WHYY FM
Enter at impressions.firstpersonarts.org
Video: http://www.viddler.com/explore/FirstPersonArts/videos/33/
For more information, visit First Person Arts
Thursday, July 17, 2008
PRISM International Creative Nonfiction Contest Deadline Announced
The following is from Prism's website:
This year, all contest entries must be post dated by Tuesday September 2, 2008.
To enter, download a handy contest form, put it together with your finest Nonfiction work, and a cheque for $28 (the entry fee entitles you to a 1 year subscription to the magazine). Mail it to:
Creative Non Fiction Contest
PRISM international
Creative Writing Program, UBC
Buch. E462 - 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Canada
For the first time, PRISM will be imposing a maximum word count of 6000 words.
Contest judge to be announced.
For further information and contest entry form, visit Prism International
This year, all contest entries must be post dated by Tuesday September 2, 2008.
To enter, download a handy contest form, put it together with your finest Nonfiction work, and a cheque for $28 (the entry fee entitles you to a 1 year subscription to the magazine). Mail it to:
Creative Non Fiction Contest
PRISM international
Creative Writing Program, UBC
Buch. E462 - 1866 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z1
Canada
For the first time, PRISM will be imposing a maximum word count of 6000 words.
Contest judge to be announced.
For further information and contest entry form, visit Prism International
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