ASLE Awards

Book Awards in Ecocriticism and Environmental Creative Writing

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment will present its third biennial book awards at its 2011 conference in Bloomington, Indiana. The book awards will be presented in two categories:

the best book-length monograph of scholarly ecocriticism published in 2009 or 2010.
the best book-length monograph in creative writing (any genre) on an environmental theme published in 2009 or 2010.

NOTE: Anthologies or collections are not eligible in either category. Works of narrative scholarship, or works that in other ways blend scholarly criticism with creative writing, can only be submitted in one category, which must be indicated in an accompanying letter.

Works may be submitted by either the author or publisher.

Nominees must be members of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment or one of its international affiliates as of January 1, 2011.

Works must be in English.

Three copies of the nominated book should be sent to:

Tom Lynch
ASLE Awards
Department of English
University of Nebraska
202 Andrews Hall
P.O. Box 880333
Lincoln, NE 68588-0333

Deadline for receipt of all materials is January 14, 2011.

The awards will be presented at the Ninth Biennial ASLE Conference, June 21-26, 2011, at the University of Indiana, Bloomington. Both awards include a prize of $500.

Unlike in previous years, award winners will be announced in advance and the awards will be presented at the Authors' Reception rather than at the banquet, allowing for advance publicity and enhanced book sales.

For further information contact Tom Lynch: tplynch2 gmail.com

Graduate Student Awards in Ecocriticism and Environmental Creative Writing

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) will once again honor the best work of graduate students by presenting two awards for presentations made at its 2011 conference:

the best scholarly paper in ecocriticism by a graduate student presented at the conference
the best work of environmental creative writing (any genre) by a graduate student presented at the conference

Those submitting papers must be members of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, or an international affiliate, as of May 1, 2011, and should have been enrolled as a graduate student within the previous seven months.

Both awards include a prize of $100, publication in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment, and inclusion in the conference banquet program.

NOTE: The paper that is submitted for either of these awards must be essentially the same paper that is presented at the conference. Longer works abbreviated for "paper jam" sessions are eligible, but the complete work must be submitted for consideration. Submissions longer than 12 double-spaced pages (works cited excluded) will not be accepted.

Papers must be submitted as an email attachment in a standard format (.doc, .docx, or .pdf) no later than May 1, 2011. Send to: Tom Lynch at <tplynch2 gmail.com>.

Travel Awards for Students and Independent Scholars

There are two types of grants this year, and new structuring of the awards. ASLE Graduate Student Travel Awards and NEW-CUE Student or Independent Scholar Awards.

ASLE Graduate Student Travel Awards

ASLE will provide a limited number of small grants to assist financially needy graduate students with expenses related to conference attendance. This year, there will be three grants made at the $500 level, and ten grants of $100.

ASLE members who can help us build this fund are strongly encouraged to do so, either by including a donation when registering for the conference online (see the designated box on the registration page) or by sending a check directly to:

Amy McIntyre, Managing Director
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
P.O. Box 502
Keene, NH 03431

Students wishing to apply for a grant should send an email application to Annie Ingram (aningram davidson.edu) by 5 pm EST on May 1.

The email should include:

the applicant's name, contact information, and institutional affiliation
whether they have a paper accepted for presentation in Bloomington and the title of said paper
The abstract of the paper being presented at the conference
where they are in their studies (e.g., ABD, 1st year Ph.D., M.A. student, etc.)
their estimated travel expenses (airfare only, please)
if they expect to receive funding from other sources for their travel and an estimate of the amount expected
a statement of whether they have received travel assistance from ASLE in the past

A special task force of ASLE Executive Council members will review applications and make awards by May 15.

NEW-CUE Student and Independent Scholar Awards

NEW-CUE (Nature and Environmental Writers-College and University Educators, http://www.new-cue.org/) will sponsor two grants of $250 each that are available to graduate students or independent scholars whose work reflects the influence of Rachel Carson and has been accepted for presentation at the 2011 ASLE Conference.

These grants will be awarded to graduate students or independent scholars whose papers are written in response to/in the tradition of Rachel Carson's scientific writing and/or written in response to/in the tradition of Rachel Carson's creative, nature writing. The papers do NOT have to be about Carson or her work.

Students or independent scholars wishing to apply for the NEW-CUE grants should send an email application to Annie Ingram (aningram davidson.edu) by 5 pm EST on May 1.

The email should include:

the applicant's name, contact information, and institutional affiliation
whether they have a paper accepted for presentation in Bloomington and the title of said paper
The abstract of the paper being presented at the conference
A short (100 words or less) statement of how the author feels his/her presentation responds to or reflects the tradition of Rachel Carson's writing

A special task force of ASLE Executive Council members will review applications and make awards by May 15.