CFP: Ninth Annual Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton (11/8/04; 2/24/05-2/25/05)

Ninth Annual Writers Conference in Honor of Elmer Kelton

02/ 24-25/ 05 at Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas

Keynote Speaker: Gordon Weaver

>Eligible Submissions:
> Works focusing on borders, language, ethnicity, and the
> multicultural Southwest, especially encouraged, including
> * Poetry, fiction, or non-fiction essays (20-30
> minutes reading time):
> * Critical or biographical essays or panels on
> Gordon Weaver or Elmer Kelton or other writers (complete articles or
> abstracts/proposals of about 250 words accepted).
>
>
>DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: November 8, 2004.
>
>Notification by November 22, 2004
>
>Send submissions to
> Leigh Harbin
> English Department
> Angelo State University
> Box 10894, ASU Station
> San Angelo, TX 76909
>email submissions accepted: leigh.harbin_at_angelo.edu

About Gordon Weaver:

Gordon Weaver has published four novels and ten collections of short
stories. His novel, Count a Lonely Cadence (1968) was adapted and produced
as the film Cadence, directed by Martin Sheen in 1991. His short stories
have earned him multiple awards and he has received two NEA Fellowships, as
well as the O. Henry Award. His works have appeared in numerous periodicals
and anthologies, and his poetry collection Small Defeats was published in
1999. Weaver has edited a long list of publications and given over 150
invited readings and lectures. He served as Professor of English,
Department Head, and Director of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing
at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater.

>About the Conference:

>The conference invites fiction, poetry, and critical essays on all aspects
>of the Southwest and beyond. Particularly welcome are presentations on the
>works and influence of Gordon Weaver or Elmer Kelton. The 9th annual
>conference honors the distinguished author Elmer Kelton. The first
>Distinguished Visiting Professor at Angelo State University and now an
>adjunct professor in the ASU English Department, Elmer Kelton is one of
>the most respected and honored men of letters in Texas, a recipient of the
>Distinguished Achievement Award from the Western Literature Association
>and the Barbara McCombs/Lon Tinkle Award from the Texas Institute of Letters.

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