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The Jamie Bishop Memorial Award
for an Essay Not in English

The International Association for the Fantastic in the Arts is pleased to continue its annual award for a scholarly essay on the fantastic written in a language other than English. The prize is $250 U.S. and one year's free membership in the IAFA to be awarded at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts in March 2008. Winning essay to be published online at the IAFA web site.

Submission Instructions

Deadline: October 31, 2007.

IAFA define the fantastic to include science fiction, folklore, and related genres in literature, drama, film, art and graphic design, and related disciplines. We consider essays of up to 10,000 words (including notes and bibliography). Essays may be unpublished scholarship submitted by the author, or already published work nominated either by the author or another scholar (in which case the author's permission should be obtained before submission). An abstract in English must accompany all submissions. Submissions may be made electronically (preferred) in MS Word, Word Perfect, or RTF format, or by mail.

Please direct all inquiries and submissions to:

Dale Knickerbocker
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
East Carolina University
Greenville, NC 27858 USA

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