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Oregon Quarterly essay contest invites entries on Northwest themes
Annual competition accepting entries for the 10th year
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Nov. 7, 2008) -- Oregon Quarterly, the magazine of the University of Oregon, invites submissions to its 10th annual Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest.
The Northwest Perspectives Essay Contest, sponsored by Oregon Quarterly and The Duck Store, is open to previously unpublished writing about ideas affecting the Northwest. Non-fiction writers are encouraged to compete in open and student categories.
The winner in the open category will receive $750 and publication in the Summer 2009 issue of Oregon Quarterly, which is distributed to nearly 100,000 readers. The student winner will receive $500 and publication in the Autumn 2009 issue. The second- and third-place writers in both categories will also receive cash prizes.
Olympian marathoner and native Oregonian Kenny Moore, author of “Bowerman and the Men of Oregon,” will judge this year's contest. Moore has been a senior writer for Sports Illustrated. He co-wrote (with Robert Towne) “Without Limits,” the 1998 Warner Bros. feature film about Steve Prefontaine and Bill Bowerman.
The 15 finalists will be announced in the Summer 2009 issue of Oregon Quarterly and invited to attend a workshop with Moore. Six top essays, from both the student and open categories, will be featured in a public reading.
Entries must be postmarked by Jan. 31, 2009. There is no entry fee.
For submission guidelines, visit http://www.OregonQuarterly.com
About the University of Oregon
The University of Oregon is a world-class teaching and research institution and Oregon's flagship public university. The UO is a member of the Association of American Universities (AAU), an organization made up of 62 of the leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada. Membership in the AAU is by invitation only. The University of Oregon is one of only two AAU members in the Pacific Northwest.
Contact: Julie Brown, 541-346-3185, julbrown@uoregon.edu
Source: Ross West 541-346-5047, rwest@uoregon.edu
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