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SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION=20
PO Box 1693, Dubuque, IA 52004-1693=20
info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.speculativeliterature.org/
For Immediate Release February 1, 2008
SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES OLDER WRITER'S GRANT WINNER
Hilary Wilce wins the Speculative Literature Foundation=E2=80=99s Older
Writ=
er=E2=80=99s Grant
After graduating with a geography degree from the University of
Cambridge, Hilary Wilce worked as a journalist before moving to the
United States in 1990.
Once in the States, her interest in writing longer literary short
stories increased because, at the time, the literary form was
encouraged by the industry more so in America than in the United
Kingdom.
She continues to work as a journalist, and has since earned her Master
of Arts in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, part of the University of
London.
Currently, she is working on a novel addressing reality, how different
people perceive and shape the same world around them, and the
psychological dimensions of one=E2=80=99s character.
Grant Administrator Malon Edwards said of Wilce=E2=80=99s entry, After
Beauville the Road Changed: =E2=80=9CThe reader is immediately thrust into
a
deliciously creepy story from the onset. A subtle, macabre atmosphere
is set with excellent imagery, which includes a decrepit house sitting
on untended grounds and unsettling, disturbed children. This is a rural
French countryside few see, and none ever want to see again.=E2=80=9D
Wilce wins a grant of US$500 to assist writers who are fifty years of
age or older at the time of grant application, and who are just
starting to work at a professional level.
Honorable mentions go to Beverly Smith-Dawson and Ada Milenkovic Brown
for their unique and thought-provoking submissions, which made the
selection of the eventual winner a difficult but enjoyable process.
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PR Contact: Ashley Gronek press@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Speculative Literature Foundation is a volunteer-run, non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting the interests of readers, writers,
editors and publishers in the speculative literature community.=20
"Speculative literature" is a catch-all term meant to inclusively span
the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging
from hard and soft science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to
folk and fairy tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern
mythmaking -- any literature containing a fabulist or speculative
element.=20
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PO Box 1693, Dubuque, IA 52004-1693 <br>
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info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
- http://www.speculativeliterature.org/<br>
<br>
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<i>For Immediate Release February 1, 2008</i><br>
<br>
<b>SPECULATIVE LITERATURE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES OLDER WRITER'S GRANT
WINNER</=
b><br>
<br>
Hilary Wilce wins the Speculative Literature Foundation=E2=80=99s Older
Writ=
er=E2=80=99s Grant<br>
<br>
After graduating with a geography degree from the University of
Cambridge, Hilary Wilce worked as a journalist before moving to the
United States in 1990.<br>
<br>
Once in the States, her interest in writing longer literary short
stories increased because, at the time, the literary form was
encouraged by the industry more so in America than in the United
Kingdom.<br>
<br>
She continues to work as a journalist, and has since earned her Master
of Arts in Creative Writing at Birkbeck, part of the University of
London.<br>
<br>
Currently, she is working on a novel addressing reality, how different
people perceive and shape the same world around them, and the
psychological dimensions of one=E2=80=99s character.<br>
<br>
Grant Administrator Malon Edwards said of Wilce=E2=80=99s entry, After
Beauville the Road Changed: =E2=80=9CThe reader is immediately thrust into
a
deliciously creepy story from the onset. A subtle, macabre atmosphere
is set with excellent imagery, which includes a decrepit house sitting
on untended grounds and unsettling, disturbed children. This is a rural
French countryside few see, and none ever want to see again.=E2=80=9D<br>
<br>
Wilce wins a grant of US$500 to assist writers who are fifty years of
age or older at the time of grant application, and who are just
starting to work at a professional level.<br>
<br>
Honorable mentions go to Beverly Smith-Dawson and Ada Milenkovic Brown
for their unique and thought-provoking submissions, which made the
selection of the eventual winner a difficult but enjoyable process.<br>
---------------- <br>
<br>
PR Contact: Ashley Gronek press@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
<br>
The Speculative Literature Foundation is a volunteer-run, non-profit
organization dedicated to promoting the interests of readers, writers,
editors and publishers in the speculative literature community. <br>
<br>
"Speculative literature" is a catch-all term meant to inclusively span
the breadth of fantastic literature, encompassing literature ranging
from hard and soft science fiction to epic fantasy to ghost stories to
folk and fairy tales to slipstream to magical realism to modern
mythmaking -- any literature containing a fabulist or speculative
element. <br>
<br>
More information about the Speculative Literature Foundation is
available from its web site (http://www.speculativeliterature.org/)
or
by writing to info@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<br>
<br>
To be removed from the Speculative Literature Foundation press release
mailing list please write to press@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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