Published or unpublished poems, written between 1963 and 1992, are needed for a new anthology, tentatively entitled: The Hearts of Parents and Children: Poems, 1963-1993.
Poems addressing any aspect of the parent/child relationship are welcome, but submissions must be limited to a maximum of 3 typed poems. Poems must be in English (no translations).
Submit by e-mail to Eric Crump, University of Missouri,
Poems can be submitted by snail mail, but only work accompanied by a return envelope with sufficient postage will be considered. (Please remember to enclose International Reply coupons when submitting work to an address outside your own country.) In the U. S., direct poems to Victoria Speckman, P.O. Box 1221, Greenwood, IN 46143. Work mailed from Canada or other locations outside the U. S. should be sent to Ron Marken, English Department, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W0, Canada.
Deadline for submissions: January 15, 1993.
Royalties accruing from the sale of this anthology will go to a charity that assists victims of child abuse. Suggestions regarding funding, or pledges of financial support can be sent to Palmer Hall,
This anthology is being developed and will be edited by a group of writers from throughout the U. S. and Canada who are employing electronic mail to work on the project, using a Listserv List hosted by the University of Missourišs mainframe computer to communicate with each other.
Editorial Board:
Wendy Bishop; Katharine Coles; Adam Conn; Eric Crump; Kip Ferguson; John Gilgun; Palmer Hall; Geoffrey Hargreaves; Nathan Hughes; Kristian Marken; Ron Marken; John Oughton; Scott Olsen; Victoria Speckman; Brent Stuver; and Charlton Wilbur.
At the Eigth Computers and Writing Conference in Indianapolis, Indiana, the editors of Computers and Composition, on behalf of the Editorial Board, awarded the 1991 prizes for outstanding scholarship in the field of computers and composition studies. Each of the awards highlights a dissertation and published article of exceptional merit. The Hugh Burns Award for best dissertation and the Ellen Nold Award for best published article are annual prizes regularly awarded at the Computers and Writing Conferences.
For Best Article in Computers and Composition Studies
First Finalist:
The wiiners of the Hugh Burns and Ellen Nold Awards received a cash prize of $150. In addition, each of the winners and finalists was awarded a plaque noting the author's outstanding scholarly contribution to the field of computers and composition studies.
We invite all readers to submit nominations for the 1992 Computers and Composition Awards to Gail E. Hawisher, Department of English, 608 South Wright Street, Urbana, IL 61801. Nominations should be received by January 1, 1992, and the prizes will be awarded at the Ninth Computers and Writing Conference--University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
The Hugh Burns Award
Sarah Sloane, University of Puget Sound
"Interactive Fiction, Virtual Realities,
and the Reading-Writing Relationship."
(The Ohio State University, 1991)
The Ellen Nold Award
Nancy Kaplan, University of Texas at Dallas
Stuart Moulthrop, Georgia Tech University
"Something to Imagine: Literature, Composition,
and Interactive Fiction." (1991)
Computers and Composition, 9, 7-23.
Forrest Houlette, Ball State University
"Write Environment: Using AI Strategies to Model
a Writer's Knowledge of Process" (1991)
Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2, 19-37.