CALL FOR ENTRIES FOR
RALPH NADING HILL, JR. LITERARY PRIZE
COLCHESTER. Entries are now being accepted for the 17th annual Ralph Nading
Hill, Jr., Literary Prize. The contest was established to memorialize the
literary contributions of Ralph Nading Hill, Jr., one of Vermont's best
known writers and historians, who died at the age of 70 in December 1987.
The contest is sponsored by Green Mountain Power Corporation and Vermont
Life magazine. Mr. Hill was a long time member of GMP's Board of
Directors and the Vermont Life Editorial Board.
The Ralph Nading Hill literary prize is now considered by Vermont
writers to be one of the state's premier literary prizes. Entry
for the prize, as in past years, may be an essay, short story,
play or poetry. The focus of the literary work must be "Vermont -
Its People, the Place, Its History or Its Values." It must be
unpublished. The maximum length is 3,000 words. The winner will
be selected on the basis of literary merit and suitability for
publication in Vermont Life. The deadline for this year's contest
is November 15, 2004.
A $1,500 cash prize is awarded annually to the winner, and the
winning work will be published in a future issue of Vermont Life.
The most recent winner was "Four Poems for Elizabeth," by Mary
Pratt of New Haven.
The Ralph Nading Hill, Jr., Literary Prize Board of Judges
consists of Ruth Page, a writer and former member of GMP's Board
of Directors; Tom Slayton, editor of Vermont Life magazine; Brian
Vachon, Vice President of Communications at National Life; Alison
Freeland, a Vermont author; and Steve Terry, Senior Vice President
Corporate and Legal Affairs at GMP.
The contest is open to all residents of Vermont, including
students enrolled in Vermont colleges and seasonal residents.
Entrants may be professional writers as well as amateurs. Green
Mountain Power employees and their immediate families are not
eligible, nor is the immediate family of any member of Green
Mountain Power's Board of Directors. Please send two copies of
your entry to the Corporate Relations Department at Green Mountain
Power, 163 Acorn Lane, Colchester, VT 05446. Please provide
entrant's name, address and phone on a separate sheet of paper.
Do not mention the entrant's name on the entry itself.
For more information please contact Green Mountain Power's
Corporate Relations department at (802) 655-8788.
Ralph Nading Hill Jr literary prize
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