by Contributor on Monday June 28 2021
The Nelson and District Arts Council and Elephant Mountain Literary Festival are thrilled to announce this year’s recipient of the Richard Carver Award for emerging writers.
Writer Sarah Beauchamp has been chosen by an arms-length jury to receive the award this year.
Beauchamp’s letter of nomination highlighted the quality of her work, community involvement and support of the literary community.
From the nomination letter: “She writes about experiences that are uniquely her own, yet familiar and touching to the reader. She explores her identity as an Indigenous and settler woman with tender honesty.”
by Contributor on Tuesday March 16 2021
The Nelson and District Arts Council and Elephant Mountain Literary Festival request assistance in nominating emerging writers in West Kootenay communities for the 9th Annual Carver Award.
The award, which comes with a $500 cash prize, will be presented at the Elephant Mountain Literary Festival in July 2021.
Nominations must be for writers just starting in their careers who have had one to two books published, or an equivalent body of work published in anthologies or literary journals.
The work must be creative, literary writing, including fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, and writing for children and teens. Self-published authors are eligible.