Awards


Travel Awards

ASLE Travel Awards

ASLE will provide a limited number of small grants to assist international attendees, graduate students, and independent scholars demonstrating financial need with expenses related to conference attendance. This year, ASLE has doubled the total funds available from $2500 to $5000, and there will be five grants made at the $500 level, and ten grants of $250.

ASLE members who can help us build this fund are strongly encouraged to do so, either by including a donation when registering for the conference online (see the designated box on the registration page) or by sending a check directly to:

Amy McIntyre, Managing Director
Association for the Study of Literature and Environment
P.O. Box 502
Keene, NH 03431

People wishing to apply for an award should send an email application to Joni Adamson (Joni.Adamson@asu.edu) by 5 pm EST on February 28, 2013.

The email should include:

  • the applicant's name, contact information, and institutional affiliation
  • whether they have a paper accepted for presentation in Lawrence and the title of said paper
  • The abstract of the paper being presented at the conference
  • current status (e.g. Grad Assistants, Adjunct lecturers, independent scholars, professors or lecturers from outside of North America with no other means of travel support from their home institutions, etc.)
  • their estimated travel expenses (airfare only, please)
  • if they expect to receive funding from other sources for their travel and an estimate of the amount expected
  • whether they have received travel assistance from ASLE in the past

A special Awards Committee will review applications and make awards by March 15.

NEW-CUE Travel Awards

NEW-CUE (Nature and Environmental Writers-College and University Educators, http://www.new-cue.org/) will sponsor two grants of $250 each that are available to graduate students or independent scholars whose work reflects the influence of Rachel Carson and has been accepted for presentation at the 2013 ASLE Conference.

These grants will be awarded to graduate students or independent scholars whose papers are written in response to/in the tradition of Rachel Carson's scientific writing and/or written in response to/in the tradition of Rachel Carson's creative, nature writing. The papers do NOT have to be about Carson or her work.

Students or independent scholars wishing to apply for the NEW-CUE grants should send an email application to Joni Adamson (Joni.Adamson@asu.edu) by 5 pm EST on February 28, 2013.

The email should include:

  • the applicant's name, contact information, and institutional affiliation
  • whether they have a paper accepted for presentation in Bloomington and the title of said paper
  • The abstract of the paper being presented at the conference
  • A short (100 words or less) statement of how the author feels his/her presentation responds to or reflects the tradition of Rachel Carson's writing

A special Awards Committee will review applications and make awards by March 15.


Writing Awards

Graduate Student Awards in Ecocriticism and Environmental Creative Writing

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE) will once again honor the best work of graduate students by presenting two awards for presentations made at its 2013 conference, from May 28-June 1 at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS:

  • the best scholarly paper in ecocriticism by a graduate student presented at the conference
  • the best work of environmental creative writing (any genre) by a graduate student presented at the conference

Those submitting papers must be members of the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment, or an international affiliate, and should have been enrolled as a graduate student at some time within the previous seven months.

Both awards include a prize of $100 and publication in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment. Awards will be announced at the Authors' Reception scheduled for Thursday evening, May 30, 2013.

NOTE: The paper that is submitted for either of these awards must be essentially the same paper that is presented at the conference. Longer works abbreviated for "paper jam" sessions are eligible, but the complete work should be submitted for consideration. Submissions longer than 12 double-spaced pages (works cited excluded) will not be accepted.

Papers must be submitted as an email attachment in a standard format (doc, docx, or pdf) no later than April 26, 2013.

Send to: Tom Lynch at tplynch2@gmail.com.

Book Awards in Ecocriticism and Environmental Creative Writing

The Association for the Study of Literature and Environment will present its fourth biennial book awards at its 2013 conference in Lawrence, Kansas. The book awards will be presented in two categories:

  • the best book-length monograph of scholarly ecocriticism published in 2011 or 2012.
  • the best book-length monograph in creative writing (any genre) on an environmental theme published in 2011 or 2012.

Deadline for receipt of all materials was January 7, 2013.

As instituted in 2011, award winners will be announced in advance and the awards will be presented at the conference's Authors' Reception (scheduled for Thursday, May 30, 2013) rather than at the banquet, allowing for advance publicity and enhanced book sales.

For further information contact Tom Lynch: tplynch2@gmail.com