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The Steinbeck Fellows Program of San José State University, which was endowed through the generosity of Martha Heasley Cox, offers new writers of any age and background the opportunity to pursue a significant writing project while in residence at SJSU. The Steinbeck Fellowship Program is named in honor of author John Steinbeck and is guided by his lifetime of work in literature, the media, and environmental activism. Fellows may be appointed in many fields, including literary scholarship, fiction, drama, education, science, and the media. The genre of poetry, however, is excluded. The program offers the opportunity to interact with other writers, faculty and graduate students, and to share their work in progress by giving a public reading once each semester during the fellowship. The fellowships afford a stipend of $10,000. Housing assistance is available, depending upon need. Residency in the San José area is required during the academic year (September 1–May 20).

Currently, SJSU offers one-year fellowships in Steinbeck scholarship and in creative writing. In awarding fellowships, the selection committee considers the quality of the candidate's proposal and any factors that would lead to expectations of future publication and other achievement. The creative writing fellowship does not require that there be any direct connection between Steinbeck's works and that of the applicant. Applicants who are enrolled in a graduate program of study must furnish evidence that they have completed all coursework, except any course registration associated with a thesis.

Application materials:

• • Résumé

• • Proposal or Prospectus for Work to be Written (one to three pages describing your project and how you plan to use your time to accomplish it)

• • Writing Sample (no more than thirty pages)

• • Three Letters of Recommendation

• • Two Additional References or Contacts

• • Stamped Self-Addressed Envelope

Deadline for 2007-2008 Steinbeck Fellowships: POSTMARK OF 1 MARCH 2007 Announcement of Awards: By 1 May 2007

Address all application materials and questions about the program to:

Steinbeck Fellows Program

Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies

San José State University

San Jose, CA 95192-0202

Phone: 408-808-2067

Email: paul.douglass@sjsu.edu

Call for Submissions Future Issues of The Steinbeck Review

Future issues of the Steinbeck Review/Steinbeck Studies are being planned to include the following three focus areas:

• Steinbeck's Artistry, Style, and Rhetoric

• Steinbeck's Nonfiction

• Steinbeck in Film and Opera

The editors welcome submissions in these areas, as well as essays on all topics relating to Steinbeck and his world. Email attachments are preferred.