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Notes CALL FOR PAPERS ON ROBINSON JEFFERS American Poetry isplanning a special issue on Robinson Jeffers for Fall 1987. Critical essays, notes, and documents of 25 pages or less are welcome. Send copies of completed manuscripts to: Tim Hunt, 22927 SE 287th, Kent, WA 98042 and Jeffers Issue, American Poetry, English Department, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, no later than November 1, 1986. REDNECK REVIEW OF LITERATURE A group of writers living in the Camas Valley in Idaho is publishing the Redneck Review. Penelope Reedy, the editor, asks for “western writers [whose works have] one foot planted in the landscape; a literature of the West rather than a history of it.” Past issues have dealt with such topics as Vardis Fisher, Ernest Hemingway, and “Cowboys and One-Eyed Men.” The Redneck Review is available from: Penelope Reedy, Editor REDNECK REVIEW OF LITERATURE Route 1 Fairfield, Idaho 83327 The University of Nebraska Press announces a new series, “Women in the West,” under the editorship of Sandra L. Myres, Elliott West, and Julie Roy Jeffrey. This series of original monographs and previously unpublished contemporary works will explore the major contributions made by women between the 18th and 20th centuries in the trans-Appalachian and transMississippi regions of the U.S., and the western provinces of Canada. Inter­ ested authors should contact the editors or the Press. 166 Notes THE DON D. WALKER PRIZE Sponsored by friends and former students of Don D. Walker, the Don D. Walker Prize has been awarded each year since 1978 for the most significant article published either in western literary criticism or in western American studies with a literary focus. By the term “West” the Prize proposes to cover all that historically or critically has been considered “West,” including writing about frontier or regional experiences—but also including the West as an idea, a metaphor, or a state of mind. In the spring of the year following publication, articles nominated by individuals and by journal editors will be screened by the nominating com­ mittee. This committee selects up to five articles for final consideration and forwards them to a trio of judges who determine the most significant article. The Prize is announced in October at the annual meeting of the Western Literature Association and publicized in Western American Literature. The author of the prizewinning article receives a $125 honorarium. Trustees for the Prize: Richard Cracroft, Brigham Young University; Merrill Lewis, Western Washington University; Jane Nelson, Laramie, Wyoming; Stephen Tatum, University of Utah. WINNERS OF THE PRIZE: 1978—Jarold Ramsey, University of Rochester. “From ‘Mythic’ to ‘Fictive’ in a Nez Perce Orpheus Myth,” in Western American Literature. 1979—Forrest Robinson, University of California, Santa Cruz. “The Roosevelt -Wister Connection,” in Western American Literature. 1980—Anthony Hunt, University of Puerto Rico. “Gary Snyder’s ‘Great De­ parture’in Mountains and Rivers Without End”in Western American Literature. 1981—Richard Slotkin, Wesleyan University. “Nostalgia and Progress: Roose­ velt’s Myth of the Frontier,” in American Quarterly. 1982—Robert Roripaugh, University of Wyoming. “Melville’s Typee and Frontier Travel Literature of the 1830s and 1840s,” in South Dakota Review. 1983—Melody Graulich, University of New Hampshire. “Every Husband’s Right: Sex Roles in Mari Sandoz’s Old Jules,” in Western American Literature. William Lemon, University of South Dakota, “Bernard DeVoto and the West,” in South Dakota Review. Nominations for the Don D. Walker Prize should be sent to: DELBERT WYLDER Department of English Murray State University Murray, Kentucky 40271 ...