Barnhill Prize for Creative Nonfiction
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In 2010, a little idea for sharing essays on childhood got a big boost when Anne Clinard Barnhill submitted "Winter Solstice " to an unknown fellow West Virginian. I wanted to pursue the idea there is a lot to say about how our early experiences shape the world. Anne later sent "Melungeons and Mystery ," as well as "Staying." It is because of Anne's belief in Essays on a West Virginia Childhood that the project became something so much bigger, an online literary journal that publishes writers from coast to coast in the USA and beyond (Longridge Review ).
The Barnhill Prize honors Anne's generous spirit of support for all who love to read and write; her lifelong empathy with those who mine their childhood experience to understand themselves now; the natural vulnerability in her compelling prose and poetry; and her boundless generosity in sharing her writing passions with the world.
Gifts to this campaign will benefit writers of Creative Nonfiction (essays and memoir) by establishing an annual prize for excellence fulfilling our mission: To present the finest essays on the mysteries of childhood experience, the wonder of adult reflection, and how the two connect over a lifespan.
Our preliminary goal for 2019 is $2,500. These funds will support a $500 cash prize, as well as provide an honorarium for an outside essay judge.
Any additional funds will be preserved to sustain the prize over time. Accounting for funds will be provided annually.
Unless requesting anonymity, all donors will be recognized on a unique page on our website.
One person truly can change the world for the better. Anne is one of those people who has made a difference, who has multiplied her own blessings and made other people's lives more creative, more rewarding, and more joyful by sharing her life so freely. I can think of no finer person for whom to name the Longridge Review annual prize.
Thank you for honoring Anne, and for supporting Creative Nonfiction!
The Barnhill Prize honors Anne's generous spirit of support for all who love to read and write; her lifelong empathy with those who mine their childhood experience to understand themselves now; the natural vulnerability in her compelling prose and poetry; and her boundless generosity in sharing her writing passions with the world.
Gifts to this campaign will benefit writers of Creative Nonfiction (essays and memoir) by establishing an annual prize for excellence fulfilling our mission: To present the finest essays on the mysteries of childhood experience, the wonder of adult reflection, and how the two connect over a lifespan.
Our preliminary goal for 2019 is $2,500. These funds will support a $500 cash prize, as well as provide an honorarium for an outside essay judge.
Any additional funds will be preserved to sustain the prize over time. Accounting for funds will be provided annually.
Unless requesting anonymity, all donors will be recognized on a unique page on our website.
One person truly can change the world for the better. Anne is one of those people who has made a difference, who has multiplied her own blessings and made other people's lives more creative, more rewarding, and more joyful by sharing her life so freely. I can think of no finer person for whom to name the Longridge Review annual prize.
Thank you for honoring Anne, and for supporting Creative Nonfiction!
Organizer
Elizabeth Damewood Gaucher
Organizer
Hamilton, VA
