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Purpose

To recognize authors in states of the SELA for current works of literary merit.

Criteria

  1. Authors must be native or bona fide residents of a SELA state at the time the work was written or published.
  2. Works must be chosen based on literary merit.
  3. Two awards may be made: one in fiction and one in non-fiction.
  4. In each category, works must have been published within five years prior to December 31 of the year preceding the biennial conference.
  5. The person making the nomination must be a member of SELA.

Process

Submit nominations on this form ( Word | HTML | PDF) along with any accompanying material (not to exceed four pages for each entry - reason for nomination, book reviews, biography, etc.- to the committee chair. Copies of the nominations will be distributed to all committee members.

Mail to:

James P. Cooper, Chairman
SELA Outstanding Author Committee
c/o West Georgia Regional Library
710 Rome St.
Carrollton, GA 30117

2008 Outstanding Southeastern Author - Non-Fiction:

Robert Morgan

2008 Outstanding Southeastern Author - Fiction:

Ravi Howard