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From: Scott Rettberg <rettberg@eliterature.org> To: ELO Lit Ad Board <rettberg@eliterature.org> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2000 Chicago, Illinois Headline: Electronic Literature Organization Announces $10,000 Awards for Electronic Fiction and Poetry The Electronic Literature Organization, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and facilitate the writing, reading, and publishing of literature designed for the electronic media, will award two $10,000 prizes for electronic fiction and poetry in the first annual Electronic Literature Awards competition sponsored by ZDNet (NASDAQ: CNET). The Electronic Literature Organization <http://www.eliterature.org> today announced an awards competition for works of fiction and poetry made specifically for the electronic media. The Electronic Literature Awards competition is the most substantial literary competition open to all individual authors creating works designed for the Internet and other electronic media. With prizes that are the monetary equivalent of a National Book Award, the Electronic Literature Awards will spur and reward literary innovation in digital media. Larry McCaffery, author of _Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction_, and of _After Yesterday's Crash: The Avant Pop Anthology_, will judge the Fiction competition. Heather McHugh, Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and author of _Hinge & Sign_ and _The Father of the Predicaments_, will judge the Poetry competition. "We are grateful to ZDNet for their visionary sponsorship of the Electronic Literature Awards," said Scott Rettberg, executive director of the Electronic Literature Organization. "These prizes will not only reward the pioneers who are already creating innovative literature in the electronic media, but will also help to inspire writers and artists who are only beginning to explore the amazing creative opportunities this field offers." The judges of the competition will select the Grand Prize winner in each category from a short list of 10 works in each category nominated by a committee of electronic literature experts from the ELO's Literary Advisory Board, a group of 40 leading writers, critics, and publishers. The Electronic Literature Awards are open to all. Authors may submit their own work to the competition. Entries will be judged for innovative use of electronic techniques and enhancements, literary quality, and quality and accessibility of interface design. Authors may make multiple submissions, though a nominal $15 application will be charged for each work. Collections will be accepted if they are intended to be read holistically as a single work. The Electronic Literature Organization will open submissions on December 1st, 2000, and close submissions February 15, 2001. Authors will be able to enter their works online or through the mail via a PDF form. The short list will be announced to the media in March 2001, and the Grand Prize winners will be announced at a ceremony later in the Spring (location TBA). ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC LITERATURE ORGANIZATION The Electronic Literature Organization is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission to promote and facilitate the writing, reading, and publishing of literature designed for the electronic media. Based in Chicago, ELO is directed by a national board of leading experts in electronic literature, internet business, and electronic publishing, and is additionally advised by an international board of literary advisors and a board of internet industry advisors. The ELO maintains the Electronic Literature Directory and an Electronic Literature Web Resource Center, staffed by a network of leading e-lit writers operating independently in different parts of the USA. ELO is supported by the donations of individual members and by corporate sponsors including Jupiter Communications, NBCi, and ZDNet. ABOUT CNET NETWORKS, Inc. CNET Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: CNET) is the global source of technology and commerce-related information, data, exchanges and services. As a top 10 Internet company with operations in more than 23 countries and 16 languages, CNET Networks connects buyers, sellers and suppliers throughout the IT supply chain with award-winning content via the Web, wireless devices, television, radio and print. Its respected brand portfolio includes CNET.com, ZDNet.com, mySimon, News.com, TV.com, Computer Shopper magazine, SmartPlanet.com, and CNET Radio, as well as CNET Channel Services, including CNET Data Services, CNET Media Services and CNET Apollo. The company's vision is to educate and empower people and businesses by unlocking the potential of the technology world to make things easier and faster, and by helping them to make smarter buying decisions. The Electronic Literature Organization Board of Directors: Jeff Ballowe (President), Mark Bernstein, Peter Bernstein (Treasurer), Robert Coover, Gene DeRose, Marjorie C. Luesebrink, Cathy Marshall (Secretary), Krishnan Menon, Stuart Moulthrop, Celia O'Donnell, Anne Schott, Rob Swigart, Larry Wangberg, William Wadsworth The Electronic Literature Organization Literary Advisory Board: Espen Aarseth, Mark Amerika, Robert Arellano, Richard Bangs, John Barth, Jay David Bolter, Michael Berube, T.C. Boyle, Jane Yellowlees Douglas, Morgan Entrekin, Edward Falco, Loss Pequeno Glazier, Carolyn Guertin, Carolyn Guyer, Katherine Hayles, Rob Kendall, Raine Kosimaa, George Landow, Thomas LeClair, Brian Lennon, Jennifer Ley, Judy Malloy, Harry Mathews, Adrian Miles, Larry McCaffery, Jerome McGann, Heather McHugh, Nancy Lin, George Plimpton, Jim Rosenberg, Barney Rosset, Joanna Scott, Joseph Tabbi, Nan A. Talese, Takayuki Tatsumi, Susana Pajares Tosca, Sue Thomas, Stephanie Strickland, Robert Wittig The Electronic Literature Organization Internet Industry Advisory Board: Walter Buckley, Chris Kitze, Scott Kurnit, Dan Rosensweig, Robert Ziff Media Contact: Scott Rettberg, executive director 773.769.3540 email: rettberg@eliterature.org http://www.eliterature.org ___________________________________________________ Carolyn Guertin, Department of English, University of Alberta E-Mail: cguertin@ualberta.ca; Tel/FAX: 780-438-3125 Website: http://www.ualberta.ca/~cguertin/Guertin.htm Assemblage, the Online Women's New Media Gallery, at trAce: http://trace.ntu.ac.uk/traced/guertin/assemblage.htm _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold