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2023 Winners of the SHA Ethnographic Prose Competition

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Susan Wardell

The SHA is please to announce the 2023 winners of the Ethnographic Prose competition. This year, first prize is awarded to Margaret Bruchac, for “Don’t Stick Your Head Above the Wheat Field” (Nonfiction Narrative). Two Honorable Mentions were also awarded … Continue reading →

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2023 Winners of the Edie Turner Prize

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Susan Wardell

The SHA is excited to announce the three-co-winners of this year’s Edie Turner writing prize:

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2023 Winners of the Victor Turner Writing Prize

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Susan Wardell

The SHA is please to announce the winners for this year’s Victor Turner Writing Prize… 1st Prize: Alan Mikhail, My Egypt Archive, Yale University Press 2nd Prize: Naveeda Khan, River Life and the Uprising of Nature, Duke University Press 3rd Prize: Michael Jackson, … Continue reading →

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2023 Winners of the Ethnographic Poetry Prize

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Susan Wardell

We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ethnographic poetry competition 1st prize was awarded to: Debra Vidali (“Two Row Repair II and Two Row Repair III”) 2nd prize was awarded to: Yixuan Wang (“A Cootie Catcher to … Continue reading →

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2023 Ethnographic Poetry Prize: Judges Report

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Susan Wardell

Prize Committee: Susan Wardell, Abigail  Chabitnoy, and Kali Rubaii This year we were honoured to read ethnographic poetry submissions from 34 people, all around the world. As per the competition rules, these people were able to submit between 1 and … Continue reading →

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2023 Ethnographic Poetry Prize is now OPEN

Posted on April 27, 2023 by Susan Wardell

See our Call for Submissions. Deadline is June 16th, 2023.

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2023 Victor Turner and Edie Turner Prizes in Ethnographic Writing, are now OPEN!

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Susan Wardell

We look forward to reading your books! Call for Submissions

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2022 Winners of the Ethnographic Prose Prize

Posted on November 12, 2022 by Susan Wardell

We are pleased to announce the winners of this year’s ethnographic prose competition 1st prize was awarded to: Amrapali Maitra (“The Most Beloved Cow in Gokulpur” – Fiction Narrative) 2nd prize was awarded to: Aaron Hames (“Forgetting” – Nonfiction Narrative) … Continue reading →

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2022 Ethnographic Poetry Prize: Judges Report

Posted on November 11, 2022 by Susan Wardell

Prize Committee: Susan Wardell, Ather Zia, Justin D. Wright The field of ethnographic poetry has a rich history, and the SHA ethnographic poetry prize, founded in 1986, has been a significant part of this: it’s goal being to support and … Continue reading →

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2022 Winners of the Victor and Edie Turner Prizes

Posted on November 8, 2022 by Susan Wardell

Victor Turner Prize 1st prize was awarded to: Lucas Bessire, Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains (Princeton) 2nd prize was awarded to: Tarini Bedi, Mumbai Taximen: Autobiographies and Automobilities in India (Washington) 3rd prize was awarded to: Thuy Linh Nguyen … Continue reading →

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