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

Posted on April 20, 2023 by Susan Wardell

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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 SHA Creative Prose Contest is NOW OPEN

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Julia Offen

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Experiments in Ethnographic Poetry: A Workshop Summary

Posted on February 27, 2022 by Susan Wardell

Susan Wardell Poetry, like ethnography, is about listening with the whole self. This was the focus of a workshop in January 2022, run in association with the SHA. The workshop, entitled “Experiments in Ethnographic Poetry: the personal, the sensory, the … Continue reading →

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2015 SHA Fiction Competition

Posted on January 28, 2015 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology announces our annual ethnographic fiction competition to encourage anthropologists to use alternative literary genres to explore anthropological concerns associated with the four fields of anthropology. Stories should not exceed 20 pages typed double-spaced. There is a limit … Continue reading →

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2015 Victor Turner Prize Competition

Posted on January 21, 2015 by kghodsee

The Society for Humanistic Anthropology (SHA) announces the 24th annual juried competition for the Victor Turner Prize in Ethnographic Writing. The late Victor Turner devoted his career to seeking an accessible language that would reopen anthropology to the human subject, … Continue reading →

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