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The Sarton Memoir Award is sponsored by the Story Circle Network, an international nonprofit association of women lifewriters. It will be given annually to the author of the best woman's memoir published in the United States and Canada and selected by a panel of professional librarians from works submitted.
This award is named in honor of May Sarton (1912-1995), distinguished American poet, novelist, and author of twelve memoirs and journals. Readers have found Sarton's memoirs and journals to be inspiring, moving, and thought-provoking. She explores such universally significant themes as friendship, love, and nature; feminism and sexuality; the search for fulfilling work and the need for recognition; illness and aging; and the desire for a harmonious, peaceful life.
The 2012 winning author's name and the title of her book will be announced on the Story Circle Network websites and to its extensive email list in March, 2013. She will also be invited to attend and be honored at Stories from the Heart, the biannual SCN National Memoir Conference, Austin TX, April, 2014.
Story Circle is now accepting submissions for the 2012 competition.
May Sarton's Words
The Story Circle Network is an international not-for-profit membership organization made up of women who want to document their lives and explore their personal stories through journaling, memoir, autobiography, personal essays, poetry, drama, and mixed-media.
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