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Plan for National Poetry Month 2009:
The year 2009 will mark the 11th year of celebrating NPM across Canada, offering us the opportunity to create yet again a new, exciting theme, Poetry Planet.

Artists and NPM participators will be encouraged to discuss and elaborate on themes of poetry related to the idea of land, culture, nature and how we define Canada; it will include all perspectives, from the very first Canadian artists, Aboriginal Peoples who use language and storytelling to pass on traditional knowledge, to today's youth, who's art reflects the diversity of the land and languages of Canadian landscapes and cultural climates. The themes can touch on information on natural phenomena, animals, plants, ecological knowledge and a holistic view of the environment.

About The League of Canadian Poets www.poets.ca
The League of Canadian Poets, a non-profit arts service organization, is the national association of professional publishing and spoken word poets in Canada. Its purpose is to enhance the status of poets and nurture a professional poetic community to facilitate the teaching of Canadian poetry at all levels of education and to develop the audience for poetry by encouraging publication, performance and recognition of Canadian poetry nationally and internationally.

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Call for applications: THE 2009 SUSAN SONTAG PRIZE FOR TRANSLATION

$5,000 grant for a literary translation from Spanish into English: This $5,000 grant will be awarded to a proposed work of literary ranslation from Spanish into English and is open to anyone under the age of 30. The translation must fall under the category of fiction or letters, and the applicant will propose his or her own translation project. The project should be manageable for a five-month period of work, as the grant will be awarded in May 2009, and the translation must be completed by October 2009.

Acceptable proposals include a novella, a play, a collection of short stories or poems, or a collection of letters that have literary import. Preference will be given to works that have not been previously translated. (Previously translated works will be considered, however applicants should include an explanation for why they are proposing a new translation.) Applicants wishing to translate significantly longer works should contact the Foundation before sending in their applications so that supplementary materials can be included. The prizewinner will be notified on May 15, 2009 and results will be announced online at www.susansontag.org. The recipient will be expected to participate in symposia on literary translation with established writers and translators, as well as public readings of their work once the translation has been completed.

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