What wonderful ideas! thanks for your work to get these initiatives rolling both new and continuing! Mary Ellis Mary Ellis Gibson Professor of English Literature, University of Glasgow email: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> maryellisgibson.wordpress.com Elizabeth Rosenthal Professor of English, emerita, University of North Carolina at Greensboro On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 9:37 PM, Roxana Preda <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear friends, > > As you may know, The Ezra Pound Society gives an annual award for the best > book in Pound studies published in the previous year. The time has come for > us to decide what book receives the prize for 2012. > > For those of you who do not know of this award, here is a retrospective: > The first winner was Alec Marsh for his book Money and Modernity (1999), > followed by: > Leon Surette (Pound in Purgatory, 2000), > Walter Baumann (Roses in the Steel Dust, 2001), > Margaret Fisher (Ezra Pound's Radio Operas, 2004), > Peter Liebregts (Pound and Neoplatonism, 2005), > Mary De Rachewiltz together with David and Joanna Moody for their edition > of correspondence Ezra Pound to his Parents, 2011. > > As you see, this is a roll of honor and a beautiful tradition, which is > now for us to continue. Please write to me to propose books for > consideration. > The award is given at the MLA convention and the winner receives a cheque > for $500. > I await your proposals until November 15, when I will write to let you > know what books are being considered. That gives us time to decide on the > book winner until the next MLA convention in January 2014. > > I would like to take this opportunity to launch an initiative: I propose > to you that the society also give an award for the best article in Pound > studies published in the previous year. An article can be the vehicle for > exciting new discoveries; it often makes a young scholar's career; it > establishes or consolidates a reputation. I would like to give young > Poundians the chance to compete with their elders and to win prestige and > recognition among their peers for outstanding small-scale work. > > The award of 2014 would honor an essay published in a journal or volume in > 2012 and 2013. I propose that the society gives the winner a cheque for > $100 and ensures that the article is promoted on our website (which we WILL > have). We could have a small ceremony at the ALA conference in May 2014 to > announce and celebrate the winner. > > For the articles we can extend the submissions period until January 1st. > Please don?t be shy to propose your own work ? all I ask is that the > article has an abstract which clearly states the argument and shows in what > way the article breaks new ground, makes a discovery, or is a departure > from established practices and assumptions. In January I will let you know > what article proposals I have received. > > If you like this initiative, I would be deeply grateful for sponsorship ? > at present the society does not receive any membership dues and any > donation would help us ensure we continue to give the society awards and > honour the bright ideas and the courageous research Poundians do. To > donate, please write to [log in to unmask] > > I look forward to your proposals ? I am now investigating possible > channels for a society mailbox ? I hope to reach a decision before > mid-November. A mailbox could be a temporary solution that would give more > shape to the EPS; it would also give us the possibility to vote on the > awards and provide storage space for our materials. > > Until then, please write to me at [log in to unmask] > > Al the very best, > Roxana > > > -- > The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in > Scotland, with registration number SC005336. >