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The Endeavour Award (http://www.osfci.org/endeavour/) in an annual award given by the PNW SF/Fantasy community to encourage the growth of local writers. It's awarded annually at OryCon, and comes with a $1,000 grant. This year's nominees include:
- The Book of Joby by Mark J. Ferrari
- Bright of the Sky: Book One of the Entire and the Rose by Kay Kenyon
- Not Flesh Nor Feathers by Cherie Priest
- Powers by Ursula K. LeGuin
- The Silver Ship and the Sea by Brenda Cooper
In pursuit of fundraising to encourage future writers (NB: This is a Good Thing™) Portland's own Ursula K. LeGuin has donated two Hayao Miyazaki statuettes; one a Gardener from Laputa: Castle In the Sky and the other a castle from Howl's Moving Castle. The figurines (pictured, the Gardener) and notes from LeGuin for provenance's sake (see also picture).
Details on the auction can be found here, so read them!
The auction will begin on eBay on Saturday, 22 November 2008, and the link to the auction will then magically appear on the page linked to just above.
So, if you have a few hot dollars in your pocket and you want to help support PNW writers of cool books, then consider dropping them on the Endeavour award. You get two Miyazaki figureines and notes from Ursula, Endeavour Award gets mo'money. Win-win!
Tags: Miyazaki, Ursula LeGuin, Endeavour award, Pacific Northwest Writers, Howl's Moving Castle, Laputa, Castle in the Sky
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