I’ve received word that RAWI, the Arab American Writers’ association, is organizing a literary contest for 2006. Short stories, essays, memoir, drama, vignettes, and prose poetry will be considered. The deadline is March 20, 2006, and the competition will be judged by Joseph Geha and Sahar Kayyal. Send your (new, unpublished) entry to Alice Nashashibi, 95 Mercedes Way, San Francisco, CA 94217. Good luck to all.
Who is Laila Lalami
Laila Lalami is the award winning and best selling author of six books.
What books has Laila Lalami written?
Laila has written the novels, Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, Secret Son, The Moor's Account, The Other Americans, and The Dream Hotel.
What awards has Laila Lalami won?
Laila Lalami has won the American Book Award, the Arab American Book Award, the Hurston-Write Legacy Award, a Guggenheim a Harvard Radcliffe Fellowship, and a British Council Fellowship. Her work has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, the Women's Prize, and the Edgar Allan Poe Award.