Mississippi Institute of Arts and Letters Award Nomination

MIAL members are encouraged to make nominations to honor the artistic achievements of living Mississippians (current residents or former ones with continuing, significant ties to the state). Judges will consider only work shown, published, or performed in 2007. Members may nominate more than one individual in any category. One page of comments may be included in support of nomination.
Nominations should include place and date of birth. Please make additional copies of this form if needed.
Only MIAL members may nominate.

DEADLINE: Nominations must be postmarked on or before January 15, 2008. Attach the artist’s representative work (slides, photographs, CD’s, books, etc.). Please mail the nomination to the appropriate address according to the awards category entered.

Use this form to submit nominations.

Award Categories:

VISUAL ARTS

(Painting, sculpture, drawing, print, graphic arts, etc.) Eligible are up to 15 pieces first publicly shown or published in 2007.
Submit CD, slides, prints, or published work.

MIAL
George Bassi
Lauren Rogers Art Museum
P. O. Box 1108
Laurel, MS 39441-1108

PHOTOGRAPHY
(Color, black and white, combination) Eligible are up to 15 photographs first publicly shown or published in 2007. Submit CD, slides, prints, or published work. MIAL
R. Kim Rushing
406 South 5th Ave.
Cleveland, MS 38732

FICTION
(Novel, short story, etc.) Eligible is work first published in 2007. Submit author’s name, publisher, title of publication, and date of publication. MIAL
Dorothy Shawhan
217 South Leflore
Cleveland, MS 38732

NONFICTION
(Any literature that is not fictional) Eligible is work first published in 2007. Submit author’s name, publisher, title of publication,
and date of publication.
MIAL
Collier Parker
Delta State University
P. O. Box 3234
Cleveland, MS 38733

Poetry
Eligible are up to 15 poems published individually for the first time in 2007, or a collection of at least 15 poems published in book form for the first time in 2007 (poems in the collection may have been first published earlier than 2007). Submit complete tearsheets or publication. MIAL
Bridget Pieschel
Southern Women’s Institute
1100 College Street, MUW-269
Columbus, MS 29701-5800

MUSIC COMPOSITION-Concert
(Song, opera, composition, instrumental music, etc.) Eligible are up to 12 pieces on one recording (album) or one piece publicly performed in 2007. This award is for musical composition, not performance, unless the performance is of the composer’s own composition. Submit a copy of the manuscript, tape, compact disc, etc. MIAL
Courtney Blossman
207 Shearwater Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564

MUSIC COMPOSITION-Popular
(Blues, country music, jazz, rock, etc.) The work/recordings will have been premiered in 2007. Submit
scores and recordings or the commercially released recording without the notated music.
MIAL
Courtney Blossman
207 Shearwater Drive
Ocean Springs, MS 39564