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Nan Snow Emerging Writer Award


As part of its mission to promote the work and careers of women writers, the C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference is excited to sponsor the Nan Snow Emerging Writer Award, which celebrates conference attendees whose writing shows considerable promise. Submissions are accepted in all genres and fields. First, second, and third place winners will receive a monetary prize ($500, $250, and $100 respectively) and will be invited to read their work during a special awards panel held during our in-person conference. In times of a virtual conference, readings will be posted on our website.

2020 Winners

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​​First Place
E.A. Farro
for the essay "View from the Lactation Room at the White House"

E.A. Farro is a scientist and artist who spent several years working in politics. She founded The Nature Library art instillation. Her publications have appeared in The Rumpus, The Kenyon Review, and The Normal School, among others. She is a recipient of a Minnesota State Art Board grant, an Excellence in Teaching Fellowship at the Madeline Island School of the Arts, and a Loft Literary Center Mentor Award. She teaches at the Loft Literary Center.


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Second Place
Lisa Low
for the essay "How to Apologize"

Lisa Low’s poems appear or are forthcoming in Copper Nickel, Bat City Review, Puerto del Sol, Redivider, Nashville Review, and elsewhere. She earned her MFA at Indiana University and is currently a PhD student at the University of Cincinnati and an assistant editor at The Cincinnati Review. "How to Apologize" originally appeared in Gulf Coast.



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Third Place
Alyea Pierce
for the poems "Vicissitude (after Audre Lorde's Afterimages)," "28 Days," and "Home"

Alyea Pierce, Ed.M is an award-winning author, educator, and international speaker and performance poet. She is a 2019-2020 Fulbright and National Geographic Storytelling Fellow Alum who conducted arts-based research in Trinidad and Tobago.  Alyea has performed her spoken word poetry and diversity/leadership conversations in countless venues.


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  • About
    • Our Mission
    • Who We Are
    • C.D. Wright
  • Conference Information
    • 2023 Conference
    • 2022 Conference
    • 2022 Call for Proposal
    • 2022 Submit a Proposal
    • 2021 Submit a Proposal
    • 2020 Conference Information
    • 2019 Conference Information
    • 2019 Schedule
    • 2018 Schedule
    • 2018 Presenter Information
    • 2017 Schedule
    • 2017 Conference Details
  • Nan Snow Emerging Writer Award
  • Donate
  • Contact