Call For Contributors--African American Women Writers: An A to Z Guide

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Contributors are sought for a reference work that will be published by
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The work, tentatively titled, African American Women Writers: An A to =
Z
Guide, will consist of 173 entries. Each entry will consist of four
parts and will vary in length from 750-6000 words. Each entry will
include the following components:

=A7 Biographical narrative

=A7 Analysis

=A7 Critical Reception

=A7 Bibliography

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Interested contributors should send an email conveying their interest =
to
<mailto:ypage_at_dillard.edu> ypage_at_dillard.edu . In the email indicate
1st, 2nd and 3rd choice of preferred entries and a mailing address.
Confirmation of assigned entries, a sample entry, guidelines and a
description of the work will be mailed to contributors.

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Contributors will receive a copy of the reference work as honorarium.

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Entries are due April 30, 2005.

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Post queries should be sent to: Yolanda W. Page, Department of =
English,
Dillard University, 2601 Gentilly Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70122.

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Authors and entry length

1. Elizabeth Laura Adams (500)

2. Octavia V. Rogers Albert (750)

3. Clarissa Minnie Thompson Allen (750)

4. Sara Allen (750)

5. Mignon Holland Anderson (750)=20

6. Maya Angelou (4500)

7. Tina McElroy Ansa (2250)

8. Doris Jean Austin (2250)

9. Nikki Baker (750)

10. Toni Cade Bambara (3750)

11. Gwendolyn Bennett (1500)

12. Candy Boyd (born as Marguerite Dawson) (750)

13. Marita Bonner (1500)

14. Joanne M. Braxton (750)

15. Ashley Bryan (750)

16. Gwendolyn Brooks (3750)

17. Linda Beatrice Brown (1500)

18. Martha Brown (750)

19. Margaret Taylor Gross Burroughs (750)

20. Annie Louise Burton (750)

21. Olivia Ward-Bush Banks (750)

22. Octavia Butler (3000)

23. Jeanette Franklin Caines (750)=20

24. Barbara Chase-Riboud (750)

25. Alice Childress (3000)

26. Barbara Christian (1000)

27. Pearl Cleage (1500)

28. Michelle Cliff (750)

29. Lucille Clifton (3000)

30. Carolyn Cole (750)

31. Wanda Coleman (750)

32. Eugenia W. Collier (750)

33. Kathleen Collins (1500)

34. Anna Julia Cooper (1500)

35. J. California Cooper (3000)

36. Jayne Cortez (2250)

37. Pearl Crayton (750)

38. Margaret Esse Danner (2250)

39. Edwidge Danticat (2250)

40. Doris Davenport (1500)

41. Lucy Delaney (750)

42. Angela Davis (750)

43. Toi Derricotte (1500)

44. Alexis DeVeaux (3000)

45. Edwina S. Dixon (750)

46. Rita Dove (3000)

47. Kate Drumgold (750)

48. Shirley Graham Du Bois (750)

49. Alice Dunbar-Nelson (2250)

50. Grace Edwards-Yearwood (750)

51. Zilpha Elaw (1500)

52. Mari Evans (2250)

53. Sara Webster Fabio (750)=20

54. Jessie Redmon Fauset (3000)

55. Carolyn Ferrell (750)

56. Julia Fields (1500)

57. Sandra Hollin Flowers (750)

58. Julia A. J. Foote (750)

59. Patrice Gainies (750)

60. Patricia Joann Gibson (750)

61. Nikki Giovanni (2250)

62. Marita Golden (3000)

63. Jewelle Gomez (2250)

64. Shirley Graham (750)

65. Eloise Greenfield (750)

66. Angelina Weld Grimke (2250)

67. Rosa Guy (750)

68. Virginia Hamilton (3000)=20

69. Lorraine Hansberry (4500)

70. Joyce Hansen (750)

71. Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1500)

72. Juanita Harrison (750 words)

73. Carolivia Herron (750)

74. Frenchy Hodges (750)

75. Safiya Henderson-Holmes (750)

76. bell hooks (2250)

77. Pauline Hopkins (2250)

78. Kristin Hunter (2250)

79. Zora Neale Hurston (6000)

80. Angela Jackson (1500)

81. Elaine Jackson (1500)

82. Mae Jackson (750)

83. Mattie Jane Jackson (750)

84. Rebecca Cox Jackson (750)

85. Harriet Jacobs (2000)

86. Amelia Johnson (750)

87. Georgia Douglas Johnson (2250)=20

88. Helen Johnson (1500)

89. Gayl Jones (2250)

90. Karen Jones (750)

91. June Jordan (2250)

92. Elizabeth Keckley (1500)

93. Emma Dunham Kelley (500)

94. Adrienne Kennedy (3750)

95. Jamaica Kincaid (3000)

96. Pinkie Gordon Lane (1500)

97. Nella Larsen (3750)

98. Andrea Lee (1500)

99. Jarena Lee (750)

100. Helen Elaine Lee (750)

101. Audre Lorde (6000)

102. Naomi Long Madgett (1500)

103. Paule Marshall (3000)

104. Sharon Belle Mathis (750)

105. Gwendolyn Earle Matthews (750)

106. Victoria Earle Matthews (750)

107. Janet McDonald (750)

108. Colleen McElroy (1500)

109. Patricia Mckissack (750)

110. Terry McMillan (3000)

111. Louise Meriweather (1500)

112. May Miller (2250)

113. Arthenia J. Bates Millican (750)

114. Mary Monroe (750)

115. Anne Moody (2250)

116. Opal Moore (1500)

117. Toni Morrison (6000)

118. Gertrude Mossell (750)

119. Jess Mowry (750)

120. Beatrice Murphy (750)

121. Pauli Murray (1500)

122. Gloria Naylor (4500)

123. Barbara Neely (750)

124. Diane Oliver (750)

125. Brenda Marie Osbey (1500)=20

126. Suzan Lori Parks (3750)

127. Lillie Patterson (500)

128. Ann Petry (3000)

129. Ann Plato (750)

130. Carlene Hatcher Polite (2250)=20

131. Connie Porter (750)

132. Eliza Potter (750)

133. Mary Prince (1500)

134. Nancy Prince (1500)

135. Aishah Rahman (750)

136. Henrietta Cordelia Ray (750)

137. Carolyn Rodgers (2250)=20

138. Jewell Parker Rhodes (2250)

139. Sonia Sanchez (3000)

140. Dori Sanders (2250)

141. Mary Seacole (1500)

142. Fatima Shaik (750)

143. Ntozake Shange (4500)

144. Ann Allen Shockley (2250)

145. Ellease Southerland (1500)

146. Anne Spencer (1500)

147. Maria Stewart (1500)

148. Barbara Summers (750)

149. Ellen Tarry (750)

150. Claudia Tate (2250)

151. Eleanora Tate (750)

152. Mildred D. Taylor (1500)

153. Lucy Terry (750)

154. Ruth D. Todd (750)

155. Joyce Carol Thomas (1500)

156. Clarissa Minnie Thompson (750)

157. Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman (1500)

158. Mary Elizabeth Vroman (750)

159. Gloria Wade-Gayles (2250)

160. Alice Walker (6000)

161. Margaret Walker (3000)

162. Marilyn Nelson Waniek (750)

163. Mildred Pitts Watter (1000)=20

164. Ida B. Wells-Barnett (2250)

165. Dorothy West (3000)

166. Phillis Wheatley (2250)

167. Paulette Childress White (750)=20

168. Brenda Wilkinson (750)

169. Fannie Barrier Williams (1500)

170. Sherley Anne Williams (2250)

171. Harriet E. Wilson (2250)

172. Sara Elizabeth Wright (1500)

173. Shay Youngblood (2250)

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Yolanda W. Page, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean of Humanities/Assistant Professor of English

Dillard University

2601 Gentilly Blvd

New Orleans, LA 70122

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Office: Cook Room 148

Telephone: (504) 816-4354

Fax: (504) 816-4381

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