Awards
Posted by Daniela Elza on May 22 2010
May 20, 2010.
Recipient of
Pandora’s Collective Citizenship Award, 2010.
Friday August 20, 2010
Summer Dreams Awards Ceremony: A Night of Honour
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Join us at the Jacana Gallery, to celebrate those in the writing community who deserve to be honoured. On the eve of the Summer Dream’s fest we will begin with a lifetime achievement award for Susan Musgrave. We will then go on to give awards to publishers of magazines who continue to support novice and established writers despite cutbacks and inflation. To be honoured are Room, Event, Prism, Sub Terrain, Geist, The Vancouver Review, The Capilano Review, and One Cool Word. Finally, the evening will end with four special awards. Three will be awards of merit for persons or organizations that support the writing community. These awards come from the writing community itself. We asked for nominations from the community and the results will be announced the night of the gala. One award will go to recognize an individual who Pandora’s Collective feels has excelled in their support of writers within our community. This years Citizenship Award goes to Daniela Elza. The evening will continue with Pandora’s Collective commitment to highlighting community involvement to the public. Music: James Mark and Mike Peacock of Melic Thrum (our musical featured guest). Jaime Reid will close the evening with poetry and music. Silent Auction. Cash Bar.
Time: 7:00 pm. Location: Jacana Gallery (2435 Granville Street)
Executive Director Bonnie Nish says:
“I would like to take a moment to announce the recipient of this years Pandora’s Collective Citizenship Award. This is one award that is not voted on but that I get to pick. This is an important award because it goes to someone that I feel has contributed to the writing community in a significant way. And this person has certainly done that. About 8 years ago I met a woman on a playground and we started to talk about poetry. Then there she was at the Surrey Writers Conference approaching me at our table. Since that time she has become a friend, a colleague, an inspiration to myself and so many. In her quiet way she supports as many writers as she can to submit work, to read, to push ourselves. She encourages us and she puts herself out there so that we may find a space where we are safe while trying to go beyond what we thought we were capable of. To me that is one of the best qualities an educator and a mentor can have. It is with great pleasure that I give to you the recipient of this years Pandora’s Collective Citizenship Award to an individual who has excelled in their commitment to support writers within our community. The regional rep of the Federation of BC Writers, an amazing poet herself, a PhD student, a mom and wife and wonderful spirit; Daniela Elza!”
Thank you Bonnie, and Pandora’s Collective Team.
I am deeply honoured to receive this award.
May 24th, 2010 at 11:01 am
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[...] Daniela Elza (blog) has written with and around crows for more than a decade. The crows remain a mystery to her. She know, for sure, they have a lot to say. She has decided to put them in a book and let them sort it out. Daniela’s work has been published in over 42 print, online, and peer-reviewed publications. Daniela is the recipient of this year’s Pandora’s Collective Citizenship Award. [...]
May 17th, 2011 at 9:24 am
Hi Elza,
I wonder if you have a mailing list to let people know when you post on your blog – and that I could be on.
Thanks,
Sara
May 17th, 2011 at 10:10 am
Hi Sara,
I do not have a mailing list for this. Perhaps I have too may mailing lists. Now that I think of it.
Perhaps I will learn the twitter ropes soon and meet you all there one of these days. I hear more and more of my friend poets keep up with each other on twitter and share their posts. Thanks for your interest.