Persuasions #13, 1991 Page 4
1991 Awards The Henry G. Burke Grants for 1991 have been awarded as follows: to
Joanne Forman, Ranchos de Taos, NM, to assist in the creation of a one-act
opera based upon Lady Susan; to
JASNA Illinois Region (Joan Pawelski, Out Reach Chair), Chicago, to develop a
handbook for teaching Jane Austen’s works in secondary schools; and to John
McAleer, Boston, MA, for expenses in connection with the completion of his
definitive biography of Jane Austen. Henry G. Burke Grants The Jane Austen Society of North America invites applications for
support of projects on Jane Austen. The
Society will consider making awards from a fund of $5000 (U.S.) for one or more
research or creative projects per year that will help to bring Jane Austen’s
name before the public. Such an award
might enable the recipient to visit a special collection so as to complete an
article, for instance; or to assemble a Jane Austen display in a school; or to
present a dramatization in his or her locale; or to pay permission fees for quotations
in a book on Jane Austen; etc. To
apply, write a letter describing your project and your qualifications for
completing it, and specifying your financial needs, to Joan N. Brantz, Chair,
JASNA Subcommittee on Henry G. Burke Grants, Briar House A-54, Elkins Park, PA
19117. Deadline: applications should be postmarked on
or before June 1, 1992. Recipients will
be notified by November 15.
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