Refimprove date May 2008 The PushcartPrize is an American literary prize by Pushcart Press that honors the best poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot ref http www.pushcartprize.com nominate.htm ref ref cite news url http www.sfgate.com cgi bin article.cgi?f c a 2008 12 26 DDU514SOA5.DTL&feed rss.entertainment work The San Francisco Chronicle first Francesca last Mari title Anthology review The PushcartPrize XXXIII date 2011 01 07 ref published in the small press es over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are invited to nominate up to 6 works they have featured. Anthologies of the selected works have been published annually since 1976. ref http www.pushcartprize.com index.htm ref The founding editors are Ana s Nin , Buckminster Fuller , Charles Newman, Daniel Halpern, Gordon Lish , Harry Smith poet Harry Smith , Hugh Fox , Ishmael Reed , Joyce Carol Oates , Len Fulton, Leonard Randolph, Leslie Fiedler , Nona Balakian, Paul Bowles , Paul Engle , Ralph Ellison , Reynolds Price , Rhoda Schwartz, Richard Morris , Ted Wilentz, Tom Montag, and William Phillips . ref Henderson, Bill Ed. 2008 . PushcartPrize XXXII Best of the Small Presses . New York W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978 1 888889 48 2 ref Among the writers who received early recognition in PushcartPrize Anthologies were Kathy Acker , Steven Barthelme , Rick Bass , Charles Baxter author Charles Baxter , Bruce Boston , Raymond Carver , Joshua Clover , Junot Diaz , Andre Dubus , William H. Gass , Se n Mac Falls , William Monahan , Paul Muldoon , Joyce Carol Oates , Tim O Brien author Tim O Brien ... HONORED WITH PUSHCARTPRIZE publisher The Spokesman Review accessdate 2011 03 04 ref Peter Orner , Kevin ... References Reflist External links http www.pushcartprize.com PushcartPrize http www.pw.org mag newsdavis101.htm Pushcart Rolls Into 25th Year , Christina Davis , Poets & Writers website Category American literary awards Category Poetry awards hu Pushcart d j ... more details
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Pushcart Press is a publishing house established in 1972 by Bill Henderson publisher Bill Henderson a onetime associate editor at Doubleday publisher Doubleday and is perhaps most famous for its PushcartPrize and for the anthology of prize winners it publishes annually. The press has been honored by Publishers Weekly as one of the USA s most influential publishers with the 1979 Carey Thomas Prize for publisher of the year. It has also won the 2005 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Critics Circle and the 2006 Poets & Writers Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Prize. ref http www.pushcartpress.org Pushcart Press website , accessed 21 February 2008 ref Books Expand section date May 2008 Garden State novel Garden State 1992 by Rick Moody References http www.pw.org mag newsdavis101.htm Pushcart Rolls Into 25th Year , Christina Davis , Poets & Writers Magazine , http www.pw.org mag con0101.htm Vol. 29, Issue 1, January February 2001 http www.indiana.edu liblilly lilly mss html henderson.html Henderson manuscripts , Lilly Library Manuscript Collections, Indiana University Reflist External links http www.smallpress.org members dataviewDet.asp?Id 489 Entry at the New York Center for Independent Publishing formerly Small Press Center Use dmy dates date January 2011 Category Publishing companies established in 1972 Category Book publishing companies of the United States publishing stub ... more details
Refimprove date September 2007 The Pushcart derby is a popular sporting event held every August in Jamaica where homemade carts that are used for street street food vending , to transport items or as a racing cart take part in races like the United States American Soap Box Derby soap box races . The carts have been clocked at up to 60 miles per hour on a downhill homestretch. The venue of the event is the Kaiser s Sports Club for the finals of the annual Push Cart Derby . The pushcart derby in Jamaica is credited as the inspiration for the Jamaica national bobsled team . ref http www.devonharrislive.com olympian.html Interview with Devon Pele Harris Jamaica Bobsled Team Member ref The pushcart derby is also featured in the 1993 movie Cool Runnings . References references Category Jamaican culture Category Competitions in Jamaica Category Racing sports Jamaica stub sports stub ... more details
The Pushcart War is a popular children s book written by Jean Merrill and illustrated by Ronni Solbert . It was published in 1964 and concerns a war between pushcart peddlers and delivery truck s in New York City . In 1980, the novel was adapted for the stage by Gregory Falls for the ACT Theatre Young ACT Company in Seattle. Traffic in New York City has become intolerable. The leaders of the three biggest trucking companies, known as The Three, hold a secret meeting where they plan to take over the streets for themselves by eliminating other traffic, starting with the pushcarts. The character Professor Cumberly says, The truck drivers had gotten together and figured out that in crowded traffic conditions, the only way to get where you wanted to go was to be so big that you didn t have to get out of the way of anybody. This is known as the Large Object Theory of History. Faced with truck related accidents, damaged carts, and injured fellows, the pushcart peddlers respond with the Pea Shooter Campaign. The aim is to flatten truck tires using pea shooters with pins in the peas so that everyone can see that the trucks are the cause of the traffic problems. One peddler, Frank the Flower, is arrested and falsely confesses that he shot all 18,991 of the trucks. After his arrest, the peddlers give up the Pea Shooter Campaign. But soon, inspired by Frank s arrest, children join in the sabotage of truck tires. The movie star, Wenda Gambling, also comes out in support of the peddlers. On the truck side are the owners Moe Mammoth of Mammoth Moving, Walter Sweet of Tiger Trucking, and Louie Livergreen of LEMA Lower Eastside Moving Association . Their biggest trucks are respectively the Mighty Mammoth, the Ten Ton Tiger and the Leaping Lema. Their most prominent driver is Albert P. Mack .... Jerusalem, Carlos, Papa Peretz, Eddie Moroney and the pushcart repair shop owner Maxie Hammerman, the Pushcart ... DEFAULTSORT Pushcart War, The Category 1964 novels Category American children s novels ... more details
The Prize may refer to The Prize novel The Prize novel , a 1962 novel by Irving Wallace The Prize 1963 film The Prize 1963 film , a 1963 film based on the novel The Prize 2011 film The Prize 2011 film , a 2011 Mexican film The Prize , a 1986 comedy film for Swedish TV about the Nobel Prize http akas.imdb.com title tt0459513 needs relevant link The Prize The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power , a 1991 book by Daniel Yergin The Prize , a song on Guster s album Parachute album Parachute album The Prize album The Prize album , a 1977 album by the Alwyn Wall Band Eyes on the Prize , a documentary about the American civil rights movement See also Prize disambiguation The Price disambiguation disambig ... more details
otheruses A prize is an award to be given to a person or a group of people to recognise and reward actions or achievements. ref name free http www.thefreedictionary.com prizePrize , definition 1, The Free Dictionary, Farlex, Inc. Retrieved August 7, 2009. ref Official prizes often involve money monetary rewards as well as the fame that comes with them. Some prizes are also associated with extravagant awarding ceremonies, such as the Academy Awards . Prizes are also given to publicize noteworthy or exemplary behaviour, and to provide incentives for improved outcomes and competitive efforts. In general, prizes are regarded in a positive light, ref name free and their winners are admired. However, many prizes, especially the more famous ones, have often caused controversy and jealousy . File Nobel prize medal.svg thumb right 120px Vector image of the Nobel prize medal Specific types of prizes include Booby prize typically awarded as a joke or insult to whoever finished last e.g., wooden spoon award . Consolation prize an award given to those who do not win an event but are deserving of recognition. Hierarchical prizes, where the best award may be, for example, the first prize , grand prize , or gold medal , and subordinate awards may be called second prize , third prize , etc., or first runner up and second runner up , or silver medal and bronze medal . Especially on game shows, in the UK, the term is star prize , while in Australia, the term is major prize . Purchase prize or acquisition prize a monetary prize given in an art competition in exchange for the winning work. See also wiktionarypar prize List of prizes, medals, and awards Repechage Medal Prize law Prize money , monetary award that is given to someone after they have won a competition. Prizes named after people References reflist Categories Category Awards Other languages ar da Pr mie de Preis Gewinn es Premio eo Premio gl Premio hr Odlikovanja nl Prijs winnen pl Nagroda simple Prize zh ... more details
A No Prize is a faux award given out by Marvel Comics to readers. Originally for those who spotted continuity ... works or other types of meritorious service to the cause of Marveldom . As the No Prize evolved, it was distinguished ... fans for simply identifying such errors, a No Prize was only awarded when a reader successfully explained why the continuity error was not an error at all. History The No Prize, originally implemented ... inspired Stan Lee to create the No Prize . ref he or she would receive a prize of cash, free comics, or something similar. When readers began pressuring Marvel to start giving out a similar prize, Fact date December 2008 Stan Lee created the No Prize basically as a joke by the Marvel staff on the readers ... . ref Originally, the prize was simply Lee publishing the letter and informing the letter writer that he or she had won a No Prize, which was actually nothing. ref Gruenwald, Mark. http www.webcitation.org ... Coast Avengers 10 letter column July 1986 . Accessed Sept. 29, 2008. ref Other No Prize contests ... along with Lee congratulating them on winning a No Prize. When fans began demanding No Prizes for no real ... since Marvel was well known for its rigorous continuity. The No Prize soon evolved as a reward to those ... thumb right 300px An official Marvel No Prize envelope. The No Prize had been intended as a reminder ... prize was in high demand. In addition, many recipients of the award began to write Lee and ask why they had not received an actual prize. Fact date December 2008 In response, in 1967 Lee began mailing No Prize winners pre printed empty envelopes that said Congratulations, this envelope contains a genuine Marvel Comics No Prize which you have just won But even this was a problem, as some clueless fans wrote back asking where their prize was, even going so far as to suggest their prize had fallen ... Dec. 1986 , these were the various editors policies Ann Nocenti X Men The spirit of the No Prize is not just ... it to my satisfaction, I ll award a No Prize. I give away very few. Mike Higgins editor Mike Higgins ... more details
wiktionary prizePrize may refer to Media The Prize novel The Prize novel , 1962 novel by Irving Wallace The Prize 1963 film The Prize 1963 film , 1963 film based on the novel The Prize 2011 film The Prize 2011 film , a 2011 film The Prize The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power , 1991 book by Daniel Yergin Other Prize , award received for merit. Prize law , captured or recovered vessel Prize marketing , promotional item usually a toy or other small object of nominal value included free in a retail product. Prize, California , former settlement Prize money , paid to naval personnel for the successful capture of a ship. See also Price disambiguation disambig fr Prix homonymie ja ru ... more details
The Ramanujan Prize may refer to The SASTRA Ramanujan Prize awarded by the Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology & Research Academy The ICTP Ramanujan Prize awarded by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics disambig ... more details
Trotter Prize may refer to The Mildred Trotter Prize, an undergraduate anthropology award named for Mildred Trotter The Trotter Prize Texas A&M an award for work on intelligent design Disambig ... more details
The P lya Prize is either of two prizes in the field of mathematics named after Hungarian people Hungarian mathematician George P lya . P lya Prize SIAM , a prize awarded by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics P lya Prize LMS , a prize awarded by the London Mathematical Society Disambig DEFAULTSORT Polya Prize Category Mathematics awards it Premio P lya ja zh ... more details
for other uses The Prize disambiguation Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Prize is a novel written by Irving Wallace in 1962 concerning the annual prize giving ceremony of the Nobel award Nobel Prize . A The Prize 1963 film film , based on the book and starring Paul Newman , was made later in 1963. Six people all around the world are catapulted to international fame as they receive the most important telegraph of their lives, which invites them to Stockholm to receive the prize. This will result to be a turning point in their lives, in which personal affairs and political intrigue will engulf every one of the characters. DEFAULTSORT Prize Category 1962 novels 1960s novel stub ... more details
Prize crew is a term used to indicate a number of crew members of a ship chosen to take over the operations of a captured ship. Early emphasis on prize crews In the early days of sailing and up into the American Civil War , capturing enemy ships was quite common. As a result, warships optimistically carried extra crew members for use as prize crews . Prize courts Prize crews were required to take their prize to appropriate prize court s, which would determine whether the prize crew had sufficient cause to have the title of the prize awarded to them. Modern naval warfare Today, as evidenced by results .... Therefore, prize crews were no longer an integral part of a ship s complement. If, however, a ship was captured, a prize crew would be selected from the winning ship s complement. Example of sailing era prize crews See USS Nightingale 1851 for prize crew and prize court example. Examples of modern prize crews in 1939, the SS City of Flint was captured by a German warship in the Atlantic and sailed to Norway. As Norway was neutral, the German prize crew were eventually interned and the vessel returned to her American owners. In 1941, a Royal Navy prize crew sailed the captured, German, U boat ... 739 selected a prize crew to board Japanese submarine I 14 . U.S. Coast Guard cutters capture vessels during drug interdiction operations, and then bring them to port using prize crews. USS Hanna DE 449 Hanna DE 449 placed a prize crew on the Japanese Tachibana Maru at the end of World War II . References DANFS See also Boarding action Prize law Prize Court External links http www.smsmoewe.com sundry smsmhd14.htm German prize crew of 22 sailed the ship into Hampton Roads, Virginia http www.bermuda triangle.org html ellen austin.html She hauled up and the captain sent over a prize crew http www.sharkhunters.com EPMiles.htm he was a member of the prize crew that brought U 2513 back to the United States Category Nautical terms Category Prize warfare Navy stub ru de Prisenkommando ... more details
At least one ship of the Royal Navy has been named HMS Prize including a Q ship of World War I see William Edward Sanders . Shipindex DEFAULTSORT Prize Category Royal Navy ship names ... more details
Expand Hungarian Sz chenyi d j date December 2009 The Sz chenyi Prize lang hu Sz chenyi d j , named after Istv n Sz chenyi , is a prize given in Hungary by the state, replacing the former State Prize in 1990 in recognition of those who have made an outstanding contribution to academic life in Hungary. External links http www.okm.gov.hu main.php?folderID 1700&ctag articlelist&iid 1&articleID 231013 www.okm.gov.hu Hu icon DEFAULTSORT Szechenyi Prize Category Hungarian awards Hungary stub hu Sz chenyi d j ... more details
Infobox award name Wolf Prize description Outstanding achievement in Wolf Prize in Agriculture Agriculture , Wolf Prize in Chemistry Chemistry , Wolf Prize in Mathematics Mathematics , Wolf Prize in Medicine Medicine , Wolf Prize in Physics Physics , and Wolf Prize in Arts Arts . presenter Wolf Foundation country Israel year 1978 website http www.wolffund.org.il main.asp?idMain 13 The Wolf Prize is an international ... of nationality, race, colour, religion, sex or political views. Prizes The prize is awarded ... and former Cuba n ambassador to Israel. It is awarded in six fields Wolf Prize in Agriculture Agriculture , Wolf Prize in Chemistry Chemistry , Wolf Prize in Mathematics Mathematics , Wolf Prize in Medicine Medicine , Wolf Prize in Physics Physics , and an Wolf Prize in Arts Arts prize that rotates between architecture , music , painting and sculpture . Each prize consists of a diploma and US 100,000. The prize is described by the Foundation as being awarded annually , but is not in fact awarded ... prestigious awards in those fields after the Nobel Prize ref http physicsworld.com cws article news 18884 Physicsworld.com Wolf prize goes to particle theorists ref ref name gongs away ref Basolo, F From Coello to Inorganic Chemistry A Lifetime of Reactions , page 65, Springer, 2002 ref . The prize in physics has gained a reputation for identifying future winners of the Nobel Prize from the 26 prizes awarded between 1978 and 2010, fourteen winners have gone on to win the Nobel Prize, five of those in the following year. ref name gongs away In medicine, the prize is probably the third most prestigious, after the Nobel Prize and the Lasker Award . Until the establishment of the Abel Prize , the Wolf Prize was probably the closest equivalent of a Nobel Prize in Mathematics , since the more .... The Prize in Agriculture has likewise been equated to a Nobel Prize in Agriculture . ref National Research ... resources Research , page 155, National Academies Press, 2000 ref For past Wolf Prize laureates ... more details
The Andre Aisenstadt ref fr Andr Aisenstadt Andr Aisenstadt ref Prize recognizes a young Canada Canadian mathematician s outstanding achievement in pure or applied mathematics. It has been awarded annually since 1992 except in 1994, when no prize was given by the Centre de Recherches Math matiques . ref http crm.math.ca prix prixAndreAisenstadt prix recipiendairesAA an.shtml Aisenstadt Prize winners through 2007 . ref The prize consists of a 3,000 award and a medal. In 2007, it was won by Gregory G Smith Greg Smith of Queen s University ref http qnc.queensu.ca campusnews article loader.php?id 4586fd66bbf55 Mathematician wins research prize , Queen s University , December 18, 2006. ref and Alexander Holroyd of the University of British Columbia . The 2008 prize was given to Jozsef Solymosi of the University of British Columbia and Jonathan Taylor of the Universit de Montr al . References reflist Category Mathematics awards math stub fr Prix Andr Aisenstadt ... more details
The Cikada Prize was founded in 2004 following the 100th anniversary celebration in commemoration of the birth of the Swedish Nobel Prize winner, Harry Martinson . The award consists of 20.000SEK and an art piece designed by the Swedish ceramics artist Gunilla Sundstr m. The award is being presented in cooperation with Handelsh gskolans Japan Institut The European Institute of Japanese Studies , Yasuragi Hasseludden, Judiska Teatern Jewish Theater , stasieninstitutet East Asia Institute and Nyteboden. The name of the prize has been inspired by Martinson s poetry collection Cikada , which was published in 1953. In this collection is also included the first 29 poems of Aniara, The Song about Doris and Mima . The atomic bombs in Japan, followed by the construction of the world s first H bomb in 1953, had a big impact in the creation of the Aniara songs. The prize is aimed at Eastern poets Chinese, Korean, and Japanese because of Harry Martinson s great admiration for this part of the world, but also because the rich poetry of these countries deserves better recognition. Prize Winners The 1st Cikada Prize was given to the poet So Sakon 1919 2006 . The prize was presented in connection with the opening of a symposium about Japanese literature at the Yasuragi in Stockholm on the 6th of August 2004. The prize was given to So Sakon at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo on the 3rd of September 2004. The winner of the 2nd Cikada Prize was the haiku poet Kaneko Tota born 1919 . The prize was given to Kaneko Tota at the Swedish Embassy in Tokyo the 13th of December 2005 by the Princess Desir e of Sweden. The 3rd Cikada Prize was given to the Korean poet Ko Un at the Swedish Embassy in Seoul , South Korea on the 28th of November 2006. The 4th Cikada Prize was given to the Korean poet Shin Kyong Rim on 2007. Links http www.cikada priset.se index eng.htm Cikada Prize website Category Awards established in 2004 Category Poetry awards ... more details
A prize court is a court or even a single individual, such as an ambassador or consul representative consul authorized to consider whether or not a ship has been lawfully captured or seized in time of war or under the terms of the seizing ship s letters of marque and reprisal . A prize court may order the sale or destruction of the seized ship, and the distribution of any proceeds to the captain and crew of the seizing ship. A prize court may also order the return of a seized ship to its owners if the seizure was unlawful, such as if seized from a country which had proclaimed its Neutral country neutrality . Prize courts were common in the 17th through 19th centuries during times of American or European naval warfare. Pursuant to UnitedStatesCode 10 7651 7681 , the United States district court s have exclusive jurisdiction in prize cases, but due to changes in the nature of naval warfare, no prize cases have been heard since the statutes were adopted in 1956. In England and Wales , prize jurisdiction is exercised by the Admiralty Court , part of the Queen s Bench Division of the High Court of Justice . Senior Courts Act 1981 , ss. 20 1 d , 27 and 62 2 , and by way of appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Unreferenced date October 2008 Category Diplomacy Category Prize warfare Law stub Navy stub ... more details
The Seatonian Prize is awarded by the University of Cambridge for the best English poem on a sacred subject, and is open to any Master of Arts Oxbridge Master of Arts of the university. Seaton, and his prize, is referred to in the poem of George Gordon, Lord Byron English Bards and Scots Reviewers 1809 . Founding It was founded by the Rev. Thomas Seaton , educated at Stamford School and a Fellow of Clare College , who died in 1741. The prize was financed by the revenue from his Kislingbury estate bequeathed to the University. The bequest was not formally accepted by the University and no regulations drawn up for the Seatonian Prize until 1898 . It has been awarded annually since 1750. Winners The winner in the first three years was Christopher Smart . On the Omniscience of the Supreme Being Cambridge, 1752 was his prize winning poetical essay of that year. Smart won much credit by his success. In 1754 his fellowship was extended on condition that he continued to write for the prize. Further reading cite book year 1772 title Musae Seatonianae A complete collection of the Cambridge prize poems, from the first institution of that premium by the Rev. Mr. Tho. Seaton, in 1750, to the present time. To which are added two poems, likewise written for the prize, Mr. G. Bally and Mr J. Scott. page 334p. Reprinted in 1808 as two 2 volumes. Cambridge, J.Deighton. Award stub Category 1750 establishments ... more details
The Attenborough Prize is an annual prize, awarded by Richard Attenborough , aiming to celebrate emerging talent in visual arts ref http www.leicester.gov.uk newssite index01.asp?pgid 7957 From the Leicester City Council News Archive Bot generated title ref The Prize was announced in June 2007 by Lord Attenborough whose name lends itself to the Prize s eponym and the leader of Leicester City Council . The announcement was to coincide with Lord Attenborough s opening of his personal collection of Picasso Ceramics at Leicester s New Walk Museum and Art Gallery ref http www.bbc.co.uk leicester content articles 2007 06 15 picasso ceramics attenborough feature.shtml BBC Leicester Entertainment Picasso Ceramics Bot generated title ref . The Prize is awarded by Lord Attenborough to the best contemporary visual artist exhibiting at the City Gallery s Open 19 Exhibition, in Leicester , England . Lord Attenborough chairs the committee which selects the Prize s winner from a shortlist of six artists, chosen from over a thousand exhibiting at the Open Exhibition. Winners 2007 Choterina Freer 2008 Sarah Key 2009 Neill Raitt 2010 David Raine ref http www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk courts Painting sister wins artist major prize article 2891367 detail article.html This is Leicestershire, accessed 13 Nov 2010 ref References reflist DEFAULTSORT Attenborough Prize Category British awards ... more details
The Vetlesen Prize is awarded from Columbia University s Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory and the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation. Background The Vetlesen Prize has been described as an attempt to establish an equivalent of a Nobel prize Nobel award for geophysics ref http science.howstuffworks.com vetlesen prize info.htm Vetlesen Prize howstuffworks.com ref or geology ref Alden, Andrew http geology.about.com od peoplecareers a aa prizes.htm What Is Geology s Nobel Prize? About.com ref . The prize is awarded for scientific achievement resulting in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relations to the universe. The prize is awarded on average once every two years, if the jury selects at least one worthy candidate during this period. ref http www.ldeo.columbia.edu the vetlesen prize The Vetlesen Prize ref History G. Unger Vetlesen established the foundation which bears his name shortly before his death in 1955. In addition to the Vetlesen Prize, the foundation provides support in the Earth sciences for institutions of excellence. The prize is awarded for scientific achievement resulting in a clearer understanding of the Earth, its history, or its relations to the universe. The prize is awarded on average once every two years, if the jury selects at least one worthy candidate during this period. ref http www.ldeo.columbia.edu the vetlesen prize about foundation About the G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation ref Past Recipients 2008 Walter Alvarez 2004 Sir Nicholas Shackleton , United Kingdom 2004 William Richard Peltier W. Richard Peltier , Canada 2000 W. Jason Morgan , USA 2000 Walter C. Pitman III , USA 2000 Lynn R. Sykes , USA 1996 Robert E. Dickinson , USA 1996 John Imbrie , USA 1993 Walter Munk , USA 1987 Wallace S. Broecker , USA 1987 Harmon Craig , USA 1981 Marion King Hubbert , USA 1978 J. Tuzo Wilson , Canada 1974 Chaim L. Pekeris Chaim Leib Pekeris , Israel ... ref http www.ldeo.columbia.edu the vetlesen prize past recipients The Vetlesen Prize past recipients ... more details
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