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Eldin Memorial Fellowship

Help establish a fellowship to honor a middle-grade novelist whose career was tragically cut short.

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Eldin Memorial Fellowship

Eldin Memorial Fellowship

Eldin Memorial Fellowship

Eldin Memorial Fellowship

Eldin Memorial Fellowship

Help establish a fellowship to honor a middle-grade novelist whose career was tragically cut short.

Help establish a fellowship to honor a middle-grade novelist whose career was tragically cut short.

Help establish a fellowship to honor a middle-grade novelist whose career was tragically cut short.

Help establish a fellowship to honor a middle-grade novelist whose career was tragically cut short.

Stephen Parrish
Stephen Parrish
Stephen Parrish
Stephen Parrish
2 Campaigns |
Clinton, United States
$3,100 USD 46 backers
124% of $2,500 Flexible Goal Flexible Goal
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Chris Eldin was an aspiring middle grade author whose life took a tragic turn and ended in 2012.  She was active in the writing community, helping dozens of fellow authors promote their books.  She was a loving mother and a champion of young adult fiction. To those of us who knew her and want to memorialize her, she was a friend.

We’re launching an annual fellowship in Chris’s honor, one dedicated to middle grade fiction (ages 8 to 12), the genre she specialized in.  And since she was unpublished at the time of her death, we’re restricting the fellowship to previously unpublished writers.  It’s what she would have wanted.

The idea is this: writers who have never before published a middle grade novel are invited to submit the first 5000 words of their work-in-progress, along with a synopsis.  We’ll select finalists, and young adult author Louise Hawes will choose a winner.  With your help the winner will receive $1000 and a crystal trophy.

Who are we?  We’re the editors and friends of The Lascaux Review.  We’re a group consisting of writers and other industry professionals.  We’re the people who want to keep Christine Eldin’s name alive.

And we’ve got perks to award in exchange for donations.  They’re tallied in the sidebar, but here’s some additional information:

1.  The books are all autographed. They were donated personally by their respective authors.

2.  When Travis Erwin says he’ll eat a piece of lettuce in your honor, on video, while proclaiming your name to all the universe within his periphery, you need to genuflect in gratitude, because to Travis lettuce is the devil.

3.  For more information about Erica Orloff's writing class visit her site.

4.  All donors will be listed on the Lascaux Review donate page.

Since the fundraiser is now underway, and since we have your undivided attention, we might as well announce that fellowship submissions are being accepted at this time:
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That’s about it.  Complete information about the contest can be found at eldinfellowship.org.  If you have any questions write to Stephen Parrish or Wendy Russ at lascauxreview at gmail dot com.  We’ll answer them immediately.  If you’re hesitant, read the eulogy Steve wrote.  Then come back and help us honor someone whose name deserves to live forever.

Thank you for your help.


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Postcard from Germany

$10 USD
You'll receive a thank-you postcard from Mainz, Germany, where Gutenberg operated his printing press.
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October 2014
3 claimed

Lettuce is Divine

$15 USD
Travis Erwin, founder of Lettuce is the Devil, will eat a leaf of lettuce, on video, while proclaiming your name to all the universe within his periphery.
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December 2014
5 claimed

Children's Book

$20 USD
One autographed children's book (our choice), drawn from authors Kerry Madden, Sara Shacter, and Christopher Cheng.
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October 2014
3 out of 7 of claimed

Adventurous Stuff Bundle

$25 USD
Three autographed mystery/suspense/thriller titles (our choice), drawn from authors Mark Terry, Les Edgerton, Maegan Beaumont, Jaye Wells, Jude Hardin, and Stephen Parrish.
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October 2014
1 out of 4 of claimed

Poetry Bundle

$25 USD
Three autographed volumes of poetry (our choice), drawn from authors Robert S. King, Christopher Reilley, Helene Cardona, John Fitzgerald, Richard Fox, and Robin Stratton.
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October 2014
0 out of 5 of claimed

Plant a Tree

$25 USD
A sapling will be planted in your name in a park area designated for Chris (location TBD).
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March 2015
4 claimed

General Fiction Bundle

$40 USD
Four autographed general fiction titles (our choice), drawn from authors Patricia Wood, Jennifer Zobair, Robin Stratton, Wanda Morrow Clevenger, Leesa Cross-Smith, and Wendy Russ.
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October 2014
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Young Adult Bundle

$40 USD
Two autographed young adult novels (our choice), drawn from authors Victoria Strauss, Alissa Grosso, Kirby Larson, Susanne Gervay, and Cindy Pon.
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October 2014
2 out of 5 of claimed

Middle Grade Bundle

$40 USD
Two autographed middle grade novels (our choice), drawn from authors Danette Haworth, Laurel Snyder, Sally Jones Rogan, Sharon Skinner, Greg Pincus, and Mary Cunningham.
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October 2014
1 out of 5 of claimed

Jamie Ford

$50 USD
Autographed copies (one each) of Songs of Willow Frost and Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
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October 2014
1 out of 2 of claimed

The Corrections

$100 USD
An autographed 1st edition of The Corrections, by Jonathan Franzen.
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October 2014
0 out of 1 of claimed

Skype with Hugh Howey

$100 USD
A half-hour Skype session with bestselling author Hugh Howey.
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October 2014
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The One and Only Ivan

$25 USD
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October 2014
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The Sherlock Files

$30 USD
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October 2014
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The Plot Whisperer

$40 USD
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Winter of the World

$50 USD
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Hugh Howey Novel

$50 USD
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Writing Class

$200 USD
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June 2015
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Literary Agent Evaluation

$200 USD
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October 2014
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