The Syracuse James Joyce Club

The Syracuse James Joyce Club

presents its
- 2008 Bloomsday Celebration -
Monday, June 16th, at
The Red House in Armory Square,
Syracuse, New York.

James Joyce Scholarships

Sponsored by:

LeMoyne College,
and,
Geoffrey Hoefer, in memory of Rosi Moses-Scheuer.

The James Joyce 2008 Scholarship Awards as part of a Dublin-style Bloomsday at
the Red House in Syracuse

The James Joyce 2008 Writing Contest awards will be presented as part of a significant event in the Syracuse Joyce Club history during our 15th Bloomsday, Monday, June 16, 2008 at the Red House in Armory Square, Syracuse. Bloomsday is the worldwide reading of James Joyce's classic: Ulysses - voted the No. 1 novel of the 20th Century by American literary scholars. This year the marathon reading event follows what is known as a Dublin-style Bloomsday when a diverse group of leaders in media, theatre, academia, literature and political life, and sports figures of the Syracuse area community will read four to five minutes of their own selection from Joyce's writings. The Syracuse Joyce Club ‘performance’ annually attracts over 300 people, and is part of the CNY chapter, Irish American Cultural Institute.

The 2008 James Joyce 'Nancy Duffy Award' – in memory of the 'Irish Trailblazer' and community leader - will again be first prize. This award combines a cash prize along with a gift of a rare 1919 edition of Joyce’s only play, EXILES, a donation from Geoffrey Hoefer of New York City in memory of another extraordinary woman, his grand aunt, Rosi Moses-Scheuer. Rosi was a German Jew and survivor of the Holocaust.

The 2008 contest seeks ‘essays’ from high school seniors and all college students in Central New York. An additional ‘short-story’ contest is offered for the 7th year. For the latter, in the preface of the short story, the author must describe its pertinence to Joyce’s characters, settings or techniques. Other cash prize awards totaling $500 are again sponsored by Le Moyne College. The winners will also receive attractive Joyce award certificates.

Essays must relate to James Joyce or his works, for example: his contribution to modern literature; an intellectual enigma; censorship; the influence of Nora Barnacle on his writings; Joyce and Dublin; writer in exile; stream of consciousness; portrait of the artist.

The Scholarship Awards are intended to recognize intellectual curiosity of our young people while promoting the awareness in our schools of Joyce’s contribution to modern literature. Essay or short story should be submitted to, or further information requested from:

Basil Dillon-Malone, Chair, James Joyce Contest 2008 4083 Sweetgum Lane, Liverpool, N.Y. 13090 Phone: (315) 622-1132 email: bdillonm@arcomlabs.com (for information only! not submittals!)
- James Joyce Contest Rules -

Essayist/Short Story author must be a high school senior or college student residing or studying in Central New York.

In 2008, for the first time, submission may be made TWO ways:

(a) One .doc or .pdf copy, e-mailed to the Syracuse James Joyce Club, in care of,

Professor Michael Loudis, at: Loudismj@morrisville.edu or,

(b)three copies typed and double-spaced, mailed to the Chair, Basil Dillon-Malone at his Liverpool address.
Entries will not be returned.

The Essay will be 500 to 1000 words for high school students, and 1000 to 1500 words for college students. Short Story will be maximum 3000 words.

A separate title page must accompany the entry, with the following information only: Entry title; student name; address; phone; name of H.S. school or college (currently enrolled-in), and location; number of words; student signature; date submitted.

The student’s name may not appear on the entry itself. The title must appear on the entry.

Mail entries must be postmarked no later than Friday May 23rd, 2008.
Electronic entries must be received by midnight, Thursday, May 29th, 2008.

- The Syracuse James Joyce Club -

The Syracuse James Joyce Club currently has eighty-eight members. With fortnightly meetings, it is one of the most active James Joyce clubs among 55 globally. Although there were eight people present at the founding meeting on the anniversary of Joyce's death in 1994, it was founded by a 'father and son' team, well, in the metaphorical sense of Stephen Dedalus and his spiritual father and faithful friend, Leopold Bloom! The 'father' is Dick Long, a former Washington DC and Syracuse newspaperman, writer and TV producer. The 'son' part of the 'family' is Tom Lavoie. When he worked at Syracuse University Press, it was Tom's gentle, scholarly manner that led the neophytes through the beginning of Ulysses.