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Welcome to the William Saroyan Society, celebrating the Centennial of William Saroyan’s birth in 2008. We hope our site will support your interest and research into the life and work William Saroyan. As you tour our site, we hope you will contact us with your requests for information and suggestions.
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Society Events
The William Saroyan Story Writing Contest 2009
The contest opens in January. Stories will be accepted from students in the 1st grade through college until 9:00p.m. on March 9th. The Awards Ceremony will be held on April 23rd at the Woodward Park Regional Library.
Please click here to download the 2009 writing contest entry form.
Saroyan Town Walk
The next Walk will be held on April 18th, 2009. The Walk will start at the William Saroyan Theatre at 9:30 a.m.
Saroyan Award at the Young Writers’ Conference
The 2009 award will be presented in March 2009.
William Saroyan Centennial Prizes for Fiction, Non-fiction & Drama
The William Saroyan Society in cooperation with the San Joaquin Valley Writers Project will award a new set of prizes in 2010. Details will be announced late in 2009.
Saroyan Award at the Young Writers’ Conference
The writers’ conference is designed for area high school students. The Conference is sponsored by the Department of English, College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Fresno.
The conference and the award presentation will be held on April 15, 2009. The Department of English and the College of Arts and Humanities at California State University, Fresno hosts each spring the Young Writers’ Conference for area high school students.
This conference provides a valuable opportunity for young writers to hear a professional writer read and answer questions about the creative process. It also provides an opportunity for their writing to be judged in the same manner as any adult writer.
The William Saroyan Society sponsors the William Saroyan Award to a young writer.
For more information and registration print the brochure
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Saroyan Around the Country
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For the most complete listing of all events held during the Centennial, visit www.saroyancentennial.org. |
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The William Saroyan Society is now accepting contributions for the year 2009. Our organization relies on the support we receive from our community. If you wish make a contribution, please fill out the form by clicking on the link provided.
Your contributions and support are greatly appreciated.
Support Form 2009
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“. . . First of all, my bikes were always rebuilt second-hand bikes. They were lean, hard, tough, swift, and designed for usage. I rode them with speed and style. I found out a great deal about style form riding them. Style in writing, I mean. Style in everything. I did not ride for pleasure. I rode to get somewhere, and I don’t mean from the house on San Benito Avenue in Fresno to the public Library there. . .”
From: The Bicycle Rider in Beverly Hills pp 10-11.
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Photo courtesy of
Dickran Kouymjian.
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