Middlebury Writer Wins Ralph Nading Hill Writing Contest
June 13 2005 - 1:32PM
Business Wire
Caleb Daniloff of Middlebury, Vermont, is the winner of the 2005
Ralph Nading Hill, Jr. literary prize awarded annually by Green
Mountain Power (NYSE:GMP) and Vermont Life magazine. Mr. Daniloff's
winning essay, entitled "Urgent Conversations at 5 a.m.," evokes
the spiritual sensations of a pre-dawn run: "In this early dawn, I
am the only human soul, a nightwatchman. I am privy to dark
intimate pulses and beats, ancient cycles of nature known mostly to
farmers and hunters." Mr. Daniloff, a life-long writer who took up
running a few years ago after giving up smoking, said, "Because of
work, I have to get up early to run. Which was hard at first. But
soon I found running a dirt road, alone in the dark, a
transformative experience - the different smells and sounds you
come across, the testing of physical limits, the faith required
when your eyesight is your weakest sense. It becomes spiritual -
your relationship with the road, with the run, with your
surroundings." Tom Slayton, one of the judges and editor of Vermont
Life commented, "Mr. Daniloff's essay stood out because he was able
to express his thoughts and feelings precisely, and tie them
directly to his particular place in Vermont. The piece uses
specific details to express the universal - all in the relatively
commonplace context of an early morning run. We are delighted to
publish Mr. Daniloff's essay in the fall issue of Vermont Life."
The fall issue of Vermont Life will available in bookstores and
newsstands in late-August. Mr. Daniloff, 35, graduated from the
University of Vermont in 1994 and received a Master of Fine Arts
degree in creative non-fiction writing from Columbia University in
1999. A former newspaper reporter, he works as a copywriter at
Burch & Company in Burlington. He remains a freelance writer
who has written for the New York Times, The Boston Globe and The
Rutland Herald. He also reviews books for Publishers Weekly and is
a regular commentator for Vermont Public Radio. More information is
available at his website, www.calebdaniloff.com. Mr. Daniloff will
receive a $1,500 prize for the essay. The literary prize is named
for the late Ralph Nading Hill, Jr., a Vermont historian and writer
and long-time member of Green Mountain Power's Board of Directors.
Mr. Daniloff will receive the award at a ceremony to be held later
this summer. This is the seventeenth year the literary prize has
been awarded. Green Mountain Power will publish a book with all the
winners after the 20th prize has been awarded. The Ralph Nading
Hill literary prize is now considered by Vermont writers to be one
of the state's premier literary prizes. Entries may include essays,
short stories and poetry. The selection was made by an independent
panel of judges: Tom Slayton, editor of Vermont Life; Ruth Page,
author and long-time friend of Mr. Hill; Alison Freeland, a 1994
winner of the Ralph Nading Hill, Jr., award for her story,
Shadbush; Brian Vachon, Vice President of Communications at
National Life of Vermont and a former Vermont Life editor; and
Steve Terry, Green Mountain Power's Senior Vice President,
Corporate and Legal Affairs. The deadline for entries for this
year's contest is November 15, 2005. The contest is open to all
Vermont residents, including seasonal residents and college
students enrolled in Vermont colleges. Entrants may be amateur or
professional writers. The focus of the work must be "Vermont--Its
People, the Place, Its History or Its Values." Entries must be
unpublished and less than 3,000 words long. Staff of Vermont Life
or Green Mountain Power and previous winners are ineligible. Send
entries to the Corporate Relations Department of Green Mountain
Power, 163 Acorn Lane, Colchester, VT 05446.
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