One of the best ways for NCERW members to build new connections and coordinate our efforts (find participants for proposing panels and/or workshops; coauthoring articles; drafting grant supported research proposals; generating interdisciplinary curriculum in Environmental Justice, Environmental literacy, Eco-Citizenship Studies, etc.designing community engagement projects, etc.) would be by seeking out kindred spirits and collaborators through the NCERW website directory. Initiate new partnerships!

If you haven’t sent your NCERW affiliated scholar narrative bio, photo, and contact information to the NCERW Resource website, email our web spinner Erin Penner Gallegos to upload your bio and photo as well as give you access to the NCERW resource website to upload resources to the NCERW Resource links.

Start networking and jump start conversations with NCERW colleagues for 2020 RSA!!

NCERW Program Chair, Michelle Hall Kells mkells@unm.edu

For further information see: <https://sites.google.com/site/ncenvirorhetoric/>

2020-2021 NCERW Writer-in-Residence Fellowship Application

Submission Guidelines:

Submit a Word file PDF by January 15, 2020 to me via email (to distribute to the 2020 NCERW

Advisory Board). We will not distribute work-in-progress projects beyond the eight members of the NCERW Advisory Board.

Cover Letter: List three one-week reservation preferences in rank ordered options for 2020-2021 to assist us in coordinating Writer-in-Residence dates of availability and Fellowship Retreat Award assignments:

(i.e. Option 1: June 10-17, 2020; Option 2: September 3-10, 2020; Option 3: January 15-22, 2021). We will try to award Fellows with your Option 1 choice and at the same time accommodate

as many fellows in the 2020-2021 cohort as possible).

Project Application:

1. Work-in-Progress Word File naming convention: Your Last name_NCERW2020

2. Submission Word File PDF document should include in this order:

• Working Title;

• Abstract;

• Brief Author Bio with contact information;

• Project Profile (story of this project and your placement goals for this work);

• 10-15 page work-in-progress project draft;

• Works cited list (working bibliography);

Please submit your cover letter and project application documents to me at <mkells@unm.edu> no later than January 15, 2020 to allow readers ample time to read and respond to your submission. I will send to our eight NCERW Advisory Board Members for the Refereed Review process. See: Evaluation Criteria and Ranking system below:

NCERW Guidelines for Reviewers Ranking Writer-in-Residence Fellowship Applicants

Evaluation Criteria

• The potential of the project to advance the field of study in which it is proposed and make an original and significant contribution to knowledge;

• The quality of the proposal with regard to its methodology, scope, theoretical framework, and grounding in the relevant scholarly literature;

• The feasibility of the project and the likelihood that the applicant will execute the work within the timeframe they have indicated;

• The applicant's record of scholarly engagement and potential for scholarly achievement.

Scores and Guidelines

1 = Project and applicant are in all aspects outstanding and enthusiastically recommended for funding.

2 = Project and applicant, while not among the very best with respect to the entirety of those reviewed, are strong and highly competitive.

3 = Project and applicant are good, but there are one or two weaknesses or limitations in meeting the scoring criteria.

4 = Project and/or applicant show clear potential but some improvements/revisions may be necessary.

5 = Project and/or applicant are below average, with weaknesses along the four scoring criteria.

6 = Project and/or applicant are among the least competitive within the group reviewed.

We strongly encourage reviewers to use the full range of scores available, including .5-point increments, so as to better discriminate among proposals. Awarding too many high scores reduces the power of the endorsement. While the applications you review may not be a representative sample of all those submitted, we recommend that no more than 25 percent of the applications you review receive scores of 1, 1.5, 2, or 2.5.

Award Letters to NCERW Writer-in-Residence Fellows Cohort 2020-2021

Award letters will be distributed to the 2020-2021 NCERW Writer-in-Residence Fellows Cohort by March 1, 2020. The NCERW Advisory Board will send Fellows an Award Letter (Writer-in-Residence Fellowship Retreats are valued at the market rate of $2500.00 for seven night retreats at this private ranch facility). Guest Instructions and Directions will be sent to Fellows with your Award Letter.

The 2020-2021 NCERW Writer-in-Residence Cohort will be featured on the NCERW Resource Website: including Fellows bios; photos; brief project description. We respectfully request that NCERW Writer-in-Resident Fellows give attribution to the NCERW Writers-in-residence fellowship program in published manuscripts for projects supported by the NCERW fellowship.