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Roy Neil Graves
5. Awards and Listings:

Biographical listings in reference works:

Poets & Writers: Directory of Writers. Web. 11 May 2010 <https://www.pw.org/content/roy_neil_graves_2>. A Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers. On-line 2006 at <http://www.pw.org/directry>. Also listed annually 1990-2004. A Directory of American Poets, listed annually 1979-88.
World Who's Who (Europa Biographical Reference Series, London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009).
Duke University Alumni Today (2010).
Who's Who in Collegiate Faculty, ed. Caroline Greenstein (New York: North America Who's Who LLC, part of the Monclair Network online, 2010/2011 ed.).
The International Who’s Who of Authors and Writers (2007-2008). The International Who's Who of Authors and Writers, ed. Alison Neale (London: Europa Publications, 2005 [also online]); also 19th ed. (2004), 18th ed. (2003). The International Authors and Writers Who's Who, 17th ed., ed. Jocelyn Timothy (Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre, Melrose Press Ltd., 2001); 16th ed., ed. Michelle Shelsher (1998-99); 14th ed., ed. Jocelyn Timothy (1995); 12th ed. (1990-91); 11th ed. (1988); 10th ed. (1985-86).
The International Who’s Who in Poetry, Europa Biographical Reference Series (London: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, 2008 <http://www.worldwhoswho.com>, also listed 2006). The International Who's Who in Poetry, ed. Alison Neale (London: Europa Publications, 2005). Also online. Also 12th ed. (2004),11th ed. (2003). The International Who’s Who in Poetry and Poets’ Encyclopædia. 9th ed., ed. Annette Greenwood (Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre, Melrose Press Ltd., 1999); 8th ed., ed. Beverley Wing (1997); 7th ed., ed. M. J. Shields (1993). The International Who’s Who in Poetry. 6th ed. (1982).
Contemporary Authors New Revision (CANR), The Gale Group, updated listing 2007. Contemporary Authors: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama, Motion Pictures, Television, and Other Fields, ed. Scot Peacock and others (Detroit: Gale Group, Inc., 2001). Vol. 188: 162-64.
Empire Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals in Education (2005/2006 ed.).
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers. 9th ed. (2005), and 6th ed. (2000)..
A Directory of American Scholars, 11th ed. (Farmington Hills, MI: Gale Group, 2003); 10th ed. (2001).
Who’s Who in U.S. Writers, Editors & Poets. 4th ed. (Raleigh, NC: American Biographical Institute, 2002); 3rd ed. (1988-89); 2nd ed. (1987-88); lst ed. (1986-87).
Who’s Who in the 21st Century (Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre, 2001).
Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century (Cambridge, England: International Biographical Centre, 2001).
Princeton University Class of 1961: 40th Reunion Yearbook, ed. Joe McGinity (Princeton, NJ, 2001).
Who’s Who in Writers, Editors & Poets: United States and Canad, 6th ed (Highland Park, IL: December Press, 2000); 5th ed. (1995-96); 4th ed. (1989-90); 3rd ed. (1989-90). Who’s Who in Writers, Editors & Poets, 2nd ed., ed. Curt Johnson (1987-88).
Men of Achievement, 14th ed. (Cambridge, England, 1990).
Personalities of America, 5th ed. (Raleigh, NC: The American Biographical Institute, 1988-89).
Families and History of Gibson County (Salem, WV: Wadsworth Pub. Co., 1989).
Personalities of the South, 13th ed., ed. J. M. Evans (Raleigh, NC: American Biographical Institute, Inc., 1986); 11th ed. (1980-81); 8th ed., Bicentennial memorial ed. (1975-76).
Princeton University Class of 1961, 25th Reunion Yearbook (1986).
“Talking Leaves”: Biographical Information on Tennessee Writers. Literary Department, Memphis Public Library (1980).
Who’s Who in the South and Southwes.16th ed. (Chicago: Marquis Who’s Who, Inc., 1978-79).

UT Martin awards for teaching, scholarship, and service:

Meritorious Service Award from the UTM chapter of Phi Kappa Phi, 2009.
Nomination at UT Martin (with others) as an Outstanding Educator for 2002-03.
The Cunningham Teacher/Scholar Award, 1995-96. (See “Graves Named Winner of Teacher/Scholar Award.” The Weakley County Press, 14 Aug. 1997, 12.)
Nomination at UT Martin (with others) for NAA Outstanding Teacher Award, 1995.
Muriel Tomlinson lecturer, Phi Kappa Phi, UTM, 9 Jan. 1991.
Nomination at UT Martin (one of three) for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowships, 1982.

Scholarships, fellowships, and grants:

Departmental grant for release-time work on the Shakespeare's Lost Sonnets web site, spring 2003, fall 2005.
UTM minigrant for Faculty Multimedia Center workshop on incorporating technology in the classroom, summer 1999.
Alma and Hal Reagan Faculty Development Award, UTM, fall 1998.
UTM minigrant for study in Arizona State University Special Collections Area, 1996.
Alma and Hal Reagan Faculty Development Award, UTM, spring 1990.
UTM subsidy grant for travel (with others) in England and Wales, December 1986.
Carnegie fellowship for graduate study, University of Mississippi, 1976-77.
Faculty incentive and development grants from UTM supporting graduate study, 1976-77.
NEA and Tennessee Arts Commission grant for publication of a chapbook of poems, 1976.
NEH grant for work as editor of River Region Monographs,a booklet collecting results of the NEH project titled “Humanism and the Rural Community: The 1970s,” Dr. Charles Ogilvie, project director, UTM, 1975.
National Defense Education Act (N.D.E.A.) graduate fellowship, Duke University, 1961-64.

Writing awards:

Finalist, Tennessee Writers Alliance poetry competition, 2002.
First place award, A Competition and Celebration of Southern Poets 50 and Older, sponsored by Kennesaw State University, Georgia, with a reading (25 April 2002) and publication.
Winner (with others) in a quatrain competition of CPU Review, Columbia Pacific Univ., of San Rafael, CA., 1994.
First place award, Mid-South Chapbook Competition, Ion Books, Memphis, including chapbook publication, 1986. (See “Professors Rank High.”Weakley County [TN] Press, 29 January 1987.)
Second place, Virginia Highlands Festival Writing Contest, for “Theatre in Williamsburg: 1702-1752,” 1979.
First place for poetry, annual contest of The Miscellany: A Davidson Review, 1976.
Honorable mention for light verse, annual international contest of Poets' Study Club, Terre Haute, IN, 1975.
Honorable mention in national contest sponsored by Chickasaw Branch, NIAPW, Memphis, 1975.
Second- and third-place awards, Mid-South Poetry Festival, Memphis, 1974.
Honorable mention for light verse, including publication, New York Magazine competition, May 1973.
The Manners Prize for writing, “Winner of the Golden Tiger,” Princeton University, 1961.
Honorable mention, Nassau Literary Magazine Arts Festival Poetry Contest (R. P. Blackmur, judge), Princeton Univ., 1960.
The Bain-Swiggett Prize for poetry, Princeton University, 1960.

Other online listings and references:

Materials on the OE Riddles of The Exeter Book (2005. Web. 18 May 2010 <http://www.utm.edu/staff/ngraves/shakespeare/OERiddles.htm>) used as part of the online course Voices from the Past, The Earliest English Literature. Department for Continuing Education, Technology-Assisted Lifelong Learning Unit, Oxford University. Web. 11 May 2010 <http://www.jorum.ac.uk>.
“Roy Neil Graves (b. 1939.” Tennessee Writers. The Tennessee Writers Project. The English Department of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Web. 11 May 2010. <http://www.utc.edu/Academic/TennesseeWriters/authors/graves.r.html>.
Tim Love: Strange Forms. Web. 11 May 2010. <http://www.saltpublishing.com/horizon/issues/01/text/love_tim.htm>.
Cook, Ann Jennalie, “Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama.” Studies in English Literature 39.2 <http://www.press.jhu.edu/journals/studies_in_english_literature/v039/39.2cook.html>.
The Distillery: Vol. II, No. 2. Web. 2006.
The Edmund Spenser Home Page: Spenser Studies <http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/spenser/studies.htm>.
Tennessee Authors 1970s-1990s: E-J. Web. 2006.

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