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The Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies at San José State University continues to coordinate the Steinbeck Letters Project, which aims to create a searchable database listing of John Steinbeck’s letters starting with those in the Center’s possession.Anyone interested in more information or contributing to this project, please contact us at steinbeck@sjsu.edu.Thanks to a generous donation from Mrs. C. Suzette Ditsky, emerging Steinbeck scholars can apply to utilize the outstanding resources in the Ball State University Libraries. The Steinbeck Research Fund has established in honor of Mrs. Ditsky’s late husband, John, who passed away in 2006. Dr. Tetsumaro Hayashi, a longtime friend, said, “He was first and foremost a passionate and dedicated scholar, teacher, and mentor.” Hayashi commented that the Research Fund was “established to honor Ditsky’s long-established legacy of extending a helping hand to emerging Steinbeck scholars.”Recipients will spend a minimum of five days doing intensive research using the Steinbeck collections or other materials at the Ball State University Libraries. The resulting research must be submitted for publication in a professional, scholarly, Steinbeck-related journal and/or presented at a Steinbeck Conference, convention, or lecture at a university.Applicants should submit a Steinbeck-related research proposal (minimum of two pages), a curriculum vitae, a completed-application form (available at https://bsu.libguides.com/ld.php?content_id=48465493), and two letters of recommendation from colleagues, faculty members, or others who can speak to your academic qualifications. More details, including guidance for drafting your application, can be found on the application document itself. Completed applications can be emailed directly to libarchives@bsu.edu.The conference committee has begun meeting to organize the next International Steinbeck Society Conference, to be hosted by the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies in March of 2023. The theme for this conference will be “John Steinbeck in the Twenty-First Century: Reading, Teaching, and Translating.” More details, including the Call for Papers, will be available soon.In memory of Louis Owens, the Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies established this award to honor undergraduate and graduate student work on Steinbeck and related subjects. Undergraduate and graduate students may submit, or faculty may submit on their behalf.Deadline: postmark of January 31, 2023Length: between twelve and forty pagesFormat: MLAAward: $250.00 and consideration for publication in Steinbeck Review Send as attachment to steinbeck@sjsu.edu or by regular mail to: Louis Owens Essay Prize, Martha Heasley Cox Center for Steinbeck Studies, San José State University, San José, CA 95192-0202.The International Steinbeck Society will field two presentations at the upcoming American Literature Association conference, hosted in Chicago during the weekend of May 26–29, 2022. The first is a traditional panel titled “Reading Steinbeck in a Time of Trouble,” and the second is a roundtable session titled “Steinbeck and the Living World.” Readers who can’t attend this conference can look for this work in the Fall 2022 issue of Steinbeck Review.Does your university or organization have an announcement to share with the Steinbeck studies community? Email your entries to Daniel Rivers (daniel.rivers@sjsu.edu) by July 10 (for the Fall issue) or January 10 (for the Spring issue).