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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
FICTION
February 14, 2010 - Scott Lax's short story, "Sales Call," won 2nd Place for Fiction Lit's (Cleveland's Literary Center) Muse Magazine 2010 Literary Competition.
March 2009 - The Hub City Writers Project announces "The Scott Lax Prize." The full-ride scholarship to the Wildacres Writers Conference was established in 2008 and is underwritten by Hillcrest Publications of Spartanburg, SC to honor novelist Scott Lax of Ohio."
1999 - The Year That Trembled, a Novel named Vermont Book of the Year, Runner-Up.
Dec. 1998 - The Year That Trembled, a Novel, named of of 1998’s “Milestones in Fiction by Denver Post.
1998 - Sewanee Writers’ Conference (Univ. of the South), Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Fiction
NON-FICTION
March 1, 2010 – Second place for “Original Columns, General,” Ohio Professional Writers 2010 Communication Contest
May 16, 2009 - In the Ohio Professional Writers 2009 Communication Contest, Scott Lax was awarded:
1. First Place for "Original Columns, General"
2. First Place for "Feature Story, Magazine"
3. Second Place for "Special Series, Print Media."
June 2008: Ohio Excellence in Journalism Award, statewide competition, sponsored by The Cleveland Press Club, Honorable Mention, Best Single Essay, Open Print
1993 - Bread Loaf Writer’ Conference (Middlebury College), Bernard J. O’Keefe Scholarship in Nonfiction
1994, 1995 - Bread Loaf Writer’s Conference, Staff Scholarship
FILM
2002 - Midwest Filmmaker of the Year, Cleveland International Film Festival
2002 - Producer’s Award, Winner, People’s Choice, Cincinnati International Film Festival
2002 - Producer’s Award, Winner, Best Regional Feature, Cincinnati International Film Festival
2002 - Bessie’s People’s Choice Award, Burlington, VT City Arts, Favorite Film
OTHERS
2002 - City of Cleveland Certificate of Congratulations for body of work
1999 - Named to fourteen-person list of Hiram College’s “Most Illustrious Alumni"
 Scott Lax
photo by Steve Vaccariello
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Scott Lax was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He attended Kent State University, graduated with a B.A. in English/American Studies from Hiram College, and studied Shakespeare at the University of Cambridge, England. He then spent fifteen years as an industrial salesman and drummer, performing with Bo Diddley, among others. In 1992, Lax began writing. He’s been a features writer and columnist for Cleveland Magazine and Northern Ohio Live, and a columnist for The Sun News.
In 1993, Lax was awarded the Bernard J. O’Keefe Scholarship in Nonfiction to the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. There, after hiking to Robert Frost’s cabin, he conceived a novel that begins and ends in a meadow. The Year That Trembled, for which he was awarded the 1998 Sewanee Writers’ Conference Walter E. Dakin Fellowship in Fiction, was called “Powerful,” and one of the year’s “milestones in fiction” by the Denver Post. The Midwest Book Review wrote, “Articulate with passion, humor and heartbreak, The Year That Trembled brings back a tumultuous time of conflict and pain endured by so many in such a diverse period in our country and our families.”
The novel’s feature film adaptation, which Lax produced, was called “The most important movie of the year” by the Ithaca Times and “memorable” by The Boston Herald. The Year That Trembled, for which Lax won four international film festival awards, is now in international DVD release. After the film, he adapted the novel for the stage. Critic Julie Hoke wrote, “A classic…kudos to playwright Scott Lax on an ambitious and successful world premier.”
In 2009, Lax won the Ohio Professional Writers first-place award for Best Essay, first-place for Best Feature Article, and second-place for Best Newspapers Series. He won the 2007 Ohio Excellence in Journalism Honorable Mention Award for best single essay. In 2008, The Hub City Writers Project of South Carolina announced The Scott Lax Prize, an annual, full-ride scholarship to the Wildacres Writers Workshop, where he taught fiction in 2007. His short story, "Sales Call," won 2nd Place for Fiction Lit's (Cleveland's Literary Center) Muse Magazine Literary Competition for 2010.
Lax, who has long been active in civic and social issues, is chairman of the Village of Chagrin Falls Arts Commission, co-chair of the Friends of Chagrin Falls Police, a frequent master judge in the Power of the Pen competition for Northeast Ohio area students, and writes pro-bono for various causes, particularly medical research.
Lax is engaged and teaches at the Chagrin Valley Writers’ Workshop, which he founded. His new novel, VILLAGE TRIANGLE, is placed with his literary agent and he is currently writing a book of short fiction. He writes a blog, “Advice for Writers.” Visit him at www.scottlax.com
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Nonfiction
Click here for a sample of published nonfiction by Scott Lax
Click here to read some of Scott's columns, essays and features, including the 2009 Ohio Professional Writers First Place Award-winning column and feature.
Fiction
Click here for more on "The Year That Trembled," a novel by Scott Lax
“One of 1998’s Milestones in Fiction--Powerful!” --The Denver Post, Tom Walker, Book Editor (Please click the link above to read more reviews)
Film
Click here for more on "The Year That Trembled," a feature film, source written and produced by Scott Lax
"The most important movie of the year." - The Ithaca Times (Please click the above link to read more reviews)
Theatre
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The Scott Lax Prize in WritingAwarded by the Hub City Writers Project; established 2008
The Authors GuildScott's a member since 1998
Ohio Professional Writers, IncScott won two first place awards and one second in 2009. Click "About Scott," above, for more on those awards; click here for information on the OPW.
The Zinkan Charitable FoundationWorking for a cure for all neuromuscular diseases
Bright Side of the Road Foundation Funding research in the battle against ALS |
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