ArtWords: Writing at the Weisman
Deadline: Thursday, March 10, submissions to Creative Writing Office, 222 Lind
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled in a creative writing course at the University of Minnesota fall 2010 or spring 2011.
Readers: Local writers, Weisman staff.
Criteria: Visit public artwork on campus and write a one-page prose piece or poem in response to the work. Submit your work with the appropriate cover sheet by the deadline. Names should not appear on the submitted work.
Åpplication: Cover sheet, submission, Coversheets, maps, artwork lists available in the Creative Writing Program Office, 222 Lind Hall. Winners announced in early April. Public reading on April 28, 2011, 7 pm. Three winners in the graduate category; three in the undergraduate category. Winners receive gift certificates to the Weisman Museum Store.
Academy of American Poets James Wright Prize
Deadline: Thursday, March 10, submissions to Creative Writing Office, 222 Lind
Award: $100
Eligibility: Undergraduate and graduate students currently enrolled at the University of Minnesota.
Criterion: Quality of writing
Reader: Garrison Keillor
Application: Cover sheet (name, address, phone, email, title of poems), 2 poems. Names should not appear on poems.
