The WE Project 2005-2006 Poetry Contest Theme: The Landscape Politic -The impact of geography, environment on the body politic, the body, politics, community, love, connection, empowerment and change.
There will be two divisions; an Adult Division and a Youth Division. Awards: Adult Division First prize: $300 Publication in contest anthology 5 copies of contest anthology Second prize: $100 Publication in contest anthology 5 copies of contest anthology Honorable mention: (15 awarded) Publication in contest anthology 5 copies of contest anthology ____________________________________ Youth Division First prize: $100 Gift certificate (TBA) Publication in contest anthology 5 copies of contest anthology framed certificate Second prize: $50 Gift certificate (TBA) Publication in contest anthology 5 copies of contest anthology framed certificate Honorable mention: (7 awarded) Publication in contest anthology 5 copies of contest anthology framed certificate Entry fee: Adult Division: $10 Youth Division: No entry fee. Guidelines: Both Divisions: Each contestant must; 1. submit three copies of 3 original poems of any length, on the theme of the landscape politic. Each poem must be submitted on a separate page and may not include the name of the poet. 2. provide an application or cover sheet with the list of the titles of the poems submitted along with the name, bio, address, email and phone number of the poet. 3. sign application or cover sheet affirmation. 4. submit work by February 15, 2006 or postmarked February 10, 2006. Certified or registered mail requiring signature will NOT be accepted. Send submissions to THE WE PROJECT PO BOX 1664 BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706 5. Poems submitted in a language other then English, must include a translation and will be judged (with the exception of Spanish) on the English translation. Adult Division: Each contestant must provide a check or money order of $10 Youth Division: Each applicant 1.must have one adult sponsor responsible for submission and delivery of work, and to serve as a contact person. 2. be between the ages of 10 and 18 and reside in Los Angeles and Orange County. Judges: DON KINGFISHER CAMPBELL is the founder of POETRY people youth writing workshops, publisher of the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly, leader of the Emerging Urban Poets Writing Workshop and Wednesday Afternoon Critique Workshop, and host of Monday Night Poetry in Pasadena, California. He is the recipient of the National Writers Association's Los Angeles Chapter Author Of The Month Certificate, the Artists For A Better World Spirit Of Youth Award, an Honorable Mention in the Pathetic.org 9/11 poetry contest, the Pennsylvania State Poetry Society's Charles Ferguson Prize, and an Arroyo Arts Collective's Poetry In The Windows Prize. His poetry has been recently published in the anthologies Free-Wheeling, Prism Quarterly, Open Windows, Cookies And Poetry, Dirt, Cosmic Brownies, Three Chord Poems, Midnight Mind Number Five, So Luminous The Wildflowers, and One Drop To Be The Color Black; and is also viewable on the internet at the Tattoo Highway, Poetry Midwest, River Walk, New Verse News, Poets Against The War, Hiss Quarterly, Poetic Diversity, Edifice Wrecked, Call To Arts, Lunarosity, Writer's Hood, Poetic Voices, MindFire Renewed, Poetry Super Highway, Wilmington Blues, Bonfire, and Poetz websites. His first book of poetry Enter. was published by iUniverse Press. You can find him interviewed on Litrave.com and Poetix.net. Campbell serves on the Advisory Board of The WE Project and served on the Executive Board of the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival 2000. FRANCISCO LETELIER, is a Chilean born, Venice based artist and writer. He has been involved in projects throughout the Americas and Europe with artists and personalities such as Quincy Jones, Jane Goodall, Jackson Browne, Ariel Dorfman, Claribel Alegria and Tom Hayden. He received a Grammy Nomination in Package Design for work on Jackson Browne's "World in Motion" release. Letelier's murals and community art projects can be found in Oregon, Whittier, California, San Francisco, Venice, California, Los Angeles, California and Northern Ireland. "From the Other Side" a series of banners created with incarcerated youth throughout Los Angeles was on display at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles and later at the Jocelyn Gallery in Torrance, California. In the fall of 2001, Letelier began his curatorial direction with "Light Among Shadows." an interdisciplinary project which honors the lives of his father, Orlando Letelier , Ronnie Karpen Moffitt, and twenty seven years of human rights heroes in the Americas. The project has visited Washington DC, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, Eugene Oregon and Whittier, California, with upcoming exhibits planned for Santiago, Chile and Amsterdam, Holland. His work has appeared in publications throughout the world including: The LA Times, Washington Post, New York Times, Le Monde, The Guardian, Miami Herald, The Nation and Tin House Magazine. Letelier is an Associate Fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington DC. He serves on the Advisory Board of the Amistad Foundation and The WE Project. EMMA ROSENTHAL is the founder and Executive Director of The WE Project and Executive Producer and founder of ¡Café Intifada! She is a disabled educator, artists, reiki practitioner, writer and human rights activist living in Southern California. She holds teaching credentials in California and Massachusetts. Her emphasis has been in the areas of bilingual and multicultural education. Her experience as a grassroots organizer, political essayist and speaker has been life long and has included many progressive causes. She always seeks to combine art, activism, education and grassroots mobilization. She has been a featured poet and speaker throughout Southern California at a variety of venues and programs including; Highways Performance Space, The Autry Museum, Barnes and Nobel, Poetic License, Borders/Pasadena, Beyond Baroque, Freedom Fries Follies (a fundraiser for The Center for the Study of Political Graphics), University of California/Irvine, Chaffey College, KPFK, Shouting Coyote Festival. United Teachers Los Angeles, Arts in Action and Hyperpoets. Her work has appeared in several publications including Lilith Magazine, The Pasadena Star News, The San Gabriel Tribune, The Arab Media Internet Network, The San Gabriel Valley Quarterly, LoudMouth Magazine (CSLA) and Coloring Book; An Eclectic Anthology of Multicultural Writers (Rattlecat Press 2003), as well as the exhibit, "Light Among Shadows." In 2000 she served on the Executive Board of the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Festival and has been a producer of cultural programs throughout Southern California for the last twelve years. Deadline for submission: Submissions must be received by February 15, 2006 or postmark February 10, 2006 Announcement of award recipients: March 15, 2006 Book Release: Earth Day 2006 Submissions will not be returned. Please retain copies. Winners will be notified. Results will be announced on the web page and on theweproject list serve. Members of the staff and Advisory Board of The WE Project and their families are not eligible. Staff and Advisory Board Members may sponsor a youth, not related to an Advisory Board Member. Judges may not serve as adult sponsors. Judges will recluse themselves from judging any poems they recognize. To sponsor this event in the form of a tax deductible donation, please contact Emma Rosenthal 818-404-5784 [EMAIL PROTECTED] All sponsors will be listed prominently in all publicity related to this event and on our web page. The WE Project: 2005/2006 Poetry Contest Application: The Landscape Politic Name of contestant______________________________________________________________ Address_______________________________________________________________________ Phone ___________________ Email________________________ Titles of poems 1.____________________________________________________ 2. ____________________________________________________ 3.____________________________________________________ Bio:_(50 words or less) ________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________________ Youth Poetry Contest: (Youth contestants must also fill out the information requested above.) Name of adult sponsor_________________________________________________________ Relationship to artist___________________________________________________________ Address______________________________________________________________________ Phone Email______________________________ age______ All Contestants: I swear/affirm that the poems submitted to this contest are my original work and that I have adhered to all of the guidelines and requirements stipulated in the 2005/2006 We Project Poetry Contest. I am not a member of the staff nor a family member of the Advisory Board of The WE Project. 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