Make your mark on the Wisconsin literary scene by sending in your short stories and poems the Wisconsin People & Ideas 2015 Fiction and Poetry Contests, which accept digital and print submissions from September 15 to December 15, 2014, and are open to all Wisconsin residents and students age 18 and older. New and emerging Wisconsin writers have a chance to win up to $500 and other prizes along with publication in Wisconsin People & Ideas, a slot at the 2015 contest reading at the Wisconsin Book Festival, even a one-week residency at Shake Rag Alley School for Arts and Crafts in Mineral Point. Author Nickolas Butler and poet Kara Candito are the judges for the 2015 contests, which are sponsored by the Wisconsin Book Festival, Shake Rag Alley School for Arts and Crafts, and Wisconsin Public Radio.