The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters invites members of the public to join them at the 2015 Wisconsin Book Festival for a reading featuring the Wisconsin People & Ideas 2015 Fiction and Poetry Contest winners. Fiction readers include: Nikki Kallio (Hortonville), Erica Kanesaka Kalnay (Madison), and Kathryn Gahl (Appleton). Poetry readers include Council for Wisconsin Writers board member Lisa Vihos (Sheboygan), Sean Avery (Madison), and Kathleen Dale (Milwaukee).
More information about this event and the Academy’s quarterly magazine, Wisconsin People & Ideas‘s annual writing contests is at www.wisconsinacademy.org/events/wisconsin-people-ideas-2015-fiction-and-poetry-contest-reading#sthash.Nm1AsxSj.dpuf
Information about the Council for Wisconsin Writers’ annual contests, which will be open for entries from Nov. 1-Jan. 31, is at www.wiswriters.org.
The Council for Wisconsin Writers is a non-profit, tax-exempt, membership organization dedicated to promoting local, state, and national awareness of Wisconsin’s great literary heritage and to encourage excellence among today’s Wisconsin writers.
Jason Smith says
Thanks, Jerianne! I’m sending out the announcement for the 2016 fiction/poetry contest, which runs from Sept. 1-Dec. 1 2015) later this week. Keeping busy, we are….
Cheers,
Jason
Jason A. Smith Director of Communications Editor, Wisconsin People & Ideas The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters 1922 University Avenue Madison, WI 53726 Mobile: 608.516.0450 Office: 608.263.1692 x21
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jhayslett says
Great, Jason. We’re happy to help spread the word.