Council for Wisconsin Writers

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Hear, Congratulate WP&I Contest Winners at Book Festival

Here’s news from Wisconsin People & Ideas:

 

READING

2018 Fiction & Poetry Contest Winners’ Reading

Friday, October 12, from 5–6:30 pm

A Room of One’s Own Bookstore • 315 W Gorham St • Madison

Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy’s magazine of contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture, presents a Wisconsin Book Festival reading featuring the winners of the 2018 Fiction & Poetry Contest hosted by editor Jason A. Smith. Fiction readings include “Static,” by Michael Hopkins – 1st Place (Neenah), “Aeshnadae,” by Jack Harris – 2nd Place (Mazomanie), “A Sweet Thing,” by AnnaKay Kruger – 3rd Place (Madison). Poetry readings include “Head, Thorax, and Abdomen,” by Jenna Rindo – 1st Place (Pickett), “November,” by Thomas J. Erickson – 2nd Place (Milwaukee), “The Act,” by Justine Jones – 3rd Place (Madison).

Free and open to the public, this reading is presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival with support from Wisconsin Public Radio and Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts. Thanks to Wisconsin Academy donors, members, and our contest partners and supporters.

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CWW Winners To Be Festival Readers

Four winners of the Council for Wisconsin Writers annual contests read on Saturday from their work as part of the Wisconsin Book Festival  in Madison. Following is information from the Festival that includes names of the winners who will be reading, and the time and the place of the event:
2015 CWW Winners Reading - Council of Wisconsin Writers - <span class="date-display-single">10/24/2015 - 12:00pm</span>

                       2015 CWW WINNERS READING                             Council of Wisconsin Writers

                                      Room of One’s Own

                                                      315 W. Gorham St., Madison, WI, 53703

                                                                      10/24/2015 – 12:00pm

Here is the Festival’s announcement:

Each year for the past 50 years, the Council for Wisconsin Writers has been honoring the best work published by writers from Wisconsin. This years winners are being honored with prestigious prizes outside of our state as well, including a Pushcart winner and an Independent Book of the Year Award.  They represent a variety of literary genres including poetry, memoir, and young adult fiction. These talented authors display the vitality and breadth of writing happening in Wisconsin.

The reading will feature: the winner of the Edna Meudt Poetry Book Award, Sean Bishop ; the winner of the Tofte/Wright Children’s Literature Award, Bridget Birdsall ; the winner of the Kay W. Levin Award for Short Nonfiction, Catherine Jagoe; and the winner of the Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award Cathryn Cofell. 

More information about these and the other winners of the 2014 CWW writing awards is at  http://www.wiswriters.org/awards.htm

 

About Presenter Council of Wisconsin Writers

 

The Council for Wisconsin Writers is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting awareness of Wisconsin’s great literary heritage and to encouraging excellence among Wisconsin writers. Founded in 1964, the CWW is operated entirely by volunteers.

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WI P&I Fiction Winners Announced

Here’s the magazine’s news release:
Congratulations to the Winners of the
Wisconsin People & Ideas 2015 Fiction Contest:

  • “Geography Lesson,” by Nikki Kallio—Hortonville
  • “Duck, Duck, Goose,” by Erika Kanesaka Kalnay—Madison
  • “Stones,” by Kathryn Gahl—Appleon
Winners of the Wisconsin People & Ideas 2015 Fiction Contest receive publication in the magazine and cash awards of $500 (first place), $250 (second place), and $100 (third place). The first-place author also receives a one-week artist residency at Shake Rag Alley School for Arts and Crafts in Mineral Point, and all three award-winning authors will read their stories at the 2015 Wisconsin Book Festival in Madison.
HONORABLE MENTION STORIES AND AUTHORS
“The Confession of Cassius Troy,” by Shaun Melarvie—Sturgeon Bay
“His First Revolution,” by William Lawlor—Stevens Point
“Enough,” by Melaney Poli—Waukesha
“Oh You Kids,” by Jonathan Hakes—Appleton
“Anna’s Quilt,” by Robert Holzman—Wautoma
“The Singing,” by Rheba K. Sanders—Oshkosh
Wisconsin People & Ideas publishes fiction and poetry from Wisconsin writers, highlights new works from our visual artists and photographers, and covers science and environmental issues that affect Wisconsin’s people, lands, and waters. The magazine hosts annual fiction and poetry contests that award cash prizes up to $500, publication in the magazine, and a reading at the Wisconsin Book Festival, and more.  Since 1954, the independentWisconsin People & Ideas magazine has been a trusted resource for people who care about the issues and ideas that shape life in Wisconsin. Wisconsin People & Ideas is available at Wisconsin Academy events and exhibitions as well as selected bookstores, and is delivered quarterly to Wisconsin Academy members and libraries across the state.
This year the fiction contest lead judge is author and poet Nickolas Butler (right). The 2015 contest was coordinated by Jason A. Smith, editor, Wisconsin People & Ideas, and Aaron Fai helped with preliminary judging. The contest received 82 short story submissions from across the state of Wisconsin. All judging was done blindly and ranking was done solely on the merit of individual stories in the opinion of our judges.

Thank you to everyone who submitted their work to the 2015 fiction contest. Your participation is what has made this contest one of the best showcases for Wisconsin writers for over a dozen years. Look for the first- through third-place short stories to appear in forthcoming issues ofWisconsin People & Ideas, beginning with the spring/summer double issue this July. Congratulations to all our winners and honorable mention authors—and keep on writing!

Wisconsin People & Ideas thanks lead and preliminary judges for volunteering their time and

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People & Ideas Contest Deadline is Dec. 15

Submit your fiction and poetry now!
CContests open to all Wisconsin writers & poets!

 

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.

 

Now accepting online submissions! Click here for info.

 

Visit our Fiction Contest or Poetry Contest pages for complete contest rules and submission guidelines.
Wisconsin Academy of
Sciences, Arts & Letters
1922 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53726
Tel: 608.263.1692

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Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters Contests Open

The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters announces  its FICTION & POETRY CONTESTS, which opens Sept. 15:

Accepting submissions from Wisconsin residents 18 and older from September 15 to December 15
Each year the Wisconsin Academy shines a light on the best Wisconsin writers through our annual fiction and poetry contests, which award up to $500 and other prizes along with publication in Wisconsin People & Ideas, a reading at the Wisconsin Book Festival, even a one-week residency at the lovely Shake Rag Alley School for Arts and Crafts in Mineral Point. Accepting submissions from September 15 to December 15, 2014, the contests are open to all Wisconsin residents and students age 18 and up. Visit our fiction contest and poetry contest pages for complete submission guidelines and to learn more about our 2015 contest judges: author Nickolas Butler and poet Kara Candito.
Here’s the link:  http://www.wisconsinacademy.org/content/writing-contests.
Also, please visit the CWW website at www.wiswriters.org

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Wisconsin Book Festival starts Thursday

Anybody who doesn’t already know about the Wisconsin Book Festival slated to begin on Thursday and go through Sunday can find details and what the low attendance fee of $25 gets you by going here:  http://www.wisconsinbookfestival.org/  Here’s a sample: Bill Ayers, Jonathan Alter, Caryl Stern, Steven Jiminez.

Also, please visit the CWW website at www.wiswriters.org for more information about and for Wisconsin Writers.