[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: Please forward widely!!! WE PROJECT
POETRY CONTEST!!!!!!!! YOUTH AND ADULT DIVISIONS!!!!!!!]
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From: Maurya Simon [mailto:maurya.simon at ucr.edu]
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To: Amanda Labagnara
Subject: Fwd: Please forward widely!!! WE PROJECT POETRY CONTEST!!!!!!!!
YOUTH AND ADULT DIVISIONS!!!!!!!]
Dear Amanda,
Please forward this announcement to everyone. Thanks, Maurya
>Subject: [LACN] Please foward widely!!! WE PROJECT POETRY
>CONTEST!!!!!!!! YOUTH AND ADULT DIVISIONS!!!!!!!]
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>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 up to 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 theweproject at earthlink.net 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________________________________________________________________
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>__
>Phone ___________________ Email________________________
>Titles of poems
>1.____________________________________________________
>2. ____________________________________________________
>3.____________________________________________________
>Bio:_(50 words or less)
>________________________________________________________________
>_______________________________________________________________________
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>_______________________
>_______________________________________________________________________
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>_______________________
>_______________________________________________________________________
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>_______________________
>_______________________________________________________________________
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>_______________________
>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.
>
>Applicant
>signature___________________________________________________________
>
>Adult sponsor of youth applicant
>signature__________________________________________
>
>Add my name to The WE Project list serve yes____ no ____
>
>
> THE WE PROJECT PO BOX 1664 BALDWIN PARK, CA 91706
>_______________________________________________________________________
>_____
>_________
>
>
>-- The WE Project
>an Affiliate of The International Humanities Center
>
>Mission Statement
>
>The WE Project seeks to cultivate individual and collective
>empowerment,along with personal, family and cultural identity, through
>self-discovery, personal development, dialogue and collaboration.
>
>
>For more information: .
>The WE Project.
>P.O. Box 1664 .
>Baldwin Park, CA 91706.
>818-404-5784
>Emma Rosenthal.
>Executive Director.
>http://home.earthlink.net/~theweproject
>theweproject at earthlink.net
>http://www.ihcgroup.org/
>
>To make a tax deductible donation to The WE Project:
>http://home.earthlink.net/~theweproject
>
>The WE Project provides community listserves, organizational
>consulting, tutoring and college application assistance, poetry and
>arts contests and community collaboration.
>
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>list archive: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/theweproject
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Maurya Simon
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Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
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