[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] 
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 6:13 PM
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!!!!!!!]
>
>
>
>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________________________________________________________________
_____
>__
>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.
>
>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

Professor
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
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