New Creative Opportunities for Writers, Sculptors, Etc.
Still wishing you could do more with your creative talents? You know that working—not wishing—is all that will help you to accomplish your goals, right? So here are a few calls for entry to inspire you to act. . .
Olay Total Effects Fine Lines Poetry Contest
To encourage women to express their inner voices on the subjects of beauty, strength, experience, and age, Olay invites you to submit your own poem to the Olay Total Effects Fine Lines Poetry Contest administered by the Poetry Society of America.
Seven winners will be chosen by seven renowned poets—Sonia Sanchez, Sapphire, Lee Ann Brown, Marilyn Chin, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Jill Bialowsky. Winners receive $2,000 and the opportunity to have their poems published in the Poetry Society of America's Poetry In Motion program.
Poetry In Motion is a joint program that was founded by the Poetry Society of America and MTA New York City Transit in 1992, presenting poems in the subways and buses of New York.
Eligibility: female U.S. residents, 21+
Criteria: subject matter must relate to one or more of these topics: beauty, strength, experience, and age. Poems will be judged on the basis of originality, style, and content. Poems must be a minimum of 3 lines and no longer than 14 lines. No previously published work, please.
Deadline: All submissions sent via mail must be received by October 31, 2003. Online entries must be received via www.olay.com before October 31, 2003. For more information, log onto www.olay.com or www.poetrysociety.org
Send submissions to:
Olay Total Effects Poetry Contest Entries
P.O. Box 4121
Blair, NE 68009-4121
Anthology seeks mean poems and very short mean stories. No feel-good ditties or nature doodling. Previously published mean works okay.
Deadline: Nov 01, 2003
Contact: Dhazie Books, Box 13453, Portland OR 97213 or dhaziebooks@yahoo.com
Artists from the U.S. and Canada are invited to submit outdoor sculptures to be featured at the Fifth Annual Peace Arch Park International Sculpture Exhibition from May 1 to September 30, 2004. All materials must be completely weatherproof and suitable for public viewing. The top three entries will receive awards. The exhibit is presented by the United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association, in cooperation with Washington State Parks.
Entry fee: $10 U.S.
Deadline: December 30, 2003.
For a prospectus mail a self-addressed, stamped envelope to:
United States Canada Peace Anniversary Association
Box 4564
Blaine WA 98231-4564
A online prospectus can be downloaded at www.peacearchpark.org.
Caldera Artist Residency Program
Through our residency program, we support creativity by giving writers and artists of various disciplines the time and space to concentrate on their work. Caldera welcomes applications from those working in traditional media as well as from those working in new or interdisciplinary genres. Residencies may be up to five weeks, and our season runs from September through June.
Artists and writers accepted for residency are given a private cottage and the time to concentrate on their work. The community at Caldera is intimate and no more than five people are in residence at a time. Each of our A-frame cottages has a sleeping loft, kitchenette, bathroom and living room/work area. Contact the Miriam Feuerle to discuss your needs and learn more about the kind of support Caldera can offer.
Deadline: November 1, 2003 for residencies February 15 to June 15, 2004.
Send applications to:
Miriam Feuerle
Caldera Residency Program
224 NW 13th Avenue
Portland, OR 97209
For more info: visit www.calderaarts.org. or e-mail miriam.feuerle@wk.com.
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