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Awards
Wisconsin People & Ideas
Wisconsin Book Festival 2009 Poetry Contest
Runner-up to Janet
Leahy for "Gas,
1940"
Waukesha Writers'
Workshop
Bo Carter Memorial Contest
First Place to Katy
Phillips for nostalgia , "Loving Door County"
She also received Honorable Mention in Poetry for "Something About a
Sunset."
Wisconsin Regional Writers'
Association
2008 Jade Ring Contest
Category: Nostalgia
Honorable Mention to Kathleen Hayes Phillips
Category: Humorous Poetry
Honorable Mention to Carol Deprez
Category: Serious Poetry
Third Place to Carol Deprez
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
Poet's Choice Award
1st Honorable Mention: Janet Leahy
for "Gas, 1940"
Kay Saunders Memorial New Poet
Awards
First: Paula Anderson
"Sounds"
3rd Honorable Mention:
Kathleen Phillips
“Rara avis in Tompkins Square”
Free Verse
Honorable Mention in Winter
Haiku category
to Mary Jo Balistreri and Janet Leahy.
UW-Waukesha Distinguished Alumna
Congratulations to
Barbara J. Bache-Wiig, UW-Waukesha's Distinguished Alumna, 2008.
Muse Walk
When the weather cooperates, we love to
explore new places. Last summer we visited the Milwaukee Art Museum and
Discovery World & Reiman Aquarium.
Postponed until
Spring ~ Oconomowoc
Historic Homes Walking Tour
We car pool for fun and environmental
responsibility.
Ideas or questions?
Please contact us.
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Contests
Pewaukee Area Arts Council
Lake Country Project for Artists
and Poets
Submissions
accepted from January 12 - March 23, 2009
This is a collaborative Ekphrastic Art Project will pair
visual artists and poets for the purpose of art shows, poetry reading
and publication.
UW Waukesha
Rest Room Reader Poetry
Contest
Deadline: April 15.
Any lighthearted poem will be considered.
Submit your entry to
waklib@uwc.edu
Waukesha Writers'
Workshop
Bo Carter Memorial Contest
Deadline: April
20th
CATEGORIES:
Poetry
Nonfiction, Essay/Article
Nostalgia
Fiction, Short Story
Wisconsin Regional Writers'
Association
2009 Jade Ring Contest
Entries accepted from March 15th to June 15th
Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets
Triad Contest
Deadline:
August 1st
CATEGORIES:
Designated Theme
Poet's Choice
New Poet (Kay Saunders Memorial)
Council for
Wisconsin Writers
Now closed: (Deadline was
January 31, 2009)
for poetry published in 2008
Lorine Niedecker Poetry Award
Posner Poetry Book Award
Readings
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Avalon Square at 1:30 PM
Barbara Bache-Wiig
invites you to share local poetry. The Poetry People and The
Wasteland Poets will bring their works. There will be open mic
time, too.
We love to share our work!
If you would like to have the Poetry
People read at your event,
or if you would like to list a reading
please let us know.
Workshops
Writing Poetry, Dr. Phil's
Popular Poetry Workshop at
UW - Waukesha Continuing
Education Program Spring session starts March 23, 2009
. (See home page for winter interim dates.)
Wisconsin Fellowship Of Poets
~ 2009 Conferences~
April 24-25, 2009 in
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
November 6-7, 2009
Wisconsin Regional Writers' Association,
Inc.
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Spring 2009 Conference ~
May 1 & 2 in Siren, WI
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