Call to Artists-St Bernard Art Guild Open Regional Art Show
Art Melt a Fusion of Art, Music, and Forum 35 - 8th Annual 8550 United Plaza Blvd, Suite 1001 Baton Rouge, LA 70809
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Entry Fee (Art Melt a Fusion of Art, Music, and Forum 35 - 8th Annual): $35.00
The hottest juried all media art show in Louisiana! It is the largest Louisiana show featuring only Louisiana artists. This celebration of the arts was enjoyed by nearly 10,000 art enthusiasts on opening night in 2010.
The annual Forum 35 Art Melt will take place from 5-10pm on Saturday, July 16 at the Louisiana State Museum in downtown Baton Rouge. The works selected for the show will hang in the Louisiana State Museum in Downtown Baton Rouge for 6 weeks. We are excited this new, larger space will allow us to nearly double our exhibition space.
This event is an occasion for all the senses - sights, sounds, smell, taste, and touch - guests will view the show and also enjoy live entertainment and performance art.
ELIGIBILITY: Open to artists age 18 or older residing in Louisiana. Art must be original and completed in the last two years. No reproductions accepted.
AWARDS: First Place $2000 Second Place $1000 Third Place $500
Forum 35 Award: Work by artist is featured on the following year’s event commemorative poster
Country Roads Magazine Award: Artist and their work is featured in an issue of Country Roads Magazine
Writer's Digest Annual Writing Competition
We are now accepting entries in our 80th Annual Writing Competition. Win cash and prizes in 10 categories. 1,001 winners in all. One Grand Prize Winner will receive $3,000 cash and a trip to the Writer's Digest Conference in New York City.
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Fourteenth Annual Poetry Contest
Deadline: June 1, 2011 Judge: Tomaž Šalamun First Prize: $1,500
Complete guidelines: The winning poet will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in the November/December 2011 issue of Boston Review. Submit up to five unpublished poems, no more than 10 pages total. Any poet writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, relative, or close personal friend of the judge. Mailed manuscripts must be submitted in duplicate, with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, email and phone number. No cover note is necessary for online submission. Names should not be on the poems themselves. Simultaneous submissions are not permitted, submissions will not be returned, and submissions may not be modified after entry. A non-refundable $20 entry fee, payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order or by credit card, must accompany all submissions. All submitters receive a complementary half-year subscription (3 issues) to Boston Review. Mailed submissions must be postmarked no later than June 1, 2011.
The winner will be announced no later than November 1, 2011, on the Boston Review Web site. All poems submitted to the contest will be considered for publication in Boston Review.
http://bostonreview.net/about/contest/index.php
Or mail submissions to:
Poetry Contest, Boston Review PO Box 425786 Cambridge, MA 02142
Aura Estrada Short Story Contest
Deadline: October 1, 2011 Judge: Francisco Goldman Prize: $1,500
Complete guidelines: The winning author will receive $1,500 and have his or her work published in Boston Review, the summer of 2012. Stories should not exceed 4,000 words and must be previously unpublished. Mailed manuscripts should be double-spaced and submitted with a cover note listing the author’s name, address, and phone number. No cover note is necessary for online submission. Names should not appear on the stories themselves. Any author writing in English is eligible, unless he or she is a current student, former student, relative, or close personal friend of the judge. Simultaneous submissions are not permitted, submissions will not be returned, and submissions may not be modified after entry. A non-refundable $20 entry fee, payable to Boston Review in the form of a check or money order or by credit card, must accompany each story entered. All submitters receive a complementary half-year subscription (3 issues) to Boston Review. Submissions must be postmarked no later than October 1, 2011. Manuscripts will not be returned. The winner will be announced no later than May/June 2012, on the Boston Review Web site.
http://bostonreview.net/about/contest/index.php
Or mail submissions to:
Short Story Contest, Boston Review PO Box 425786 Cambridge, MA 02142