2012 Programs
New Submission Information for 2012
2012 Programs
Writers Rising Up 2012
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest, Earth Walk and Readings – April 2012 $200.00 Prize
$200 Cash Prize, first publication on web site, author owns all rights.
Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
Writers Rising Up reserves the right to declare no winner.
Prairie Poetry Prize: Prairie Sampler –YouTube Presentation – June 2012
Digging to the Roots Poetry Anthology Calendar 2013 – August 2012
Elizabeth Fries Ellet Trailing Excursion – September 2012
Carol Bly Short Story Contest – October 2012 $200 Prize
Short Story Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
Writers Rising Up reserves the right to declare no winner.
Winter in Variations: Bill Holm Witness Poetry Contest – December 2012 $200.00 Prize
Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
Writers Rising Up reserves the right to declare no winner.
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest and Earth Walk –April $200.00 Prize
Earth Walk and Reading at Staring Lake Park Outdoor Center in Eden Prairie
Saturday April 21, 2012 – Time: 10AM to 12PM
- 3,000 words or less
- One essay only per person
- 8 x 11 white paper, typed, paginated
- Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
- Previous Winners Not Eligible
- $200 Cash Prize, first publication on web site, author owns all rights.
- No essays will be returned; they will be shredded
- Only original work to be submitted
- Submission $5.00 USA currency only
- Submission deadline April 1, 2012
Send to:
Writers Rising Up
16526 W. 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
Prairie Poetry Prize: Prairie Sampler – YouTube Presentation
- Submission Deadline June 1, 2012
- Subject Matter – Prairie Grasses
- Submit only in the body of email to writersrisingup@yahoo.com
- No attachments will be read
- Quantity-eight poems no longer than a page each
- Winning poet(s) to receive Prairie Poetry Prize 2012. Poems selected
- will be published in an online presentation
- YouTube reading by winning poet(s)
- Include-name, city and state
- Poems must not be previously published
- Writer owns all rights
- Choose poetic forms from list at http://wrupblog.blogspot.com
Digging to the Roots Poetry Anthology Calendar 2013 – August
- Submission Deadline August 2012 Calendar available November 2012
- Seasonal poems no more than twenty lines
- Submit only in the body of email one each: fall, winter, spring, summer
- Best poems will be chosen for the Calendar which will be available for purchase in Nov 2012
- Email poems to writersrisingup@yahoo.com
- Must be original unpublished work
- Include, name, city, state
- Writers own all rights
Elizabeth Fries Ellet Trailing Excursion Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area, Eden Prairie – September 2012
Day and Time to be Announced
Carol Bly Short Story Contest – October $200 Prize
Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
Writers Rising Up reserves the right to declare no winner.
- Submissions accepted up to October 1st 2012
- Entry Fee: $5.00 (only one entry per writer)
- Theme related to place, inner struggles and relationships
- Must be original unpublished work of 2500 words
- Typed and paginated white standard computer paper, double spaced
- Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
- Mail to: 16526 West 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
- No Short Stories will be returned. Do not include self-addressed stamped envelope
- Winner or winners to be published online at www.writersrisingup.org
- Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)Previous Winners Not Eligible
- Writer owns all rights
Winter in Variations: Bill Holm Witness Poetry Contest – December $200.00 Prize
Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
Writers Rising Up reserves the right to declare no winner.
- Submission of six poems accepted up to November 1st 2012
- Entry Fee: $5.00 (entry fee per writer)
- Write poems about witnessing some every-day occurrence in winter
- Must be original unpublished work
- Typed white standard computer paper, double spaced, no more than one page a poem
- Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
- Mail to: 16526 West 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
- No poems will be returned. Do not include self-addressed stamped envelope
- Winner or winners to be published online at www.writersrisingup.org
- Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
- Writer owns all rights
Writers Rising Up retains the right to split the prize between deserving submissions.
*All submission opportunities must be in English and are open to all who live on our shared planet
www.writersrisingup.org
writersrisingup@yahoo.com
Watch for contest and event information in:
UTNE – Sept/October magazine and online
A View From the Loft July/Aug/Sept Online
Submissions 2009
A time and place for solitude: writing below the surface.
Spend the day in Red Wing with us…
Saturday October 17, 2009
10:30 AM to 4:30PM – Free Event
Holy Cow! Press Book Fair All Day
Milkweed Editions Donates Carol’s books for a Raffle
10:30AM to 11:30PM– ‘Writing Below the Surface’ seminar with Cynthia Loveland
11:30AM to 1:00 PM– Lunch- Free Time to Sight See–Write
1:00 to 2:00PM- Patricia Kirkpatrick workshop THE MOST VITALLY TOUCHING THINGS IN LIFE: WRITING NON-FICTION
2:00 PM to 3:00 PM Carol Bly Short Story Contest
Selected Short Story Readings
3:00PM to 4:00 PM Book Raffle and Announcement of Winner(s)
Reception- Crackers/Cheese and Sparkling Drinks
Anderson Center, Red Wing Minnesota
Sponsored by Writers Rising Up
writersrisingup@yahoo.com
Short Story Submission Rules
- Submissions accepted April 2009 to October 1st 2009
- Entry Fee: $5.00 (only one entry per writer)
- Theme related to place, inner struggles and relationships
- Must be original unpublished work of 2500 words
- Typed and paginated white standard computer paper, double spaced
- Include name, address, phone, email on separate piece of paper only
- Mail to: 16526 West 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
- No Short Stories will be returned. Do not include self addressed stamped envelope
- No Short Stories will be returned. Do not include self addressed stamped envelope
- Winner or winners to be published online at www.writersrisingup.org (Writer owns all rights to work)
- Short Story Prize- $200.00 (May be split if more than one winner.)
Digging to the Roots: Poetic Form and the Natural World-
Anthology Submissions- New Coming Soon
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest
Paul’s Biography- Click Here
Paul Gruchow is the author of seven volumes of essays, including the Necessity of Empty Places; Grass Roots: The Universe of Home; and Boundary Waters: Grace of the Wild all published by Milkweed Editions. Paul’s work has appeared in many anthologies including: The Best American Essays. Paul has won numerous awards, including two Minnesota Book Awards, the Flannagan Prize and the Critics Choice Award of the San Francisco Review of Books. He has taught at St Olaf College and Concordia College and has occupied the Gamaliel Chair of Peace and Justice at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He was the Keller-Edlestein Minnesota Writer of Distinction at the University of Minnesota.
2008 Submission Information:
4th Annual Paul Gruchow Essay Contest -To Love the World: Writing about World, Community & Environment
Submission Fee $5.00 Submission Deadline- April 8, 2008
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest Reception and Reading
With Joe and Nancy Paddock
Saturday, April 26, 2008
Fireplace Room or old Tea Room (both rooms booked)
2 to 5pm
Cosponsored by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum and Writers Rising Up
Admission- $5.00 plus $7.00 gate fee for non-Arboretum members
Deadline April 8, 2008
Schedule-Reception
Paul Gruchow Essay Contest Award Announcement
Readings by Winners
Readings by Joe and Nancy; Stories about Paul
Nancy Paddock
TRUST THE WILD HEART -Red Dragonfly Press
Joe Paddock
A SORT OF HONEY – Red Dragonfly Press
BOARS’ DANCE – Holy Cow!
HANDFUL OF THUNDER – Anvil Press
Paul Gruchow
Grass Roots: The Universe of Home- Milkweed Editions
The Necessity of Empty Places- Milkweed Editions
2008 Essay Guidelines-
- 3,000 words or less
- One essay only per person
- 8 x 11 white paper, typed, paginated
- Name and contact information on separate piece of paper
- Previous Winners Not Eligible
- $400 Cash Prize, first publication on web site, author owns all rights.
- No essays will be returned; they will be shredded.
- Only original work to be submitted
- Must fill out right to publish authorization form below and send in
- Submission $5.00 USA currency only
Writers Rising Up retains the right to split the prize between deserving submissions.
*The contest is in English only and is open to all who live on our shared planet