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

Winners: 2009 2008 2007 2006

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.

Patricia Kirkpatrick will lead a workshop from 1:00PM to 2PM

THE MOST VITALLY TOUCHING THINGS IN LIFE: WRITING NON-FICTION

A workshop with Patricia Kirkpatrick

Patricia Kirkpatrick has published “Century’s Road” (Holy Cow! Press), two poetry chapbooks, and books for young readers, including “Plowie: A Story from the Prairie”, as well as essays, reviews, and interviews with prominent American writers. Recent work has appeared in “A Poets Guide to the Birds,” “Poetry East,” and “Everyday Poems for City Sidewalk,” and is forthcoming in “Prairie Schooner” and the “Saint Paul Almanac.” Her awards include fellowships from the NEA, the Bush Foundation, and the McKnight Loft Award in Poetry. She is Poetry Editor for “Water-Stone Review” and currently teaches in the MFA program at Hamline University where she once shared an office with Carol Bly and was influenced greatly by her teaching. She also has taught at Macalester College, the University of Texas (Extension), and San Francisco State University and has conducted workshops and residencies at the Princeton Theological Seminary in addition to many primary and secondary schools, libraries, and associations. She received a Hamline Distinguished Teaching & Service Award and was a Fellow of the Shannon Institute for Community Leadership.

A time and place for solitude: writing below the surface.
Spend the day in Red Wing with us….. remembering Carol Bly

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

Submission information at: http://www.writersrisingup.com/submissions.html#submission09

Anderson Center, Red Wing Minnesota
Sponsored by Writers Rising Up

writersrisingup@yahoo.com

Nature’s Wild Food Identification Excursion at the Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail

Elizabeth Fries Ellet Interpretive Trail Excursions Summer 2009

Saturday August 29th and Saturday Sept 19th, 2009
Both Days 10:00AM to 11:30AM

Location: Richard T. Anderson Conservation Area, 1/6 mile past Lions Tap on Flying Cloud Drive.

With Cynthia Thomas

Cynthia Thomas is a practicing herbalist, educator, massage therapist and Doula serving the Twin Cities area. She has been working with medicinal herbs for 20 years. She has a BS in Herbal Sciences from Bastyr University. Cynthia served seven years on the Board of Directors for the North Country Herbalist Guild, a local non-profit providing education and resources for the ethical and sustainable use of medicinal plants.

“I have been blessed with many teachers from diverse backgrounds, all of who have helped to instill a deep respect for nature and faith in our collective power to heal.”

Cynthia Thomas

View the events blog: http://writersrisingup.blogspot.com/

View the Birders’ blog: http://efeitbirdersblog.blogspot.com/

FREE EVENT

In the Company of Places: Writing about World, Community & Environment
 Cosponsored by the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Writers Rising Up to Defend Place, Natural Habitat, Wetlands
 
3rd Annual Paul Gruchow Essay Contest- Readings and Announcement of Winner(s)
Chap book compilation of top 5 essays will be for sale
Prize $300.00
Publishers’ Earth Day Expo- Meet with publishers & authors
Books available through Arboretum bookshop
 
April 28, 2007- 1 to 5PM
Oswald Visitor Center Auditorium
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Free Event- Parking not included
 
 
Essay Contest Submission Guidelines:
3rd Annual Paul Gruchow Essay Contest To Love the World
Submission Fee $5.00
3,000 words or less
8x 11 white paper, typed, paginated
Name and contact information on separate piece of paper
Send to: Writers Rising Up
16526 W. 78th St #163
Eden Prairie, MN 55346
Submission starting now till April 20th.
Submissions must be accompanied by right to publish authorization form:
http://writersrisingup.com/2018/WRUpermissionToPublish.pdf
Send in signed form along with essay submission.
Note: Only winner(s) and selected participants will be included in the chap book.
Send in original work that has never been published.
For more information contact: writersrisingup@comcast.net

You’re cordially invited to…
Publishers’ Earth Day Expo April 2007
Saturday, April 28, 2006 – 1 to 5PM
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Oswald Visitor Center Auditorium
Free to participating publishers
Writers’, Publishers’ & Authors’ Tea
Book and Author Spotlights- Each publisher to talk about their new books and authors signings.
Books available through Arboretum Bookshop       
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Free Event- Parking not included
Publishers’ Registration Deadline Feb 1st, 2007
Publishers’ Registration Contact: Victoria Price
PH: 952-937-6288
writersrisingupblog@yahoo.com