Deadline for entries for the 6th annual “Art Tales” poetry and short story writing:
March 1, 2014
The City of Ventura, in partnership with E.P. Foster Library, sponsors the Art Tales creative writing contest. The contest invites imaginative writers of all ages to compose a short story or poem (500 words maximum) inspired by one of the artworks currently on exhibit at the library from the Municipal Art Collection.
Visit E.P. Foster Library to view the current exhibit of artworks or you can view images and complete contest kit at www.cityofventura.net/arttales.
Write an original poem or short story (no more than 500 words in length) inspired by ONE of the artworks there that “calls” to you. Only ONE contest entry per person please. Prepare your entry as an electronic word document, in English or Spanish, in a twelve-point font, including at the top: the author’s name, address, phone number, email address, age, title of work and number of words.
Submit your entry by March 1, 2014 BY EMAIL ONLY to rnewsham@cityofventura.net with “Art Tales” as the email subject line – together with a completed release form.
Complete a savable pdf release form (forma de acuerdo) – parents must do this for youth entries under 18 – copy the document to your desktop, fill it in, save and send it along with your entry poem or short story.
A committee of professionals, educators, librarians and City of Ventura staff will judge entries on creativity, presentation and correspondence to a specific artwork to select their top three choices for separate poetry and short fiction categories in three age divisions: Youth (grades 2 – 8) High School (grades 9 – 12) Adult(age 18 and up)
All winners receive a bound edition of the judges’ selection with cash prizes for first ($30) and second ($15) place. The Mayor of Ventura presents the awards in April or May during a library reading of works by contest winners: all contest participants, their families and friends and the public are invited to attend this special event where refreshments are served.
For more information, go to http://www.cityofventura.net/arttales