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SUMMARY:Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Event in Auburn
DESCRIPTION:The annual Auburn Witness Prize program in the Third Thursday Literary Series\, will be October 23 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum on South College Street in Auburn. The event is scheduled for 5 – 7 p.m.\n\nNicole Sealey\, this year’s Witness Prize judge\, and Hana Widerman\, the Witness Prize winner\, will both read from their work.\n\n                 \nNicole Sealey                                                                                    Hana Widerman\n\nThe Witness Prize reading is sponsored by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. Supporters of the Third Thursday Literary Series include The Caroline Marshall Draughon Center for the Arts and Humanities\, the Department of English and Southern Humanities Review in the Auburn College of Liberal Arts\, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Auburn University\, and the Alabama State Council on the Arts.\n\n\n5:00 – A tour of Radical Naturalism: Lyric Birdscapes\, a current museum exhibit combining Audubon prints and poetry \n6:00 – Book signing by Sealey; auditorium seating opens \n6:30 – Poetry reading begins \nEvents are free\, and surely there will be plenty of auditorium seating\, but if you want to be sure of a spot\, you may RSVP to https://jcsm.auburn.edu/event/auburn-witness-poetry-prize/
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/auburn-witness-poetry-prize-event-in-auburn/
LOCATION:Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, 901 S. College St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
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SUMMARY:Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Event Honoring Poet Jake Adam York\, Oct. 3 at 6 p.m.\, at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art
DESCRIPTION:This year’s Witness Poetry Prize program will begin at 6 p.m. on October 3 at the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art. The Witness Prize honors poet Jake Adam York and is given annually to an outstanding poem of witness. This year’s judge and featured speaker is Victoria Chang\, the Bourne Chair in Poetry at Georgia Tech. The prize winner is Erica Jing\, who will also read from her work. \n\nThe Witness Prize contest and reading originated in 2014 in connection with the Third Thursday Poetry Series. \n\n\nThis year’s program is sponsored by Southern Humanities Review and the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. The program is free and open to the public. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/share/vjx4ySuPSdYgt8b9/
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/witness-poetry-prize-event-honoring-poet-jake-adam-york-oct-3-at-6-p-m-at-the-jule-collins-smith-museum-of-fine-art/
LOCATION:Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, 901 S. College St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Humanities Review":MAILTO:shr@auburn.edu
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SUMMARY:Auburn Witness Poetry Prize Opens May 1
DESCRIPTION:The annual Auburn Witness Poetry Prize honoring Jake Adam York will be open May 1 – June 1. Submit up to 3 poems for this year’s judge\, Joy Harjo! Entry fee of $15. Winner receives $1\,000 and a chance to read at an event in Auburn\, AL. \nPresented in October by the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, the Auburn Witness Poetry Prize event features the recipient and judge in conversation at the museum and includes a workshop. The recipient also receives travel expenses to attend the event. \nJoy Harjo is an internationally renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She served three terms as the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022 and is winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry.
URL:https://writersforum.org/event/auburn-witness-poetry-prize-opens-may-1/
LOCATION:Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University\, 901 S. College St.\, Auburn\, AL\, 36849\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Southern Humanities Review":MAILTO:shr@auburn.edu
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