The Writer’s Eye Literary Competition

The Writer’s Eye Literary Competition links the inspiration of writers to the creative vision of artists. Participants are invited to select a piece of artwork from Creative York’s Hope and Resilience exhibit and write a poem or short story in response. Creative York has made changes this year to make it easier for writers to participate safely from home or school.

This annual competition is open to students grades 4 through 12, college students, and adults. First, second, and third-place ribbons are awarded in each of four age categories and winning works are announced in the Spring.

How to Participate

Guidelines and Entry Form: Writer’s Eye Literary Brochure 2020

View the Exhibition Online: Hope and Resilience exhibition

Entry Deadline: January 15, 2021 by midnight

Winners Announced: March 12, 2021
More information will be announced at a future date.

About the Juror

Barbara DeCesare is a graduate of the Goddard College MFA-W program. She is the author of jigsaweyesore (Anti-Man Press), Adrift (Seventh Wave), and Silent Type (Paper Kite Press). Barbara curated The Prufrock Project, an art exhibit based on the T. S. Eliot poem, cast audience members to perform in her series of small plays You’re Soaking In It, and took the title in the 2019 Fear No Lit Literary Page Match automatic writing competition. Her poems and short fiction have been published in Folio, Poetry, Alaska Quarterly, Tarpaulin Sky and many others.

About the Art Exhibit

October 1 – November 14, 2019

CREATIVE YORK MEMBER’S EXHIBIT: HOPE AND RESILIENCE
In the Kerlin Gallery

View the Exhibition Online: Hope and Resilience exhibition

For more information on this program, please call 717-848-3200 or e-mail the Director of Education at steph@creativeyork.org.