The Writer’s Eye Literary Competition

The Writer’s Eye Literary Competition links the inspiration of writers to the creative vision of artists. The 2020 Writer’s Eye Literary Competition invited participants to select a piece of artwork from Creative York’s Hope and Resilience exhibit and write a poem or short story in response. This annual competition is open to students in grades 4 through 12, college students, and adults. First, second, and third-place ribbons are awarded in each age category and winning works are announced in the spring.

Learn more about our 2020 Writer’s Eye Literary Competition juror as well as the winning pieces below.

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.

2020 Writer’s Eye Literary Competition

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