Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters: Fiction & Poetry Contests highlight statewide creativity

MADISON, WI – The Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters pronounces finalists on this 12 months’s Fiction & Poetry Contest. Lots of the poems and tales which have made it to this stage within the judging will likely be featured over the following 12 months within the Academy’s journal, Wisconsin Folks & Concepts.

Contest judges Rebecca Dunham (poetry) and Amy Quan Barry (fiction) and Wisconsin Folks & Concepts Editor Chris Chambers praised the excessive degree of writing submitted within the 2022 contest cycle.

“The general high quality of the submissions was distinctive this 12 months and we loved studying them,” mentioned Chambers.

The Wisconsin Folks & Concepts Fiction & Poetry Contest started in 1994. Annually, the competition attracts writing submissions from round Wisconsin. The 2022 contest winners will likely be introduced later this month and can obtain money prizes, a studying on the Wisconsin Guide Pageant in Madison, and a one-week residency at Shake Rag Alley Middle for the Arts in Mineral Level.

Fiction Contest Finalists

“Simeon and the Dangerous Child” by Margaret Benbow, Madison
“The Evolution of Marvin Skellig” by Peg Cadigan, Thiensville
“Feldstein’s Canine” by Gene James Gilbert, Baraboo
“Seasons of Love” by Walker Guzowski, Milwaukee
“Sadie in Love” by Nancy Jesse, Madison
“Bread and Butter” by Andrew McDonnell, Beaver Dam
“In Rock Springs When the Angel Trumpets Sound” by Tom Pamperin, Chippewa Falls
“No Different Canine” by Jerry Peterson, Janesville
“Snow Door” by Janie Wilberg, Milwaukee
“Down within the Valley” by Richie Zaborowske, Appleton

Poetry Contest Finalists

“A Couple Months After My Father’s Demise I Learn About Songbirds Mysteriously Dying in Pennsylvania” by Alecia Beymer, Madison
“Solar Black” by Bruce Dethlefsen, Westfield
“Effigy Mound” by John Freiburger, Fitchburg
“Of Genesis” by Nicholas Gulig, Fort Atkinson
“Amor Fati” by Nicholas Gulig, Fort Atkinson
“It’s, It’s Not” by Jim Landwehr, Waukesha
“Memorial Days” by Claire Lewandowski, Madison
“Residence within the Borderland” by Curt Meine, Sauk Metropolis
“Neptune” by Jess L. Parker, Fitchburg
“Heat Socks” by Alejandro Puig, Viola
“Rose Convictions” Georgia Ressmeyer, Sheboygan
“That is First Son / Second Son” by Nick Sengstock, Madison
“Survival Abilities for the Anthropocene” by Lailah Dainin Shima, Madison
“Letter to My Mom in Winter” by R. B. Simon, Madison
“Full Disclosure” by Bruce Taylor, Chippewa Falls