{"id":75,"date":"2014-06-20T15:33:03","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T19:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2014-06-20T15:33:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-20T19:33:03","slug":"mar-announces-inaugural-art-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casit.bgsu.edu\/marblog\/mar-announces-inaugural-art-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"MAR Announces Inaugural Art Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Calling all artists! MAR<\/em> announces a new art contest for work inspired by writing published in our recent issues.<\/p>\n

Prize:<\/strong> $500,\u00a0display on\u00a0blog and website,\u00a0and share in proceeds of print sales
\nFinal Judge:<\/strong> Artist Daniel Merriam<\/a>
\nEntry Deadline:<\/strong> January 5, 2015
\nEntry Fee:<\/strong> $10 for up to three entries (combined in one submission)<\/p>\n

The Finer Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Choose from among these six pieces from recent issues of Mid-American Review<\/em> to inspire your artwork:<\/p>\n

Fiction:<\/b>
\nMollie Ficek, \u201cThe Harvest Queen<\/a>\u201d (XXXIII.2)
\nRyan Habermeyer, \u201cIn Search of Fortunes Not Yet Lost<\/a>\u201d (XXXIV.1)<\/p>\n

Fineline:<\/strong>
\nAnika L. Eide, \u201cSome Parents<\/a>\u201d (XXXIV.1)<\/p>\n

Poetry:<\/b>
\nErin Lyndal Martin, \u201cColony Collapse\u2014Aristaeus<\/a>\u201d (XXXIII.2)
\nG.C. Waldrep, \u201cOn Protestantism<\/a>\u201d (XXXIV.1)
\nJude Nutter, \u201cThe Shipping Forecast<\/a>\u201d (winner of the 2013-2014 James Wright Poetry Award, XXXIV.2)<\/p>\n

We invite artists to compose new work\u00a0inspired by\u00a0the writing of their choice from the list above. Medium\/form may be painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, photography, textile, ceramics, metals, carpentry, glass\u2014anything that may ultimately be translated to a two-dimensional image. Images may be submitted by post or on our submissions manager, as pdfs or jpgs. Cover letter\/message should include brief biographical and contact information, and a 50-100 word artist\u2019s statement about the method of composition and the inspiration behind it. Entries and cover letters need not be left anonymous.<\/p>\n

A $10 entry fee for up to three pieces (combined in one submission) may be paid by check for postal submissions, or online for online submissions. Each entrant may choose to receive either a print of the winning piece or a one-year subscription to MAR. <\/em>Our winning artist will receive $500 and display on the MAR<\/em> website and blog.\u00a0We will also produce a run of prints in various sizes for sale at events and on our website, and the artist will receive a share of these proceeds.
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Contest is open to all artists, except those associated with the judge or Mid-American Review.<\/em> Our judge\u2019s decision is final.<\/p>\n

For online submissions and online payment, please use our Submissions Manager<\/a>. Send all postal entries with check or money order to: Mid-American Review<\/em> Department of English Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403<\/p>\n

About the Judge:<\/strong> Daniel Merriam<\/a>, a native of Maine,\u00a0is an artist of the fantastic and the surreal. His watercolors have been exhibited across the country, and compiled in three books. His imagination blends the unexpected, the dark, the airy, the curious, and the luxurious with vibrant color and depth. His work graced the covers of MAR<\/em> XXI.1, XXI.2, and XXV.1.<\/p>\n

Good luck — we can’t wait to see the MAR<\/em>-inspired art that comes our way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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