ANNOUNCE THE
Summer Solstice Broadside Contest
(Guidelines and Entry Fee Information below.)
Do you have a poem (more or less) about the earth’s maximum axial tilt, that instant in time, midsummer? Some new spin under the sun? A glimmer of connection but a world of understanding? Need a more than a nudge? How about a poem exuding unrestrained celestial shifting or a subtle, cunning connotation—pause, distance, closeness, tilt, druids, Stonehenge, equators, axis, climate, zenith, circles, circling, longest, shortest, alignment, astrology, astronomy, changing, 23 degrees, rotation, festivals, bonfires, summer vacation, mathematical geography, shifting, ecliptic, Tropic of Cancer, illumination, navigation, rituals, mid-summer’s day, and yes! even a dog poem about your furry soul mate who sleeps belly up to the sun come mid June… if you are so inclined. We grant you, the observer, great latitude to interpret and convey ‘Summer Solstice’ and desire to (respectfully) fool around with your words.
Artsmith and Dwell Press are sponsoring a Summer Solstice Broadside Contest for discerning Solstice poet-observers, to honor the instant in time north of the Tropic of Cancer and the Northern Hemisphere on June 20th at approximately 10:04 p.m. The winning entry will be produced in a limited, numbered edition broadside of 75 prints, of which 50 go to the author and 25 to the press. The winning poem will be published and the broadside featured on the Artsmith website and Dwell Press Blog.
Winner(s) will be selected anonymously by the editor and letterpress printer, Juniper White. In the event of a tie, the press may publish co-winners. Honorable Mentions and Finalists will be listed on the Artsmith website and Dwell Press Blog.
All broadsides are printed from hand-set metal type on 100% cotton top notch paper (nice enough to slip on and wear for a shirt…), with original artwork completed in woodcuts, or pen and ink and polymer, and through equal parts of deliberation, consternation, and delight hand fed through a thigh-powered 1916 Chandler and Price 10 x 15 letterpress, aka ‘Sweet William’.
2012 Contest Co-Winners
"What I Know of Summer Solstice" by Lana Hechtman Ayers and here.
Pen and Ink, polymer, hand set type, 1916 C & P, 5 color,
118# Cover Savoy Reich Paper. Dimensions - Page size 9 5/8 x 13
"On Turning One" by Derek Sheffield and here.
Poem previously published in Orion.
Wood block, polymer, hand set type, 1916 C & P, 3 Color
118# Cover Savoy Reich Paper. Dimensions - Page size 13 x 12.5
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Honorable Mentions
"Replenish"
by Lynne Shapiro, Hoboken, NJ
"The Light" by Molly Sutton Kiefer, Red Wing, MN
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To Download Contest Guidelines:
2013 Summer Solstice Broadside Contest Guidelines
2013 Contest closed.
Winning poet to be announced August 20th, 2013.
