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Water's
ever changing surface and symbolism has held our imagination since ancient times. Images that capture water's transition are
as prolific as water itself; they can be found everywhere. We are all drawn to water for a myriad of different reasons - all
subjects (color or black & white) are eligible.
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Photography Submissions Closed
Poetry & Prose Submissions Open: June
25, 2011
Entry Deadline: October 20, 2011
Submission Fees: $10 per entry
Poetry & Prose Results Announced: November 19, 2011
Scheduled Book Launch:
December 2011 or January 2012
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Publication and Awards
$300 Juror's Selection Award Photography
$300 Juror's Selection Award Writing or Poetry
Being selected to be part of this publication puts you in great company with other photographers, writers, and
poets. This publication is dedicated to providing a place for artists to gain recognition and exposure for their work. All
participants chosen, if so desired, will have their name, web page and/or mailing address indexed in the book so as they
can be contacted directly regarding their work.
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Photography Judge
Douglas Beasley's personal vision explores spiritual
aspects of people and place and is concerned with how the sacred is recognized and expressed in everyday life. He hopes that
his photographs act as prayer-like offerings and are meant as a departure point for the viewer's own visual or spiritual journey.
As founder and director of
Vision Quest Photo Workshops, Beasley provides workshops that emphasize personal expression and creative vision over the mechanics
of camera use. He believes in helping each student find their voice rather than making 'pretty pictures'. His workshops are
held in places such as Santa Fe, Maine, New York, Hawaii, Guatemala, Peru, Japan, China, Italy, Africa and Bali as well as
the Trade River Retreat Center, his cabin/retreat center in Northwest Wisconsin.
Much of his personal work, including Sacred Sites of the Lakota, Disappearing Green
Space, Silent Witness: Genocide and the Landscape, Sacred Places and Earth Meets Spirit are supported by grants and commissions
and have been widely exhibited and collected. His work has been published internationally and featured in numerous magazines
such as Zoom, The Sun, B&W, PDN and PhotoVision. His first book: "Japan; A Nisei's First Encounter," offers insight into his journey to his mother's homeland. His second
book Earth Meets Spirit will be coming out in late 2010.
Douglas
continues to explore the notion of what is sacred in his photography and in his life. He lives in a passive solar home surrounded
by trees in Saint Paul, MN. When not out traveling the world he can be found tending his Japanese gardens or enjoying a strong
cup of coffee while listening to loud music. Personal heroes include Jimi Hendrix, the Dalai Lama and whoever invented the
espresso machine.
Watch video profiling Douglas for the public television series MN Original.
Watch
video of Douglas working with the nude at his retreat center in Wisconsin. Password is 'doug'.
Website: DouglasBeasley.com
Workshops: VQPhoto.com
Poetry and Prose Judge
Anastasia Faunce received a B.A. in Creative Writing from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and an M.F.A.
in Writing from Hamline University. She was a finalist for The Calvino Prize in both 2010 and 2011, and a contributor to Fiction
on a Stick: New Stories by Minnesota Writers (Milkweed Editions, 2008). Anastasia’s work has also been recognized by
the Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Glimmer Train Press, Hamline University, Inside Books Publishing
Institute, The Loft Literary Center, Norcroft Writing Retreat for Women, University of Louisville, and Utne Reader.
As a writer, editor, and arts administrator, Anastasia has worked
with such clients as, Coffee House Press, Graywolf Press, Doubleday, Bantam Dell Publishing Co., HarperCollins Publishers,
Graphic Design for Love + $, The Loft Literary Center, and a bevy of authors and artists. In addition, she served, for three
years, on the editorial board of Water~Stone: A National Review of Literature, and was the Review's inaugural Assistant Editor.
Her efforts in the community include serving on working committees for such organizations and institutions as, AMICUS,
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, College of Design—University of Minnesota, Frederick R. Weisman Museum
of Art, Minnesota Arts Communicators, Page Education Foundation, The Loft Literary Center, and Walker Art Center.
Anastasia has held full-time positions with Film in the Cities and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and is currently
a Program Director at the University of Minnesota, where she runs the Split Rock Arts Program and creates innovative educational
opportunities through the College of Continuing Education’s LearningLife program.
Aside from several “every-day”
folk she is privileged to encounter during routine travels and trespasses, Anastasia’s personal heroes include James
Baldwin, Camille Claudel, Pratibha Parmar, Czeslaw Milosz, Simone de Beauvoir, Amedeo Modigliani, and other fierce souls housed
in bodies of yearning, who make their way through life with passion, compassion, and intellect. Oh, and whoever invented the
espresso machine (with a nod to photography judge Doug Beasley—sincerest form of flattery and all that…)
