What Light Poetry Project
Jan 26, 2010
mnLIT presents: Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson
This week we've got a second poem from What Light grand prize-winner, Jeff Johnson - "Lake Street," selected for the 2009 mnLIT cycle by poet Connie Wanek.
Jan 12, 2010
mnLIT presents: Lynette Reini-Grandell
Lynette Reini-Grandell
This week's mnLIT winner, "This Horse's Ears" by Lynette Reini-Grandell, was selected for the 2009 cycle of the What Light Poetry Project by poet Leslie Adrienne Miller.
Jan 7, 2010
mnLIT Original: "Eggshells"
Ben Weaver
"Eggshells" is a newly commissioned poem by one of our 2009 What Light grand prize-winners, Ben Weaver. Each of these new works is accompanied by a curated selection of work drawn from mnartists.org's vast database of artists.
Dec 29, 2009
mnLIT presents: Kirsten Dierking
Kirsten Dierking
This week's mnLIT winner, "Half Asleep" by Kirsten Dierking, was selected as a 2009 What Light poem by Joyce Sidman.
Dec 14, 2009
mnLIT presents: Darci Schummer
Darci Schummer
Darci Schummer is a two-time winner for the 2009 cycle of mnLIT & What Light; this week's poem, "Hair," was selected by poet Connie Wanek.
Nov 30, 2009
mnLIT presents: Greg Watson
Greg Watson
This week's poem is written by Greg Watson, whose work has been chosen for a number of previous cycles of mnartists.org's literary series. "My Brother's Tattoo" was selected by poet Deborah Keenan and is one of the 2009 mnLIT grand prize-winning pieces.
Nov 17, 2009
mnLIT presents: Elizabeth Dingmann
Elizabeth Dingmann
This week's mnLIT-winning piece, "Double Bound" by Elizabeth Dingmann, was selected for the 2009 cycle of mnartists.org's What Light Poetry Project by poet Leslie Adrienne Miller.
Nov 2, 2009
mnLIT presents: Gary Dop
Gary Dop
This week's mnLIT winner -- Gary Dop's delightful poem, "Bill Bitner at the Henry Doorly Zoo" -- was selected by poet and writer Joyce Sidman.
Oct 20, 2009
mnLIT presents: Todd Pederson
Todd Pederson
This week's winning mnLIT piece, "Flatiron - Market Sunday" by Todd Pederson, was selected for the 2009 What Light Poetry Project by poet Dobby Gibson.
Oct 5, 2009
mnLIT presents: Mary Butler Harpin
Mary Butler Harpin
This week, read Mary Butler Harpin's What Light-winning poem, "We Walked Five Villages," selected for this year's mnLIT series by poet Deborah Keenan.
Sep 22, 2009
mnLIT presents: Mike Rollin
Mike Rollin
"Holloways," a luminous song of the city, is this week's What Light-winning poem by Mike Rollin, selected by mnLIT juror Connie Wanek. Through the mnLIT series, mnartists.org publishes a new poem or story by a Minnesota writer each week.
Sep 8, 2009
mnLIT presents: Kayla Skarbakka
Kayla Skarbakka
This week's What Light winner, "Mary In Blue" by Kayla Skarbakk, was selected for the 2009 mnLIT cycle by poet Leslie Adrienne Miller.
Aug 25, 2009
mnLIT presents: Neil Dyer
Neil Dyer
This week's mnLIT winner, from the What Light Poetry Project, is one of two selected for the 2009 cycle of mnartists.org's literary competition. This week's poem, "Compline," was selected by poet Dobby Gibson.
Aug 10, 2009
mnLIT presents: Jeff Johnson
Jeff Johnson
This week read one of our What Light grand prize-winning poems, this one by Jeff Johnson, selected by poet Joyce Sidman. PLUS: come hear Jeff Johnson, along with a slew of other mnLIT winners, read Monday evening, August 17 at the Ritz Theater.
Jul 28, 2009
mnLIT presents: Darci Schummer
Darci Schummer
This week's mnLIT-winning poem, "Archaeology" by Darci Schummer, was selected by What Light juror, poet Deborah Keenan.
Jul 14, 2009
mnLIT presents: Dan Pederson
Dan Pederson
"From the Windy Trees" by Dan Pederson is one of the winning pieces in this year's What Light Poetry Project competition within mnartists.org's mnLIT program. All 38 winning stories and poems will be published on mnartists.org in the months to come.
Jul 14, 2009
About our 2009 What Light/mnLIT judges
mnartists.org
Read more about our esteemed panel of What Light Poetry Project jurors for the 2009 cycle of mnartists.org's mnLIT competition and publication project: Dobby Gibson, Deborah Keenan, Leslie Adrienne Miller, Joyce Sidman, and Connie Wanek.
Feb 3, 2009
What Light: This Week's Poem: Constance Turke
What Light: Constance Turke
"In the Wetlands" by Constance Turke, this week's winning poem, was selected by Jim Johnson. This winner wraps up the fall-winter cycle of What Light. The next call for MN poets will open March 2 and run through April 20.
Jan 19, 2009
What Light: This Week's Poem: Charisse Gendron
What Light: Charisse Gendron
This week's poem by Charisse Gendron, is the third of her NONSETS poems to earn recognition in this cycle of What Light, was selected by Deborah Bernhardt.
Dec 15, 2008
What Light: This Week's Poem: Charisse Gendron
What Light: Charisse Gendron
This week's poem, "Plush" by Charisse Gendron, is the second of three of the poet's NONSETS series which were selected as What Light winners by this round's judges. This one was selected by poet William Stobb.