There’s one more week to go before the Hanging Lantern Review 2014 Writing Contest deadline! We hope many young writers in SLO county will be entering their work in the categories of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction/essay. If you have a middle school or high school student who would like to participate, it’s not too late – and tell your friends! Click here for more details on the contest.
First, second and third place writers in each category will have their work published in the 2014 issue of Hanging Lantern Review, will have their work reviewed by a professional author or poet, and will be invited to attend a special, exclusive reading in May.
Introducing the Judges:
This year, the Hanging Lantern Review is pleased to add two new author judges to its roster. In addition to fiction writer Paige Eve Chant, who served as a prose judge last year, and poet William Camponovo, who taught in the Hanging Lantern Review summer workshop and served as poetry judge, we are thrilled to have the participation of essayist and poet, Sarah Erickson, and esteemed local fiction and spiritual writer, Paula Huston.
Paula Huston
Huston has written two critically acclaimed novels and six works of creative non-fiction. She will serve as our featured judge this year, and will select the winners for our high school fiction contest. She lives in Arroyo Grande and in addition to writing, teaches and mentors students in the creative writing MFA program at Seattle Pacific University. We are incredibly honored to have Huston volunteer her time in order to support the arts among youth in our community!
To read more about Paula Huston, and her wonderful contributions to our local literary scene and to education, please visit this article about her recently released novel, A Land Without Sin. To read about our other judges, please see below!
William Camponovo, Poetry
LA-resident and Philadelphia native William Camponovo was included in the 2011 Best New Poets anthology, and has been published in Pacifica Literary Review, Iron Horse, The Seattle Review, and The Language Exchange at Sarah Lawrence College. Last summer, he taught poetry at the Hanging Lantern Review summer workshop in San Luis Obispo.
Paige Eve Chant, Middle School Fiction
Sacramento native Paige Eve Chant currently lives in Princeton, New Jersey, where she is working on her first novel, Say You Have Seen Something. In 2010, Paige served as The Milton Fellow at Seattle Pacific University, where she taught creative writing. Her work has been published in Flint Hills Review, Seattle Review, Teaparty Magazine (an art and culture publication) and Santa Clara Review. She was also a finalist in the 2009 Glimmer Train “Family Matters” contest. Paige’s work can be read at http://paigeevechant.com/blog/
Sarah Erickson, Essay/Non-Fiction
Kingsburg native Sarah Erickson is a lyric essayist and poet with two MFA degrees from the University of Washington: one in poetry, and one in prose. Published in Pageboy and a regular contributor to Seattle’s Child magazine, she has taught creative writing in Seattle and Rome, and is currently working on her first TV Pilot.
Please remind your kids and their friends that our contest will close on February 14, 2014. We’re looking forward to seeing your work!
If you have any questions, please reach out to us at [email protected].
Enjoy the weekend!
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