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Students on a docent-led tour. |
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Writer's Eye sort day 2006. |
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Twenty-second Writer's Eye Anthology available for purchase. |
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The Writer's Eye competition invites youth in grades 3-12, University students, and adults to submit original prose and poetry compositions inspired by particular works on view in the Museum. This year a major focus of the program will be the special exhibition El Lissitzky: Futurist Portfolios. Area teachers and writers judge all entries. High school and University/adult entries are judged by noted authors and poets. Winners are honored at an annual ceremony in the spring, and winning entries are published in an anthology. Docent-led and self-guided tours are available. Both must be scheduled in advance; call 434.243.2050.
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22nd Annual Writer's Eye dates
Friday, September 26
4:30 pm - 7 pm
Teachers' pARTy, followed by gallery talk by Hideyo Okamura and opening reception for El Lissitzky: Future Portfolios. Some Writer's Eye selections are drawn from this exhibition.
Monday, October 21
22nd Annual Writer's Eye begins.
To schedule a Writer's Eye tour, call 434-243-2050. Self-guided tours are also available.
Friday, December 5
Last day for docent-led tours of Writer's Eye
Self-guided tours are still available, until December 11.
Friday, December 12
Last day of contest. All entries due at Museum by 5 pm
Sunday, December 14
12 noon - 5 pm
Judges pick up packets at University of Virginia Art Museum front desk.
Tuesday, January 6
9 am - 5 pm
Judges return entries with decisions to University of Virginia Art Museum front desk.
Week of January 28
Winners announced. Letters/email sent to winners, teachers and judges.
Download Writer's Eye Award Winners list (pdf) >
Sunday, March 22
Writer's Eye Awards Ceremony
2 - 3 pm, Campbell Hall
3 - 4 pm, Reception in the Museum.
The anthology of 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners entries will be available starting March 22.
To purchase anthology >
Download teacher dates (pdf) >
Guidelines for entrants
By category
Grades 3-5
Type and single-space original and four copies of your story or poem.
Grades 6-8
Poetry: Type and single-space original and three copies of your poem.
Prose: Type and single space original and four copies of your prose.
High school, university, and adult
Type and single-space original and three copies of your story or poem.
Formatting requirements
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Type on all pages you submit: |
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the title of your poem or story |
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the title of the artwork that inspired your entry |
Staple the entry form to the back page of the original copy.
Paper clip the original and the two, three or four copies together.
Do not type your name on any copy.
Your name should appear only on the entry form.
Deadline
Be sure that your entry arrives at the University of Virginia Art Museum no later than 5 pm, on December 12.
Download teacher guidelines (pdf) >
Download entry form (doc) >
Download entry form (pdf) >
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