The Manomin Project Seeks Poetry and Art Submissions

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Research focused on crop restoration, cultural revitalization, and treaty living. Researchers who believe in collaboration and knowledge sharing. Learn more about the Manomin Research Project.


DEADLINE: 1 JANUARY 2020

The Manomin Project is now seeking poetry and art submissions about manomin (wild rice)! We are asking creators to submit original pieces that explore human and other-than-human relationships with manomin.

We are accepting creative works that fall into one of three categories: past, present, or future.

You may submit a previously unpublished poem or visual work in each category. However, it is only possible to win in one category. Priority will be given to previously unpublished Indigenous creators.

One poem and one visual work will be selected for each category. Each creator will receive $100.00 CAN for their “winning” piece.

In order to be considered, individuals must contextualize their work in 250 to 500 words. This text is to explain what the piece is intended to teach about manomin (past, present, or future).

Selected works will be featured on the Manomin Project’s social media pages on Instagram and Twitter (@manominproject). The winning works will have the opportunity to be published in an upcoming scholarly anthology on manomin.


TO SUBMIT A POEM:

  1. Please send your submission by email to manominproject@gmail.com
  2. Identify the category you are entering (past, present, or future) in the subject line of your email. See example below:
    • MANOMIN PROJECT POETRY SUBMISSION (PAST)
  3. Attach a PDF version of your poem and explanatory text to the email (note: these should be two separate attachments).
  4. Include your contact information in the body of the email.
  5. Include a permission line in the body of your email that reads: “I recognize that the attached poetry and contextual statement may be circulated through social media channels and in a scholarly anthology.”
  6. Press send!

TO SUBMIT A VISUAL WORK:

  1. Please send your submission by email to manominproject@gmail.com
  2. Identify the category you are entering (past, present, or future) in the subject line of your email. See example below:
    • MANOMIN PROJECT ART SUBMISSION (PRESENT)
  3. Attach a TIFF or JPG version of your work to the email:
    • Line drawings must be a minimum of 1200 dpi at 5 inches wide
    • Photographs must be a minimum of 300 dpi at 5 inches wide
  4. Attach a PDF of your explanatory text to the email.
  5. Include your contact information in the body of the email.
  6. Include a permission line in the body of your email that reads: “I recognize that the attached visual work and contextual statement may be circulated through social media channels and in a scholarly anthology.”
  7. Press send!

If you have any further questions, please email manominproject@gmail.com or message us on social media (@manominproject)!

Image provided by the Manomin Research Project.

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