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Call for Submissions for "Our Nations of Others": Creative Reactions to Enrique's Journey

Posted 11/08/2011 Text Messaging Now Available

*PLEASE NOTE UPDATED DEADLINE AND PRIZE INFORMATION*

MADISON, Wis. –The University of Wisconsin-Madison common-reading program, Go Big Read, is pleased to invite all UW-Madison students, staff, faculty, and Dane County residents, to submit a creative piece in reaction to the reading of the book Enrique's Journey to compete in the juried exhibit Our Nations of Others.

  • Submit up to 2 visual art or literary works.
  • A selection of works will be featured in an exhibit during the spring 2012 semester.
  • Award winners will be honored in a ceremony with Enrique’s Journey photographer, Pulitzer Prize winner Don Bartletti, in March 2012. They will also receive $200 gift certificates to a local bookstore.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, January 27th, 2012 *EXTENDED DEADLINE*
Full submission guidelines and more information: http://www.gobigread.wisc.edu/ournationsofothers.html
Questions?  Please email ournationsofothers@library.wisc.edu

UW-Madison has chosen Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario for this academic year’s common book program, Go Big Read. The main objective of Go Big Read is to engage members of the campus community and beyond in a shared, academically focused reading experience. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to participate by reading the book, and taking part in classroom discussions and campus events.

Based on the Los Angeles Times newspaper series that won two Pulitzer Prizes in 2003, one for feature writing (Sonia Nazario) and another for feature photography (Don Bartletti), Enrique’s Journey is the account of an Honduran teenager who travels from Honduras to the U.S. on the top of freight trains to find his mother, who had left eleven years earlier to provide a better life for her children. This book puts a human face on the ongoing debate about immigration in the United States.

This is a call for submissions of creative pieces in visual or literary forms. Any works entered must be the artist/author’s original work on any topic related to Enrique’s Journey.  Works submitted can be literary, visual, or mixed media.  No video or audio works will be accepted. 

Co-Organizers:
Memorial Library
Community Partnerships and Outreach (CPO) Staff Network
Education Outreach and Partnerships, School of Education
Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS)
Go Big Read (or LILI?)

Co-Sponsors:
General Library System
Friends of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Library
Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies (LACIS)

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