The Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest

2010 Ray Bradbury Creative Writing Contest

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26th Annual Ray Bradbury Writing Contest In Dandelion Wine, the summer of 1928 opens with a bloodrush of joy for Douglas Spaulding. Pausing at his window, he suddenly becomes aware of the hum and vitality of everything around him, and in him. Summer sprawls ahead, verdant and lush, like the promise of life. But as the novel unfolds, Douglas realizes that with this promise comes another—the certainty of loss, and of death. Every golden dandelion, however brilliant, will eventually gray and float away.

Using the relationship between life and death as your theme, offer a response in your choice of media. Categories for the Ray Bradbury Contest include creative writing (poems, essays, short stories), visual arts and multimedia. Winners in each category will receive $200 for Waukegan residents and $100 for non-residents. Entry deadline: Friday, March 19.

2009 Winners:

Category:	Name:	Title:
Resident High School Visual Art	Tom Ryan: $200	Destroying a Culture
Resident High School Written	Samantha Paredes: $200	The Ever-Growing Plasma Screen
Resident Adult Visual Art	Lynsee Melchi: $200	Window to the World
Resident Adult Written	Magdalena Bartolik: $200	A Flameless Fire
Non-Resident High School Written	Ju Hun Kim: $100	Complete Guide for Typical Television Viewers in 20xx
Non-Resident Adult Visual Art	Rita Welker: $100	Literary Ashes Fahrenheit 451
Non-Resident Adult Written	Lynn Schmeidler: $100	A Fly on the Wall

2009 Honorable Mentions:

Category:	Name:	Title:
Resident High School Visual Art	David Colin	Ignorance
Resident Adult Visual Art	Paul Jay Schrenker	Montag's Curious Habit
Resident Adult Written	Regina Womack	The Half Life
Non-Resident High School Written	Paige Needham	Her Wires
Non-Resident Adult Written	Micheal Laverty	A Report from the Other Side