Posts filed under 'Interviews'
Wordclay Interviews Poet Brenda Mirsky, Grand Prize Winner of the Book of Poetry Contest
Cue the music. Dim the lights.
And now, the starting wordsmith on your poetry crusade into the grueling literary scene, please join me in welcoming the poet who won the Wordclay Book of Poetry Contest, the sultan of stanza, the tycoon of modern transcendentalism, the mender of myth, the one, the only, Brenda Mirsky.
The crowd cheers.
She’s kept you in suspense for the last month. But now, finally, she reveals some telltale details of her artistic and turbulent past to Blogger Justin Dimos.
Justin: How did you feel entering the contest?
Brenda: I never dreamed I would win so I didn’t really have any feelings about entering. I thought there was nothing to lose by trying.
Justin: How did you react when you found out that you had won? (more…)
12 comments April 7, 2008
Wordclay Interviews Poet Jamie Crawford, Grand Prize Winner of the Single Poem Contest
Calling all writers… Calling all writers…
Come in writers!
Jenn’s blog has been interrupted this afternoon to bring you some breaking news.
For the first time in history, Jamie Crawford, Grand Prize winner of Wordclay’s Single Poem Contest, has agreed to answer our Interview questions.
Blogger Justin Dimos is on the literary scene and reports:
Justin: How did you feel entering the contest?
Jamie: I felt a bit apprehensive because I’d never participated in a national writing competition before and realized this would mean a higher caliber of writing would be considered.
Justin: How did you react when you found out that you had won?
Jamie: I didn’t process it. I thought maybe a mistake had been made. Finally, though, I realized that I had legitimately won the single poem contest. It was an exhilarating and uplifting feeling to be recognized in this way.
Justin: What did you know about Wordclay before you entered the contest?
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2 comments April 3, 2008
