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Helen Owen Calvert Writing Award

By Maier Museum

The Nineteenth Annual Competition for the Helen Owen Calvert Writing Award

The Department of Art, the Department of English, and the Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College invite all Randolph College students to submit creative or academic writing inspired by one or more artworks in the permanent collection. A cash prize will be awarded to the winner(s) at the Academic and Leadership Awards Ceremony.

The deadline for application is March 22, 2012.

Please note that poems submitted for the Calvert Award that are written about works in the Museum’s permanent collection with images represented in the Museum’s online catalog will also be automatically considered for publication on our online Ekphrastic Poetry Journal.

Conditions of Entry

  • The competition is open to all currently enrolled Randolph students.
  • All forms of writing will be accepted. Entries may interpret, analyze, compare, summarize, research and/or respond creatively to one or more works of art in the permanent collection.
  • If outside sources are consulted, use MLA form (Harbrace Handbook) for citation and works cited.
  • Only one entry per writer will be accepted.
  • Entries may be submitted via e-mail or in hard copy. Hard copy entries should be double-spaced and on one side of the page. The writer’s name should appear only on the cover page. Email entries should also be double-spaced. Be sure to include the title of the written piece, and reference the artwork(s).
  • Entries must be received by the Maier Museum of Art on or before March 22, 2011. They may be emailed to museum@randolphcollege.edu or sent to the Maier Museum of Art via campus mail.

About the Award

The intent of the Award is to recognize excellence in writing that responds to or interprets works of art in the Maier Museum collection. Each year, Randolph students are invited to submit creative or academic compositions of any type to be considered for this award. The award was established in memory of Helen Owen Calvert, by her family. Mrs. Calvert was a graduate of Randolph-Macon Woman’s College and the mother of one of the Maier Museum’s former curators of education, Doni Guggenheimer.

Readers will be members of the Art and English Departments and the Maier Museum of Art staff.