San Antonio and South Texas poets! You’re invited to submit poems inspired by artworks from five San Antonio arts institutions. Three Categories: Adults; Youth, ages 13 – 17; Youth, age 12 and under. There is no entry fee.
What is Ekphrastic Poetry? In simplest terms, an ekphrastic poem is one written in response to another art form: a visual work of art; a piece of music or dance, etc. For purposes of this National Poetry Month Ekphrastic Poetry Contest, write a response to a visual work of art. Examples of famous ekphrastic poems are: Ode to a Grecian Urn by John Keats; Nine Nectarines and Other Porcelain by Marianne Moore; and The Starry Night by Ann Sexton.
Contest Opens: February 5, 2024
Submission Deadline: March 8, 2024.
See PDF attached below for full contest guidelines
2024 NATIONAL POETRY MONTH EKPHRASTIC POETRY CONTEST
VIEWING SELECTED ARTWORKS
The Briscoe Western Art Museum
https://briscoemuseum.org/poetry-contest/
Gladys Roldan-de-Moras (b. 1965). Sunday Riding at Mission San Jose, 2014. Oil on linen. 36 x 48 in. 42 ¾ x 54 ½ in. framed. Briscoe Western Art Museum Permanent Collection. Gift of Marrs McLean Bowman in Memory of His Mother Ruth McLean Bowman Bowers.
© Gladys Roldan-de-Moras 2014
The McNay Art Museum
https://www.mcnayart.org/event/2024-national-poetry-month-ekphrastic-poetry-contest/
Paul Cézanne, French, 1839-1906. Houses on the Hill (1900-1906). Oil on canvas. 23 3/8 x 31 3/8” (59.4 x 79.7cm). Bequest of Marion Koogler McNay. 1950.23
Ruby City
https://www.rubycity.org/npmsa2024
Jim Hodges. Ultimate Joy, 2001. Wood, metal panel, ceramic sockets and light bulbs
32 x 64 in. © Jim Hodges, courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels
Linda Pace Foundation Collection, Ruby City, San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Museum of Art
https://www.samuseum.org/events/event/2024-national-poetry-month-ekphrastic-poetry-contest/
Yen Yen Vase with Landscape Decoration. China. Qing dynasty, Kangxi period (1661-1722). Porcelain with cobalt blue underglaze. San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Lenora and Walter F. Brown.2008.21.24
The Witte Museum
https://wittemuseum.org/ekphrastic/
Simon Bourne. Mapa de la Provincia de Texas, 1822. Copied from Stephen F. Austin’s map. Pen and Ink on Paper. Gift of Mrs. R. W. Morrison.
