Join us for biweekly ekphrastic writing challenges. See why so many writers are hooked on ekphrasis! We feature some of the most accomplished, influential writers working today, and we also welcome emerging or first time writers and those who simply want to experience art in a deeper way or try something creative. The prompt this time is Whirlpool, by Dusti Bonge. Deadline is November 24, 2023. Curator and judge for this challenge is TER editor Sandi Stromberg. You can submit poetry, creative nonfiction, flash fiction, microfiction, or any other form creative writing you like. 1000 words max please. ** Dear Writers and Lovers of The Ekphrastic Review, One of the wonderful gifts of being an editor at The Ekphrastic Review is that on occasion I’m able to offer a biweekly challenge. The possibility has me constantly on the alert. As I wander through museums, galleries, art fairs, thumb through books on art, I’m always considering possibilities: Would this artwork be evocative enough? Would this artist’s life intrigue? Would writers feel driven to respond, to commit images and thoughts to paper? Recently, in one of life’s delicious moments of synchronicity, I became friends with a man affiliated with the Dusti Bongé Foundation. As he told me about this remarkable artist—who is finally receiving the accolades and recognition she deserves—I was intrigued. I hope you will be, too. See her short bio below with news about her current exhibition and a video in which she shares her Life as an Artist. In the meantime, I offer you Bongé’s Whirlpool and hope it will inspire! Sandi Stromberg Dusti Bongé (1903-1993), née Eunice Swetman, was a member of the first generation of abstract expressionist painters. A native of Biloxi, Mississippi, she showed with the groundbreaking Betty Parsons Gallery in New York from the 1940s through the 1970s, in the company of Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, and the other major players of that time. though her part in that revolutionary chapter of American art history is only now being recognized. 30 years after her passing. Dusti Bongé: The Creative Life is currently on exhibit at the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, Alabama, July 13, 2023-September 14, 2024. A video of her in her studio discussing her life as an artist is available here Dusti Bonge' | MPB. ** The Rules 1. Use this visual art prompt as a springboard for your writing. It can be a poem or short prose (fiction or nonfiction.) You can research the artwork or artist and use your discoveries to fuel your writing, or you can let the image alone provoke your imagination. 2. Write as many poems and stories as you like. Send only your best works or final draft, not everything you wrote down. (Please note, experimental formats are difficult to publish online. We will consider them but they present technical difficulties with web software that may not be easily resolved.) Please copy and paste your submission into the body of the email, even if you include an attachment such as Word or PDF. 3. There is no mandatory submission fee, but we ask you to consider a voluntary donation to show your support to the time, management, maintenance, and promotion of The Ekphrastic Review. It takes an incredible amount of time to curate the journal, read regular and contest submissions, etc. Paying all expenses out of pocket is also prohibitive. Thank you. A voluntary gift does not affect the selection process in any way. 4. USE THIS EMAIL ONLY.
Send your work to [email protected]. Challenge submissions sent to the other inboxes will most likely be lost as those are read in chronological order of receipt, weeks or longer behind, and are not seen at all by guest editors. They will be discarded. Sorry. 5.Include BONGE CHALLENGE in the subject line. 6. Include your name and a brief bio. If you do not include your bio, it will not be included with your work, if accepted. Even if you have already written for The Ekphrastic Review or submitted other works and your bio is "on file" you must include it in your challenge submission. 7. Late submissions will be discarded. Sorry. 8. Deadline is midnight EST, November 24, 2023. 9. Please do not send revisions, corrections, or changes to your poetry or your biography after the fact. If it's not ready yet, hang on to it until it is. 10. Selected submissions will be published together, with the prompt, one week after the deadline. 11. Due to the demands of the increasing volume of submissions, we do not send out sorry notices or yes letters for challenge submissions. You will see what poetry and stories have been selected when the responses are posted one week after the deadline. Understand that we value your participation as part of our ekphrastic community, but we can only choose a handful of the many entries we receive. 12. A word on the selection process: we strive for a balance between rewarding regular participants and sharing the voices of writers who are new to our family. We also look for a variety of perspectives and styles, and a range of interesting takes on the painting. It is difficult to reproduce experimental formatting, so unfortunately we won't choose many with unusual spacing or typography. 13. By submitting to The Ekphrastic Review, you are also automatically joining our subscribers' list. Your submission is your permission. We don't send spam and we don't send many emails- you will not receive forty-four emails a day! Our newsletter occasionally updates you on some of the challenges, news, contests, prize nominations, ekphrastic happenings, prompt ebooks, workshops, and more. 14. Rinse and repeat with upcoming ekphrastic writing challenges! 15. Please share this prompt with your writing groups, Facebook groups, social media circles, and anywhere else you can. The simple act of sharing brings readers to The Ekphrastic Review, and that is the best way to support the poets and writers on our pages! 16. Check this space every Friday for new challenges and selected responses, alternating weekly.
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