VLP Poetry Slam this Thursday 3/26

March 23, 2009 by Molly Moore OConnor

Come on down to the VLP Poetry Reading & SLAM this Thursday, 3/26, 7-9 p.m. at the Coffee Shop Gallery, featuring Omaha poet HEIDI HERMANSON…
 
Hermanson has been published in Backroads, Mental Horizons, Midwest Compilation, Slamma Lamma Ding Dong: An Anthology of Nebraska Slam Poets, and other places. She has been part of many public art projects such as "8 counts/24" (writers had 24 hours to write on a theme pulled from a bag) "OmaHome" (writers wrote inspired by a piece of artwork; the writing was then interpeted by a local actor), and the “benchmarks” project, which featured brief inspirational quotes on benches throughout Omaha. In 2003 she organized the first Poets' Chautauqua at the Nebraska State Fair and also that year released her first chapbook, Midwest Hotel. Her second chapbook, Missouri Joyride, is forthcoming. She runs a monthly open mike, "Naked Words." In her spare time, she hopes to open a library of maps to towns that do not exist, and wants to learn dialects of the seven-year cicada. She recently received an MFA from the University of Nebraska.
 
Heidi’s reading will be followed by a SLAM—competitive poetry performance—open to anyone. Slam poets should bring 3 original poems, and prizes will be awarded.
 
See you all there!
 
Marcella Remund
USD Dept. of English
Faculty Advisor, Vermillion Literary Project (VLP)
Dakota Hall 227

 

Organizational Meeting for the Vermillion Literary Project

September 12, 2008 by Molly Moore OConnor

The Vermillion Literary Project will be having an organizational meeting Friday, 9/12, at 4:00 p.m. in Dakota Hall 201. The VLP is a student organization which sponsors poetry slams, the VLP magazine, and many other literary projects. Come see what's happening with the VLP. 

 

Molly O'Connor

University of South Dakota English Major 

 

VLP Poetry Festival Feb. 28, followed by 24-Hour Comics Contest Feb. 29

February 21, 2008 by English

Everyone is welcome to attend the Vermillion Literary Project 2008 Poetry Festival Thursday, February 28. This annual event, organized and run by University of South Dakota student volunteers, will feature professional writers sharing their work with the general public. You can attend free readings throughout the day and also register for a small fee for morning and afternoon workshops, in which you can get help with your own writing. And, of course, there's the fabulous VLP poetry slam, a competition for poets, in the evening. For details, visit http://www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit/poetryfestival .

But the fun doesn't end there. You can also participate in the VLP's first ever 24-Hour Comics Contest, which begins on Friday, February 29, the day after the festival. For more information, see http://www.usd.edu/orgs/projlit/comics .

 

Register for VLP Short Story Contest--$200 1st Place Prize

October 13, 2007 by English

Do you like writing fiction? Or have you always wanted to
try? Write a short story in three hours at the VLP Short Story Contest
Oct. 20 and you might win $200 as well as getting published!

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