Her Mark 2003 Release Party & Reading - 10/20/02

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Her Mark 2003

Her Mark 2003 Datebook

Contributing Her Mark 2003 artists and poets, their friends, family and fans gathered from all corners of the country to celebrate the publication of WMG's third annual Her Mark Datebook on Sunday, October 20, 2002. Her Mark seemed to come alive as poets read their work to a full and enthusiastic house. An added bonus this year was seeing the datebook artwork on display in the Gallery. A warm thanks to all who attended and made this an especially festive occasion! Also, special thanks to our designer, Jeanne Nemcek of 4439 Design for her efforts and talents. Forty artists and poets from across the country (and Wales!) are featured in this year's HER MARK 2003 datebook.

Poetry Jurors Lucy Anderton, Krystal Ashe, Tara Betts and Anida Yoeu Esguerra, selected twenty poets from 162 entrants: Beatriz Badikian-Gartler (IL), Katherinne Bardales (IL), Stephanie Rose Bird (IL), Sarah Browning (NJ), Helen Marie Casey (MA), Gale Czerski (OR), Camille T. Dungy (VA), Gretchen Fletcher (FL), Alice George (IL), Kathleen Kirk (IL), Cecilia Hae-Jin Lee (CA), Jerry Dillon Pratt (IL), Emily Raboteau (NY), Susan Richardson (Wales), Melysha Sargis (IL), Olivia Schmid (WA), Helen Schneider (WI), Joyce E. Young (CA), Sarah Zale (CA), and Andrena Zawinski (CA).

Art Jurors Janet Bloch and Pamela Callahan selected twenty artists from 198 entrants: Janet Allinger (CA), Patricia Biesen (IL), Laurel Garcia Colvin (NY), Judy Cooperman (NY), Rosemary DiNardo (IL), Julia Fosson (CT), Cindy Goodrich (MA), Jennifer Maria Harris (CA), Lisa Hohlfeld (MO), Carol Hopper (NV), Lois Keller (IL), Mary King (IL), Ginny Krueger (IL), Sonja Kruitwagen (IL), Janet McKenzie (VT), Jamie Niess (IN), Juanita Richeson (CA), Catherine Stack (WI), Lari Washburn (IL), and Elly Wilder (IL).

To read select poems from the Her Mark 2003 Datebook, return to the main POETRY & PROSE PAGE.

To see images from the Her Mark 2003 Datebook, go to the Her Mark 2003 Exhibition Page.

To read about future editions of the datebook, including information on the artwork and poetry competitions (entry deadlines are in May 2003), go to the Special Events Page.