We are very pleased to announce our prestigious Lead Judges this year -
Lead Literary Judge - Bradley Steffens
Bradley Steffens is the author of twenty-one nonfiction books for children and young adults, coauthor of seven, and editor of the 2004 anthology, The Free Speech Movement. Mr. Steffens currently serves as the President of the San Diego Book Awards Association.
J. Gibson is is Director of Operations and co-founder of reapandsow. Since forming in 2005, reapandsow has developed into a cast of industry professionals with over 50 years of combined experience focused on enabling artists to successfully promote and distribute their music in the digital world. Prior to reapandsow, Gibson began his music career at IODA and Royal Artist Group talent management. A lifelong musician with a love of numbers, Gibson’s six year tenure working in finance and on Wall Street allowed him to develop a keen business and managerial sense that he now uses to run reapandsow. Click here for more information on reapandsow.LeL
Lead Video Judge- Jim Lydon
Actor, Producer, and Director of the Big Screen and Television for 60 years. Click here for more information on Mr. Lydon
Lead Photography Judge - David Hartig
Professional photographer. Click here for more information
The list of Winners for the Creative uRGe contest 2010
Winners were announced on Friday, May 28th, 2010
Literary Categories
Published Novel
“The Deer Dancer” by Gary Winters
El Cajon, California
Published Nonfiction
“National Lies” by Richard Daly
(Pen Name: Charles Churchyard)
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Unpublished Memoir
“Bloodless Sunday” by Ladislav Hodur
Culver City, California
Unpublished Novel
“Turbulent Reentry” by Kyle R Fisher
Bryan, Ohio
Essay
“Cloudy with a Chance of Sobbing” by Ferren L Korr
Coral Springs, Florida
Short Story
“Domestic Pests” by Belinda Torres-Mary
Aurora, Colorado
Poetry
“Slow Down, Save a Life” by Sherilyn Lee
Burbank, California
Musical Categories
Songwriter
“Can’t get away from that song” by Mike Moran
North Port, Florida
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Performer
“I’m Pretty Sure It’s Our Last Date” by Peter Block
Potrero, California
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Songwriter/Performer
“Alien Rustlers” by Peter Block
Potrero, California
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Video/Photography/Digital Art Categories
Color Photography
“Photo Set 1” by Leonard Story
Haslet, Texas
Black & White Photography
“Empty LA” by Grant Palmer
Burbank, California
2D Art in Digital Format
“Variations of Lace Motif” by Tina Chandler
San Francisco, California
Short Film/Homemade Video
“Turn It Around”by Peter Block
Potrero, California
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The list of Winners for the Creative uRGe contest 2009
Winners were announced onFriday May 22nd, 2009 at the San Diego Mensa Regional Gathering at the San Diego Hilton Mission Valley.
List of Winners
1. Short Story "Scrapbook" by Nancy Retter
2. Essay "A day's work" by Nancy Retter
3. Poetry (i) Adult: "The Goddammit Faery" by Nancy Retter ii) Young Adult: "Every Single Night" by Vedhas Pandit (iii) Child: "My Mother Left me" by Lily Greenberg Call
4. Best Book ""Side Pocket" by Norma Posy
5. Color Photography Lisa Olson
6. Black and White Photography Steve Deck
7. Self Composed Music/ self recorded singing "Praying for an Earthquake" by Kerri Dopart
8. Short Films / Home made videos (i) Adult: "Jai Ho" by Yarelis Gracia, Priya Talreja (ii) Child: "Dolls" by Neha Talreja
Deadlines:
All Book entries (published and unpublished) must be received by March 1st, 2010. You must send 3 copies of each entry.
All other entries must be received by April 17th, 2010.
Entries are not considered received unless accompanied by a completed and signed Entry Form and listed Entry Fees.
Eligibility:
Contests are open to current members of American Mensa. Membership must be current as of the date the entry is received and the date the awards are announced. San Diego Mensa officers and members of the board are eligible to enter contests, provided they do not participate in the judging of that contest. Any other person acting in the capacity of judge is also prohibited from entering contest. Entries received in prior years are not eligible.
Categories
Published Book
Unpublished Novel or Memoir
Unpublished Short Story
Unpublished Poetry chapbook
Unpublished Essay
Color Photo
Black & White Photo
2D Art in Digital Format
Digital Photo of 3D Art
Short Film/Homemade Video
Songwriter
Musical Performer
Songwriter/Performer
To view the full Rules of Entry - please click here.
To download a PDF copy of the Rules of Entry - Please click here.
