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San Diego Mensa Creative uRGe Awards Contest 2010

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.
Click here for more information on Mr. Steffens.

Lead Musical Judge - J. Gibson

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

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Published Nonfiction

“National Lies” by Richard Daly

(Pen Name: Charles Churchyard)

Cambridge, Massachusetts

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Unpublished Memoir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Unpublished Novel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

Performer

“I’m Pretty Sure It’s Our Last Date” by Peter Block

Potrero, California

Songwriter/Performer

“Alien Rustlers” by Peter Block

Potrero, California

Video/Photography/Digital Art Categories

Color Photography

“Photo Set 1” by Leonard Story

Haslet, Texas

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Black & White Photography

“Empty LA” by Grant Palmer

Burbank, California

 

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2D Art in Digital Format

“Variations of Lace Motif” by Tina Chandler

San Francisco, California

 

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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 on Friday 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.


 


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