Calling All WPA Artists!

Help the WPA create the new Cascade book cover

For all you readers and contributors who are anxiously awaiting the second issue (2008) of Cascade: Journal of the Washington Poets Association, the good news it is that it is coming very soon. The additional good news is that the WPA is offering you, our membership, another means of contributing to Cascade, and of expressing yourself artistically. We want you to help us design the front and back cover!

We are soliciting imagery in the form of original paintings, drawings, or artist's sketches, or original photography. If you would like your work to be considered for use on the Cascade book cover, please submit it in the form of a .jpg image to Brad Hatfield before November 15th, 2008.

Note: The .jpg file should be no larger than 30 megabytes in size, or it won't get through. This size limitation is for review only; the actual published image can be larger. Limit of three images per contributor, please. Include your name and contact information along with your submission, and if your piece has a title, let us know what it is.

You may submit your own work, or encourage a friend or family member to contribute, however you must be a member of the WPA to enter, so this is a great time to encourage others to join WPA when they submit.

A panel consisting of Cascade editor Teri Zipf, and WPA board members Brad Hatfield and Michael Dylan Welch, will select the winning image(s) and notify the artist(s) in late November. Although no payment will be provided, the winning contributor(s) will be credited with the cover art in the publication.

Start digging through your portfolios!