Wisconsin People & Ideas, the Wisconsin Academy’s magazine of contemporary Wisconsin thought and culture, presents a Wisconsin Book Festival reading featuring the winners of the statewide 2020 Fiction & Poetry Contests, hosted by editor Jason A. Smith.  Before the event begins, you will see a countdown and the event image.

1st Place - “In Rock Springs When the Angel Trumpets Sound”  by Tom Pamperin, Chippewa Falls

2nd Place - “Down in the Valley”  by Richie Zaborowske, Appleton

3rd Place  - “Snow Door” by Janice Wilberg, Milwaukee

1st Place - “Of Genesis” by Nicholas Gulig, Fort Atkinson

2nd Place - “A Couple Months After My Father’s Death, I Read About Songbirds Mysteriously Dying in Pennsylvania” by Alecia Beymer, Madison

3rd Place  - “Neptune” by Jess L. Parker, Fitchburg

Join us in celebration and support of Wisconsin's creative writing community!

This reading is presented in partnership with the Wisconsin Book Festival with support from Wisconsin Public Radio and Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts. Learn more about how to submit your work to our annual fiction and poetry contests here.

For more information contact event host and Wisconsin People & Ideas editor Chris Chambers.

Wisconsin People & Ideas 2022 Fiction and Poetry Contest Winners Reading