The Lit announces winners of the 2008 RTA “Moving Minds” Poetry Contest
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA), in cooperation with The Lit and the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA), recently sponsored the third round of its well-received “Moving Minds: The Verse and Vision Project.” “Moving Minds” pairs the work of local poets with the work of graphic artists based in the region to produce placards that are displayed on RTA buses and trains.
The following poets are the winners of this year’s “Moving Minds” contest:
- Dianne Borsenik – “Lovechild” (excerpt)
- Deidre D. Brooks – “Perspective”
- Kathleen Cerveny – “Night Song”
- Lacie Clark – “Office Work” (excerpt)
- Joshua Gage – “Microphone”
- Geoffrey A. Landis – “Ways to Tell if Your Cat is a Space Alien” (excerpt)
- Jim Mayer – “Spring”
- Philip Metres – “Safety Instructions” (excerpt)
- Jill Sell – “Morning Commute”
- Dan smith – “Dreaming Itself Blue” (excerpt)
- Mary Turzillo – “Matchbook”
- Timothy West – “To My Daughter on a Workday”
- K. Leigh Whitehouse – “The Lake Effect” (excerpt)
There will be a formal unveiling of the placards early this summer, date TBA. For more information, call 216.694.0000 or visit www.the-lit.org.
