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Milkweed Editions and the Lindquist & Vennum Foundation are pleased to announce the establishment of the Lindquist & Vennum Prize for Poetry.
This annual regional prize—open to poets currently residing in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa, or Wisconsin—will award $10,000 as well as a contract for publication to the author of the winning manuscript. Finalists for the prize will be selected by the editors of Milkweed Editions, with the winner to be selected by an independent judge who will be named annually and chosen from among the ranks of eminent regional and national writers. The first annual prize-winning collection of poems will be announced in April 2012 and published in November 2012.
This year, the judge will be Peter Campion, the author of two collections of poems, Other People (2005) and The Lions (2009), both from the University of Chicago Press, as well as a monograph on the painter Mitchell Johnson, published in 2004 by Terrence Rogers Fine Arts. He is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize, the Larry Levis Reading Prize, the Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. He teaches in the M.F.A. program at the University of Minnesota, and lives in Minneapolis.
Milkweed Editions is one of the nation’s leading independent publishers, with a mission to identify, nurture and publish transformative literature, and build an engaged community around it. The Lindquist & Vennum Foundation was established by the Minneapolis-headquartered law firm of Lindquist & Vennum, PLLP, and is a donor-advised fund of The Minneapolis Foundation. This partnership between Milkweed Editions and the Lindquist & Vennum Foundation will celebrate poets for their artistic contributions, and bring outstanding regional writers to a national stage.
For more information regarding eligibility and submission, please visit the Lindquist & Vennum Prize page on our website.
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Mother Nature Network Recommends Two New Books by David Gessner
Monday, 24 October 2011
In a recent "Green Book Roundup," Mother Nature Network, recommends "five rousing books that sound a rallying cry to think about and work toward environmental solutions in fresh, new ways." Dominating the list? Both new books from acclaimed author David Gessner:
 MNN on The Tarball Chronicles:
"An eye-opening, jaw-dropping account of the days and weeks after the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill, David Gessner tells the story that the
national media missed. . . . Gessner crafts a powerfully informative but
also immensely relatable narrative. The Tarball Chronicles [is] entertaining and rousing."
 MNN on My Green Manifesto: "This offbeat commentary on contemporary environmentalism is just the thing for those who are tired of the fearmongering and looking for a new way to connect with and fight for the natural world."
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Book Lovers Ball 2011
Thursday, 20 October 2011
 Thanks to all who attended and helped to sponsor our 12th annual fundraiser, the Book Lovers Ball, on October 15th! Your generosity allows Milkweed to publish works from exceptional authors. Thank you for your support!
This year's event was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at Open Book,
a space famous as a hub for the literary arts. We were thrilled to
welcome author David Gessner as our featured speaker for this special
occasion, and truly enjoyed celebrating both Milkweed Editions and the literary community at large here in the Twin Cities!
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MN350 Moving Planet Day of Action Recap
Thursday, 13 October 2011
 Milkweed Editions recently joined more than 1000
Minnesotans for Moving Planet, an amazing day of action at our State
Capitol on September 24th. Organized by MN350,
the positive, family-friendly event was the local incarnation of
350.org's massive international rally for climate change solutions.
Truly a global phenomenon, Moving Planet galvanized over 2000 events in
more than 175 countries!
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The Mixed-Up Files Presents an Interview with Julie Crabtree
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Introducing the Twin Cities Literary Punch Card
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Austin American-Statesman Praises Calli
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Eric Gansworth's Extra Indians Named a Book of the Year
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Extra Indians Wins American Book Award
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Washington Post Reviews The Arriviste
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Boston Globe Praises The Arriviste
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My Green Manifesto Earns Starred Review in Publishers Weekly
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Vanity Fair on The Suspenstion of Time
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Listen: Author Danielle Sosin on MPR
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