Tag: The Hal Prize
The Hal Prize is presented by the Peninsula Pulse, Door County’s independent source for news, arts, literature, and entertainment; and Write On, Door County, a nonprofit writing center and writers’ residency program.
The Hal Prize – originally the Hal Grutzmacher’s Writers Expose and Photography Jubilee – was established in 1998 by David Eliot and Tom McKenzie, co-founders of the Peninsula Pulse.
The contest was created to encourage and appreciate artistic expression through various literary forms and photography. The contest has showcased works from individuals of all ages and backgrounds – novice writers and photographers to professionals.
The Hal Prize offers prizes and publication in four categories: Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and photography. Each year, judges of differing areas of expertise are chosen to read through the entries and select a first, second and third place, along with honorable mentions.
Starting in 2021, winners of the Hal Prize are printed in the new literary journal, 8142 Review.
Read more about past contests, judges and more below! Visit thehalprize.com for announcements regarding the contest and sign up for the Hal Prize newsletter.
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2017 Hal Prize Deadline is May 1
The submission deadline for this year’s Hal Prize contest is quickly approaching. Poets, photographers and fiction/nonfiction writers are encouraged to submit their creative efforts by Monday, May 1 for a chance to be published in the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Literary Issue. Conducted annually since 2001, the mission of the Peninsula Pulse’s Hal Prize is to […]
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Questions & Authors: Hal Prize Judge David Haynes
Fiction writers who submit to the Peninsula Pulse’s 2017 Hal Prize contest will have the chance for their creative works to pass before the eyes of novelist and English professor David Haynes, this year’s fiction judge. Haynes is a Professor of English at Southern Methodist University and since 1996 has taught with the MFA Program […]
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Questions & Artists: Hal Prize Judge Kevin J. Miyazaki
This spring, photographers who submit to the Peninsula Pulse’s 2017 Hal Prize literary and photography contest will have the opportunity for their creative works to come before the eyes of Milwaukee artist and photographer Kevin Miyazaki, this year’s photography judge. Miyazaki’s photography explores family history and ethnicity. It has been exhibited at museums, festivals and […]
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Announcing the 2017 Hal Prize Contest
The Peninsula Pulse newspaper in Door County, Wisconsin proudly presents the 2017 Hal Prize. Conducted annually since 2001, the mission of the Peninsula Pulse’s Hal Prize is to encourage and appreciate artistic expression through various literary forms and photography. The contest has showcased works from individuals of all ages and backgrounds – novice writers and […]
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2016 Hal Prize Winners Announced
Each fall, the Peninsula Pulse invites people of all ages, backgrounds and artistic abilities to submit stories, photographs and poems for a chance to be published in our annual Hal Prize literary and photography issue. The Hal Prize is held in the spirit of the late Hal Grutzmacher, a professor and Door County bookstore owner, […]
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Deadline for 2016 Hal Prize is May 1
The deadline for the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Hal Prize is Sunday, May 1. The Hal Prize is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and to photographers throughout the United States. The contest offers publication in the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Literary Issue, reaching a readership of 17,000. Cash awards of up to $150, a week […]
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Questions & Authors: Hal Prize Poetry Judge Oliver de la Paz
This spring, after the 2016 Hal Prize deadline has passed and the writing and photography submissions have passed before the pre-screening committee, a batch of poems will make their way from the Peninsula Pulse office to the desk of this year’s poetry judge, Oliver de la Paz. De la Paz is the author of four […]
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Deadline Approaching for 2016 Hal Prize
The Peninsula Pulse once again presents the Hal Prize, open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and to photographers throughout the United States. The contest offers publication in the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Literary Issue, reaching a readership of 17,000. Cash awards of up to $150, a week stay at Write On, Door County (a literary […]
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Questions & Authors: Hal Prize Fiction Judge Nicole Helget
This summer, fiction writers who submit to the Peninsula Pulse’s 2016 Hal Prize will have the chance for their creative works to come before the eyes of multi-genre Minnesota writer Nicole Helget. Helget is the author of The Summer of Ordinary Ways, The Turtle Catcher, Stillwater, Horse Camp (co-authored), Wonder at the Edge of the […]
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Hal Prize Winner Honored by Council of Wisconsin Writers for Published Work
Seven Wisconsin writers have been named winners of the Wisconsin Writers Awards for work published in 2015. The Council will award each winner $500 and a weeklong writing residency at Shake Rag Alley in Mineral Point. Honorable mentions will receive $50 each. Out-of-state judges made the selections. The Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award goes to […]
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Questions & Artists: Hal Prize Judge Wing Young Huie
When Wing Young Huie was a 20-year-old journalism student at the University of Minnesota, he bought his first camera. Like any budding photographer, he “didn’t even know how to think about photography.” So once he earned his journalism degree, he took a class. Under the watch of Bronx street photographer Garry Winogrand, best known for […]
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Hal Prize Submission Workshop March 10 at UUF
Organizers of the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Hal Prize literary and photography contest invite interested individuals to attend a Hal Prize Submission Workshop at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship on Thursday, March 10. The one-hour workshop will begin at 11 am at UUF, 10341 Water St. in Ephraim. Participants will be walked through the online submission process for […]
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Questions & Authors: Hal Prize Judge Jerry Apps
Nonfiction writers who submit to the Peninsula Pulse’s 2016 Hal Prize contest will have the chance for their creative works to pass before the eyes of well-known Wisconsin author, storyteller and historian Jerry Apps, this year’s nonfiction judge. Apps has built a career on bringing his childhood stories and coming-of-age experiences to life through more […]
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Introducing the 2016 Hal Prize Judges
The Peninsula Pulse proudly introduces the judges for the 2016 Hal Prize, offering publication in our annual Literary Issue, cash awards and other prizes, a week stay at Write On, Door County, and a class at Peninsula School of Art. Poetry Judge Oliver de la Paz is the author of four collections of poetry, […]
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Announcing the 2016 Hal Prize Contest
The Peninsula Pulse proudly presents the 2016 Hal Prize. The Hal Prize is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and to photographers throughout the United States. The contest offers publication in the Peninsula Pulse’s annual Literary Issue, reaching a readership of 17,000. Cash awards of up to $150, a week stay at Write On, […]
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Hal Prize Photography Winner Featured at Art League Gallery
Photographer Jim Rossol is the Door County Art League Gallery’s artist of the week for Sept. 19 – 25. Rossol, of Baileys Harbor, retired early from a successful sales and marketing career and considers himself lucky to be able to pursue his lifelong hobby of photography as a full-time resident of Door County. Rossol’s […]
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The Peninsula Pulse proudly presents the 2015 Hal Prize. The Hal Prize is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and to photographers throughout the United States.
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Hal Prize Deadline Approaching March 1
The Peninsula Pulse proudly presents the 2015 Hal Prize.
The Hal Prize is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and to photographers throughout the United States.
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Hal Prize Announces Early Deadline
The Peninsula Pulse proudly presents the 2015 Hal Prize. The Hal Prize is open to writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and to photographers throughout the United States.
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Michael Perry Joins Judges of The Hal Prize
The Peninsula Pulse and Write On, Door County are proud to announce that bestselling author Michael Perry will judge the nonfiction contest of this year’s Hal Prize.