BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//events.la.psu.edu//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20201101T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14778-a91967c22ebed7f447451fd28c28a4d7@events.la.psu.edu DTSTAMP:20261017T062753Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230301T235900 SUMMARY:\"Who Knows?\" Writing Contest DESCRIPTION:\nAll entries due by March 1\, 2023.\n\nThis contest is part of the 2023 Centre County Reads/CALS Community Read of Shelby Van Pelt’ s Remarkably Bright Creatures\, a novel narrated in part by a giant Paci fic octopus named Marcellus\, who laments his captivity in a small-town aquarium a pier’s-length away from Puget Sound. As the plaque in front o f Marcellus’s tank notes\, octopuses are remarkably bright creatures—and throughout Van Pelt’s novel\, readers discover the secret intelligence and unexpected wisdom that resides not only in Marcellus\, but also in h is human caretakers\, who include a 70-year-old widow and a 30-year-old college dropout. Remarkably Bright Creatures demonstrates how knowledge transcends age\, formal education\, and even species\, asking readers to reimagine what “knowing” really means.\n\nFollowing the example of Van Pelt’s novel\, enter your best work of writing that engages with the iss ue of intelligence—human\, animal\, even artificial—and what it means to truly know anything. Submit your piece of 7\,500 words or less for comp etition in one of the following categories: Best Short Fiction\, Best No nfiction\, Best Poetry\, and Best Entry for a Writer Under 18. $300 Gran d Prize winner and additional prizes for winners in each category.\n\nPl ease send entries to cals@psu.edu and include a cover letter with your n ame\, address\, contact information\, a brief biography\, and contest ca tegory. Winning entries will be displayed at Schlow Centre Region Librar y and on the CALS website.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.ed u/event/who-knows-writing-contest-2/ X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

All ent ries due by March 1, 2023.

This contest is part of the 20 23 Centre County Reads/CALS Community Read of Shelby Van Pelt’s Remar kably Bright Creatures, a novel narrated in part by a giant Pacific octopus named Marcellus, who laments his captivity in a small-town aquar ium a pier’s-length away from Puget Sound. As the plaque in front of Mar cellus’s tank notes, octopuses are remarkably bright creatures—an d throughout Van Pelt’s novel, readers discover the secret intelligence and unexpected wisdom that resides not only in Marcellus, but also in hi s human caretakers, who include a 70-year-old widow and a 30-year-old co llege dropout. Remarkably Bright Creatures demonstrates how knowl edge transcends age, formal education, and even species, asking readers to reimagine what “knowing” really means.

Following the example of Van Pelt’s novel, enter your best work of writing that engages with the issue of intelligence—human, animal, even artificial—and what it means to truly know anything. Submit your piece of 7,500 words or less for competition in one of the following categories: Best Short Fiction, Best Nonfiction, Best Poetry, and Best Entry for a Writer Under 18. $300 Grand Prize winner and additional prizes for winners in each category.< /p>

Please send entries to cals@psu.edu and include a cover le tter with your name, address, contact information, a brief biography, an d contest category. Winning entries will be displayed at Schlow Centre Region Library and on the CALS website.

For more details: h ttps://events.la.psu.edu/event/who-knows-writing-contest-2/

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