EARTH DAY April 22, 2009











Paul Gruchow SPOKEN WORD
EARTH DAY, APRIL 22, 2009
Essay ContestSponsored by Writers Rising Up to Defend Place, Natural Habitat, Wetlands

Can we know or love what we can't name?

It's not the list of birds you make
It's not the week-end camping trip
It's not a hobby"


A healthy relationship is ongoing, persistent and resilient, despite boredom, disappointments, adversities, infidelities. It is defined by dalliness, a dailliness described in two dimensions--as a labor and as a need."

"Grass Roots, The Universe of Home"Paul Gruchow

Name what you know and love about nature in a SPOKEN WORD essay of no more than 2,000 words.

Send Word Docs of your essay to writersrisingupblog@yahoo.com
Only one entry per writer
Past Winners may participate
Work must be original and unpublished

Submissions from Feb 1st to EARTH DAY, April 22, 2009

Open an account at YOUTUBE and upload a spoken word video of your essay. Send us the URL to your video in an email.

We will select by quality of written work and total presentation.

Selected videos will be posted at www.writersrisingup.orgContact us at writersrisingupblog@yahoo.com