Posted on: Saturday, January 15, 2005

Enter our essay contest on rice

Advertiser Staff

Readers: Submit your writing to an upcoming Advertiser feature, "The Island Art of Rice." Submit your essay, memoir, fictional story or poem of 500 words or fewer on any aspect of Hawai'i's "rice ways."

Submissions will be judged on the quality of writing, creativity and uniqueness.

We are looking for insightful work in keeping with the spirit and theme of the Honolulu Academy of Arts' upcoming "Art of Rice" exhibit, which explores rice as cultural metaphor.

Additional rules: Maximum 500 words. Closed to employees of The Honolulu Advertiser and the Honolulu Academy of Arts. Judges' decisions final. Winners must sign contract granting rights to use work in print and online.

Awards: Three winners receive family memberships to the Academy of Arts, free admission to the "Art of Rice" exhibit and rice-related prizes.

Deadline: Postmarked Feb. 4.

Send entries to:

• The Honolulu Advertiser, The Island Art of Rice, Island Life, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802

• E-mail to islandlife@honoluluadvertiser.com (put "Island Art of Rice" entry in the message field)

• Fax 525-8055. Include name, address, daytime telephone and e-mail address.