Features include the launch of a new year of mnLIT and a new call for MN writers for What Light and miniStories. ALSO: a brand new story by the winter 2008 grand prize-miniStories winner, Josh Casey.

miniStories winter 2008/09 grand prize-winner, Josh Casey
Read Josh Casey's newly commissioned short story, "Stefanie Robinson"
Read Josh Casey's newly commissioned short story, "Stefanie Robinson"

mnLIT call for local fiction writers and poets: deadline April 30
What Light Poetry Project and miniStories are launching a new year, seeking poetry and flash fiction from Minnesota residents from which a year's worth of poems and fiction will be selected by nationally and regionally acclaimed authors and editors.
What Light Poetry Project and miniStories are launching a new year, seeking poetry and flash fiction from Minnesota residents from which a year's worth of poems and fiction will be selected by nationally and regionally acclaimed authors and editors.

Women With Vision International Film Festival
Screenings through March 21, 2009 at the Walker Art Center
Screenings through March 21, 2009 at the Walker Art Center
In this Issue: Relics and Souvenirs
For this edition of a+E, we're launching the 2009/10 mnLIT series presented by mnartists.org. mnLIT will be the new home for both of our literary programs, the What Light Poetry Project and miniStories flash fiction competition. And as we celebrate a new season of mnartists.org's literary series, we're also rounding out last year's stellar competition cycle. Our feature for this issue is Stefanie Robinson, a disquieting and gorgeously rendered new short story by our winter 2008/09 miniStories grand prize-winner, Josh Casey.
- FEATURE: Stefanie Robinson, a story by Josh Casey, with illustrating artwork curated from the vast database of mnartists.org
- HOMEPAGE: highlights include the elusive artist Hollis MacDonald, a peek into the stage adaptation of the cult hit graphic novel series Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children, and a profile of modern-day druid and raconteur "Wild Bill" Watkins
- NEWS YOU CAN USE: a host of new artist opportunities, including a brand new call for poetry and flash fiction for mnartists.org's 2009/10 mnLIT series
- YOU ARE HERE: a handpicked array of local arts events to keep you busy until the snow thaws
PLUS: A panel discussion by artists and journalists exploring the sticky issues surrounding the creative effort to document culture, in the moment as it happens


