Fallfire

11/17/2018

One more winner; with fifteen votes, Cathy Martin's "Boys of Fall" painting wins the 2018 Fallfire People's Choice Award! Congratulations!

11/16/2018

Take a quick virtual tour of the "Fallfire: Eternal" Gallery Show, featuring all entries from Fallfire 15, as well as many past entries, all the way back to the first Grand Prize Winner!

11/16/2018

CONGRATULATIONS to Fallfire 15 winners!

Photography - Adam Bartels
2-Dimensional Art - Natalie Campbell
Written Works - Renae Irvin
Other Media - Angie Soulli
Grand Prize Winner - Elizabeth Carlson (her winning entry, a photo entitled "Yogi," is shown here).

11/10/2018

FALLFIRE 15 FINALISTS!

- 2-DIMENSIONAL ART: Natalie Campbell and Lori Kaufman

- PHOTOGRAPHY: Elizabeth Carlson and Adam Bartels

- WRITTEN WORKS: Renae Irvin and Shane Tanner

- OTHER MEDIA: Angie Soulli and Denise Saunders

AWARDS PRESENTATION at 6PM, Sat., Nov. 10, Prairie du Chien High School gallery, 800 E. Crawford Street, PdC, WI 53821. Everyone welcome!

11/01/2018

FALLFIRE DEADLINE EXTENDED! Instead of Sat., Nov. 3, entries can now be submitted by noon on Sunday, Nov. 4th! With Daylight Savings, that's an extra 25 hours to make something awesome!

10/16/2018

By the way, if you haven't heard, this year's Fallfire will be the last one! If you've ever thought about entering, THIS IS YOUR YEAR! (image is of "Discarded Pumpkin," a painting by Sharlene Halverson, which won both 2017's Two-Dimensional Art Award and The People's Choice Award). More info at - http://www.fallfire.org/about.html

10/08/2018

YES! Fallfire 15 has begun! Get your creative mojo flowing, get your Art on, and make sure you submit to this year's contest by noon on November 3! More info and such at http://www.fallfire.org/ (pic is 2017's Grand Prize winner, a photgraph by Adam Bartels)

11/17/2017

Oh, no! Today, Friday, is the last day of the Fallfire: Resonance Gallery Show! We'll be open tonight until 4PM....but will be around until 6PM so the participating artists can pick up their submissions (which they can do on Saturday, from 11AM to 4PM, as well). Just like Fall, you'd better take a moment to enjoy it before it's gone!

11/15/2017

Hey, have you submitted poetry or other written works to Fallfire in the past? Are you from Wisconsin? If you answered "yes" to both questions, you may want to check out this opportunity! Deadline is December 1st, so don't dawdle!

Send your best work to Wisconsin's largest and longest-running writing contests. Contest winners in both the fiction and poetry categories receive awards of $500 to $100, publication in Wisconsin People & Ideas, and a reading at the Wisconsin Book Festival. First-place winners in both categories als...

11/11/2017

Tonight's the night; Fallfire 14 Awards Presentation and Gallery Show Open House! Everyone's invited! Doors open at 5PM, program starts at 6PM. There'll be wine tasting (for adults), delicious snacks and treats, and wonderful artwork by everyone who entered this year's contest! If you're unfamiliar with the location (Driftless Area Wetlands Centre, Marquette, Iowa), here is a little map. See you soon!

11/04/2017

Well, the deadline for Fallfire 14 has arrived...or has it? Just for those who might enter with an actual, physical piece (as opposed to email), the deadline has been extended to noon on Sunday, November 5th! With Daylight Savings, that's an additional 25 hours to get some art done! See http://fallfire.homestead.com/entryform.html for drop-off directions. Good luck!