Words on Canvas Writing Competition
Within every work of art is a story, a life and a spark of inspiration.
Words on Canvas
Write yourself into the art museum!
Words on Canvas is an annual art writing competition at the Harn Museum of Art for University of Florida and Santa Fe College students. We invite you to engage museumgoers with your poetry or prose inspired by art at the museum. This year, students can choose from 29 artworks covering each of the Harn’s collecting areas on view throughout the museum.
Writers of winning entries will be awarded fun prizes and will have the opportunity to read their entry at Museum Night as part of the Broad & Broadside Poetry Festival. Their essay/poem will be printed in a brochure to be given to them and shared with audiences.
Students may submit until midnight, February 28, 2025.
Be sure to read the competition rules carefully in the drop-down menu below.
Please submit creative writing pieces to wordsoncanvas@harn.ufl.edu
Winners will be announced by late-March and the reception, award presentation, and readings will be celebrated at our Museum Nights on April 10, 2025.
Have Questions?
For more information, contact wordsoncanvas@harn.ufl.edu.