Pennsylvania German Writing
Exposition
Dialect Writers!
The Kutztown Folk Festival
is sponsoring the Fourth Annual Pennsylvania German language writing
exposition. This exposition is modeled on the regional dialect writing
festivals held in Germany and France. We encourage participants to submit
examples of Pennsylvania German writing to the Festival. These submissions
can include short stories, poems, skits, true events, histories or other
short literary works in the language. Some authors will be asked to
present their submissions a special literary session to be held on the
Seminar Stage during the Kutztown Folk Festival, June 27 to July 5,
2009.
Authors are encouraged to submit
their writing using any system of spelling or orthography, although
writers who are familiar with the Buffington-Barba conventions should
use that system. Submissions should be sent in by June 15, 2009.
Submissions should be addressed
to:
William W. Donner
Pennsylvania German Language Exposition
Anthropology Department
Kutztown University
Kutztown PA 19530
or