At Johnson County Library we love celebrating local authors! Every month we host a new contest with prizes including a $200 honorarium and an invitation to read at a Library event. One winner will be selected from submissions of poetry, short fiction, and essays. Read more about the guidelines and enter your original works here » Check out past contest winners on our Staff Picks Blog.
Our contest theme for September - December is The Fools Journey.
According to Wikipedia, “in many esoteric systems of tarot card interpretation, the Fool is interpreted as the protagonist of a story, and the Major Arcana is the path the Fool takes through the great mysteries of life. This path is known traditionally as the "Fool's Journey".
The fool is associated with folly, mania, extravagance, intoxication, delirium, frenzy, and bewrayment.
Write a poem, short story, or essay that follows the Fool on his journey. He might follow the path of the Major Arcana, respond to a one card in particular, or maybe he’s never seen a tarot deck.
Information about tarot can be found at your library! You can also learn to read tarot from Universal Class with your Johnson County Library card number and PIN!