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Contact Information:
Vermillion Literary Project
USD, Dakota Hall 212
414 E. Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
phone: 605-677-5229
fax: 605-677-5298
projlit@usd.edu

Poetry slams. A literary magazine. An annual 3-hour short story contest in a computer lab. A community writers' group. A youth writing camp. A poetry festival. . . . hey, don't YOU want to get involved?

The Vermillion Literary Project (VLP) is the University of South Dakota’ s only student literary &creative writing organization. The award-winning VLP publishes the U.’ s only student-produced literary journal and promotes all sorts of literary events, for both the U. community and the general public. VLP membership is open to U. students of all majors, undergraduate or graduate. No experience is needed!
If you're a writer, interested in editing & publishing, or just want to know more about the campus literary scene, check out our website. And if you want to know when the next VLP meeting will be, email our faculty advisor, Marcella Remund, at mremund@usd.edu.

Announcing the winners of the 2009 Short Story Contest:
Prompt: "bucket of styrofoam"

1st Place - Janelle Thornton, "The Warehouse"

2nd Place - Randal Greene, "Things that Fall"

Honorable Mention - Ashley Mazur, "An Average Criminal"

Honorable Mention - Chuck Holmes, "The Butterfly-Like Weightlessness of Democratic Clutter"