BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20260119T050000Z DTEND:20260120T045500Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:2026 Saturday 'Visiter' Awards\, Call for Entries DESCRIPTION:Call for entries for the 2026 Saturday 'Visiter' Awards opens January 19\, 2026\, Edgar Allan Poe's birthday! Deadline for entry May 30\, 2026. Visit the awards website for more information and guidelines for entry: SaturdayVisiterAwards.org The Saturday Visiter Awards are presented by Poe Baltimore to recognize a new generation of artists continuing Edgar Allan Poe's legacy in the arts and literature around the world. The prizes celebrate media\, art\, performance and writing that adapts or is inspired by Poe's life and works. Though he was not wealthy in his lifetime\, Edgar Allan Poe was the first American writer to support himself entirely by his pen. The Saturday Visiter was the name and spelling of a local periodical that held a contest for poetry and short stories. Poe won the award for his short story "MS Found in a Bottle" (which he wrote at Poe House.) The Saturday Visiter Awards are named after the prize a young Edgar Allan Poe won while he lived in Baltimore which helped to launch the famed writer's career. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Call for entries for the 2026 Saturday '\;Visiter'\; Awards opens January 19\, 2026\, Edgar Allan Poe'\;s birthday! Deadline for entry May 30\, 2026. Visit the awards website for more information and guidelines for entry: \;SaturdayVisiterAwards.org The Saturday Visiter Awards \;are presented by Poe Baltimore to recognize a new generation of artists continuing Edgar Allan Poe&rsquo\;s legacy in the arts and literature around the world.  \;The prizes celebrate media\, art\, performance and writing that adapts or is inspired by Poe&rsquo\;s life and works. \; Though he was not wealthy in his lifetime\, Edgar Allan Poe was the first American writer to support himself entirely by his pen. \;The Saturday Visiter \;was the name&mdash\;and spelling&mdash\;of a local periodical that held a contest for poetry and short stories. Poe won the award for his short story \;&ldquo\;MS Found in a Bottle&rdquo\; \;(which he wrote at Poe House.) The Saturday Visiter Awards are named after the prize a young Edgar Allan Poe won while he lived in Baltimore which helped to launch the famed writer&rsquo\;s career. LOCATION:203 N. Amity Street\, Baltimore MD 21223 UID:e.2465.7087 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20261022T211933Z URL:https://business.charlescountychamber.org/events/details/2026-saturday-visiter-awards-call-for-entries-7087 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR