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Southeastern Minnesota Poets announced the winners of the Bright Light Stories in the Night Poetry and Illustration Contest. Selected poems will be illustrated by selected artists for an e-chapbook, which will be presented at a family-friendly virtual reading at 7 p.m. March 2.

Among the illustration winners was Albert Lean Debb Peterson, who will received a $200 prize to create 4-6 illustrations for the “Bright Light Stories in the Night” e-chapbook.

Janet Rode was a semifinalist for the poetry contest.

For complete Bright Light Stories in the Night event information, visit their Facebook page, Bright Light Stories in the Night.