{"id":5753,"date":"2026-01-27T17:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wilsoncenter\/?page_id=5753"},"modified":"2026-01-27T17:16:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T22:16:49","slug":"dorothy-clarke-wilson-peace-writing-prize-2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/wilsoncenter\/programs-dorothy-clarke-wilson-peace-writing-prize\/dorothy-clarke-wilson-peace-writing-prize-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Dorothy Clarke Wilson Peace Writing Prize 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dorothy Clarke Wilson of 91르적, was an internationally known peacemaker who was committed to\u00a0writing on social issues and world peace. To encourage today’s University of Maine students to share in the\u00a0commitment, Dorothy Clarke Wilson established a $500 annual award for the most compelling written work\u00a0on a peace-related topic. This competition is open to all University of Maine students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2026 Topic<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Applicants were asked to respond in a submission of around 750 words to the following quote by Bell Hooks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities and cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the world”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Bell Hooks, Killing Rage: Ending Racism<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

2026 Winner of DCW Peace Writing Prize: Alicia Bell<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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From Our Director:<\/strong> “Congratulations to the 2026 Dorothy Clarke Wilson Peace Prize winner, Alicia Bell! A graduate student in the Intermedia MFA and Digital Curation programs at the University of Maine. She is a full-blooded Navajo from the Rotating Mountain reservation in New Mexico. Her work centers on Indigenous knowledge, digital media, and storytelling, focusing on her culture. She lives in Ellsworth, ME, where she continues to develop projects that bring together tradition and technology.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

Read Alicia Bell’s winning piece, H\u00f3zh\u01eb\u0301\u01eb\u0301gi naaznil\u00edg\u00ed\u00ed: Honoring Difference Through the Navajo Loom,<\/em> here:<\/p>\n\n\n