Paint Between The Lines

A creative partnership between The Artisans Village and Georgia Writers Museum

It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. We believe the opposite is also true: a thousand words are worth a picture. So, Georgia Writers Museum invited all area writers to submit a story, scene, poem, or essay (but no more than 300 words) that would give our local visual artists, from The Artisans Village, the inspiration to create a masterpiece of their own.

Artists had about two months to create art inspired by their selected written submission(s). The artwork will be displayed near the selected author submissions (short story/poem).  You’ll be able to read the words and then look at the artist’s interpretation of that piece.  We are so excited to bring this creative idea to life.  Please join us for the following events!

Paint Between The Lines Events: 

• Opening Reception – Thursday, August 6, at The Artisans Village Art Gallery, from 5 – 7:30 pm

• “Read & Reveal” – Friday, August 14 at Georgia Writers Museum, from 6:30 – 8pm

• “Read & Reveal” – Saturday, September 19 at Barrel 118, from 6:30 – 8pm during the Dual Vision: Art Through Different Eyes show.

“Read & Reveal” Events:
We will be looking for authors and artists to participate in the two “Read & Reveal” events happening at Georgia Writers Museum and at Barrel 118. The “Read & Reveal” events are a chance for the Authors to get up in front of an audience and read their submission to Paint Between the Lines. The Artists will then “reveal” their artwork inspired by the submission(s) they selected. We will ask Artists to take just a minute or two to “reveal” the artwork after the reading and give a short summary of what inspired them and/or the creative process.

We will be selecting the author/artist teams based on availability, as well as variety of writing genre and artistic style.

We’ve also been calling this the “Literary Dual Vision.” Since this year, Dual Vision: Art through Different Eyes is celebrating its 10th year, we thought this would be a fun way to celebrate and collaborate with another local organization, Georgia Writers Museum.

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AUTHORS: Thank you to everyone who submitted a written entry for this collaboration! 

The approved entries were sent to The Artisans Village Guild members and artists on or around June 1st.  There were 38 written word entries to choose from!  Click here to review the entries.

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SUBMISSION RULES FOR AUTHORS: 

Submission period has ended.  Paint Between the Lines is open to Georgia writers, ages 16 and up. Submissions should be no longer than 300 words (shorter works are welcome and encouraged), and must be submitted via the online form. The theme is “Everything around us.”  Any genre is acceptable, but only one entry per person is allowed. Writing must be the author’s original work, and free of any copyright restrictions. Submissions containing gratuitous violence or sexual content, or that are overtly one-sided politically or religiously, will not be accepted. Submission deadline is Midnight on Monday, May 18, 2026. Writers will be notified whether or not their work is selected on or shortly after June 1, 2026.

TIPS FOR WRITTEN WORD SUBMISSIONS:

• Be concise. 300 words max.
• Be descriptive. Paint us a picture with words that the artist can then easily interpret into another medium of artwork.
• Be real. No AI-generated work. All entries submitted must be your own. See rules below for more details on acceptable content/themes.