The Utah Division of Arts & Museums has begun 2015 with a new installment of their Bite-Size Poetry feature, where they invite  notable Utah poets to read one of their short poems. They’re stylishly produced by TWIG Media Lab and will be produced once a month. The January feature is Rob Carney reading “What Any Stone Can Tell You.”

Get your copy at http://www.sugarhousereview.com/ or at local independent book sellers.

Also check out Sound of Sugar, their new audio feature.

And finally, Artists of Utah is now accepting submissions for the 2014 15 Bytes Book Awards. In its third year, this competition is open to Utah authors and authors of literary or visual arts books with a Utah theme or setting. A nominated book must be written by a Utah author and/or have a Utah theme or setting; be published in 2014 as indicated by the original copyright date; and be professionally published, bound, and assigned an ISBN. There are three categories: fiction (50,000 words minimum), poetry (48 pages minimum), and art books (20 page minimum). The winner in each category receives $100.

Deadline for all nominations is February 16, 2015.

For more information, contact David Pace at literary@artistsofutah.org or visit http://artistsofutah.org/15Bytes/index.php/15-bytes-book-awards/