Past Events & Festivals

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2021 Duluth Dylan Fest Poetry Contest 

Thank you to all the contestants for participating in the contest. Please join us for the Poetry Showcase on May 26th. To listen to recording of the session, please click on this link: 2021 Duluth Dylan Fest Poetry Reading

Miles from Home
1st place – Ellie Schoenfeld, Duluth, MN
Honorable Mention – Sharon Chmielarz, Brooklyn Park, MN
Honorable Mention – William Tecku, Gordon WI

Duluth Dylan Fest Songwriter Contest 

Since 2015, the Duluth Dylan Fest has held the annual singer-songwriter contest.  The fest committee expresses our deepest gratitude to each songwriter who has entered our songwriting contests.  Your talent is incredible.  Here is a list of the past winners:

2021

1st Place – Shane Nelson – Superior, Wisconsin
2nd Place – Will Durie – Hibbing, Minnesota
3rd Place – Svare Forsland, Bogalusa, Louisiana

The winning song by Share Nelson was made into a collaborative YouTube video: Song From the North Country: Mason Lowe.”

You can to the audio link of Will Durie’s Song Skylark and Svare Forsland Song Where Kisses Never Die.

Congratulations!

2020

Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 

2019

1^st Place  – Shane Nelson, Superior, WI

2^nd Place – Mike Labo, Ironwood, MI

3^rd Place – Jim Hall, Duluth, MN 

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2018

1^st Place –  Mama’s Stolen Horses, Duluth, MN 

2nd. Place – Ryan Lane, Duluth, MN

3^rd Place – Eli Hawrhorne, Duluth, MN

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2017

1^st Place – Jacob Mahon, Duluth, MN

2^nd Place – John SonofMel, Hayward, WI 

3^rd Place – Erik Leveille & Shojin Abe Alford, Appleton, WI

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2016

1^st Place – Eli Hebl, Two Harbors, MN

2^nd  Place – Dan Lang, Duluth, MN

3^rd Place – Iris Kolodji, Hibbing, MN

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2015

1^st Place – Jim Hall, Duluth, MN

2^nd  Place – Iris Kolodji, Hibbing, MN

3^rd Place – Rick McLean, Duluth, MN

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