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Neustadt Prize + Puterbaugh Festival

Modernizing literary program websites that needed to feel credible, accessible, and easy to manage inside a university setting.

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Alongside World Literature Today, EvenVision supports related University of Oklahoma literary programs including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the Puterbaugh Literary Festival.

These properties sit in a sensitive institutional context: public-facing, reputation-aware, and maintained by a small editorial operation that needs dependable systems, Pantheon-backed hosting stewardship, and accessibility support more than technical overhead.

Results at a Glance

  • Modernized the WordPress backend behind the Neustadt Prize website with an emphasis on ease of use, accessibility, and performance.
  • Supported hosting management and ongoing stewardship in a broader OU literary-program ecosystem.
  • Supported related OU literary program sites inside a broader university-governed digital ecosystem.
  • Kept day-to-day publishing more manageable for a small non-technical team.
  • Aligned program sites with the credibility and maintainability expected of a major public university.

Institutional Context

These programs live at the intersection of public audience, cultural reputation, and university expectations. The sites need to feel polished and trustworthy without becoming fragile or difficult to manage.

Shared Priorities

  • Accessibility and performance.
  • Ease of use for editorial staff.
  • Consistency across connected literary program properties.

The Outcome

A light, maintainable digital foundation that supports literary programming without asking a small team to absorb unnecessary technical complexity.

Neustadt International Prize for Literature

The Neustadt Prize is one of the world's most prestigious literary awards and is administered by the University of Oklahoma in partnership with World Literature Today. That level of reputation carries clear expectations for credibility, accessibility, and performance.

EvenVision modernized the WordPress backend behind the Neustadt Prize site so the experience is easier to manage behind the scenes while remaining clear and trustworthy in front of the public.

Puterbaugh Literary Festival

The Puterbaugh Literary Festival sits within the same OU literary ecosystem, where editorial programming, public visibility, and institutional standards all need to stay aligned.

Our support work has helped keep that digital presence maintainable and coherent within the broader platform, without letting routine updates become a technical burden for staff.

Shared standards across connected programs

  • A publishing experience built for non-technical users.
  • Accessibility-minded implementation inside a university context.
  • Pantheon-aware hosting stewardship and maintainability considerations.
  • Systems that stay aligned across related properties rather than drifting apart over time.

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