PLEASE NOTE THAT THE POETRY CONTEST DATES HAVE CHANGED. The judge will be announced at a later date.
Entry Deadline: Postmark September 25, 2009
Poems will be accepted from May 1, 2009 to September 25, 2009
Any Subject
Any Form
Line Limit: 40*
RULES:
1)Only original, unpublished poetry accepted. Websites are considered publishing.*
2)Submit 2 copies of each poem, typed on 8 ½" x 11" paper. Name, address and e-mail address on only one copy*. Entry by e-mail is not allowed.
3) Contest entry grants permission to publish winning entries in any future Roanoke NLAPW publications.
4)Winners will be notified by November 20, 2009.
5)Entry Fee: $5.00 per entry*. No limit to number of entries but payment must accompany each entry. Make checks payable to Roanoke Valley Branch, NLAPW.
6)Prizes: $100, $75, $50 and Honorable Mention $5.
7)Winning poems will be read at the February 2010 Meeting of NLAPW. Proceeds from the contest will be used to help fund a scholarship.
8)Names of award winners will be available by e-mail only, no SASE.
Mail entries to:
Co-Chairman, Peggy Shifflett
700 Cherrywood Road
Salem, VA 24153
Visions and Voices, Pens and Brushes, an anthology of previous winning poems, is available for $10.00 each plus $2 shipping. (Virginia residents add .50 sales tax) Please mail requests to Margaret DuBois, P.O. Box 388, Salem, VA 24153-0388.
*Incorrectly submitted poems will be disqualified and entry fees retained by branch.
Please note that winners will be posted at roanokepenwomen.blogspot.com by November 20, 2009.
