Free contest, 2011 North Carolina Poetry Contest, prize: $500

Deadline: 1 March 2011

Come January 15th, 2011, we will be accepting entries for the annual NCSU Poetry Contest. The contest is open only to residents of North Carolina. It remains one of the largest free-entry contests in the South; the contest in 2007 topped out at over 700+ (!) submissions from across the state. The winner will receive $500. The rules are unchanging through the years...
The contest’s postmark DEADLINE will be March 1st, 2011

ELIGIBILITY:

* The contest is open to all North Carolina residents except 1) tenured/tenure-track professors in the University of North Carolina system or 2) writers with a published book.
* All entries must be typed, and you should send us two copies of each poem. You may submit as many as three differrent poems. There is no limit as to length.
* Previous finalists must submit new work.
* Do NOT put your name on the poem, so it may be judged anonymously. Put your name on a cover sheet along with your contact information.
* No email submissions accepted. Due to volume, we cannot contact each contestant or return your poems afterwards.

Contestants should submit their poems to:

NCSU Poetry Contest
Campus Box 8105
English Department
NCSU
Raleigh, NC 27695-8105

More information here.