Free contest, Wednesday Club Annual Poetry Contest, top prize: $500 (Missouri)

Deadline: 1 February 2011

Annual Poetry Contest
Closes February 1, 2011

Awards Reception: April 13, 2011, 1:00 p.m.

ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST

ELIGIBILITY: *Adults over 18; living within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis.

*Any person having won first prize in the contest twice within the last five years is ineligible for further cash awards but may be cited for honors.

RULES:

*Submit TWO TYPED COPIES of TWO poems, which have never been published or won an award.

*Use 8 1/2 x 11 paper with no more than one poem to a page.

*Sign with pen name ONLY.

*Type real name, address, e-mail address and telephone number on a separate sheet of paper and enclose with poems. No manuscripts returned.

SEND TO: Carol Layton; ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST; 112 Swan Ave.; St. Louis, MO 63122

PRIZES: $500, $300, $150

JUDGE: GEORGE BILGERE


JUNIOR ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST

ELIGIBILITY: High School Students in grades 10 through 12 in High Schools in St. Louis and the St. Louis area.

RULES: Submit TWO original poems. Send THREE copies of each poem, one poem to a page. Students should sign each poem in the upper left hand corner with a PEN NAME. On a separate sheet of paper, student should sign REAL NAME, STREET ADDRESS, ZIP CODE, EMAIL ADDRESS, NAME OF SCHOOL, TEACHER'S FULL NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS and seal in envelope with PEN NAME ON OUTSIDE.

Entries must be submitted through the school’s English Departmentand must follow the rules. No manuscripts will be returned.

SEND TO: Betty Smith, Junior Poetry Contest, 1102 Templeton Pl., Town and Country, MO 63017

EMAIL: bettyjs@charter.net

PRIZES: $100, $75, $50, $25, and Book Prize

JUDGE: LYNN POWELL

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