Eligibility (School wide submissions are encouraged - follow stated guidelines): Caroline, Cecil, Kent, Queen Anne’s, or Talbot County resident, student or employee
- Unpublished work; awarded no prizes or public acknowledgement
- No minimum poem length
- Maximum length = 20 stanzas or 3 pages per entry
- Must be typed
- Rhyming poems not required
- Limit of two entries per person
To Submit:
- Submit each entry in duplicate without any personal information
- Complete the entry form below and attach a copy to your entry(ies).
- Do not include your name or any other information on your poem or its copies
- Student entry forms must include the name of the school and grade
- Entries will not be returned
- Provide page numbers for each entry (e.g. 1 of 1, 1 of 2, etc.)
Categories:
- Seniors - 60+
- Adults - 18 - 59
- Students - grades 9-12
- Children and youth - grades 1-8
Prizes:
- First place - $100 per division
- Second place - $50 per division
- Third place - $25 per division
Notification:
All entrants are invited to join us for a Literary Reception where an announcement and public reading of award winning entries will take place. Winners will be notified in early April and asked to give a reading of their winning entry at the awards event.
Agreement:
- Contest entrants agree to allow publication of their works by the participating arts councils Arts
- Council employees may not submit entries for this contest
- Incomplete or incorrectly completed entries forms shall not be considered
Deadline for entry submission: March 1, 2011
Mail entries to:
Queen Anne's County Arts Council
Poetry Contest
P.O. Box 218
Centreville, MD 21617
or deliver before 12 noon (March 1) to:
206 S. Commerce St., Centreville 21617
Download the entry form here.
