Poetry & Painting
Statewide Contest
Tucson Poetry Festival XXIII
presents
with co-sponsor
Reader’s Oasis
the
22nd Annual Statewide Poetry Contest
The winner of the Statewide Poetry Contest will read the winning poem at a Tucson Poetry Festival XXIII reading along with the Contest judge. In addition, the winner will receive a $200 cash award. Second and Third Place winners each receive $50 cash awards.
Deadline: September 2, 2005
Judge: Kathleen Fraser
Entry Fee: $10.00
Contest Rules:
- Open to all Arizona poets who have not published-- through the Internet, self-publication, or any other press-- a full-length collection (more than 30 pages) of poetry. No previously published poems are acceptable. Only one entry per poet will be accepted.
- Entrants poems are NOT governed by the theme of Tucson Poetry Festival XXIII. There are NO restrictions on form or content.
- Entrants submit two (2) identical sets of up to six (6) pages of recent work. Only one poem may appear on a single page; poems of more than one page in length are acceptable. Entrants’ name must NOT appear on manuscript pages. Please staple the individual sets of six (6) pages together. Photocopied excerpts from books or periodicals will NOT be accepted.
- Poem entries MUST be mailed unfolded in a 9 x 12 envelope. Enclose a title page including your name, address, day & evening phone numbers, email address, and titles (or first 2 lines) of the poems submitted. Your check for $10.00, payable to Tucson Poetry Festival, must also be enclosed. Entries containing incomplete or false information will forfeit Entrant’s eligibility for the Contest. No manuscripts will be returned.
Mail entries to:
TPF Statewide Poetry Contest
PO Box 44000, Tucson, Arizona 85733
Entries must be postmarked by September 1, 2005.
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