Deadline near for St. Louis poetry contest
A reader asked about local poetry contests. Nancy Hughes of the St. Louis Poetry Center was kind enough to forward information about current contests. Note that deadlines are approaching quickly for the Wednesday Club, Mid Rivers Review and Poetry in Motion contests.
Wednesday Club Annual Poetry Contest Closes February 1, 2009Awards Reception …..April 8, 2009, 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: $700, $300, $150 JUDGE: Will Greenway
JUNIOR ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST
ELIGIBILITY: Students in grades 10 through 12 in High Schools in St. Louis and the St. Louis area.
RULES: Submit THREE 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, and TEACHER’S FULL NAME
and seal in envelope with PEN NAME ON OUTSIDE.
Entries must be submitted through the school’s English Department and must follow the
rules. No manuscripts will be returned.
SEND TO: Connie Berni, Junior Poetry Contest, 7310 Forsythe Blvd., Apt. #102, St. Louis,
MO 63105
EMAIL: anthony71137@yahoo.com
PRIZES: $100, $75, $50, $25, and Book Prize JUDGE: Robert Wrigley
St. Louis Poetry
Center
announces the 2009 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest for High School Students
First prize, $50. Second prize, $35. First, second , third prize and honorable mention winners will be invited to perform their poems at the annual poetry concert in late May, 2009. Winning poems will be published in a chapbook available at the concert.
There is no entry fee. Eligible poets must be high school students living within 100 miles of St. Louis. Guidelines: Submit up to 3 unpublished poems, any form and length, signed with pen name only. Enclose a 3 X 5 index card with pen name, author’s real name, address, phone, email (if available), high school, teacher’s name (if s/he encouraged submission or poetry writing), and the titles of poems submitted. Mail entries to: St. Louis Poetry Center, High School Contest, 567 North & South Road, #8, St. Louis, MO 63130. ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY March 1, 2009.
Announcements of the Beverly Hopkins Memorial
Contest will be sent to English department heads in the region. If you teach high school or know someone who does who would like an announcement sent directly, please let us know by e-mailing the contest coordinator at contradiction8@hotmail.com
JUDGE TBA on website: stlouispoetrycenter.org
Metro Arts in Transit and Poetry Society of America
2009 Poetry in Motion® Contest
2009, fifteen (15) poems will be selected for publication and will be reproduced on
posters that will include visual imagery that relates to the subject of the poem. The visual
design will be created by Metro Arts in Transit at its discretion and will be displayed on
MetroLink trains and Metro buses for up to one year. The winners will also receive a $50
award and will be invited to read their poem at the Reading Ceremony on Thursday,
May 28, 2009, at the Regional Arts Commission.
The contest is open to both published and unpublished work by poets of all ages. Previously
published work must be provided with permission to reproduce. Submissions will be judged
by Jeanne Allison, Certificate in Writing Program Coordinator, UMSL; Edward Boccia, Professor Emeritus, School of Fine Arts, Washington University in St. Louis; Kris Kleindienst, co-owner, Left Bank Books, journalist with Vital Voice, News-Telegraph, and Gay News-Telegraph; Deanna D. Neely, teacher, Saint Louis City Public Schools; Howard Ramsby, teacher, English Language and Literature, Southern Illinois University. Submissions
must be received, not just postmarked, no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 2, 2009. Submissions received after this date and time will be disqualified.
For more information regarding eligibility requirements, contest rules,
submission requirements, and Entry Form, please visit our website at
St. Louis Poetry Center announces the
2009 James H. Nash Members-Only Poetry
Contest
ATTENTION ST. LOUIS POETRY CENTER MEMBERS.
THIS CONTEST IS JUST FOR YOU.
First place Martha Herbert prize, $100. Second place
prize, $50. First, second, third prize and honorable
mention winners will be invited to perform their poems
at the annual poetry concert in late May, 2009. Winning
poems will be published in a chapbook available at
the concert.
There is no entry fee. Open only to current members of
the St. Louis Poetry Center. If joining or renewing your
membership, include the membership form in this
newsletter with your poetry submission.
Guidelines: Submit up to 5 typed poems, which have
neither been published nor previously won awards, any
form and length, signed with pen name only. Enclose a
3 X 5 index card with pen name, author’s real name,
address, phone, email (if available), and the titles of
poems submitted. (No electronic submissions, please.)
Mail entries to: St. Louis Poetry Center, James H. Nash
Contest, 567 North & South Road, #8, St. Louis, MO
63130.
ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY MARCH 1, 2009.
If you are a member or would like to become one, time
to round up your unpublished poems and herd them in
to the James Nash Contest.
JUDGE TBA on website: stlouispoetrycenter.org
Mid Rivers Review SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Mid Rivers Review will be accepting submissions of poetry, short prose, B
& W photography, and cover art until Jan. 31, 2009. Please visit
www.stchas.edu/midriversreview for submission guidelines and to read
excerpts from previous editions. Volume 9 of MRR is available for $7 at
the SCC Bookstore or by contacting Teddy Norris: 636.922.8407 (W);
636.723.4413 (H); tnorris@stchas.edu.
Robert Lee Brewer sends a Call for Submissions
for the 2010 Poet’s Market!
As some of you may know, I will be editing the 2010 edition of Poet’s
Market (Writer’s Digest Books). Anyway, I have a pretty good idea of the
interviews I’d like to include in the book, but I’d like to hear pitches for
other possible articles.
If you’re a poet with a great idea for a craft or business of poetry article,
please send it my way at robert.brewer@fwpubs.com. Put “Pitch for 2010
Poet’s Market” in your subject line so that I can easily identify it. (Do
NOT pitch me on FaceBook, please. It’s just a lot easier to manage in my
work email account.)
I don’t need anything too fancy in the pitch, but I do want to have a clear
idea of what you’re pitching, who you are, and why you’re the person to
write the piece.
