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New Poetry Contest Opportunity!!! (posted August 29, 2019)
Hi WyoPoets (and visitors...),
One of the many benefits of joining WyoPoets is receiving notice of upcoming, legitimate poetry contests. We've all been burned by some bogus contest which takes our fee and never responds...
HERE'S A NEW POETRY CONTEST TO CHECK OUT!!
2020 CHAPARRAL POETRY FORUM RULES
Contest Chair: Marie Tollstrup (mariect@infowest.com)
Entries welcome: postmarked Sept. 1, 2019, through Dec. 2, 2019
CHOLLA: any subject, any form
First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize $50
CHAQUETA: Southwest theme (nature, people, history, etc.), any form
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
CHAPAREJOS: Any subject, rhymed and metered
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
CHIMERA: Fantastic, absurd, OR humorous, any form (need not rhyme)
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
GUIDELINES: Each poem must
SEND 2 unfolded COPIES of each poem, Division title at top left:
--First Copy: plain, no ID
--Second Copy: ID top right corner (name, address, phone, email)
INCLUDE entry fees: $3 per poem, checks (no cash), payable to Redrock Writers. For example, 5 poems at $3 apiece = $15
MAIL unfolded poems and one check in a single 9 x 12-in. (or larger) envelope to
Marie Tollstrup
2280 South Bloomington Hills Dr. # 6
St. George, UT 84790-6803
ONE PRIZE per poet in each division/category.
Submission indicates permission for top 3 poems to be published in the 2020 Chaparral Poetry Forum chapbook and online in 2021 at www.redrockwriters.org.
No poems or fees will be returned. For a printed list of winners, include your SASE. All winning poems will be read aloud at the 24th Redrock Writers’ 18th annual Chaparral Poetry Forum Awards, 8:00 PM in St. George, March 6, 2020.
For information about our March 7, 2020, Redrock Writers’ Creative Writing Seminar speakers and registration, contact Barbara Funke at bfunke2@gmail.com or see Redrock Writers Seminar at www.redrockwriters.org after Dec. 1.
Redrock Writers is a non-profit operating for the benefit of the public and working in partnership with Utah State Poetry Society’s program of Poetry in the Park, held in Zion National Park and hosted by Zion Canyon Field Institute at the historic Zion Park Lodge. For more about Poetry in the Park’s 11th annual workshop on March 6, 2020, see www.poetry-in-the-park.com.
One of the many benefits of joining WyoPoets is receiving notice of upcoming, legitimate poetry contests. We've all been burned by some bogus contest which takes our fee and never responds...
HERE'S A NEW POETRY CONTEST TO CHECK OUT!!
2020 CHAPARRAL POETRY FORUM RULES
Contest Chair: Marie Tollstrup (mariect@infowest.com)
Entries welcome: postmarked Sept. 1, 2019, through Dec. 2, 2019
CHOLLA: any subject, any form
First Prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize $50
CHAQUETA: Southwest theme (nature, people, history, etc.), any form
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
CHAPAREJOS: Any subject, rhymed and metered
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
CHIMERA: Fantastic, absurd, OR humorous, any form (need not rhyme)
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
GUIDELINES: Each poem must
- be original, UNPUBLISHED, and 42 lines or fewer
- be in 12-point font in standard face such as Times New Roman
- have line lengths to fit chapbook pages (4.5 in. across or shorter)
- be machine-printed neatly on white 8 ½ x 11-in. paper; no art
- be in GOOD TASTE (student and adult poems published in one volume)
SEND 2 unfolded COPIES of each poem, Division title at top left:
--First Copy: plain, no ID
--Second Copy: ID top right corner (name, address, phone, email)
INCLUDE entry fees: $3 per poem, checks (no cash), payable to Redrock Writers. For example, 5 poems at $3 apiece = $15
MAIL unfolded poems and one check in a single 9 x 12-in. (or larger) envelope to
Marie Tollstrup
2280 South Bloomington Hills Dr. # 6
St. George, UT 84790-6803
ONE PRIZE per poet in each division/category.
Submission indicates permission for top 3 poems to be published in the 2020 Chaparral Poetry Forum chapbook and online in 2021 at www.redrockwriters.org.
No poems or fees will be returned. For a printed list of winners, include your SASE. All winning poems will be read aloud at the 24th Redrock Writers’ 18th annual Chaparral Poetry Forum Awards, 8:00 PM in St. George, March 6, 2020.
For information about our March 7, 2020, Redrock Writers’ Creative Writing Seminar speakers and registration, contact Barbara Funke at bfunke2@gmail.com or see Redrock Writers Seminar at www.redrockwriters.org after Dec. 1.
Redrock Writers is a non-profit operating for the benefit of the public and working in partnership with Utah State Poetry Society’s program of Poetry in the Park, held in Zion National Park and hosted by Zion Canyon Field Institute at the historic Zion Park Lodge. For more about Poetry in the Park’s 11th annual workshop on March 6, 2020, see www.poetry-in-the-park.com.
