Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest deadline december 15
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2018 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest
2018 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest
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DEADLINE: Contests opens October 1, 2017 and the deadline is December 15, 2017.
PRIZES: 1st = $100.00. 2nd=$50.00. 3rd=$30.00 4th=$20.00. Up to five Honorable Mentions will be awarded.
FEES: $3.00 entry fee, plus $1.00 per poem. No maximum number of entries (Ex: 3 poems for $6.00, 5 poems for $8.00) Checks and money orders must be made out to WyoPoets.
WHAT: Poems, published or unpublished. Any subject, any form, 40 lines or less (including title and line breaks). All poems must be original work of entrants. No pornography, racial or sexual slurs, or language considered obscene by average broad-minded reader.
REQUIREMENTS: Poems, except for Oriental forms must be titled. Poems must be typed or computer generated, in English, on 8-1/2 by 11inch white paper, or similar computer paper. At least 10 point, preferably 12 point or larger font. No more than one poem on a page. Single spaced. Once side of the paper only. Photocopies okay if clear and legible. Submit two copies of each poem, one copy for the judge with no identification on it. On the other copy, show your name, mailing address, email address, and phone numbers in the upper right hand corner of the front side. No limit on number of entries. No electronic submissions. No one poet can win more than one monetary prize, but can win additional Honorable Mentions. Contest entrants will be notified by email, where available, and may also provide a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) for the winners list to be distributed by April 1, 2018.
SUBMITTING: Send both copies of poems submitted together with entry fee, to: WyoPoets Contest, Attn: Katie Smith, 13287 Hwy 59 North, Gillette, Wyoming 82716
QUESTIONS: For additional info and questions email: wyopoets@gmail.com.
JUDGING: Final judging will be a qualified judge not affiliated with WyoPoets. Decisions of the judge will be final. The Contest Chair will not enter this contest. Winners will be invited to read their winning poems at the WyoPoets Spring Workshop, April 28, 2018 in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
RIGHTS: Winning poems may be published in our spring newsletter ONLY with the poet’s written permission. All rights remain with the poet. Be sure to keep copies of your entries as poems will NOT be returned. All copies of the poems will be destroyed after the spring workshop.
DEADLINE: Contests opens October 1, 2017 and the deadline is December 15, 2017.
PRIZES: 1st = $100.00. 2nd=$50.00. 3rd=$30.00 4th=$20.00. Up to five Honorable Mentions will be awarded.
FEES: $3.00 entry fee, plus $1.00 per poem. No maximum number of entries (Ex: 3 poems for $6.00, 5 poems for $8.00) Checks and money orders must be made out to WyoPoets.
WHAT: Poems, published or unpublished. Any subject, any form, 40 lines or less (including title and line breaks). All poems must be original work of entrants. No pornography, racial or sexual slurs, or language considered obscene by average broad-minded reader.
REQUIREMENTS: Poems, except for Oriental forms must be titled. Poems must be typed or computer generated, in English, on 8-1/2 by 11inch white paper, or similar computer paper. At least 10 point, preferably 12 point or larger font. No more than one poem on a page. Single spaced. Once side of the paper only. Photocopies okay if clear and legible. Submit two copies of each poem, one copy for the judge with no identification on it. On the other copy, show your name, mailing address, email address, and phone numbers in the upper right hand corner of the front side. No limit on number of entries. No electronic submissions. No one poet can win more than one monetary prize, but can win additional Honorable Mentions. Contest entrants will be notified by email, where available, and may also provide a SASE (self addressed stamped envelope) for the winners list to be distributed by April 1, 2018.
SUBMITTING: Send both copies of poems submitted together with entry fee, to: WyoPoets Contest, Attn: Katie Smith, 13287 Hwy 59 North, Gillette, Wyoming 82716
QUESTIONS: For additional info and questions email: wyopoets@gmail.com.
JUDGING: Final judging will be a qualified judge not affiliated with WyoPoets. Decisions of the judge will be final. The Contest Chair will not enter this contest. Winners will be invited to read their winning poems at the WyoPoets Spring Workshop, April 28, 2018 in Cheyenne, Wyoming.
RIGHTS: Winning poems may be published in our spring newsletter ONLY with the poet’s written permission. All rights remain with the poet. Be sure to keep copies of your entries as poems will NOT be returned. All copies of the poems will be destroyed after the spring workshop.
2018 chapbook call for submissions
NOTE: Deadline has been extended to October 31
THEME: Hunger and Yearning
DEADLINE: October 31, 2017
Hungers denied, whether physical or spiritual, and yearnings fulfilled. Dreams dashed and wants satisfied. What do your mind, soul, and body ache for? What is your deepest desire? Have you found it, or do you still long for it? Our judge, Art Elser, suggests this might include:
Download the guidelines and send your entry by Oct. 31, 2017. Chapbook contest open to WyoPoets members. Not a member? Join us! You may send your membership fee separately to our treasurer, or include it with your submission. Questions? Contact wyopoets@gmail.com.
THEME: Hunger and Yearning
DEADLINE: October 31, 2017
Hungers denied, whether physical or spiritual, and yearnings fulfilled. Dreams dashed and wants satisfied. What do your mind, soul, and body ache for? What is your deepest desire? Have you found it, or do you still long for it? Our judge, Art Elser, suggests this might include:
- Hunger for justice
- Hunger for a simpler life
- Yearning for some life-time dream
- Yearning for someone long lost friend, person, parent
- Yearning of a teenager for city life
- Yearning of someone who wants to go back to childhood
- Hunger for peace in the world
- Yearning to be a better person, poet, writer, parent, grandparent
- Yearning for a trip to the home of immigrant grandparents, parents, great grandparents
Download the guidelines and send your entry by Oct. 31, 2017. Chapbook contest open to WyoPoets members. Not a member? Join us! You may send your membership fee separately to our treasurer, or include it with your submission. Questions? Contact wyopoets@gmail.com.
Congratulations to 2017 WYOPOETS MEMBERS-ONLY CONTEST winners
First Place:
Carol Deering – Stopping at Louis Lake
2nd Place:
Lynn Carlson – Wyoming Ramble
3rd Place:
Robert Druchniak – Nail
Honorable Mentions:
Gail Denham – Careless Lifetime
Emory D. Jones – Spring Mourning
Lynn Carlson – Cold Snap
Susan Mark – To Grow Fat Writing Poetry
Carol Deering – Stopping at Louis Lake
2nd Place:
Lynn Carlson – Wyoming Ramble
3rd Place:
Robert Druchniak – Nail
Honorable Mentions:
Gail Denham – Careless Lifetime
Emory D. Jones – Spring Mourning
Lynn Carlson – Cold Snap
Susan Mark – To Grow Fat Writing Poetry
2017 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest winners
The 2017 WyoPoets Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest received 308 poems entered by 69 poets, so our contest judge, John Calderazzo, had much fine work to choose from. The top poems selected are:
1st Place: "Caskets" by Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village, CA
Displays beautiful economy of phrasing and strong emotions that never pitch over into what could be sentimentality about death. Well done!
2nd Place: "Rain on Craters of the Moon" by Betsy Bernfeld, Wilson, WY
Driven by strong and original imagery that evokes the power and danger and beauty of nature.
3rd Place: "Decent/Descent" by Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
Uses rhyme quite naturally and effectively to tell a powerful story of friendship, memory, and almost-redemption.
4th Place: "Gone" by Myra Peak, Green River, WY
Had me from the microscopic precision of its first line. Then, through one beautifully rendered image after another, it builds to an emotionally devastating conclusion. Here's a poem that wastes NO words.
Honorable mentions
The winning poets have been invited to publish their poems in our spring newsletter that will be sent out in April.
1st Place: "Caskets" by Eileen Malone, Broadmoor Village, CA
Displays beautiful economy of phrasing and strong emotions that never pitch over into what could be sentimentality about death. Well done!
2nd Place: "Rain on Craters of the Moon" by Betsy Bernfeld, Wilson, WY
Driven by strong and original imagery that evokes the power and danger and beauty of nature.
3rd Place: "Decent/Descent" by Nick Sweet, Shepherd, TX
Uses rhyme quite naturally and effectively to tell a powerful story of friendship, memory, and almost-redemption.
4th Place: "Gone" by Myra Peak, Green River, WY
Had me from the microscopic precision of its first line. Then, through one beautifully rendered image after another, it builds to an emotionally devastating conclusion. Here's a poem that wastes NO words.
Honorable mentions
- 1st: "Gravity" by Betsy Bernfeld, Wilson, WY
- 2nd: "No Rescue from Drowning" by Myra Peak, Green River, WY
- 3rd: "Sexed on a Kona Balcony" by Ellaraine Lockie, Sunnyvale, CA
- 4th: "Le Salles-du-Gardon" by Katharyn Howd Machan, Ithaca NY
- 5th: "When the Moose Come to Town" by Betsy Bernfeld, Wilson, WY
The winning poets have been invited to publish their poems in our spring newsletter that will be sent out in April.
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Our 2017 Contest Judge
John Calderazzo is English Professor, Emeritus, at CSU, where he taught in MFA Creative Writing program and won the university's top teaching awards. His poems, stories and essays have appeared in Georgia Review, North American Review, Orion, Audubon, High Country News, and hundreds of other venues. He's the recipient of a Colorado Council for the Arts literary fellowship, the Carolina Quarterly Fiction Prize, and a recent Solas Gold Medal in travel adventure writing. His most recent book is Rising Fire: Volcanoes & Our Inner Lives, and he presently uses story telling techniques to help scientists and scholars communicate their work to the public and decision makers. |
2016 EUGENE V. SHEA NATIONAL POETRY CONTEST WINNERS
- 1st Place: "10 Years After Katrina" by Mary Jo Maguire, Englewood, CO
- 2nd Place: "George Faulkner, Dying at Daysboro" by Sandra Lake Lassen, West Jefferson, NC
- 3rd Place: "Breaking Point" by Barb Blanks, Garland, TX
- 4th Place: "Enjambment" by Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Lexington, MA
Honorable Mentions
Honorable mentions are in no particular order
- "Inheritance" by Marian Kaplun Shapiro, Lexington, MA
- "John Walters" by Jerri Hardesty, Brierfield, AL
- "King of Barnhill" by Barbara Brannon, Lubbuck, TX
- "How to Lose Your Mind" by Cathy Moran, Little Rock, AR
- "A Rumor of Coyotes" by Christina Kamnikar, Cheyenne, WY
2015 Eugene V. Shea National Poetry Contest Winners
2015 Members-only contest winners
