10^{th _ANNUAL}

_{^{PEACE POETRY CONTEST}}

 

CELEBRATE “POETRY MONTH” APRIL 2009

• OPEN TO ALL NORTH SHORE WRITERS, STUDENT POETS AND FRIENDS OF VFP
• WINNERS DECLARED FOR K-12 AND ADULT CATEGORIES

CONTEST RULES

• Poems are to focus on and directly address the cause of peace and/or the abolition of war, hate or violence; or peace-making in our communities.
• Submit ONLY one poem per writer, 50 lines or less, rhymed or unrhymed.
• Include the following information with your poem: Title of poem; Author's name; Town or City; Entries for K-12 please include: Grade; Name of school and town; Parent's or Teacher's name & phone number. Email address for notification of winners to be announced.
• All work is to be completely original and unpublished. Previous prize-winning poems are not eligible. Any entry that has questionable originality will be disqualified. Help with spelling and grammar is permissible but supplying more suitable words or phrases would disqualify an entry.

AWARDS

Public Poetry Reading

Sunday, April 26, at 2:00 pm at the Recital Hall,

Salem State College

• Prizes and certificates will be awarded to 1st Honors winners.
• 2nd Honors winners receive a certificates and a 2009 Peace Poetry booklet. 
• There will be multiple honorable mentions for each category. Judges have the right to declare "no winner" when there are too few entries in a category for a valid contest. All winners will receive a certificate and will be invited to read their winning poems at the public reading.

CONTEST JUDGES

Members of Veterans For Peace and local poets.

     SUBMISSIONS AND DEADLINE

Email entries (word attachments are ok) to peacepoetry@massvfp.org or

Mail to: Peace Poetry, Veterans For Peace, P.O. Box 177, Ipswich, MA 01938

All entries must be received by 5 pm, Monday, April 10, 2009.

 

This program is sponsored by the Veterans For Peace, Samantha Smith, Chapter 45, Ipswich, MA and is supported in part by grants from your Local Cultural Councils, local agencies supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.