Prizes:

First prize: $30

Second prize: $20

Third prize: $15

Honorable Mention: $10

In case of ties, the prize amount will be divided equally among the winners of that particular place, and both will be published.

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Summer Contest 2012

Contest Theme: "Birds"

Form: any form

Contest Deadline: May 15, 2012 (postmark)

Winning entries will be published in the Summer 2012 issue.

Rules:

1. Anyone may enter.

 

2. Each entry/poem must be based on the theme
   and/or contain a reference(s) to any bird.
   

 

3. Include your name and address ONLY on the back of each page. Use 8 1/2 by 11" paper. You may submit up to four entries, with one entry per page. Limit your poems to 20 lines or less each.

 

4. Only one prize will be awarded per poet. Please enclose a SASE if you wish to see the winner’s list.  All non-winning poems will be discarded.

 

5. Please send poems by regular mail only. Entries by e-mail will NOT be accepted.

FEES: $3.00 per poem. If you submit at least TWO entries you will receive a free issue of TOS, Vol. 39, No. 2.

The judge's decisions are final. Any poems not conforming to the rules will be disqualified. Entry fees will not be returned.

(Canadian poets: I’m sorry, but bank fees make it prohibitive to cash checks, even in US funds. Please send US cash. Thanks for your cooperation.)

Mail your entries to:

 

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Winter Contest 2012/2013

Contest Theme: "Gifts and Giving"

Form: any form

Contest Deadline: November 1, 2012 (postmark)

Winners will be published in the Winter 2012/2013 issue.

Rules:

1. Anyone may enter.

 

2. Reflect on a material, spiritual, emotional, or mental
   gift given to you by a loved one or someone else. 
   The gift could be welcome or unwelcome.

 

3. Include your name and address ONLY on the back of each poem with only one poem per page. Limit your poems to 32 lines or less each.

 

4. Only one prize will be awarded per poet. Please enclose a SASE if you wish to see the winner’s list.  All non-winning poems will be discarded.

 

5. Please send poems by regular mail only. Entries by e-mail will NOT be accepted.

FEES: $3.00 per poem. If you submit at least TWO entries you will receive a free issue of TOS, Vol. 39, No. 3.

The judge's decisions are final. Any poems not conforming to the rules will be disqualified. Entry fees will not be returned.

(Canadian poets: I’m sorry, but bank fees make it prohibitive to cash checks, even in US funds. Please send US cash. Thanks for your cooperation.)

Mail your entries to:

 

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