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| 2009 Redrock Writers Chaparral Poetry Forum | ||
| Contest Chair: LaVerna B. Johnson, <poetaken@gmail.com> | ||
| Cholla Division: First Prize $200, second Prize $100, third Prize $50 | ||
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Any subject, any form, 40 lines or less. | |
| Chaqueta Division: First Prize $100, second Prize $50, third Prize $25 | ||
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Southwest Theme: nature, people, history,etc.--any form, 40 lines or less | |
| Chimera Division: First Prize $100, second prize $50, third Prize $25 | ||
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Imaginative or absurd/humorous--40 lines or less | |
| Chaparjos Division: First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25 | ||
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Rhymed and metered poem, any subject, 40 lines or less | |
| Student Division: $200 in prizes, No fee: Washington County Students only. | ||
| GUIDELINES | ||
| Each poem must: | ||
| 1. Be original, unpublished. 40 lines or less (INCLUDING title, all lines of writing, all blank lines between) | ||
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2. Have line lengths to fit chapbook pages, “typed” neatly on white 8 1/2 x 11 paper. | |
| 3. Be in good taste. | ||
| 4. FIRST Place winners in a category may enter only other divisions that next year. | ||
| 5. A poem entered cannot have won more than $10 in a contest. | ||
| SEND TWO COPIES of each poem with Division in top left corner, no ID on firts copy. | ||
| SECOND COPY ONLY: top right corner: name, address, e-mail , phone (Sticker okay). | ||
| Entries welcome postmarked July 1, 2008, through November 1, 2008. | ||
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No poems will be returned. For a list of winners, include your SASE. Submission indicates permission for top 3 poems to be published in the Chaparral Poetry Forum chapbook and/or online at www.redrockwriters.org . All winning entries will be read at the 13th Annual Redrock Writing Seminar. |
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| Entry fees: $3 per poem. Make check payable to Redrock Writers Guild. Mail entries to d. Gary Christian, 2110 N. Blake Drive, Santa Clara, UT 84765. | ||
| Our First Redrock Writers Seminar was held February 1, 1997. | ||
| The 13th Annual Redrock Writing Seminar in St. George, UT, March 26-28, 2009. | ||
| For information, registration, please contact Gary Christian: viking@redrock.net or see www.redrockwriters.org. Thanks to Ann Jeffress, our webmaster. | ||
| Redrock Writers Guild, a non-profit for the benefit of the public, works to encourage excellence in writing, with support from St. George city Arts Commision, Utah Arts Council, and National Endowment for the Arts Washington D.C. and Utah State Poetry Society. | ||
| Enjoy our 13th Annual Redrock Writing Seminar in St. George, UT, March, 2009 (Click on the Creative Writing Seminar button for details. | ||
| For information, registration, please contact Gary Christian: viking@redrock.net. | ||
| Thanks to Ann Jeffress, our webmaster at www.redrockwriters.org | ||
| Redrock Writers Guild, a non-profit for the benefit of the public, works to encourage excellence in writing, with support from St. George City Arts Commision, Utah Arts Council, and National Endowment for the Arts Washington D.C. | ||