- The Arborealis Prize for Poetry -
The Ontario Poetry Society Presents:
Arborealis Prize For Poetry
First
Prize - $200 + 2 free anthologies
Second Prize - $100 + 1 free anthology,
Third Prize - $75 + 1 free anthology
Fourth Prize - $50 + 1 free anthology
Three - Honourable Mention Awards - $25 + 1 free anthology each
Runners Up - 1 free anthology
All
prize winning entries plus up to 92 additional Runners Up
to be published in a perfect bound anthology
Arborealis - An Anthology of Canadian Contemporary Poetry, Volume Two
All runners up whose work is selected for the book
will receive one free copy of the anthology.
Entry
fee:
$15 for up to three poems
Additional entries $ 5 each
There is no limit to the number of submissions per poet.
Rules
and Guidelines:
This contest is open to Canadian poets only.
Poems wanted in the People's Poetry Tradition.
All themes welcome. Poems must be unpublished and not sent elsewhere.
Poems not to exceed 36 lines and the stanza breaks count as lines.
Blind Judging:
Author's name not to appear on the same page as the poem, back or front.
Kindly attach a cover page with poem title(s),
author's name, address, phone number & e-mail,
along with a brief bio of 50 words.
Deadline:
Entries to be post-marked on or before June 30th, 2010.
Contest Judge is Bernice Lever
Send
your entries to:
The Ontario Poetry Society,
31 Marisa Court, Thornhill, Ontario L4J 6H9
Enclose a #10 s.a.s.e. for winners list
Make cheques payable to: The Ontario Poetry Society