- The Glosa Poem Competition -
Open
to Everyone
CLOSED
The Glosa Poem Competition
First Prize: $100
Second Prize: $50
Third Prize: $25
Plus
8 Honourable Mention Awards
All winning
entries to receive a fancy certificate
Plus all winning
entries to be published in a chapbook
and will receive
1 free chapbook for every poem included.
Rules and Guidelines:
All
poems must be written in the glosa style.
The glosa is a Spanish form invented by court poets in the 14th and
15th centuries.
It comprises two parts.
The first part – called the texte or cabeza
consists of a stanza chosen from a poem by a well-known poet. The poet
can be dead or living.
The second part – the glosa proper
is a gloss or elaboration of the texte. Each stanza of the glosa ends
with a repetition
of a consecutive line of the texte. Both rhyme and free verse glosas
accepted.
See
example here
All
entries are not to exceed 40 lines.
This excludes the spaces between the stanzas and this excludes the texte.
Poems must be inspired by 3 - 5 lines of a famous poet. This is the texte.
The glosa title, texte and author of the texte must appear on the same page as the glosa.
Poems must be original, unpublished and not sent elsewhere. Blind judging.
Do
not include your name on the same page as the glosa, back or front.
Include a separate page with author name, complete mailing address,
phone number
and e-mail (if possible) and glosa title(s).
Contest
fee:
1 poem for $5 or 3 poems for $10
Contest
Deadline:
September 30th, 2010, postmark date.
Send
entries with payment to:
The Ontario
Poetry Society,
31 Marisa
Court, Thornhill, Ont. L4J 6H9
All
prizes to be awarded in Canadian dollars.
There is no
limit to the number of submissions per poet.
Enclose a
#10 self-addressed, stamped envelope for Winners List.
Contest Judge is Elana Wolff