Open to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada only

Grand Prize:
$100 for the best poem
Plus $100 to be donated to the favorite charity of the Grand Prize winner

18 Honourable Mention Awards

All winning poems will receive a fancy certificate
and will be published in a chapbook.
Each winner will receive one free chapbook.

Blind Judging: 
No author ID to be anywhere on the same page as the poem, back or front.
Enclose a cover page with title (or first line if no title),
Author name, address, phone number & email if possible.

Please include on the cover page:
The Name of the Charity of your choice and their mailing address.

Poems may be previously published, but no previous contest winners, please.

Theme:
Poems must include at least one of the following Heart themes:
Love won, Love lost, Love of family, Love of animals, Love of humanity,
Valentine poems, Bonding, Charity, Generosity, Compassion, Courage,
Heart health problems, Heart wood, Broken heart, Heartache, Hard hearted,
Emotions carried in the heart. Poems not to exceed 36 lines - stanza breaks count as lines.

All styles welcome

Deadline Dec. 25, 2012