~ The Ted Plantos Memorial Award Submission Page ~
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The
Ted Plantos
Memorial Award The Ted Plantos Memorial Award was established to provide financial support to new poets and emerging writers. If you are planning to publish your poetry in a full collection or even in a chapbook, and need the money to finance the cost of submissions, (photocopies, disks, envelopes, postage stamps), kindly send a letter of request, along with 5 to 10 samples of your poetry and a S.A.S.E. (self-addressed stamped envelope) to: The Ontario Poetry Society, #710 – 65 Spring Garden Ave., Toronto, Ont. M2N 6H9 --- Kindly include a covering letter with your name, address, phone number and e-mail, along with a brief c.v. (list of where your poems have been published in magazines, literary journals, etc.), and mention you are applying for the grant. |
The recipient
will receive a cheque for $100 and a fancy certificate.
As well,
the recipient agrees to display any literature The Ontario Poetry Society
provides, such as Organization Brochures, Contest Flyers and Event Announcements,
at any promotion venue of their poetry book.
The Ontario
Poetry Society reserves the right to refuse any sponsorship to any poet
whose work does not meet the standard of propriety and workmanship in
the writing.
Application Deadline is August 31st of each year.
The first recipient was Myna Wallin.
The second recipient was Lynn Tait.
The
Ted Plantos Memorial Award Winner for 2006 - John Aylsworth Ide
The Ted Plantos Memorial Award
Winner for 2007 - Debbie Okun Hill
The Ted Plantos Memorial Award Winner for 2008 - Yaqoob Ghaznavi
The Ted Plantos Memorial Award Winner for 2009 - Mel Sarnese
The Ted Plantos Memorial Award Winner for 2010 - Mark D. Dunn
