The Ontario Poetry Society

Open to Everyone
(Go to Contest Winner List)

First Prize $100 - Second Prize $75 - Third Prize $50
Plus 15 Honourable Mention Awards
Prize monies to be paid in Canadian dollars only.
All winning entries to be published in a chapbook anthology.
All prize winners to receive one chapbook for every poem included in the collection.

Rules and Guidelines:
The following words must be incorporated into the poem to be eligible to win.
If even one word is missing or changed, the poem is disqualified.
Mandatory words must be highlighted in each poem.

bridge
elopement
distraction
precarious
obdurate
intertwine
morning
apertures
mysterious
privacy

Poems not to exceed 36 lines and the spaces between the stanzas count as lines.
The poem title and space between the poem title and poem itself do not count as lines.
~~ All styles welcome ~~
Poems to be in Times New Roman or Arial #12 Font on white letter size paper
(8 ½ x 11). Poems are to be unpublished and not sent elsewhere.
There is no limit to the number of submissions per poet.

Blind judging:
No author ID to be anywhere on the same page as the poem, back or front.
Include a separate cover page with complete author information including name, mailing address
including Apt. # & postal code, phone number with area code, e-mail if possible, and poem title(s),
or first line(s) if no title(s).

Entry fee:
$5 for 1 poem or 3 poems for $10

Deadline:
Submissions to be postmarked on or before April 30th, 2012

Send entry with payment to:
The Ontario Poetry Society
#710 - 65 Spring Garden Ave.,
Toronto, Ontario M2N 6H9

Enclose a #10 s.a.s.e. for the winners list and a $1 off coupon for the next contest.
Do not put a U.S. postage stamp on your s.a.s.e. if from the U.S., kindly add $1 for extra postage.
Do not send the only copy of your poem. Poems are not returned.

Contest Judge is Ronnie R. Brown

Contest results will be posted on our website at www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca