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2009-2010 High School Poetry Contests
Sponsored by Gannon University and the Erie County Poet Laureate Initiative http://www.gannon.edu/departmental/english/poetry.asp
Two contests: one for students in grades 9 through 12 who live outside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, and one for students in grades 9 through 12 who live inErie County, Pennsylvania.
Rules
• Each student may enter up to 3 poems, totaling no more than 6 pages.
• Poems may be about any topic and in any form and must be the original work of the student.
• Poems must be typed.
• The student’s name, address (including county), phone number, and grade in school must appear in the top left corner of each poem.
• The student’s school, school’s address, school’s phone number, and teacher’s name must appear in the top right corner.
• Poems will not be returned; students should not send their only copies.
• Poems must be postmarked by February 1, 2010.
Students who live outside of Erie County, Pennsylvania, should mail their poems to:
Berwyn Moore, Associate Professor of English
Attn: Gannon University High School Poetry Contest
Gannon University
109 University Square
Erie, PA 16541
Students who live in Erie County, Pennsylvania, should mail their poems to:
Berwyn Moore, Associate Professor of English
Attn: Erie County High School Poetry Contest
Gannon University
109 University Square
Erie, PA 16541
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The Florida Review
2nd Annual Young Voices Award for High School students http://floridareview.cah.ucf.edu/files/youngvoicesaward.pdf
$250 Award and Publication Submission Guidelines:
• Entry fee of $15 includes a free year’s subscription
• Each entry limited to group of 5 poems or one story or essay
• Only the title should appear on the manuscript—this is a blind reading
• Provide a cover sheet that specifies writer’s name & contact information, high school name & advisor/teacher contact info, and title of manuscript
• Work must be previously unpublished (outside of school paper or literary journal)
• Include a SASE for notification of the contest results
• First-place manuscript will appear on the FR website, and also in the print journal if the quality merits
Postmark DEADLINE: January 15, 2010
Submit to:
The Florida Review
Young Voices Prize (Indicate Genre)
Department of English MFA Program
PO Box 161346
University of Central Florida
Orlando, Florida 32816-1346
Please visit our website at: www.flreview.com
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2010 Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship competition is now open
http://www.writermag.com/
Award $500 and a year's subscription to The Writer
Judges: The Writer editors
Deadline: March 1, 2010
Description: The Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship is a writing contest for full-time college students. The award is made in memory of Sylvia K. Burack, longtime editor-in-chief and publisher of The Writer. Burack was known for her dedication to helping writers and editors.
Requirements: You must be 18 or older and a full-time undergraduate student at a university or college in the U.S. or Canada at the time of entry. The winner will be asked to provide proof of enrollment.
Rules
• Submit 2 copies of a previously unpublished 600- to 800-word personal essay in English on the following topic: "Select a work of fiction or poetry that has influenced the way you view the world and the way you view yourself. Discuss the work and explain how it affected you."
• Entries will be judged on the quality of the writing, including grammar, punctuation and expression of ideas. Only essays written onthe specified topic (see rule 1) will be considered.
• Include a cover page with the essay title and word count, as well as your name, address, phone number and e-mail address. Contact information must be valid through July 2010. (See below) Also include ethe name and address of your school. Place only the title (not your name) at the top of each page of the essay. Entries must be typed and double-spaced on standard letter-size paper. Number each page. Paperclip the pages together.
• The award is open to students in the U.S. and Canada enrolled fulltime in an undergraduate college or university at the time of entry.(Do not send transcripts with entries.) Employees of Kalmbach Publishing Co. are not eligible to participate.
• Only one entry per student will be accepted.
• Send entries to:
Sylvia K. Burack Scholarship, The Writer, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612.
• Entries must be postmarked by March 1, 2010.
• Entries will not be returned. Do not send originals.
• If the winning entrant cannot be reached by July 1, 2010, the runner-up will be awarded the scholarship.
• The winner will be announced in July 2010 and will receive $500 and a year's subscription to The Writer.
Questions? Contact us at contest@WriterMag.com