Deadline: 24 September 2010
Geographical coverage: USA
Reading Fee: no mention
Accepts (genre): poetry
Prize/Payment: $100
A friendly, safe spacefor teenage and elder poets to publish poems, find resources and communicate with each other.
Poetry offers many rewards. The annual contest offers for each track (Teen Track and Elders Track) first prizes of $100, second prizes of $50, third prizes of $25, and seven Honorable Mention prizes of $10 each. Poetry is the voice of the soul. Through poetry teenagers and elders can exchange information about the life span in relation to aging, examine their beliefs about aging and their role in their own aging. Poetry can connect generations and for both teenagers and elders, sharing poetry can expand their “known” worlds.
"Life review at any age is a way to learn about self and others in a way that illuminates the possibilities of human existence." Robert Butler, MD, PhD
HOW
Register by completing the registration information form, hit “submit” and after receiving a “welcome” email post poems, engage in dialogue, and help develop the web site by contributing ideas. There is a public “published poems” area on the web site as well.
More information here.
Geographical coverage: USA
Reading Fee: no mention
Accepts (genre): poetry
Prize/Payment: $100
A friendly, safe spacefor teenage and elder poets to publish poems, find resources and communicate with each other.
Poetry offers many rewards. The annual contest offers for each track (Teen Track and Elders Track) first prizes of $100, second prizes of $50, third prizes of $25, and seven Honorable Mention prizes of $10 each. Poetry is the voice of the soul. Through poetry teenagers and elders can exchange information about the life span in relation to aging, examine their beliefs about aging and their role in their own aging. Poetry can connect generations and for both teenagers and elders, sharing poetry can expand their “known” worlds.
"Life review at any age is a way to learn about self and others in a way that illuminates the possibilities of human existence." Robert Butler, MD, PhD
HOW
Register by completing the registration information form, hit “submit” and after receiving a “welcome” email post poems, engage in dialogue, and help develop the web site by contributing ideas. There is a public “published poems” area on the web site as well.
More information here.
