Entries are now open for the 2013 Castlemaine Poetry Prize.
This is the third year and there have been a couple of important changes to this year's competition.
Firstly, there is a limit of three entries per poet, so please choose your finest works and enter them.
Secondly, there will be five sections and awards given this year. These will be presented to: Winner of the Open Section; The Encouragement Award for a Mount Alexander Shire Resident; Best Junior Poem (seven years and younger), Best Junior Poem (12 years and younger), Best Junior Poem (16 years and under). The age of the junior poets is effective from September 13, 2013.
The poem must not have been published or have won another prize, a strict maximum of 40 lines applies and all entries should be double spaced. Poets can choose any theme. Contact details, including a phone number, must be enclosed but preferably not on the same page as the poem.
Award-winning Castlemaine poet, Ross Donlon, has kindly agreed to judge this year's competition. Judges are appointed for a maximum of three years and 2013 will be Ross' final year of adjudicating the competition. A new judge will be appointed next year.
Elliott Midland Newspapers is proudly sponsoring the 2013 Castlemaine Poetry Prize, which carries a first prize of $100 (senior section).
Mount Alexander Shire Council is sponsoring the junior prizes and Soldiers and Scholar Bookshop is sponsoring the best poem by a Mount Alexander Shire resident. The winners of these categories will each receive a $50 book voucher from the respective sponsors.
Selected entries, including the winning poems, will be published in the Castlemaine Mail.
Entries can be submitted via email to editcm@elliottmidnews.com.au or mailed to 2013 Castlemaine Poetry Prize, 29 Templeton St, Castlemaine, 3450, Victoria. The junior categories closes on Friday, September 13, and the senior sections close on Friday, October 25, at 5pm. Details: call Jeff on 5472 1788.
This is the third year and there have been a couple of important changes to this year's competition.
Firstly, there is a limit of three entries per poet, so please choose your finest works and enter them.
Secondly, there will be five sections and awards given this year. These will be presented to: Winner of the Open Section; The Encouragement Award for a Mount Alexander Shire Resident; Best Junior Poem (seven years and younger), Best Junior Poem (12 years and younger), Best Junior Poem (16 years and under). The age of the junior poets is effective from September 13, 2013.
The poem must not have been published or have won another prize, a strict maximum of 40 lines applies and all entries should be double spaced. Poets can choose any theme. Contact details, including a phone number, must be enclosed but preferably not on the same page as the poem.
Award-winning Castlemaine poet, Ross Donlon, has kindly agreed to judge this year's competition. Judges are appointed for a maximum of three years and 2013 will be Ross' final year of adjudicating the competition. A new judge will be appointed next year.
Elliott Midland Newspapers is proudly sponsoring the 2013 Castlemaine Poetry Prize, which carries a first prize of $100 (senior section).
Mount Alexander Shire Council is sponsoring the junior prizes and Soldiers and Scholar Bookshop is sponsoring the best poem by a Mount Alexander Shire resident. The winners of these categories will each receive a $50 book voucher from the respective sponsors.
Selected entries, including the winning poems, will be published in the Castlemaine Mail.
Entries can be submitted via email to editcm@elliottmidnews.com.au or mailed to 2013 Castlemaine Poetry Prize, 29 Templeton St, Castlemaine, 3450, Victoria. The junior categories closes on Friday, September 13, and the senior sections close on Friday, October 25, at 5pm. Details: call Jeff on 5472 1788.
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