Guidelines for the 2008 Penumbra Poetry Contest can be found at www.tallahasseewriters.net.
ALL ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY JUNE 30, 2008
Sponsor web site www.tallahasseewriters.net
Contest email: poetry@tallahasseewriters.net
There is no limit on entries in either or both categories and all skill levels are welcome.
Categories:
Poetry -- up to 50 lines, any style or subject; line length may be edited to fit chapbook publication format
3-line haiku -- (need not conform to strict syllable count)
Contest does not accept simultaneous submissions or work previously published or having received awards in other competitions.
Prizes: Poetry $200, $60, $40; haiku, $100, 40, $20.
Top winners and finalists in each category are published in the annual contest chapbook and mailed a complimentary copy.
Notification: Winner and finalist notifications mailed no later than August 31 2008.
Winners list returned to entrants if SASE included. List posted to sponsor web site no later than September 30 2007.
Fees: $5 per poem; $3 per haiku in $US check, cash or money order
Mail entries, fees, SASE for winners’ list and book orders to :
TWA Penumbra
P. O. Box 3428
Tallahassee, FL 32315-3428
Judging: Judges are published, recognized poets and haiku experts.
