PENNSYLVANIA POETRY SOCIETY, INC.
59th Annual Contest 2011
Deadline: (Postmarked) January 15, 2011
(entries may be mailed between Oct. 15, 2010 & Jan. 15, 2011)
Category #1. The Grand Prize Award
Two Prizes: $100 and $75
Any significant subject Any form
50 line limit 60 characters & spaces per line
Limit 5 poems—only 1
award per entrant.
Sponsored by Estates of Jean Gray Allen & Henrie
Palmer in PPS Endowments Fund
$1.00 per poem entry fee for PPS members
$2.00 per poem entry fee for non members
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All categories 2 thru 16 unless specified have a limit of 36 lines,
including title,
epigrams or quotes & footnotes and spaces between all,
and a width limit of 60 characters per
line—
which includes spaces
between counting the same as characters.
PPS members may enter 1 poem each in category 2 thru 16 for a $10.00 flat
fee. Non-members may enter 1 poem each in category 2 thru 13
for
$2.00 per poem.
All categories 2 thru 20 have 2 prizes of $30 and
$20.
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#2. Jack Gillespie Memorial Award
Subject: Any Form: Free Verse
Sponsor: Ray
Fulmer
#3. H. Edward Canonn Memorial Award
Subject: Music or Musician Form: any
Sponsor: Constance
Crawford
#4. James D. Caporaso Memorial Award
Subject: Stone—anything
about any stone, stones, or gem
Form: any
Sponsor: Susanna Caporaso Roma
#5. Carlisle Poets Workshop Award
Subject: any
Form: any
Sponsor: Carlisle Poets
#6. Marjorie Thompson Cheney Award
Subject: any
Form: any well-known and generally recognized
traditional
sonnet. You MUST name the sonnet pattern and
follow the
rules precisely.
Sponsor: Cadence Crafters
#7. Mariah Quant Memorial Award
Subject: Nature
Form: any traditionally titled form
(no haiku or other untitled form)
Sponsor: Richard T. Lake
#8. Gwen Darling Glassberg Memorial Award
Subject: any except erotic or blasphemous
Form: free verse
Sponsor: Glassberg Fund
#9. Haiku, Senryu, Tanka Award
Subject: any
Form: haiku, senryu, or tanka
Sponsor: Nancy Henry Kline
#10. GPS Award
Subject: PA history
Form: narrative
Sponsor: Gettysburg Poetry Society
#11. Selina Cox Eshleman Memorial Award
Subject: any
Form: Rhymed & Metered Light Verse
Sponsor: Harry Eshleman and siblings
#12. Dorman John Grace Memorial Award
Subject: Memories
Form: any
Sponsor: the Wallace Stevens Chapter funds
#13. William A. Hildebrandt Memorial Award
Subject: art, artists, artistry
Form: any
Sponsor: Mad Poets
Categories #14 , 15, & 16 are open
to PPS members ONLY
#14. Andy Fetterolf Memorial Award
Subject: Spirituality
Form: any
Sponsor: Lynn Fetterolf
#15. Blanche Whiting Keysner Memorial Award
Subject: Love poem with fresh perspectve—no tired cliches,
not
overly sentimental or trite
Form: any
Sponsor: Keysner Poets
#16. Lotus Knowlton Roberts Memorial Award
Subject: any serious
Form: Quatrain (4 lines)
Sponsor: Carol Roberts
Please Note:
To enter PPS, Inc. annual contest at member fees, PPS dues
must be paid by November 30,
2010.
Winners’ certificates and checks are awarded at the Spring Luncheon
and mailed shortly thereafter to those who do
not attend.
- RULES-
1. DEADLINE (postmarked) 1/15/2011. Mail First Class between 10/15/10 &
01/15/11
to:
PPS, Inc. Annual
Contest
Entry Receiver: Lynn Fetterolf
492 Kreutz Creek Road
York, PA 17406-8060
2. QUALIFICATIONS: All entries:
(a) Must be the contestant’s work
(b) Must not be published in any form nor reproduced and distributed
(workshops excepted)
(c) Must not be under consideration for publication or entered in a
contest elsewhere
(d) May be submitted in ONE category only
(e) Only one poem per category except Grand Prize which has a limit of
five poems.
3. FORMAT: WARNING-
poems with more lines or
longer lines than specified will be disqualified.
(a) Poems must be typed in English & titled except no titles for entries in
Cat.#9
(b) Must be typed on one side of 8 1/2” x 11” white paper (no eraseable
bond or onion skin)
(c) Submit one original and one copy— photocopy OK
ANY COMMENTS OR WRITING ON THE JUDGE’S COPY
WILL DISQUALIFY THE POEM.
(d) Type the Number and Name of Category at
upper left on both copies
(e) Name, Address, & whether or not you are a PPS member on ONE COPY ONLY
in upper right
(f) Enclose a SEPARATE COVER SHEET listing all the poems you are entering.
On this sheet, please state:
(1) Your name and address & whether you are a member of PPS, Inc. or
non-member
(2) Number & name of all categories entered
(3) Title of each poem
(4) Address & e-mail address of your local newspaper(s)
Enclose a #10 SASE for winners’ list & an SAS postcard if you want to know
your entries were received.
4. NO POEMS MAY BE WITHDRAWN AFTER ENTRY AND NONE WILL BE RETURNED—
Keep copies. Poems will not be held after the PRIZE POEMS 2011 book is
distributed.
5. ENTRY FEES: Make Checks to PPS, Inc.
For PPS, Inc. Members— A $10.00 entry fee covers one entry each in all
categories #2
through #16. Category #1 entries are $1.00 each with a maximum total of 5
entries.
For Non-Members— $2.00 per entry (one entry per category) in categories #1
through #13
Entries in Category #1 are $2 each with a maximum total of 5 entries.
NOTE: Non-members might consider joining PPS to take advantage of reduced
entry fees
for members, plus additional categories. To join PPS, send a #10 SASE
marked
“membership” to contest chair by November 30, 2010. PPS dues are currently
$18 per year.
6. FIRST RIGHTS AND RELEASES;
The Society retains the first rights for publication of prize-winning poems
in its annual book,
which will be PPS PRIZE POEMS 2011.
Poems which win First & Second Prize will be published. There will be no
Third Prizes.
Honorable Mention and Citation winners will be listed, but titles of those
poems will not
be printed in the book.
7. WINNERS: A winners’ list is sent to those who mail SASE’s and will be
included with the
PPS spring mailing. Do not expect to hear in time to send entries to the
NFSPS contest.
No one will receive checks or certificates before the 2011 PPS Spring Awards
Luncheon.
Winners who attend the Spring Luncheon may read their poems that have won
money prizes,
Honorable Mentions or Citations, and all winners will be awarded
certificates.
Details will be announced in the society’s newsletter.
8. SOCIETY RESPONSIBILITY— PPS, Inc. is not responsible for any entries
arriving too
late, lost in the mails, or disqualified for failure to follow the rules.
9. MEMBERSHIP IN PPS, INC.
PPS, Inc. dues are $18 for fiscal year, Oct.1 through Sept. 30. Our
membership month is
September with a grace period of 61 days. PPS members are automatically
members of
NFSPS (National Federation of State Poetry Societies.)
Dues entitle PPS members to newsletters, and far lower contest fees than
non-members
in both the PPS, Inc. and NFSPS contests.
Dues must be paid by November 30 to get member entry fees.
10. PATRONS:
Members wishing to be Patrons need to pay $25 or more in addition to their
dues Non-
members can become Patrons by contributing $25 or more to PPS, Inc. Groups
and
businesses are also welcome as patrons. These names will be listed on the
Patron List in
PRIZE POEMS 2011.
11. PRIZE POEM BOOKS:
will be mailed to PPS members, non-member money winners, and judges. Others
may
purchase copies of the book for $6 per copy plus $1.00 postage. Some
previous years’ books
are available at reduced prices. State year wanted in inquiry to PPS
Treasurer.
12. PEGASUS CONTEST FOR PENNSYLVANIA STUDENTS:
FEBRUARY 1st DEADLINE
For information send SASE to:
PEGASUS CHAIR
Marilyn Downing
137 Apple Lane,
Hershey, PA 17033
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