Aurora Artisans®
Poetry Contest
Deadline: June 1, 2010
Winner
receives $200 and publication in Word Worth®.
Honorable Mentions will receive publication and a beautifully
formatted pdf file (suitable for printing or sending) of their
work. All entries will be considered for publication in an Aurora
Artisans magazine [Web
based: Word Worth®, Maryland 20878®.
Word Worth is
hardbound in yearly
volumes after publication.].
See
submission form below.
SUBMISSION
GUIDELINES
1.
Contestants must be at least 18 years of age.
2.
Entry
Fees:
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$10 per entry (up to 200
lines of poetry in any configuration: ten sonnets is 140
lines; ten haiku is 30 lines).
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Make checks or money
orders payable to Aurora Artisans (no cash).
3.
Deadline: Submissions must be postmarked by June 1, 2010.
4.
For
each entry, submit the following:
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The author's name must not
appear anywhere on the manuscript.
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A completed Submission
Form.
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A check or money order
for $10 made out to Aurora Artisans.
5.
No
previously published works, or works which have been accepted for publication.
6.
Winning poems and bio sketch must be submitted electronically following notification
that they are finalists
if a CD disc
was not included with the manuscript. Finalists not submitting electronic copies
after being requested to do so
will be disqualified.
7.
Send
entries to:
Aurora Artisans
Contest
P.O. Box 221
East Aurora NY 14052
8.
Manuscripts will not be returned. No refunds will be issued. No
substitutions. Winners will be announced in November, 2010 on
the web site.
9.
Current staff of and contributors to Aurora Artisans magazines
and their families are not eligible.
Contest
Submission Form
This form can be filled out prior to being printed:
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Open the pdf
file, then click
Save
As under the File menu, and save it to your computer [My Documents,
perhaps].
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Fill it out from there, and click
Save at that point.
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Then
print the file and mail it in with your contribution
and payment.
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Be sure
to sign the form after printing it.
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If
you find that you cannot save it, fill it out, then
print two copies (one for your records). Be sure to sign
the form that you send in.
2009 Fiction and Creative
Non-Fiction Winners
The form is in an Adobe
file. If you don't have the Adobe program [it is a widely
recognized program for many files on the web] on you computer,
you can download a free copy here: Click—
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