Sunday, January 15, 2012

Nature Poetry Contest and a Poetry/Short Prose Contest


Writer’s Thought for the Week: Books are the compasses, telescopes, sextants, and charts which other men have prepared to help us navigate the dangerous seas of human life. ~ Jesse Lee Bennett

Friends of AcadiaNature Poetry Prize

Deadline: January 30, 2012

"Established in 1998, the Friends of Acadia Poetry Prize is awarded biannually to promote and recognize distinctive nature poetry. Three winning poems will be published in the Friends of Acadia Journal (print and online), and awarded prizes by category: 1st place–$350/2nd place–$250/3rd place–$150." You may submit up to three nature-based poems. No entry fee.

Deadline: February 15, 2012

The Binnacle's Ninth International Ultra-Short Competition is looking for prose works of 150 words or fewer and poetry of sixteen lines or fewer and fewer than 150 words. All works should have a narrative element to them.

"A minimum of $300 in cash prizes will be awarded, with a minimum prize of $50. At least one of the prizes will go to a University of Maine at Machias student."

You may submit up to two works, total, prose and/or poetry. No entry fee.


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