(Note: This competition requires an entry fee. Please participate with caution.)
Poetry Bulawayo in partnership with amaBooks Publishers is running a poetry writing competition. The theme for the competition is FREEDOM (as interpreted by the Poet).
THE RULES OF THE COMPETITION ARE:
- Deadline for submission of poems is midday of Wednesday the 13th of March.
- Entry fee is $1 for a maximum of three poems.
- Poems should not exceed 30 lines.
- All poems should be in the English language although a few lines of vernacular are permissible. Translation should be provided if a few lines of vernacular is used.
- There is no age or geographical restriction for the competition.
- In the event that the winner of the competition is not in a position to collect his/her prize, the cost of getting the prize to the winner will be deducted from the prize.
- Poems will be judged according to originality, creative interpretation of theme and artistic quality.
- Poems not meeting the length limitation are automatically disqualified.
- Poems should be typed with each poem on a separate page. There should be a cover page with poet’s full name (even if pseudonym is used), contact details (email, phone/cell number, physical/postal address).
- Poems should be emailed as Microsoft word/pdf attachments with ‘FREEDOM poetry competition’ in the subject line to poetrybulawayo@gmail.com. Alternatively, poems can be hand delivered to Studio 9, National Gallery in Bulawayo.
- The adjudicators’ decisions are final and no correspondence will be entered into after the adjudication process is finalised.
For queries/ submissions: poetrybulawayo@gmail.com
Website: http://www.amabooksbyo.com/, http://poetrybulawayo.blogspot.com
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