ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST       

ELIGIBILITY: *Adults over 18; living within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis.

*Any person having won first prize in the contest twice within the last five years is ineligible for further cash awards but may be cited for honors.

RULES: *Submit TWO TYPED COPIES of TWO poems, which have never been published or won an award. 

*Use 8 1/2 x 11 paper with no more than one poem to a page. 

*Sign with pen name ONLY. 

*Type real name, address, e-mail address and telephone number on a separate sheet of paper and enclose with poems.  No manuscripts returned.

SEND TO: Carol Layton; ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST; 112 Swan Ave.; St. Louis, MO  63122

PRIZES:  $700,  $300, $150

JUDGE:Bob Hicok       

*Associate professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (Virginia Tech)

*Former NEA Fellow and recent recipient of the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry

* Anthologized in Best American Poetry

* Author of This Clumsy Living, Insomnia Diary, and Animal Soul

ELIGIBILITY: Students in grades 10 through 12 in High Schools in St. Louis and the St. Louis area.

RULES: Submit THREE original poems. Send THREE copies of each poem, one poem to a page. Students should sign each poem in the upper left hand corner with a PEN NAME. On a separate sheet of paper, student should sign REAL NAME, STREET ADDRESS, ZIP CODE, EMAIL ADDRESS, NAME OF SCHOOL, and TEACHER'S FULL NAME and seal in envelope with PEN NAME ON OUTSIDE.

Entries must be submitted through the school’s English Departmentand must follow the rules.  No manuscripts will be returned.

SEND TO: Betty Bilgere, Junior Poetry Poetry Contest, 4400 Lindell, Apt. 14-F, St. Louis, MO, 63108

EMAIL: bettybilgere@hotmail.com

PRIZES: $100,  $75, $50, $25, and Book Prize

JUDGE: Lynn Powell    

*Author of The Zones of Paradise and Old and New Testaments

*Winner of The Brittingham Prize in Poetry and The Great Lakes Colleges Association's New Writers Award.

*Recipient of Poetry Fellowship from the National Endowment for The Arts and Prose Fellowship from Ohio Arts Council.

*Has taught extensively as poet-in-the schools and as a visiting writer at Oberlin College and Cornell University.