Pakaraima is pleased to encourage emerging poets to participate in an annual poetry competition
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2011 Pakaraima Poetry Competition
Submission Guidelines
Deadline: Entries must be submitted or postmarked by October 25, 2011
Prizes:
- First Prize – $100 plus the 2011 Winner’s Plaque
- Finalist Prize – $50 plus a Certificate of Achievement
- One Merit Prize – 2 to 4 books by authors of Guyanese
or Caribbean heritage - Honorary Recognition – Certification of Recognition
Eligibility: Contestants must be over 16 years of age
Members of Pakaraima are not eligible to enter this competition.
All entries must be original and unpublished poems of any theme:
Poems must be unpublished (including in book form or on the internet).
Copyright: Authors retain the copyright of their work. Winning poems will be posted on the Pakaraima website only by the author’s permission.
Announcement of Winners: Winners will be announced via email and on the Pakaraima website on November 30, 2011. If you do not have an email address and wish to be notified in writing of the contest winners, please enclose with your entry a stamped self-addressed envelope.
Your Poetry Entry: Only one unpublished poem not more than 20 lines may be submitted. Authors wishing to submit more that one poem must pay $10.00 for each additional entry. Contestants are limited to 3 entries.
All entries must be type-written in English and double-spaced.
Please put the title of your poem, your name, email address and other contact information on a separate cover letter. The poem itself must only indicate the title of your work.
Entry Fee: $10.00. Send Cheque or Money Order payable to Pakaraima Writers and Artists.
Address: Pakaraima
9 Bridlepath Street
Richmond Hill , Ontario L4S 1V8
Contact: Email: pakaraima9@yahoo.ca Phone: 905-780-88661
