This new round of Contests is now Open. Entry deadline is April 30, 2012.
Note: Just as in the PST Annual Contests, First Place winners in the last issue may not enter the same contests in this issue. "Same contest" means a contest sponsored by the same person, even if the subject, title or prize amount is different. (If contest paid for 2nd & 3rd place awards, those winners are also ineligible.)
Please read and follow the guidelines for each contest! Some poems have been disqualified by the judges for failure to do so.
1. The Marcella Siegel Memorial Contest ($25)
Offered by Suzie Siegel in remembrance of her mother
for the best poem on women or a woman, any form, no more than one page. (**36 lines including title and spaces, unless you want the text size reduced to make it fit.)
2. The Birma Castle Award ($25)
Offered by Birma Castle
on the subject of ARMS, 30 line limit. any form.
3. Spare Ribs ($20)
Offered by Barbara Green Powell.
Any subject, Free Verse, 16 lines or less.
4. The Zephyrus Prize ($25)
Offered by Budd Powell Mahan
for a poem of 28 lines or fewer which includes or is about RAIN. Any form.
5. "The Contest To End All Contests Contest"!! ($15) " Put an end to this madness, once and for all.
Submit a humourous poem and win! Poem can be any topic, any style, rhyming or non.
It's wide open. 28 line maximum. Try to be funny!
Here's your chance to finally make something of yourself. Enter Now!!
Submitted by: D.Knape, poet at large"
6. Galaxy of Doors Award ($20)
Sponsored by your editor, Barbara Blanks
Theme: Doors. What's on this side of the door, or the other side? Open, closed, ajar, slammed, glass, wood, psychological? Real doors, mythical doors, serious doors, funny doors. Any style, 32 lines maximum.
7. The Beanie Baby Memorial Contest ($20)
(note: this does not refer to those collectibles)
Sponsored by JoAnne Braley
Subject: About Pets. Any form. 28 lines maximum.
(Editor's editorial: Please try to avoid generalities and cliches.)
8. The McCarthy Award ($20)
Sponsored by LaVern Spencer McCarthy
Theme: Blue Norther--mentions one or is about one.
Any form, 32 line limit.
9. The Latimer Prize ($20)
Given by Linda Banks in memory of her parents
for a serious poem about Gardening.
Any form. 28 line limit.
10. Tough Women Award ($15)
in Honor of Kristia Mulliner
Sponsored by Sheila Tingley Moore
Subject: Tough Women; limit 28 lines; any form.
11. "In Appreciation" ($25)
Sponsored by Barbara Terrell Goerdel
In honor of my daughter and sister who helped me in time of
need. Maybe you have someone like them.
26 line limit; free verse.
12. FENCES ($15.00, $10.00)
Offered by Evelyn Corry Appelbee
A poem of no more than 28 lines on the subject, Fences. Form, Free Verse or Blank Verse
(Editor's note: both first and second place winners will be published.)
Current entry deadline is April 30, 2012--in my hands by that date. E-mail submissions preferred! Only one entry per contest. Members may enter without cost. Non-members must pay $5 per contest--and still only one entry per contest.
Poems must be your own work and may NOT have been published anywhere else, may not be under consideration by any other contest or media.
Single space, Times New Roman 12 pt font preferred. E-Mail submissions are PREFERRED! via e-mail .doc attachment, only one copy with your name and contest # included is necessary--it will still be sent to the judge without I.D.
IF sending by US mail, please send two copies of each poem, one with your contact info, one without. No fancy fonts, please.
Please be sure to note the name of the contest you are entering!
If non-member, send entries (and check or money order) to:
A Galaxy of Verse Contests
Barbara Blanks, Editor
1518 Running River Rd
Garland, TX 75044
Yes, I know I'm repeating myself:
MEMBERS ONLY may enter via e-mail with a Word .doc attachment--or within the body of the e-mail itself. Send to galaxyofverse@gmail.com If you have any questions, please email me at galaxyofverse@gmail.com
No, you may not enter the contest you're sponsoring even if it's being judged by someone else. Yes, I've been asked that a couple of times.
Please note: GOV is published as a 6"x9" book. Please keep that in mind as line breaks may have to change to accommodate that size.