2012 String Poet Prize Guidelines
String Poet proudly presents our second annual String Poet Prize poetry contest, sponsored by the Long Island Violin Shop.
Submission Guidelines
Up to 40 lines, all forms accepted. Contest theme: “Remembrance.” No previously published or contest-winning poems. Winner receives $200 and winning poem set to original music by professional composer. Winner and Runners-up published in Spring 2012 issue of String Poet; all contest submissions are considered for publication in journal.
Entry Fees: $10.00 for up to 3 poems, $15.00 for up to 5 poems. Submissions deadline: February 25, 2012
Online Submissions
Payment: Use the shopping cart at the bottom of this page to send payment by credit card or PayPal. Make sure you choose the correct amount based on the number of poems you are submitting. If your PayPal email address does not match the email used to send your poems, please make note of that in your contest submission email.
Submissions: Send a single e-mail with your poem(s) to contest@stringpoet.com. Poems may be included in-line as text within the email, or a single attachment. Attachment formats accepted: PDF (.pdf), Rich Text (.rtf), Word (.doc), or plain text (.txt). Include your name and contact information in the body of the email, or as a separate cover page within the attachment.Postal Submissions
Send your poem(s) and payment, postmarked on or before February 25th, 2011 to:
String Poet Prize c/o Long Island Violin Shop
8 Elm Street
Huntington, NY 11743
Checks payable to “L.I.V.S.” drawn from a U.S. Bank. Author’s name and contact information typed on the BACK of each submitted page. Include a SASE or your email address if you would like to be notified of contest results, or subscribe to String Poet. Hardcopy entries cannot be returned, and will be recycled.