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Manningham Winners for 2010 and Their Poems (PDF files)


Illinois State Poetry Society
17th Annual Poetry Contest, 2010

Categories:
  1. free verse
  2. formal verse
  3. a poem related to a family tradition, old or new.

Prizes: $50, $30, $10, 3 HM.

Maximum length: one poem per page. Type size 11 pt or higher; no columns. Poems in English only. Simultaneous submissions accepted. No poems which have won monetary awards or been published. Poems not returned.

Submit two copies of each poem, first copy with ID (name/address/e-mail) and category in upper left hand corner; second copy without ID but with category.

Entry fee: $6 for up to three poems, $1 each additional poem. Members ISPS, $3 up to 5 poems, $1 each additional poem.

Submissions sent postal mail to:
Marvin Young
ISPS Poetry Contest Chair
2382 Kildeer Street
Woodridge, Illinois 60517

Deadline: must be postmarked by September 30, 2010.

Winners' names to be posted on ISPS website.