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Poetry, Prose & Arts Festival
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Poetry entries: Maximum lines per poem: short = 20,
long = 46. Maximum three (3) entries.
Prose
entries: 3,000 words maximum per each prose piece. Maximum two (2) entries. No co-authored stories. Entries are to be original works that have never been published nor awarded another contest prize.
Entry fee as listed below. Any form or genre may be entered, short of explicit erotica.
Entries must be typed on one side of 8-1/2" x 11" white paper. (Only one poem per page.)
Submit two (2) copies of the entries and a separate cover sheet containing name, address, phone number of the poet/author, title(s) of entries, e-mail address (if available), age group, and line/word count. Write category and age group on the top right of each page submitted. No names or copyright markings on entries.
Do not send originals — no entries will be returned. No electronic submissions. All entries, registration, and payment from each registrant are to be sent in one envelope. Each household member should use their own envelope.
Entry confers a one-time publishing right; all future rights revert to the author.
No revisions or additions will be accepted once the initial entry has been received.
Send SASE for results. Winners will be notified before March 29, 2008. Decisions of the judge(s) are final.
All entries must be postmarked no later than Saturday, March 8, 2008.
Adult Poetry/Short, 20 lines or less
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Adult Non-Fiction Prose
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Adult Poetry/Long, 46 lines or less
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Adult Fiction Prose
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Teen Poetry, Ages 13-19Submission Cost: $1.50 per poem |
Teen Prose, Ages 13-19Submission Cost: $7.50 per entry |
Youth Poetry, Ages 11-12Submission Cost: $1.50 per poem |
Youth Poetry, Ages 8-10Submission Cost: $1.25 per poem |
Youth Poetry, Ages 4-7Submission Cost: $1.00 per poem |
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Make checks or money orders payable to:
Pleasanton Cultural Arts Council
Mail submissions to:
Jim Ott
Poetry, Prose & Arts Festival
c/o UNCLE Credit Union
2100 Las Positas Court
Livermore, CA 94551
Click
here to download a PDF of the Festival Registration
Form.
Click
here to download a PDF of the Festival Brochure.
Click here to
download a PDF of the Festival Schedule of Events.
Click here to download
a PDF of Directions to the Festival.
NOTE: PDFs require Adobe Acrobat Reader which you can download for
free here.
Michelle Russo: 925-931-5350 / mrusso@ci.pleasanton.ca.us
David Wright: dawright@sbcglobal.net
Kirk Ridgeway: PleasantonPoetry@comcast.net
Martha Meltzer, Pleasanton's Poet Laureate: 925-417-6679 / m.meltzer@comcast.net
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