St. Louis Poetry Center announces the 2010 Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest
First prize, $50. Second prize, $35. First, second, and third prize and honorable mention winners will be invited to perform their poems at the annual poetry concert in late May, 2010. Winning poems will be published in a chapbook available at the concert.
There is no entry fee. Eligible poets must be high school students living within 100 miles of St. Louis.
Guidelines: Submit up to 3 unpublished poems, any form and length, signed with pen name only. Enclose a 3 X 5 index card with pen name, author's real name, address, phone, email (if available), high school, teacher’s name (if s/he encouraged submission or poetry writing) and the titles of poems submitted. Mail entries to: St. Louis Poetry Center, High School Contest, 567 North & South Road, #8, St. Louis, MO 63130-3938. ENTRIES MUST BE POSTMARKED BY March 1, 2010.
JUDGE: The judge for this year's contest will be Sally Van Doren, an award-winning poet who has taught creative writing for Springboard to Learning in the St. Louis Public Schools. She curates the Sunday Poetry Workshops for the St. Louis Poetry Center and will teach at the 2010 Summer Writers' Institute at Washington University.
Announcements of the Beverly Hopkins Memorial Contest will be sent to English department heads in the region. If you teach high school or know someone who does who would like an announcement sent directly, please let us know by e-mailing the contest coordinator at (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
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