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FIRST-EVER Poetry Contest at Beyond Baroque!

© Emily Winters

The cherished heart of L.A.’s poetry community is conducting its first-ever poetry contest. All poets of our region [California poets only] will benefit from boosting Beyond Baroque at a time of urgent financial need. Winners will further benefit from cash prizes and the reading/reception held in their honor. There can be no losers.

Prizes: $500, $250, $100

Final Judge: Tony Barnstone (Professor at Whittier College, NEA Fellow, Pushcart Prize winner)

CONTEST RULES

1. Submit up to three unpublished poems, 40-line limit.

2. All themes and styles welcome.

3. Deadline September 1, 2010 (postmarked)

4. No ID on poems. Cover sheet must include poet’s name, address, phone, e-mail address and poem titles.

5. Send entries, including $15 reading fee, to:

Beyond Baroque Contest
681 Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

Checks payable to Beyond Baroque 7. No SASE [stamped, self-addressed envelopes]. Poems will not be returned.

Note: A reading/reception will be held for the three cash winners and five top finalists at Beyond Baroque on Sunday, October 17, 2010.

THANKS TO OUR SPONSORS:

Anonymous
Mary Armstrong
Marjorie Becker
Nels Christenson
Conflux Press
Bill Hickok & Gloria Vando
Sherman Pearl
Ellen & Herb Reich
Carol Stagers
Lynne Thompson

A LITTLE ABOUT BEYOND BAROQUE

Beyond Baroque is one of the United States’ leading independent Literary/Arts Centers and public spaces dedicated to literary and cultural production, contact, interaction, and community building. Founded in 1968, it is based in the Old Town Hall in Venice, California, near the Pacific Ocean. It offers a program of readings, free workshops, publishing, bookstore, archiving, and education.

The Center launched its own imprint, Beyond Baroque Books, in 1998, dedicated to emerging, overlooked, out of print, and experimental writing, as well as the history and legacy of experimental and alternative writing, poetry, and the arts in Los Angeles.

Call 310.822.3006 for more information.
www.beyondbaroque.org

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