NATIONAL CONTESTS | Poetry Society of New Hampshire
POETRY SOCIETY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
National Contests
Lynne Birdsall
PO Box 1615
Concord, NH 03302-1615
Please note limit is forty lines. Name and address must appear in the upper right hand corner of the copy on which they appear. NO identification is to appear anywhere on the second copy.
The Poetry Society of New Hampshire sponsors four National Contests open to all poets, members or not. Judges for the contests are not members of the Poetry Society of New Hampshire. Prizes are awarded to four places, 1st place, $100, 2nd place, $50, 3rd and 4th places $25 each. Winning poems will be published in our quarterly magazine, The Poets Touchstone, and winning poets will receive one copy of the issue in which their poems appear. Rights revert to the author after publication.
Guidelines
Entries that do not meet the guidelines will not be considered or returned.
Poems must be postmarked by the deadline date.
Subject and form are open.
Length limited to 40 lines.
One poem per page.
Poems must be typed.
Two copies of each poem, one with NO identification (no name, no address), the other with the name and address in the upper right corner.
#10 SASE for winners list only. Poems will not be returned.
Entry fee is $3 for the first poem, and $2 each for others. Entries limited to 5 poems per poet per contest.
Poems must not be previously published, have won a prize, nor be currently entered in another contest.
Poems must be postmarked by the deadline date. Deadlines are: August 15th, November 15th and February 15th, May 15th.
Mail poems and check payable to the Poetry Society of New Hampshire to me at the address above.
The Poetry Society of New Hampshire is a non-profit, membership organization dedicated to the promotion of poetry. While we are headquartered in the granite state, we offer all poets, wherever they live, opportunities for publication in the quarterly journal The Poets Touchstone, anthologies (most recently The 2008 Poets Guide to NH and The Other Side of Sorrow, Poets Speak Out About Conflict, War, and Peace), and the occasional chapbook. We sponsor contests, including a quarterly national contest which offers publication and monetary prizes totaling $1000 per year. I will paste below the guidelines for that. We also host readings, open mics, workshops and collaborative events, most recently a celebration of the Kalevala.
We have nearly 250 members, many from New Hampshire, some from as far away as Greece, a few Canadians, and a few prisoners serving life sentences. Our membership also includes Pulitzer Prize winners and National and State Poets Laureate. We are hoping to grow our organization by opening the door to as many poets as possible, so we are inviting you to consider an annual membership for $20. Checks made payable to the PSNH can be sent to the Treasurer at PO Box 637 Farmington, NH 03835. Sample copies of The Poets’ Touchstone are available for $6. The society can be reached at
Yours in Poetry!
Patricia Frisella
President
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