May 18, 2011
Poetry
DC Spotlight Newspaper is happy to announce its first poetry competition. Are you a hot new poet waiting to be discovered? Is your poetry more compelling and passionate than most? Send us your poems. Poets can submit a maximum of five poems. Poets may reside within or outside the United States.
Topics of the poems: Open to the poet
Poetry contest guidelines follow:
Submission Period: May 1- July 25, 2011
Deadline: July 25, 2011
Submission Fee: $5.00 per poem
Review Period: July 25 – August 14, 2011
Announcement Date: Winners announced on August 15, 2011
Awards:
First Place
• $100 and front page photo announcement in the DC Spotlight newspaper
• feature article and video interview in the DC Spotlight newspaper
• award certificate
• published poem in the DC Spotlight newspaper
Second Place
• $50 and Photo/Mention in DC Spotlight newspaper/poem published
Third Place
• $50 and Photo/Mention in DC Spotlight newspaper/poem published
Send submissions to:
Send check or money order made payable to DC Spotlight
DC Spotlight Newspaper
P. O. Box 10844
Silver Spring, MD 20914
Submission:
• Send two copies of each poem.
• Each poet can submit up to 5 poems.
• Author’s contact information should appear on all copies of the poems.
• Poems must be single sided with a font size of 11 or 12.
• Poems not adhering to submission guidelines will be discarded without notice to sender.
• Due to the volume of submissions, poems will not be returned.
* Include the following contact information with each poem: name, address, email address, and telephone number.
The winners will be announced by email and on the front page of the DC Spotlight newspaper.