Annual
Spirit First Poetry Contest
Deadline: January 31, 2017(midnight)
First Prize: $200
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $100
Complete Guidelines:
Spirit First is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Meditation Poetry Contest. Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of Meditation or Mindfulness. Poems may reflect any discipline, any faith, or none. Poems must be previously unpublished. Poems not on the themes of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or sacred silence will be disqualified in the first round.
Enter up to three submissions. Poems beyond three submissions will not be considered.
Deadline: January 31, 2017(midnight)
First Prize: $200
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $100
Complete Guidelines:
Spirit First is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Meditation Poetry Contest. Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of Meditation or Mindfulness. Poems may reflect any discipline, any faith, or none. Poems must be previously unpublished. Poems not on the themes of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or sacred silence will be disqualified in the first round.
Enter up to three submissions. Poems beyond three submissions will not be considered.
Please
submit your poems by email unless you do not have access to the Internet. Poems
will be accepted by U.S. Postal Service for those who do not have access to
sending through the Internet. All others are requested to be emailed. Poems
sent by U.S. Postal Service will not be returned. Poems must be received by January 31, 2017.
Please
submit your poems all in one file or inside the
body of an email (rather than three poems in three separate files). Be
sure to include the author's name, address, telephone number, and email
address. There is no cost to enter this contest. Submissions must be received
no later than January 31, 2017. Please note: We are sorry to say we are unable to provide personal
evaluations/reviews of individual poems.
Winners will be announced on or before June 30, 2017, on the
Spirit
First website at www.spiritfirst.org. Winning
poems will be published on the Spirit First website, the Spirit
First Facebook page, the Spirit First blog, and in a Spirit
First newsletter (authors retain full rights to their poems).
How to submit:
By email: send to meditate@spiritfirst.org.
By U.S. Postal Service (for those unable to send by email), send to the following address:
Spirit First Poetry Contest
PO Box 8076
Langley Park, MD 20787
To all our participating poets, thank you for your beautiful words. We look forward to reading your poems!
By email: send to meditate@spiritfirst.org.
By U.S. Postal Service (for those unable to send by email), send to the following address:
Spirit First Poetry Contest
PO Box 8076
Langley Park, MD 20787
To all our participating poets, thank you for your beautiful words. We look forward to reading your poems!
