Poetry Contests & Gannon University and the Erie County Poet Laureate Initiative 2010

Poetry contests sponsored by Gannon University and the Erie County Poet Laureate Initiative

Two contests: one for students in grades 9 through 12 who live outside of Erie

County, Pennsylvania, and one for students in grades 9 through 12 who live in

Erie County, Pennsylvania.

Rules

• Each student may enter up to 3 poems, totaling no more than 6 pages.

• Poems may be about any topic and in any form and must be the original work

of the student.

• Poems must be typed.

• The student’s name, address (including county), phone number, and grade in

school must appear in the top left corner of each poem.

• The student’s school, school’s address, school’s phone number, and teacher’s

name must appear in the top right corner.

• Poems will not be returned; students should not send their only copies.

• Poems must be postmarked by February 1, 2010.

Details are here : http://www.gannon.edu/departmental/english/poetry.asp

Information on more contests is in the Members' Section of the YAAGroup.org.

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