Brooklin Poetry Society's 2nd Annual Poetry Contest
Canadian poets are invited to submit up to 6 unpublished poems to the
Brooklin Poetry
Society's 2nd Annual Poetry Contest. The theme for the contest this
year is the place of nature.
Nature can be interpreted broadly to include the environment or human
nature.
What are the spaces for incorporating nature in our fast-paced world?
How do we conceptualize the term "nature"?
What spaces do we allow for human nature in the 21st century? Is there
room for nature in our modern-day cities?
How do you understand the theme of "the place of nature"?
Poets are free to interpret the theme as they wish.
Contest judge for 2019 is David Stones, winner of the Brooklin
Poetry Society's inaugural 2018 Poetry Contest.
A poet, performance and spoken word artist, David Stones resides in
both Toronto and Stratford, Ontario.
He transformed his first book of poetry, Infinite Sequels (2013), into
a one man show of the same name.
Hailed by London Free Press as a "brilliant and beautiful piece
of theatre," Stones performs Infinite Sequels
throughout Southern Ontario, with 12 shows slated for 2019, including
Hamilton Fringe and several shows in Stratford.
Stones' poetry has appeared in numerous print and on-line journals,
most recently Synaeresis (Harmonia Press),
Arborealis (Beret Day Books), Open Heart 13 (Beret Day Books), Universal
Oneness (AuthorsPress, India)
and Her Royal Majesty (Paris, France). He is currently preparing two
manuscripts for publication.
Submission fee is $5 for the first 3 poems, and $3 for each subsequent
poem, up to a maximum of 6 poems.
Cheques may be made payable to the Brooklin Poetry Society, and mailed
to Brooklin Poetry Society, 11 Bexley Court, Brooklin, ON, L1M 2C7.
Prizes: The winning poem will receive a $100 cash prize. The
second place prize is worth $75, and third place is $50.
Winning entries and honourable mentions will be published on the Brooklin
Poetry Society website in fall 2019.
Deadline to submit is midnight, Wednesday July 31st, 2019.
Submission guidelines: Submissions must be unpublished, and should
be in Times New Roman, 12 point font.
Maximum poem length: 80 lines (stanza breaks count as lines, titles
excluded from line count).
Author's name should not appear on the submission. Titles of poems and
author's name should be identified in an accompanying cover letter.
Only digital submissions are accepted. Please email your cover letter
and poems in one file attachment
to: brooklinpoetsoc@gmail.com. Please indicate in your letter where
you heard about the contest.