Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas

“Poetry Can Be Fun"

62ST Annual Poetry Day in Arkansas

Honoring: Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni

OCTOBER 15, 2010 - Hot Springs, Arkansas

POETRY DAY OFFICIALS

Conference Chair: Ann Carolyn Cates
Contest Chairman: Betty Heidelberger
Speaker: Jim Barton
Treasurer: Marcia Camp
PRA members may send up to two poems to be critiqued by September 1 to: Ann Carolyn Cates
Contact for Information: 7471 Greenbrook Pkwy..
Southaven MS 38671

Featuring: Jim Barton, PRA member, Prize-winning poet and writer

Friday and Saturday,
October 15 & 16, 2010
Comfort Inn
3627 Central Ave. (Hwy. 7) just off MLK Expressway
Hot Springs, Arkansas
501-623-1700

PRA President: Betty Heidelberger
Poet Laureate: Peggy Vining
Poetry Day Sponsor:
Poetry Day Chair

POETRY DAY PROGRAM LOCATION

Hot Springs,Arkansas, at the
Comfort Inn,3627 Central Ave.(Hwy 7)
just off the MLK Expressway.
501-623-1700

Friday, October 15, 2010

POETRY CAN BE FUN

Friday, October 15, 2010
6:30 p.m. Registration
7:00 Read-around of Humorous Poems. Can be original or famous ones to share.
7:45 Presentation of Poetry Day Eve Award
8:00 Break, refreshments and visitation.
8:30 Sing-along to Funny Songs led by Dr. John Crawford

POETRY CAN BE WORK

Saturday, October 16, 2010
9:00 a.m. Registration
9:30 Poetry speaker - Jim Barton
10:30 Break
10:45 Workshop – Critique poems by Jim Barton, Dr. John Crawford & Ann Carolyn Cates
11.30 Lunch on your own

POETRY CAN BE REWARDING

1:00 Business meeting & Awards Presentation

Patrons

$2,000 & up: Sybil Nash Abrams Trust.
$200 & up: Ben H. O'Neal III.
$100 & up: John W. Crawford, Verna Lee Hinegardner, Bob and Faye Williams Jones, Paula Marinoni, Cathy Moran, Marilyn Norton, Diane Stefan, AR Central Library System.
$50 & up: Don Crowson, Delta Poets, Betty Heidelberger, Pat Laster, Mildred McKinney, Saline County Branch, Helene Stallcup, Nina Tillery, Peggy Vining, Faye Boyette Wise, South AR Poets of the Pines, Jeanie Carter, Delores Hinde, Bethel Kymes, Roundtable Poets of Hot Springs, Kate Lacy, Dennis Patton, Laura Loughridge, Mary & Kitty Sangster.

At the time of Charles Abrams’ death in March, he requested that memorials go to the Sybil Nash Abrams Trust. SNA Awards began in 1969.

Poets’ Roundtable Membership: Regular membership - $20; Seniors (65) and students - $15. Mail to: Cathy Moran, Membership Chair, 401 Auburn Drive, Little Rock AR 72205.

CONTEST RULES

1. Mail all entries and fees in one envelope by September 1, 2010 to Betty Heidelberger, 4371 Hwy, 316 North, Lexa. AR 72355

2. Non-members may enter all contests for which they are eligible for $15. Members may enter for $10. Make check or money order payable to "Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas."

3. Contest 16 only: Contestants may enter up to 5 poems, but $1 fee for each poem. This $1 to $5 fee is over and above the regular entry fee.

4. Submit one typed original and one copy for each contest entered with no illustrations or embellishments on entries. Place number and name of award in upper left corner of both copies. On duplicate only, place name and address in upper right corner (address label accepted).

5. All poems must be original, unpublished work of the poet and not under consideration for publication. Publication is defined as having an ISBN number.

6. Submit only one poem in each category (with exception of contest 16 – see Rule 3). Last year's first place winner may not enter the same contest this year if the contest is identical. No poem may be entered in more than one category.

7. No entries will be returned. All manuscripts will be destroyed.

8. Contest chairs are not necessarily judges.

9. Three honorable mentions will be awarded without prizes unless otherwise specified.

10. Entries not following rules will be disqualified.

CONTESTS

Open to Arkansas Residents Only

1. Sybil Nash Abrams Award:
$$1,000/$400/$250. Must be historically accurate. Enclose bibliography (not included in line count). First place winner ineligible to enter contest four years thereafter. Subject: The ghosts of Arkansas. Form: Any. Line limit: 60 – 100. Chair: Cathy Moran.

2. Opal Jane & Harry O'Neal Memorial Award:
$50/$35/$25, HM $20/$10/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 42. Chair: Ben H. O'Neal III.

3. Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Award:
$50/$30$20. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 24. Chair: Paula Marinoni.

4. Central Arkansas Library System Award: $50/$30/$20. Subject: Conservation. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Betty Heidelberger.

5. South Arkansas Poets of the Pines Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Traditional sonnet. Line limit: 14. Put name of sonnet type in top left corner. Chair: South Arkansas Poets of the Pines.

6. Arkansas Poet Laureate Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Mother. Form: Shakespearean sonnet. Strict sonnet form. Line limit: 14. Chair: Peggy Vining.

Open to PRA Members Only

7. Bob and Faye Williams Jones Award: $50/$25/$15, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 40. Chair: Bob and Faye Williams Jones.
8. Norton Family Memorial: $50/$25/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Childhood revisited. Form: Traditional rhyme. Line limit: 36. Chair: Marilyn Camden Norton.
9. Opal Jane & Harry O'Neal Humor Award: $50/$30/$20. Subject: Cooking. Form: Any. Line limit: 24. Chair: Ben H. O'Neal III.
10. Lucy Babcock Memorial: $30/$20/$15, HM $10/$10/$10. Subject: Endurance. Form: Sonnet. Line limit: 14. Chair: John Crawford.
11. Bill Keller Memorial Award: $30/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Step-dads make outstanding dads. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 36. Chair: Nina Tillery.
12. Mary Lou Gipson Award: $25/$15/$10, HM/ Books. Subject: A special friend. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 24. Chair: Jeanie Carter.
13. Ballad Story: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Ballad in rhyme with refrain chorus repeated. Line limit: 48. Chair: Delores Hinde.
14. Walter Wise Memorial Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Poet. Form: Rhyme or free verse. Line limit: 30. Write a poem about a poet in our Arkansas PRA, past or present. Do not identify person. Chair: Faye Boyette Wise.
15. LilAnn Award: $25/$10/$5, HM Booklet. Subject: Light & happy. Form: LilAnn. Line limit: 8. Iambic pentameter A1A2bcbcA2A1. Chair: Carrie Quick.

Open to All Poets

16. Sharp Award: $80/$50/$30, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 39. Chair: Cathy Moran (See Contest Rule #3).

17. Cortland Pell Auser Award: $30/$25/$20, HM $15/10/$5. Subject: Cobalt blue. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Diane Auser Stefan.

18. Florence M. Gibbs Memorial : $25/$15/$10. Subject: Grandchildren. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Betty Heidelberger

19. Minute Award: $50/$30/$20. Subject: Any. Form: Minute (12 lines, 60 syllables, 8444,8444,8444, in strict iambic meter; rhyme scheme, aa,bb,cc,dd,ee,ff; capitalized and punctuated like prose, capturing a slice of life). Chair: Verna Lee Hinegardner.

20. Hot Springs Roundtable Poets: $25/$15/$10, HM Books. Subject: Any. Form: Any rhymed form. Line limit: 24. Roundtable Poets of HS not eligible. Chair: Bethel Kymes.

21. Ann Talley Kinnaird Memorial Award: $25/$15/$10, HM Books. Subject: A favorite teacher. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 30. Chair: Roundtable Poets of Hot Springs.

22. Saline County Branch Award: $25/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Any rhymed. Line limit: 16. Chair: Saline County Branch .

23. Jere Howell Memorial Award: $25/$15/$10, HM Books. Subject: Little known historic fact. Form: Any. Line limit: 36: Chair: Delta Poets.

24. Andee Coco Award: $25/$10/$5. Subject: Leap and the net will appear. Form: Any. Line limit: 36. Be optimistic. Chair: Annetta T. Beauchamp.

25. D.L. “Dee” Bailey: $25/$15/$10/HM Books. Subject: The vanishing newspaper-who, what, where, why must be included. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 25. Chair: Delta Poets.

26. Mildred W. McKinney Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Lyric. Line limit: 24. Chair: Mildred W. McKinney.

27. Couchwood Award: $25/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Music. Form: Any. Chair: Pat Laster.

28. Baker Nichols Award: $25/$10/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Sonnet (Shakespearean). Line limit: 14. Chair: Freeda Baker Nichols.

29. Reflecting Robert Lewis Stevenson: $30/$20/$10. Subject: Any childhood memory or story. Form: In the style of “Escape at Bedtime.” Line limit: 16. Chair: Kate Lacy.

30. Cowboy’s Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: The Old West. Form: Rhymed. Line limit: 20. Chair: Dennis Patton.

31. L.C. and Pat Bridges Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Christian poetry. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 24. Chair: Laura Loughridge.

32. Ft. Smith Writers & Poets: $30/$20/$10. Subject: Nature. Form: Any. Line limit: 45. Chairs: Mary & Kitty Sangster. 33. Crowson Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Rhymed. Line limit: 24. Chair: Don Crowson.

~~~~~~Good Luck!!~~~~~