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Poet's Roundtable of Arkansas

 “Poetry: Journeys of the Mind”

61ST Annual Poetry Day in Arkansas

 Honoring: Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni

OCTOBER 17, 2009  *  Little Rock, Arkansas

 

POETRY DAY OFFICIALS

Area Hotels :
Candlewood Suites
I-40 & Hwy. 65
behind WalMart: 877-898-1719
$94(night)

Super 8 Motel
I-40 & Hwy. 65
behind WalMart: 501-505-8880
$56 per night

POETRY DAY EVE PROGRAM LOCATION

AETN, Conway:: Exit 129 off I-40, west on Dave Ward Dr. to light/UCA sign, turn right on Donaghey.  Pass soccer field and Sesame St. Left on Powell St. and park in lot across from AETN entrance.  Map available at www.aetn.org.

 

 Friday, October 16, 2009

4:00 P,M,            Welcome/overview of programs/services, tour facilities; refreshments.
5:15                    Overview of educational services to schools (AETN/PRA partnership honoring student poet winners on Scholar
5:30 P.M.            Reading of WW II veteran's poetry and display of poems and other memorabilia from oral history of over 500 Arkansas Veterans.
6:30 P.M.            Adjourn (dinner on your own)

 

 

POETRY DAY WORKSHOP, LOCATION

The Cox building and parking lot are located two blocks east of the Main Street Bridge and one block south of President Clinton Avenue.  The Cox Building is across the street from the Downtown Central Arkansas Library at 100 Rock Street.  (Third floor meeting room)


Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009
9:00 A. M.            Refreshments/book sales and autographs
9:30 A. M.            Poetry Workshop by H.K Stewart, MFA in Creative Writing in Poetry   
10:30 A. M.          Break
10:40 A. M.          Resume workshop
11:30 A. M.          Lunch in the River Market
1:00 A. M.            Business meeting, program and awards  

 WORKSHOP POEMS

To have poems critiqued, mail 1 or 2 to Workshop Chair: John Murphree, 700 East 9th St. Apt 7D, Little Rock, AR 72202

 TO JOIN PRA

Mail $20 ($15 for seniors over 65 or students under 18) 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 15, 2009 to Barbara Longstreth Mulkey, 9317 Claremore, Little Rock, AR 72227.

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 21 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 (carbon or reproduction) 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 21 – 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: Arkansas churches then or now. Form: Any. Line limit: 60 – 100. Chair: Helene Stallcup.

2. Opal Jane & Harry O'Neal Memorial Award:
$50/$35/$25, HM $20/$10/$10. Subject: The Great Depression. Form: Ballad. Line limit: 32. Chair: Ben H. O'Neal III.

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

4. Veda Carter Memorial Award:
$50/$25/$15, HM $5/$5. Subject: My Whacky Friend. Form: Any. Line limit: 24. Chair: Jeanie Carter.

5. Longstreth Memorial Award:
$25/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any serious subject. Form: Merickli. Line limit: 5. Same as limerick, but not bawdy or frivolous. Chair: Barbara Longstreth Mulkey.

6. Mary Keller Memorial Award:
$30/$15/$10. Subject: Sisters. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 36. Chair: Nina J. Tillery.

7. Mary Lou Gipson Memorial Award:
$30/$15/$10. Subject: Natural beauties of Arkansas. Form: Traditional rhyme. Line limit: 24 or less. Chair: Roundtable Poets of Hot Springs.

8. Arkansas Poet Laureate Award:
$25/$15/$10, HM Books. Subject: Poem about Dad. Form: Shakespearean sonnet. Strict sonnet form (iambic pentameter). Line limit: 14. Chair: Peggy Caudle Vining.

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

Open to PRA Members Only

 

10. Bob and Faye Williams Jones Award:
$50/$25/$15, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 40. Chair: Faye Williams Jones.

11. Norton Family Memorial $50/$25/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Childhood revisited. Form: Rhymed. Line limit: 50. Chair: Marilyn Camden Norton.

12. In Memory of Ann Talley Kinnaird: $50/$30/$20. Subject: What makes you joyful. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 36. Chair: Poets Roundtable of Hot Springs.

13. Opal Jane & Harry O'Neal Humor Award:
$50/$30/$20. Subject: New babies. Form: Sonnet. Line limit: 14. Chair: Ben H. O'Neal III.

14. Lucy Babcock Memorial: $35/$20/$15, HM $10/$10/$10. Subject: Perseverance. Form: Any. Line limit: 40. Chair: John W. Crawford.

15. Hot Springs Poets Award:
$30/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 24. Chair: Roundtable Poets of Hot Springs.

16. Crowson Award:
$25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 32. Chair: Don Crowson.

17. Jere Howell Award:
$25/$20/$5, HM Books. Subject: Any. Form: Limerick. Line limit: 5. Chair: Delta Poets.

18. Florence M. Gibbs Memorial: $25/$10/$5. HM Books. Subject: Rahab (from the Bible). Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair Betty Heidelberger.

19. Dee Bailey Award:
$25/$10/$5, HM Books. Subject: Newspaper article. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Delta Poets.

20. LilAnn Award:
$25/$10/$10, HM Books. Subject: Light & happy. Form: LilAnn. Line limit: 8. Iambic pentameter A1A2bcbcA2A1. Chair: Carrie Quick

Open to All Poets

21. Sharp Award; $80/$50/$30, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 44. Chair: Cathy Moran (See Contest Rule #3).

22. Cortland Auser Memorial Award:
$30/$25/$20, HM $15/10/$5. Subject: Any. form: Etheree. Line limit: 10. Etheree: 1st line-1 syllable; 2nd line-2 syllables; etc. to 10th line-10 syllables. Chair: Diane Auser Stefan.

23. Caden Double-Judged Contest (one set of awards by each judge): $25-$25/$15-$15/$10-$10. Two awards for first, second, third, HM. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 30. Chair: Ann Carolyn Cates.

24. Minute Award:
$50/$30/$30. 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.

25. Edward E. Stallcup Memorial Award:
$50/$15/$10. Subject: Patriotism. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Helene Stallcup.

26. LovePat Press: $25/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 40. Chair: Pat Laster.

27. Arkansas Memories Award:
$25/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Strongest memory of Arkansas. Form: Any. Line limit: 30. Chairs: Terrel & Ann Carolyn Cates.

28. Saline County Branch Award:
$25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Saline County Branch .

29. Walter Wise Memorial Award:
$25/$15/$10. Subject: Best Dad. Form: Free verse or rhymed. Line limit: 30: Chair: Faye Boyette Wise.

30. Baker Nichols Award; $25/$15/$10. Subject: Why I Love America. Form: Blank verse. Line limit: 36. Chair: Freeda Baker Nichols.

 

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