Poet's
Roundtable of Arkansas
Poet's
Roundtable of Arkansas
Presents: The 60th Observance of National Poetry Day in Arkansas
“Poetry: Voice of the Heart”
In Honor of: Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni
Featuring: Dr. Johnny Wink, Professor of English, Ouachita Baptist University
PRA President: Barbara Longstreth Mulkey
Poet Laureate: Peggy Vining
Poetry Day Hosts: Roundtable Poets of Hot Springs
OCTOBER 19-20, 2007 * HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS
The celebration will be held at the
Comfort Inn, 3627 Central Avenue
Hot Springs, AR 71913 * Phone: 501-623-1700
Rooms (Single or Double) $89.00, plus tax
for two beds with complimentary breakfast.
Reserve by Sept. 13, if possible. AARP members receive 10% discount.
Comfort Inn is located down a lane between the Dixie Café & Walgreens.
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To have poems critiqued, mail 1 or 2 to Marilyn Norton; 7 Emanuel Lane; Hot Springs Village, AR 71909 by September 24.
Mail $15 ($12 for seniors over 65 or students under 18) to Cathy Moran, Membership Chair; 401 Auburn Drive; Little Rock, AR 72205.
(Note: Categories 1 through 9 are open to Arkansas residents, only.
Categories 10 through 14 are open to PRA members, only.
Categories 15 through 24 are open to ALL poets.)
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 bridges, old or new. Form: Any. Line limit: 60 - 100. Chair Dennis Price.
2. Opal Jane & Harry O'Neal Memorial Award: $50/$35/$25, HM $20/$10/$10. Subject: Love. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Ben H. O'Neal III.
3. Baxter County Poetry Association Award: $50/$35/$25, HM $10/$5/$5. Any subject; any form. Line limit: 40. Chair: Baxter County Branch (Debra Dail)
4. Norton Family Memorial Award: $50/$25/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Childhood Revisited. Form: Rhymed. Line Limit: 50. Chair: Marilyn Camden Norton
5. Rosa Zagnoni Marinoni Award: $50/$30$20. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 36. Chair: Paula Marinoni.
6. Lucy Babcock Memorial Award: $35/$20/$15, HM $10/$10/$10. Subject: Endurance. Form: Any. Line limit: 40. Chair: John W. Crawford.
7. Mary Lou Gipson Memorial Award: $25/$15$10, HMs Book. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line limit: 30. Chair: (Hot Springs C.D.) Marcia Camp.
8. Mildred W. McKinney Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line limit: 24. Chair: Mildred McKinney.
9. Alwin and Kathleen Kaule Award: $30/3 HMs. Subject. Compassion. Any form. Chair: Kathleen Kaule.
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. Opal Jane & Harry O' Neal Award: $40/$30/$15, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Humorous. Form: Any. Line limit: 12. Chair: Ben H. O' Neal, III.
12. Saline County Branch PRA Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Our Town. Form: Any. Line limit: 32. Chair: Saline County (Faye Wise).
13. Walter Wise Memorial Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: First date with spouse-to-be. Form: Free Verse or Rhymed. Line limit: 24. Chair: Faye Williams Wise..
14. Quatrain Award: $25/$10/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Iambic pentameter Quatrain. Line limit: 4. Chair: Delores Hinde.
15. Tom Lavender Memorial Award: $100/$50/$20, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Any. Form: Blank verse narrative (iambic pentameter, no rhyme). Line limit: 50. Poets may enter up to 5 entries in this category. (See Contest Rules 2 & 3) Chair: Maureen Lavender.
16. Sharp Award; $80/$50/$20. Subject: Any. Form: Free verse. Line Limit: 38. Poets may enter up to five entries in this category (See Contest Rules 2 & 3). Chair: Cathy Moran.
17. Cecil Tillery Memorial Award: $30/$20/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: A man in my life. Form: Free Verse (must use imagery). Line limit: 36. Chair: Nina J. Tillery.
18. Lucille R. Longstreth Memorial Award; $25/$15/$10, HM $5/$5/$5. Subject: Peace. Form: Briolette (Each stanza contains a tercet and a couplet in Iambic Tetrameter/Rhymed aaabb, etc.) Line limit: 20. Chair: Barbara L. Mulkey.
19. Ann Carolyn Cates Award: $30/$20/$10. Subject: Grandsons (honoring Zachary, Austin & Allen). Form: Any. Chair: Ann Carolyn Cates.
20. Roundtable Poets of Hot Springs Award: $25/$15/$10, HMs: book. Subject: Any. Form: Rhymed. Line limit: 16. Chair: Hot Springs Poets (Bethel Kay Kymes).
21. Haiku Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Nature. Form: Traditional. Line limit: 3. Chair: Magdalene Collums.
22. Sonakit Award: $25/$15/$10. Subject: Any. Form: Shakespearean Sonnet with two lines of Free Verse between stanzas. Line limit: 20. Chair: Kitty Yeager.
23. Baker Award: $25/$10/$5. Subject: Family. Form: Any. Line limit: 28. Chair: Freeda Baker Nichols.
24. Poetry Day Eve Award: $50/$30/$20, HMs:Book. Subject: Any. Form: Any. Line Limit: 35. Must be present to win. Chair: Verna Lee Hinegardner.
1. Mail all entries and fees in one envelope by September 10, 2007 (postmark) to Verna Lee Hinegardner, Apt. 109, Villa Central Apts, Hot Springs, AR 71913.
2. PRA members’ entry fee of $8 covers all categories for which they are eligible. The non-member fee is $10. Make check or money order payable to "Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas."
4. Submit one typed original and one copy (carbon or reproduction) for each category 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 the original, unpublished work of the poet and not under consideration for publication.
6. Submit only one poem in each category (with exception of contests 15 & 16- see Rule #3). Last year's first place winner may not enter the same category 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. No entry will be published.
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.