STUDENT CONTEST
Students of all grades, you are invited to submit your original poetry for a chance to win cash prizes! The contest deadline is March 1,
2012. Click here for the 2012 Kentucky State Poetry Society Student Contest brochure.
Students of all grades, you are invited to submit your original poetry for a chance to win cash prizes! The contest deadline is March 1,
2012. Click here for the 2012 Kentucky State Poetry Society Student Contest brochure.
Awards and Winning Poems:
- Awards for winning poems are presented at the Annual Awards Banquet in October of each year. Those not present receive their
awards by mail. - First place poems are published annually in the Prize Poems Issue of Pegasus, the KSPS journal. Copies may be purchased by
sending $3.50 per copy (KSPS members receive one copy of Pegasus at no charge). Mail request and payment** to: Miriam
Woolfolk, Pegasus Editor, 101 S. Hanover Avenue, #5C, Lexington, KY 40515. **DO NOT SEND CASH
| * CONTEST ENTRIES WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED VIA POSTAL SERVICE -- NO ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED AND ENTRIES SENT VIA EMAIL WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED. |
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ADULT CONTEST
The KSPS adult poetry contest is an open contest with the exception of the Chaffin/Kash Award category, which is reserved for KSPS
members. With the exception of the Grand Prix and the Chaffin/Kash Award categories, other contest categories are, depending upon
sponsors, subject to change each year. KSPS members also enjoy a discounted entry fee rate for all categories (other than the Grand
Prix and the Chaffin/Kash Award). The contest brochure is made available in the Spring of each year with a deadline of June 30th.
Members receive the Contest Brochure in the Spring edition of the KSPS newsletter. KSPS members receive a winners list with their
Fall newsletter; all others may obtain winners list from either the website or by request via postal carrier (requires a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to receive by mail).
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 2011 KSPS ADULT CONTEST BROCHURE!
(requires Adobe Reader. Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Reader)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JUNE 30, 2011
For information about the 2011 adult contest, contact Sheri L. Wright at kasperfriend@yahoo.com or write to Sheri at 114 South Bayly
Ave. #1, Louisville, KY 40206. If requesting return correspondence from Irma via postal carrier, please include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.
The KSPS adult poetry contest is an open contest with the exception of the Chaffin/Kash Award category, which is reserved for KSPS
members. With the exception of the Grand Prix and the Chaffin/Kash Award categories, other contest categories are, depending upon
sponsors, subject to change each year. KSPS members also enjoy a discounted entry fee rate for all categories (other than the Grand
Prix and the Chaffin/Kash Award). The contest brochure is made available in the Spring of each year with a deadline of June 30th.
Members receive the Contest Brochure in the Spring edition of the KSPS newsletter. KSPS members receive a winners list with their
Fall newsletter; all others may obtain winners list from either the website or by request via postal carrier (requires a self-addressed,
stamped envelope to receive by mail).
CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE 2011 KSPS ADULT CONTEST BROCHURE!
(requires Adobe Reader. Click here to download the latest version of Adobe Reader)
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS: JUNE 30, 2011
For information about the 2011 adult contest, contact Sheri L. Wright at kasperfriend@yahoo.com or write to Sheri at 114 South Bayly
Ave. #1, Louisville, KY 40206. If requesting return correspondence from Irma via postal carrier, please include a self-addressed,
stamped envelope.