THE WEDNESDAY CLUB
OF
ST. LOUIS

Awards Reception
April 11, 2012 at 1:oo pm

ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST      

ELIGIBILITY: *Adults over 18; living within a 50-mile radius of St. Louis.

*Any person having won first prize in the contest twice within the last five years is ineligible for further cash awards but may be cited for honors.

RULES: *Submit TWO TYPED COPIES of TWO poems, which have never been published or won an award.

*Use 8 1/2 x 11 paper with no more than one poem to a page.

*Sign with pen name ONLY.

*Type real name, address, e-mail address and telephone number on a separate sheet of paper and enclose with poems.  No manuscripts returned.

SEND TO: Carol Layton; ORIGINAL POETRY CONTEST; 112 Swan Ave.; St. Louis, MO  63122

PRIZES:  $400,  $200, $100

JUDGE: MARK HALLIDAY, PH.D.   

*Renowned critic and author of five books of poetry, the most recent being  Keep This Forever                    
* Awarded the 2001 Rome Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
*Served as the 1994 poet in residence at The Frost Place
*Included in several annual editions of The Best American Poetry series and the Pushcart Prize anthology
*Received a Guggenheim Fellowship
*Has his Ph. D. and is a professor at Ohio University

JUNIOR POETRY CONTEST

ELIGIBILITY: High School Students in grades 10 through 12 in High Schools in St. Louis and the St. Louis area.

RULES: Submit TWO original poems. Send THREE copies of each poem, one poem to a page. Students should sign each poem in the upper left hand corner with a PEN NAME. On a separate sheet of paper, student should sign REAL NAME, STREET ADDRESS, ZIP CODE, EMAIL ADDRESS, NAME OF SCHOOL, and TEACHER'S FULL NAME and EMAIL ADDRESS and seal in envelope with PEN NAME ON OUTSIDE.

Entries must be submitted through the school’s English Department and must follow the rules.  No manuscripts will be returned.

SEND TO: Betty Smith, Junior Poetry Contest, c/o Joan Kniest, 12040 Conway Rd., St. Louis, MO  63131

EMAIL: bettyjs@charter.net or JJKniest@charter.net

JUDGE: BILLY COLLINS

*Poet Laureate of the U.S. from 2001-2003 and Poet Laureate for New York State in 2002
*Published many poetry collections, the most recent published in 2011-Horoscopes for the Dead
*Recipient  of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation
*Recipient of Mark Twain Prize for Humor in Poetry
*Chosen Poet of the Year in 1994 by Poetry magazine
*Called "The most popular poet in America" by the New York Times
*Distinguished Professor of English at Lehman College