Indiana Nature Poetry Contest

Deadline: September 30, 2008

Entry fee: $1 per poem

Poetry Awards:

1^st  place: $40, Mounds State Park T-shirt, and publication in chapbook

2^nd place: $25 and publication in chapbook

3^rd place: $10 and publication in chapbook

Honorable mentions: publication in chapbook

Rules:

Entries must be by Hoosiers and must be about the natural world. Poems must be no longer than 40 lines. Unpublished poetry submissions preferred, but previously published work is acceptable if the rights belong to the author. No limit on number of entries submitted.

To enter, submit one typed copy of each poem. Enclose an entry page with your name, address, telephone number, email if applicable, title of all entries and amount of fees enclosed. If your work is to be considered for publication, you must put on the entry page that you give your permission to have your work published in the chapbook and that you are the author of the poetry and own the rights to it, in the event it is chosen. Students may enter, but if their work is to be considered for publication, a parent or guardian must sign the entry page stating that permission is given to have the student’s work published in the chapbook, in the event it is chosen. (Note: The name of the city in which each published author lives will be included in the chapbook.) All rights to the poetry remain with the author.

Publication of the chapbook will be through Shadowpoetry.com and publication fees are not cheap. So there is an entry fee of $1 per poem entered to help out on the cost of publication. Authors of top twenty poems will receive a complimentary copy of the chapbook. All royalties from the chapbook will go directly to Mounds State Park of Anderson, Indiana.

Mail entries postmarked by September 30, 2008 to:

Poetic Nature in the Hoosierland                           Drop off at:

ATTN: Stacy Smith                           Mounds State Park Visitors Center 

2700 Chippewa Dr.              or                      4036 Mounds Rd.

Anderson, IN  46012                                   Anderson, IN  46017

Make all checks payable to Stacy Smith (D/B/A Poetic Nature in the Hoosierland).

Send a SASE for Winners List or visit this website. No entries will be returned.