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Prizes And Awards
The Cash prize so far for June 1, 2012 is $2.00
Each entry that's sent in adds another dollar to the pot!
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Competition Rules and Requirements:

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Your entry must be accompanied by an Entry Form (found at bottom of page) and the required entry fee. If you are entering more than one poem, you may mail all entries in the same envelope; however, each entry must be on its own page.

Accepted Poetry: All poetry regardless of form or context so long as it is in English. We will also accept Prose Poetry, Lyrics, and Haiku and other short forms of poetry. Please do not send us any Novels/Short Stories/Chapbooks!

2. Your entries must be original (your own) and written in English!  Do NOT send us any plagiarized material, in part or in full.

3. Your entries may either be typed or hand written, so long as they are legible. Entries may be folded and put into a regular letter envelope, we do not require them to be mailed flat, as entries are not judged on presentation or quantity, but the quality of the poem itself.

4. We do not require a cover letter or a brief biography, however, if you wish to send these, you may.

5. You must be at least 13 years or older in order to enter this competition.

6. We accept previously published work so long as you yourself have maintained the rights to it. We also accept simultaneous submissions. If the poetry you have submitted has been published or has been submitted elsewhere, please state where and when on the poems page.
2007 Winner s
* Helen McInerny
- In His Hands -

* Joanne Cucinello
- He's Gone -

2008 Winners
*Joseph Meckes
- Grandpa's Love -

*Peter Joseph Adams
- They Soon Forgot The
Cosmonaut -


2009 Winners
*Kilian McDonnell
- At Dusk -

* Joanne Cucinello
- Early Riser -

2010 Winners
* James Kenneth Waltzer
- To Escape -
* Charlene Rene Geist
- Avalanche -

2011 Winners
* Penny Carson
- Honky-Tonk-Bar-Fly -
* Amanda Diane Wilmong
- Farmers Daughter -

2012 Winners
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The Poet Sanctuary's Certificate Of Excellence Poetry Award Competition
Deadlines: Summer Competition - June 1, 2012    Winter Competition - December 1, 2012
A new competition will run twice per year. Entries must be postmarked depending on deadline dates.

Current Competition Deadline is:
June 1, 2012
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Entry Fee
The more you send, the more you may win!
There is a small fee to enter this competition. The entry fee is $1.00 per poem. All fees should be paid in the form of US funds. All entry fees will be put into a pot, so to speak, and the winning poet for each quarter receives what was brought in. Under no circumstances do these fees generate a profit on our behalf. You may submit as many poems to this competition as you like so long as the entry fee per poem is included.
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How To Enter
This competition can be entered via postal mail only!
We will not accept online payments to enter this competition!
Competion is open to both US Residents and Non-US Residents

Required: < Please Click Here To Print Out The Mail In Entry Form >
Accepted Payments: Money Order or well concealed Cash
(We're no longer accepting personal checks due to too many being returned/bounced.)
These forms of payments MUST be in US Funds!

Poems will not be returned unless you have included a SASE!   (Self-addressed Stamped Envelope).
CASH !$! (The competition, due to past years entries, usually brings in $50.00 or more as a cash prize! We update the pot every couple of weeks as entries start rolling in so the pot amount may actually be HIGHER than shown!)  The winning poem will also be published in our Poetize Magazine. Winner also receives a FREE copy of Poetize Magazine in which their poem is printed in. (Poetize is published in August each year.)