The Chester River Association and the Kent County Arts Council are happy to announce the 4th Annual Pat Herold Nielsen Poetry Contest. The event will be held on March 7 at the Bookplate on Cross Street in Chestertown. The judge for the event is JoAnn Balingit, an award winning poet who is the 16th poet laureate of the state of Delaware. Details for submission are as follows.
Elegibility: The Nielsen Prize is open to anyone 18 or older residing in Kent or Queen Anne’s Counties.
Fine Print:
Deadline for submissions is Feb. 11
Poems must be unpublished and not previously submitted to this contest.
Length should not exceed one page.
Subject matter should reflect some aspect of the Chester River or a river and its environs.
Submit up to 3 poems in typed manuscript or electronic form.
Include name, address, e-mail address, and phone number on separate page.
E-mail submissions should be attached in a Word file or pasted into the body of the e-mail.
Do not include identifying information on poems themselves.
Submit poems to Marcy Ramsey
140 Bright Meadow Lane
Chestertown, MD 21620
[email protected]
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