AAPP Contest 4: Kansas Ghost Stories

The next Kansas Poetry Contest theme is Kansas ghost stories. Deadline: Thursday April 16, 2009, midnight. The goal is to write a poem (or poems) based on the given theme and e-mail to kansaspoetry@gmail.Each contest winner will receive a free book of poetry and/or Ad Astra broadsides. The Kansas Poet Laureate is the sole judge and reserves the right to choose based on her own aesthetic taste. Shorter poems (under 25 lines) are easier to post on the web. Please paste your poem into an email and also, if possible, attach a document file in WORD or Rich Text Format (RTF). Further details and examples of my own Kansas ghost poems are on the Kansas Arts Commission website: http://arts.ks.gov/ and http://www.kansaspoets.com/

AAPP Contest 3 Theme: Kansas Portrait(s)

Congratulations to the Ad Astra Poetry Contest #2 winners Jo McDougall, Leawood, and Gloria Vando, Mission Hills and L.A., in the professional category; and H.C. Palmer, Lenexa
Tom Mach, Lawrence Claudia Mundell, Carthage, Mo., and Solomon Valley Highway 24Heritage Alliance member; and Eli Jost , Lawrence, juvenile category.You can see their poems below.

The next theme is Kansas Portrait (s). Deadline: April 13, 2009, midnight. The goal is to write a poem (or poems) based on this theme and e-mail to kansaspoetry@gmail.com.

Each contest winner will receive a free book of poetry and/or Ad Astra broadsides. The Kansas Poet Laureate is the sole judge and reserves the right to choose based on her own aesthetic taste. I separate out “professional” poets—those who have published a book of poetry from a recognized press—for their own recognition. And I could not limit myself to just one in each category! This time I include a “juvenile” category as well. And please understand that all entries are winners—the acting of writing is its own success.Please paste your poem into an email (this works best) and also, if possible, attach a document file in WORD or Rich Text Format (so I can check linebreaks if there is a question). Further details and examples of my own poems are on the Kansas Arts Commission website: http://arts.ks.gov/.

AAPP KANSAS POETRY CONTEST #2: KS. TOWNS

Current theme is: Kansas Town(s)Deadline: April 9, 2009, midnight

The goal is to write a poem (or poems) based on the given theme and e-mail to kansaspoetry@gmail.com .

Each contest winner will receive a free book of poetry and/or Ad Astra broadsides. Winners will be posted on this blog and http://www.kansaspoets.com/ .
The Kansas Poet Laureate is the sole judge and reserves the right to choose based on her own aesthetic taste.

Please paste your poem into an email and also attach a copy in Rich Text Format (RTF), if possible. Further details and examples of my own landscape poems are on the Kansas Arts Commission website: http://arts.ks.gov/.

KANSAS POETRY MONTH CONTEST: LANDSCAPE-THEMED POEMS APRIL 1-5

Welcome to Poetry Month! For the Kansas Poetry Month Contests, throughout April, write a poem(or poems) based on the given theme and e-mail to kansaspoetry@gmail.com.

There will be two contests each week. Each contest winner will receive a free book of poetry and/or Ad Astra broadsides, and I will post winners on my blog http://deniselow.blogspot.com.

I will judge, and I reserve the right to choose based on my own aesthetic taste. However, the real reward is the joy of writing and participating in Poetry Month. I will enjoy reading new poems.

The first contest theme is Kansas Landscape. Please paste your poem into an email and also attach a copy in Rich Text Format (RTF). Further details are on the Kansas Arts Commission website: http://arts.ks.gov
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