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And the 2008 winners are:
1st Place Grand Prize:
Ancient Soil
by Lawrence Ridley
Merit Award Winners
(in no order of rank)
The Illumination of Being
by Dianalee Velie
THROAT OF THE POND
by Eileen Malone
Masterpiece
by Brian Seay
BEAUTY
by Michael Shorb
Broken Country
by T.M. Göttl
carbon copy
by L.J. Moore
Subsequent Us
by Elizabeth Kuzara
BARN
by Leland James
Minutes Are Fireworks
by Jen McClanaghan
Collateral Damage
by N. Colwell Snell
Enter the Poetry Book here for the
published poems.
2877 entries
We will award $2500 in total prizes, including the $1000
cash grand prize. 10 Merit Award Winners will receive
$150 writing instruments.
Submission Period
Entries accepted June 1-Nov 30 (postmark dates), 2008.
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What to Submit
Original, unpublished poem of any theme. Limit of
2 entries per contestant. Entries should not exceed 100
lines each.
Prizes
First Prize, $1,000 cash and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com
Ten Merit Award Winners, each to receive a $150
Franklin-Christoph writing instrument, and publication
on Franklin-Christoph.com. Winners announced by April
13th, 2009.
Entry is Free
There will be no fee or other obligation for entering
this contest.
Deadline
November 30, 2008. Your entry must be postmarked or
submitted online by this date.
Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poems online or by mail. Provide your contact
information within your email, or on a separate cover
sheet if submitting by mail. Be sure to include your
actual name and address, as we will not be able to send
prizes to alternate names and addresses after winners
have been announced. It is okay to use a pen name
with the poem as well, and we will review with you how
you would like your specifics to read before
publication. If your poem contains
complex formatting, such as centered text or italic
type, we recommend submitting by mail. Please make your
entry easy to read — no illustrations, fancy fonts or
decorative borders.
How To Submit
Email to
clientservice@franklin-christoph.com
by either pasting within message or attachment.
or mail to:
Franklin-Christoph Poetry
Contest
7511 Mourning Dove Rd. Ste. 104
Raleigh, NC 27615
Please include a cover letter (or email) with your name
and contact number. The poem itself should not contain
your name or any contact information. We will hold
original copies at our headquarters, and submit anonymous copies
to our panel of judges.
Entries Must Be Original and Unpublished
Your entries must be original, written by you,
unpublished (either in print or in an online journal),
and not have received a monetary award from any other
contest. Self-published work is not eligible.
Exceptions: Poems posted to the web outside of online
journals, such as to a bulletin board, email list,
personal web page, critique site or public forums are
eligible for entry. Please
email us
if you're unsure of eligibility. Our staff will research
all submissions for prior publication.
Simultaneous Submission Allowed
You may submit your poems simultaneously to this contest
and to other contests and publishers. Please notify us
if one of your entries wins an award in another contest
or is published elsewhere.
English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other
languages are not eligible.
Privacy
We respect your privacy. Franklin-Christoph does not
sell or rent customer or contestant information to third
parties.
Copyright
You retain the copyright to your submission. If you
place as finalist or better, Franklin-Christoph only
requests permission to publish your work on Franklin-Christoph.com,
in our email publications and in our press releases. Any
other potential use will be negotiated with you.
Judging
Franklin-Christoph will utilize a panel of independent
judges from a staff at a local college. Members of the
FC Staff, or other economically affiliated persons are
not eligible to enter.
Form
We are open to poetry in all forms, on all subjects,
short or tall, large or small.
Thank you for you participation, and we look
forward to receiving you entry.
We will not solicit
entrants in any way other than to confirm entry and
announce winners. If you would like to join our Client
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