POLISH AMERICAN POETS ACADEMY CHAPBOOK CONTEST HOW TO ENTER THE POETRY CONTEST: 1. This contest is open to everyone who is 16 years old and older. It does not matter what country you live in. You may be a published poet or an unpublished poet. 2. Submit 25-40 poems in English or Polish, up to forty (40) lines each. Poems may be rhymed or free verse, but must not have been published previously or have won any prize in any previous competition of any kind. 3. Include a cover letter with complete contact information (name, address, telephone, email address) and a brief biography. We prefer E-MAIL SUBMISSIONS. Send your submission as the attachment to: jpiipapa@mail or contact@e-businesscardexchange, or bcegmo@outlook . 3. Entry fee: $25/manuscript. Please, no more than 2 manuscripts by the author. Make check/Money Order payable to: Polish American Poets Academy, Inc. and send to: Polish American Poets Academy, PO BOX 3163, Wallington, NJ 07057 or to: BCE, PO BOX 11513, Denver, CO 80211, USA. Attn. PAPA. We also accept the Western Union and Paypal money transfer. (Please contact us for the further information.). No entry fee for JPII PAPA members. (To learn more about JPII PAPA membership, please visit: e-businesscardexchange section JPII PAPA) 5. Deadline: DECEMBER 31, 2013. 6. Make sure to send only copies of your poems (not originals) as manuscripts will be destroyed following the competition. 8. Winners will be contacted via email or regular mail and announced on our websites: e-businesscardexchange and e-businesscardexchangeco in section JPII PAPA, on February 28, 2014. 9. All entries become the property of JPII Polish American Poets Academy, Inc. and Business Card Exchange Group & Media Online (a main sponsor of JPII PAPA), and JPII PAPA and BCEG & MO reserve the non-exclusive right to use all poems in publications or for promotional purposes. 10. All poets retain copyright and all other publication rights to their work. We place no restrictions on the rights of winners to publish or sell their work elsewhere following the announcement of prizes. 11. Prizes will be sent by first class postal mail. GRAND PRIZE: $500, 10 copies of the author’s chapbook and 1 yr. membership* SECOND PRIZE: $300, 5 copies of the author’s chapbook and 1 yr. membership* THIRD PRIZE: $100, 3 copies of the author’s chapbook and 1 yr. membership* Other prizes and recognition are also offered. 12. Poems will be judged by an independent committee of poets under the administration of Polish American Poets Academy and Business Card Exchange Group & Media Online. 13. Contact information: jpiipapa@mail and contact@e-businesscardexchange . * free JPII Polish American Poets Academy is non-profit organization with 501 (c) (3) status (tax-deductible donations). All forms of support would be greatly appreciated.
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