Entry Form - Fifteenth Annual Youth Poetry Competition

About the Competion

• Sixty finalists will each receive a medal and a copy of the poetry anthology.
• All finalists will be invited to an award ceremony on April 23, 2011, and will have their work published by the Dallas Public Library in a bound anthology.
• One finalist will be selected to receive the Joe M. and Doris Russell Dealey Fund Award of Achievement, and two finalists will each receive a Junior Award.
• All qualified poems will be judged on originality and structure.
• All qualified poems will be judged separately in the following grade categories: 2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, and 10-12.
• All finalists will be notified by mail by March 31, 2011.

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Rules . . . Please Follow Carefully

1. Poems must be the writer's own work and may not be submitted without the poet's knowledge and consent.
2. All poets must be in grades 2-12 and live in the City of Dallas or attend a Dallas school.
3. All entries must be received or postmarked (if mailed) by January 16, 2011. No entries will be returned.
4. Entries must not exceed 20 lines.
5. Only one entry per poet.
6. Electronic submissions are preferred. Please type in Microsoft Word using standard fonts.
7. Poems not submitted electronically must be typed or written in blue or black ink on the back of the entry form. Please do not staple poem to entry form. If the judges cannot read the poet's handwriting, the poem will be disqualified.
8. Poems accepted in English and in Spanish.
9. Decisions of the judging committees are final.
10. The poetry competition is not responsible for late, lost, damaged, incomplete, or misdirected mail.

Entry Form

Certifications

 I certify that the poem submitted is my own original work and is not copied from any source including books, magazines, textbooks, lyrics and Internet sources.

 I understand that if it is found that my poem is copied or plagiarized my poem will be disqualified from the competition and my school may be contacted by the poetry competition coordinators.

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Contact Information

Student Name 

Street address 

City 

State 

ZIP 

Home telephone number 

Alternate phone number 

Parent/legal guardian/teacher/librarian work telephone number 

Parent/legal guardian/teacher/librarian email address 

Age 

Grade 

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School Information

School name 

School address 

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Poem Submission

Title of poem 

NOTE: After you submit your poem, you will see a confirmation page with your poem appearing all on a single line. Do not worry! The version that we see will have the line breaks preserved. However, we will not see any special fonts, bold, italic, colors, etc.

Please type or copy and paste your poem here. Thank you!