2008 WPA Poetry Contest Submission Guidelines

Cascade: Journal of the Washington Poets Association

And

The William Stafford Award

All members of the Washington Poets Association are eligible and encouraged to submit poems to Cascade: Journal of the Washington Poets Association, an annual, juried collection of poetry. Poetry will be blind judged by a panel of independent judges. Top selections (one poem per selected poet) will be published in the journal. All WPA members will receive a copy of the journal, regardless of whether they submit poetry or whether one of their poems is selected. This is our way of saying thanks for being a member and supporting our mission to inspire the creation and appreciation of poetry.

Rules

• Cascade will begin accepting submissions on March 15, 2008. Deadline for submissions is May 15, 2008.
• You must be a member of the Washington Poets Association to submit poems. [::join here::]
• You may submit up to two previously unpublished poems.
• All poems will automatically be entered in the Stafford Award. Please see the Stafford Award guidelines below for more information.
• Submit your poems via email to cascadejournal@gmail.com
• The subject line of your email should say: Cascade Journal submission.
• Attach your poem(s) to your email in the form of either Word documents (.doc), plain text documents (.txt), rich text files (.rtf) or open document format (.odt).
• Please attach two copies of each poem to your email, one with your name, address, phone number and email information, and one with no identifying information.
• In the body of your email, please include your name, address, phone number and the title(s) of your poem(s).
• Washington Poets Association will acknowledge receipt of your poems by automatic reply to your email submission.

William Stafford Award

The William Stafford Award, begun in 1972, is the Washington Poets Association's longest-running and most-prestigious poetry contest. For 2008, the WPA is changing the process by which it chooses the Stafford contest winners. Instead of our receiving entries submitted with a fee, Stafford winners will be chosen from poems submitted to the WPA's annual journal, Cascade. The award is therefore open only to WPA members (although anyone may join), and will require no entry fee. The judges will automatically consider all poems submitted to Cascade for the Stafford Award. Prizes are $150 for first place, $100 for second place, and $75 for third place. Judges will be announced soon. To submit to the 2008 Stafford Award, please see the Cascade submission guidelines. The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2008.

The William Stafford Award will award prizes of $150, $100, and $75 and will have two additional, unpaid honorable mention awards.

• The award is open only to members of the Washington Poetry Association. [::join here::]
• There is no entry fee.
• Submission of any poem to Cascade: Journal of the Washington Poets Association automatically enters that poem in the Stafford Award contest. There is no other way to enter the contest.
• Please refer to and follow the submission guidelines for Cascade: Journal of the Washington Poets Association.

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