Announcing the 2008 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest

Announcing the 2008 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest
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Assume Nothing Press, Bobbi Lurie, Brick Cave Media, Christine Bruness, Colin Galbraith, Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Contest, Deborah P Kolodji, DJ Monkey, Ellaraine Lockie, Horosho Dlia-Menia Publishers, Ink Publications, Jafansta, Inc, Jerry Garcia, Jonathan Penton, Katherine L. Gordon, Kingfisher Road Gifts, Larry O. Bubar, Layalama.com, LB Sedlacek, Lizzie Wann, Lovely Trinkets, Marie Lecrivain, Mary Kennedy Eastham, Mike Scheidemann, Poetic Matrix Press, Science Fiction Poetry Association, Skysaje Enterprizes, Southern California Haiku Study Group, Stacy Smith, The Compulsive Reader, The Poetry Market Ezine, The Ranfurly Review, Uphook Press, Water Forest Press, WinningWriters. com, Write Away Literary Services, www.benbarton. co.uk

for information on sponsoring this year's contest
CLICK HERE

It's our eleventh annual Poetry Contest featuring cash prizes and 37 sponsors who've donated over 100 additional prizes. Last year we were able to send every contest entrant a prize for participating and with even more prizes on this years roster, we're hoping to do the same.

Read below for all the Entry Guidelines, The Complete Prize List, The Judges, and the 2008 Contest Calendar.

____________ _____ Entry Guidelines ____________ _____

• The Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest Is open to all human beings on planet Earth. (except for the three judges)
• Enter as many poems as you like.
• Please include all entered poems in a single e-mail (not separate e-mails for each poem entered.)
• Poems may be of any style, length, or subject matter.
• Please paste poems as PLAIN TEXT into the body of ONE e-mail. Text formattings (such as bolding and italics) and colors and centering of poems ALWAYS make them more difficult to work with and usually don't appear on my screen the way they do on yours.
• Please include a separate list of your poem titles in your e-mail submission (un-numbered, not in quotes or any other outline form, one poem title on each line)
• Please do not send your poems double spaced. If your poems come to us double-spaced, we will not accept them and will ask you to re-send them single spaced.
• Poems must be e-mailed to Contest@PoetrySuper Highway.com
• WE DO NOT ACCEPT ATTACHMENTS. The text of your poems must be pasted as PLAIN TEXT INTO THE BODY OF AN E-MAIL.
• This contest is separate from weekly Poet of the Week consideration though submissions for Poet of the week consideration must be separate from Contest Submissions and the same poems may not be submitted for both.
• There is a One Dollar Per Poem (US Funds Only) entry fee.

____________ ________ Payment Options ____________ ________

1) PayPal

• Entry fee should be sent via PayPal to my PayPal payment e-mail address: Rick@PoetrySuperHig hway.com
  
  PayPal is free to use and you can make payments with your credit card. Head here to sign up if you don't already have an account: http://www.paypal. com/
  
  Include in the "Note" section of the PayPal form your
  
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....Name
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....Address
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....E-mail address,
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....and titles of poems you entered.

OR

2) Mail Your Payment

• We accept checks, money orders and international checks and money orders in US Funds made payable to "Rick Lupert"
• Mail your payment to::
  
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....Rick Lupert
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....15522 Stagg Street
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....Van Nuys, CA 91406
• Please DO NOT SEND HARD COPIES OF POEMS THROUGH REGULAR MAIL WITH YOUR PAYMENT. We only accept poems in the body of an e-mail and we will throw them away unread if you send them to us with your payment.
• Include with your entry fee, on a separate sheet of paper, your
  
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....Name
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....Address
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....E-mail address,
  ............ ......... ......... ......... ....and titles of poems you entered.

____________ ________ Deadlines Etcetera ____________ ________

• Deadline for postmarking entry fees (or paying them via PayPal) is Saturday, September 20, 2007.
• Regardless of when you postmark, your entry fees must be received by Friday, September 26, so if you're mailing your entry fee, please account for the amount of time it will take for your it to travel between your home and Los Angeles.
• This is a not for profit contest. All of the collected entry fees will be divided between the top three scoring poems (minus postage for mailing out additional prizes. See Prize List below)
• Once your entry fee is received, your poems will be sent with your name removed to the three judges who will score them 0 - 5 (5 being best).
• Your poems will not be forwarded to the judges until your entry fee is received.
• If you have any questions or need any of the contest details clarified, please e-mail Contest@PoetrySuper Highway.com

____________ _________ __ Prizes____________ _________ __

First Prize: 50% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH

Second Prize: 30% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH.

Third Prize: 20% of the entry fees collected plus winning poem featured on the PSH.

Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we are able to supplement the cash prizes with an impressive array of prizes which would be of interest to poets and writers.

The following prizes will be used to bolster first through third prize as well as distributed to other contest entrants.

Our goal is to be able to send every single person who enters the contest something.

If you're interested in becoming a sponsor to this years contest in exchange for promotional consideration, please click HERE for the details.

Additional Prizes:

Assume Nothing Press
http://assumenothin gpress.blogspot. com/
1 copy of the chapbook "Red Headed Eskimos" by LB Sedlacek.

www.benbarton. co.uk
http://www.benbarto n.co.uk/
1 copy of the chapbook "drop, anchor" by Ben Barton
1 copy of "The Red Book" by Ben Barton

Bobbi Lurie
1 copy of the book "The Book I Never Read" by Bobbi Lurie
1 copy of the book "Letter from the Lawn" by Bobbi Lurie

Brick Cave Media
http://www.brickcav emedia.com/
5 $10 Gift Certificates to the Brick Cave Media Online Store

Christine Bruness
http://www.chatnoir studios.com/
One signed copy the book "Imbalance, An Experimental Collection of Micro Stories and Poetry" by Christine McGuigan (author's maiden name)

Colin Galbraith
http://www.colingal braith.co. uk/
3 sets of: 1 signed copy of the chapbook, "Fringe Fantastic" and the e-book "Poolside Poetry" both by Colin Gailbraith

The Compulsive Reader
http://www.compulsi vereader. com/
1 month's online advertisement in The Compulsive Reader including a newsletter ad as well ($40 value).

Concrete Wolf Poetry Chapbook Contest Deadline 11/3/08
http://ConcreteWolf .com/
1 copy of the chapbook "Squeezers" by Alison Pelegrin
1 copy of the chapbook "Such Short Supply" by Michelle Brooks
1 copy of the chapbook "Tallahassee Letters" by Ryan G. Van Cleave
2 copies of the chapbook "The Grape Painter" by Lou Suarez

Deborah P Kolodji
http://dkolodji. livejournal. com/
1 copy of the book "Red Planet Dust" by Deborah P Kolodji
1 copy of the book "unfinished book" by Deborah P Kolodji

DJ Monkey
http://www.djmonkey .tk/ and/or http://www.myspace. com/joeyalkes
5 copies of the CD "Corporate Oil War, best of DJ Monkey" compilation

Ellaraine Lockie
1 copy of the chapbook, "Blue Ribbons at the County Fair" a collection of my first-place winning poems in poetry contests by Ellaraine Lockie

Horosho Dlia-Menia Publishers
1 copy of the book "The Breaking of the Glass" by Tovli Simiryan
1 copy of the e-book "Tiny Stories: The Inclusive Holiness of the Number Six" by Tovli Simiryan
1 copy of the e-book "Ester bat Shmuel Yosif v' Branah" by Tovli Simiryan

Ink Publications
http://www.inkpubli cations.com/
1 copy of the chapbook "The Halo Effect" by Eric Evans
1 set of 3 ink publications broadsides including "Crows" by Eric Evans, "Good Fortune" by Alicia Hoffman, and "Reap Eat" by Carly Christensen

Jafansta, Inc
http://www.jafansta .com/
1 framed poem "Procrastination" by Tonja Dudley Bagwell
1 framed poem "Humanitarian Deeds" by Tonja Dudley Bagwell
1 framed poem "Success" by Tonja Dudley Bagwell

Jerry Garcia
http://www.grateful notdead.com
3 original photographs by Jerry Garcia

Jonathan Penton
http://jonathan. unlikelystories. org/
10 copies of the book "Prosthetic Gods" by Jonathan Penton

Katherine L. Gordon
1 copy of  the book "Translating Shadows" by Katherine L. Gordon's poetry

Kingfisher Road Gifts
1 handpainted journal

Larry O. Bubar
1 copy of the book "Life Isn't Always A Be Of Roses" by Larry O. Bubar

Layalama.com
http://www.layalama .com/
1 copy of the book "Essence of Beauty", a collection of 24 poems, by Pushpa Ratna Tuladhar

LB Sedlacek
http://www.lbsedlac ek.com
1 copy of the chapbook "The Cat and the Carroll A. Deering and Other North Carolina Poems" by LB Sedlacek
1 copy of the chapbook "Alexandra's Wreck" by LB Sedlacek

Lizzie Wann
http://www.myspace. com/lizziewann
2 copies of the CD "A New Leaf" by Lizzie Wann
2 copies of the CD "A Wing & A Prayer" by Lizzie Wann

Lovely Trinkets
http://lovelytrinke ts.com/
4 $12 dollar gift certificates to Lovely Trinkets

Marie Lecrivain
http://www.poeticdi versity.org/
One copy of the book "The Painter," a narrative poem with illustrations by Marie Lecrivain and Aurora Antonovic.

Mary Kennedy Eastham
http://www.RP- Author.com/ MKE
1 copy of the boook "The Shadow of a Dog I Can't Forget" by Mary Kennedy Eastham now in its Third Printing

Mike Scheidemann
http://www.poetry- voices.8m. com/
2 copies of the 'Voices' anthology 2008 (250 pages of superlative poetry from Israel and abroad).
1 copy of the book "Singing in my Mind" - a didactic dance by Mike Scheidemann
2 copies of the book "Another Song, Another Eden" by Mike Scheidemann

Poetic Matrix Press
http://www.csusm. edu/profe
2 copies of the book "Driven into the Shade" by Brandon Cesmat

The Poetry Market Ezine
http://www.thepoetr ymarket.com/
1 four issue e-subscription to "The Poetry Market Ezine - Premium Edition."

The Ranfurly Review
http://www.ranfurly -review.co. uk
A feature in the Rainfurly Review consisting of 1) a selection of the poet's work, 2) an interviewm and 3) inclusion of any associated artwork/photography , including the front cover

Science Fiction Poetry Association
http://www.sfpoetry .com/
1 one-year membership in the Science Fiction Poetry Association

Skysaje Enterprizes
2 copies of the CD "Dragons Dance Volume One" by Lawrence Berger

Stacy Smith
http://srsmith25. tripod.com/ tranquilmoments/ index.html
1 copy of the book "Poems of Nature" Edited by Gail Harvey
1 copy of the book "Silent Voices: Recent American Poems on Nature" Edited by Paul Feroe
1 copy of the book "Grandmother Earth X: 2004" Edited by Patricia Smith & Frances Brinkley Cowden
1 copy of the book "Grandmother Earth XI: 2005" Edited by Patricia Smith & Frances Brinkley Cowden

Uphook Press
http://www.uphookpr ess.com/
2 copies of the anthology "A Cautionary Tale: Peer into the Lives of Seven New York Performing Poets."

Water Forest Press
http://www.waterfor estpress. com/
1 copy of the book "Literary House Review, 224 pages of brilliant short stories and engaging poetry."
1 copy of the book "Fast Food, Slow Mind" by Jacob Erin-Cilberto
10 copies of "A Hudson View Poetry Digest - Spring 2008 Issue
8 signed copies of the book "Like a Woman Falling" selected poems by Stephanie Pope

WinningWriters. com
http://www.winningw riters.com/
One year of online access to the Poetry Contest Insider database, with in-depth profiles of over 750 poetry contests, a $31.80 value.

Write Away Literary Services
http://www.geocitie s.com/ston_ bran
1 copy of the book "City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology" edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
1 copy of the book "Mooring Against the Tide: Writing Fiction and Poetry" by Jeff Knorr and Tim Schell

____________ _____ Meet Your Judges ____________ _____

• Gabrielle Mittlebach (Los Angeles, California)
  Gabrielle Mittelbach is a Los Angeles poet and the first place winner of the 2007 Poetry Super Highway poetry contest. She has had poetry published in journals such as Rattle and Nimrod. She is currently editing her first book of poetry called Kisses for the Possessed.
• Margot Lurie (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
  Margot Lurie lives in New York, where she works at Parnassus: Poetry in Review.
• PJ Nights (Brunswick, Maine)
  PJ Nights was born and raised in the wild and ravishing state of Maine, from which outpost she teaches physics, stargazes, and publishes and edits the quarterly journal, "from east to west: bicoastal verse." For her, poetry is less about the concrete and more about the emotional and spiritual, about the sense of wonder she gets from a unique image or a surprising use of language. No particular formula works to elicit a reader's "gasps", but those quick breaths of appreciation when a poet's intent strikes home are what she looks for in poems and hopes to achieve with her own. She writes to keep her brain from turning to mush, and, hopefully, to leave little bits of beauty in her wake.

____________ _____ 2008 Contest Calendar ____________ _____

• July 3: Contest begins
• July 7 - 13: Judges featured as Poets of the Week
• July 13, 2:00 pm (pacific): PSH Live Judges Event: Live broadcast where Judges will have the chance to read poems and discuss the contest and you can call in live and ask them questions. Click here for more info.
• September 20: Final deadline for contest entries. (Entry fees must be received by PayPal or postmarked by September 20 or they'll be returned.)
• September 27: Judges deadline for returning scored poems.
• October 2: Second round scoring deadline (in the event of tied scores.)
• October 5: 2pm (pacific) PSH Live Event: "Winners Announced" in a special broadcast. Listen to it live and if any of the winners happen to be listening, they'll be invited to call in and read their winning entries live on the air..
• October 6 - 12: Contest Winners featured as Poets of the Week.