Announcing the 2021 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest!

[Rick Lupert]

Announcing the 2021 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest s p o n s o r e d   b y Ain't Got No Press • Alexandra Umlas • Amélie Frank • Angele Ellis • Angélique Jamail, Author • Arroyo Seco Press • Author & Book Promotions • Beakful & Urtica • Betsy Mars • Bill Cushing • Carey Link • Carol Carpenter • Charlie Brice • Chris Vannoy • Christian Garduno • Christopher Nielsen • Chuck Peek • Compulsive Reader • Daniel S. Irwin • David Flynn • Dreams & Nightmares Magazine • Guinotte Wise • Ink Publications • Jonathan Yungkans • Joshua Corwin • Lannie Stabile • Larry O. Bubar • Lawrence Berger • LB Sedlacek • Lesléa Newman • Linda Kleinbub • Lummox Productions • M. J. Arcangelini • Mary Langer Thompson • Muddy River Poetry Review • Neil Leadbeater • Randal A. Burd, Jr. • Rohini Sunderam • Rolland Vasin • Ron Kolm • Samantha Terrell • SFPA - Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association • Sibling Revelry Poetry • Silver Birch Press • Space Cowboy Books • Susan Tutors • Susana H. Case • Suzanne O'Connell • Sybaritic Press • Tebot Bach • Tina Hacker • Unlikely Books • Voices Israel Group of Poets in English • Winning Writers It's our twenty-fourth annual Poetry Contest featuring cash prizes and 54 sponsors who've donated 209 additional prizes.  Last year we were able to send every contest entrant a prize for participating and we're hoping to do the same this year. (Click here for information on sponsoring this year's contest.) Read below for all the Entry Guidelines, The Complete Prize List, The Judges, and the 2021 Contest Calendar. Entry Guidelines | Prizes | Meet Your Judges | 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. Previously published poems are eligible. Poems may be of any style, length, or subject matter. 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. Poems are sent to the three contest judges with your name removed. The judges score each poem from 0-5 using quarter point intervals. (0, .25, .5, .75, 1, 1.25, 1.5, etc...) Poems are sent to judges only after you fill out the Contest Entry Form and we have received your payment. To enter gather your poems into a single document (either Word .doc, .docx or RTF): Do not include your name in the document. Please use a basic font such as Times New Roman, Helvetica or Arial. Click here to go to the entry form. Deadlines Etcetera The Deadline to enter is Saturday, September 18, 2021. If you are paying by check, the deadline for postmarking your entry fee is Saturday, September 18, 2021. Regardless of when you postmark, your entry fees must be received by Wednesday, September 22, 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 Con...@PoetrySuperHighway.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. In addition, contest sponsors Rolland Vasin and Lummox Productions have each donated $300 (total $600) which will be added to the prize poet divided by the three winning poets. Also, 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: Ain’t Got No Press www.poetrysuperhighway.com 1 copy of the book “The Tokyo-Van Nuys Express” by Rick Lupert Alexandra Umlas 2 copies of the book “At the Table of the Unknown” by Alexandra Umlas Amélie Frank 1 copy of the book “Beyond The Valley of the Contemporary Poets 1997 Anthology” 7 copies of the book “Beyond The Valley of the Contemporary Poets 1998 Anthology” 6 copies of the book “Beyond The Valley of the Contemporary Poets 2001 Anthology” 17 copies of the book “Beyond The Valley of the Contemporary Poets 2002 Anthology” 11 copies of the book “Beyond The Valley of the Contemporary Poets 2003 Anthology” 6 copies of the book “Beyond The Valley of the Contemporary Poets 2004 Anthology” Angele Ellis https://www.linkedin.com/in/angele-ellis-03985a31/ 3 original Shakespearean-style sonnets written by Angele Ellis for a special occasion. 8″ x 10″ PDF format. Suitable for printing and framing. Angélique Jamail, Author www.AngeliqueJamail.com 1 copy of the book “Finis.” by Angélique Jamail 1 copy of the book “Homecoming” by Angélique Jamail 1 copy of the book “The Sharp Edges of Water” by Angélique Jamail 1 copy of “Sonic Chihuahua zine” (volume 2, issue 1) Arroyo Seco Press www.arroyosecopress.org 10 Copies of the book “Leave With More Than You Came With” by Christian Lozada and Steven Hendrix Author & Book Promotions www.author-promotions.com 2 copies of the book “Becoming: The Life & Musings of a Girl Poet” by Nadia Janice Brown Beakful & Urtica urticalitblog.blogspot.fr 1 book of the winners choice published by Beakful 1 book of the winners choice published by Urtica Betsy Mars https://marsmyst.wordpress.com/ 1 copy of the anthology “Floored” edited by Betsy Mars featuring 27 poets from around the world 1 copy of the book “In the Muddle of the Night” by Betsy Mars and Alan Walowitz 1 copy of the book “Alinea” by Betsy Mars Bill Cushing 2 copies of the book “Music Speaks” by Bill Cushing Carey Link 1 set of the three books “To Light a House of Bones”, “Through the Kaleidoscope” and “I Walk a Frayed Tightrope Without a Safety Net” by Carey Link Carol Carpenter 1 copy of the book “In the space we leave behind” by Carol Carpenter 1 copy of the book “Love and Besides” by Carol Carpenter 1 copy of the book “Open Sky” by Carol Carpenter Charlie Brice 1 copy of the book “All the Songs Sung” by Charlie Brice Chris Vannoy https://www.facebook.com/cvannoy777 2 copies of the book “What is BEAT” by Chris Vannoy Christian Garduno https://gumroad.com/christiangarduno 2 copies of the book “Digital Pompeii: The Lost MySpace Archives” by Christian Garduno. Christopher Nielsen https://christophernielsenpoetry.com/ 2 copies of the book “A Kaleidoscope of Love” by Carla Joy Martin Chuck Peek 1 copy of the book “Nebraska–Conflicting Reports” by Chuck Peek Compulsive Reader http://www.compulsivereader.com 1 one-month advertisement of your book in Compulsive Reader. Daniel S. Irwin 1 copy of the book “East of Bengazi” by Daniel S. Irwin David Flynn 2 copies of the book “Selected Poems” by David Flynn Dreams & Nightmares magazine https://dreamsandnightmaresmagazine.blogspot.com/p/submission-guidelines-i-print-primarily.html 3 One-year (3-issue) PDF subscriptions to the venerable speculative-poetry magazine “Dreams and Nightmares” Guinotte Wise www.wisesculpture.com 2 copies of the book “I Was In The Vicinity” by Guinotte Wise Ink Publications https://inkpublications1.wixsite.com/mysite 1 copy of “The Anatomy of a Cratedigger” by Eric Evans Jonathan Yungkans 3 copies of the book “Beneath a Glazed Shimmer” by Jonathan Yungkans Joshua Corwin www.joshuacorwin.com 2 copies of the book “Becoming Vulnerable” by Joshua Corwin 1 Featured Podcast Interview on Assiduous Dust Lannie Stabile http://www.cephalopress.com/good-morning-to-everyone/ 2 copies of the book “Good Morning to Everyone Except Men Who Name Their Dogs Zeus” by Lannie Stabile Larry O. Bubar 1 copy of the books “Poetry of War” volumes 1 and 2 by Larry Bubar Lawrence Berger https://www.linkedin.com/in/lawrenceberger/ 1 copy of the book “Instant Poetry (Just add words!)” by “Laughing” Larry Berger LB Sedlacek http://www.lbsedlacek.com 1 copy of the book “The Poet Protection Plan” (nonfiction) by LB Sedlacek 1 copy of the book “Red Headed Eskimos and Other Poems” by LB Sedlacek 2 copies of the book “For the Love of Poetry, LB Sedlacek is a Woman” by LB Sedlacek 1 copy of the book “Star Maps” by LB Sedlacek Lesléa Newman https://lesleanewman.com/ 1 copy of the book “I Carry My Mother” by Lesléa Newman 1 copy of the book “I Wish My Father” by Lesléa Newman Linda Kleinbub https://www.instagram.com/lindakleinbub/ 2 copies of the anthology “The Silver Tongued Devil” Edited by Linda Kleinbub & Anthony C. Murphy Lummox Productions www.lummoxpress.com $300.00 added to the prize poet divided by the winning poets. M. J. Arcangelini https://mjarcangelini.bandcamp.com/merch 1 copy of the book “What the Night Keeps” by M.J. Arcangelini 1 Copy of the book “A Quiet Ghost” by M.J. Arcangelini Mary Langer Thompson 1 $15.00 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble Muddy River Poetry Review 1 book of poetry from Zvi Zesling’s Personal Library Neil Leadbeater 2 copies of the book “Reading Between the Lines” by Neil Leadbeater Randal A. Burd, Jr. http://theedgeofmemory.com 2 signed and numbered copies of the book “Memoirs of a Witness Tree” by Randal A. Burd, Jr. (Kelsay Books, 2020) Rohini Sunderam https://fictionpals.wordpress.com 1 copy of the book “Twelve Roses for Love” by Rohini Sunderam Rolland Vasin $300.00 added to the prize poet divided by the winning poets. Ron Kolm 7 copies of the book “Swimming in the Shallow End” by Ron Kolm Samantha Terrell http://SamanthaTerrell.com 2 copies of the book “Vision, and Other Things We Hide From” by Samantha Terrell SFPA – Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association www.sfpoetry.com 2 one-year memberships with the SFPA includes 4 issues of Star*Line, The Rhysling and the Dwarf Stars Anthologies (Digital only PDFs) Sibling Revelry Poetry siblingrevelrypoetry.newwindpublishing.com 5 copies of the book “Hand on My Heart: Poems” by Anara Guard 5 copies of the book “Red Thread Through a Rusty Needle” poetry by Gay Guard-Chamberlin Silver Birch Press https://www.silverbirchpress.com/ 20 copies of the book “Gerald Locklin: New and Selected Poems (1967-2007)” by Gerald Locklin Space Cowboy Books http://www.spacecowboybooks.com 2 copies of the book “Betelgeuse Dimming” by Jean-Paul L. Garnier Susan Tutors 5 copies of the children’s book “The Missing Toe Cylinder” by Susan Taylor Susana H. Case www.susanahcase.com 2 copies of the book “Body Falling, Sunday Morning” by Susana H. Case Suzanne O’Connell www.suzanneoconnell-poet.net 1 copy of the book “A Prayer For Torn Stockings,” by Suzanne O’Connell 1 copy of the book “What Luck,” by Suzanne O’Connell Sybaritic Press https://www.sybpress.com/ 2 copies of “Gondal Heights: A Bronte Tribute Anthology” edited by Marie C Lecrivain Tebot Bach http://tebotbach.org 2 copies of Spillway 29 guest edited by Lynne Thompson and Patricia Smith Tina Hacker 2 copies of the book “GOLEMS” by Tina Hacker Unlikely Books https://www.unlikelybooks.org/ 1 copy of the book “fata morgana” by Joel Chace 1 copy of the book “Typescenes” by Rodney A. Brown 1 copy of the book “Political AF: A Rage Collection” by Tara Campbell 1 copy of the book “The Deepest Part of Dark” by Anne Elezabeth Pluto 3 copies of the book “Swimming Home” by Kayla Rodney 3 copies of the book “The Mercy of Traffic” by Wendy Taylor Carlisle 3 copies of the book “Cantos Poesia” by David E. Matthews 1 copy of the book “anonymous gun.” by Kurtice Kucheman 1 copy of the book “Ghazals 1-59 and Other Poems” by Sheila E. Murphy and Michelle Greenblatt 1 copy of the book “brain : storm” by Michelle Greenblatt 1 copy of the book “Definitions of Obscurity” by Vernon Frazer and Michelle Greenblatt 1 copy of the book “ASHES AND SEEDS” by Michelle Greenblatt 1 copy of the book “pleth” by j/j hastain and Marthe Reed Voices Israel Group of Poets in English www.voicesisrael.com 2 copies of the book “A Second Decade of Poems” published by Voices Israel – selections from that decade’s annual anthologies Winning Writers https://winningwriters.com/ 2 copies of the book “Bullies in Love” by Jendi Reiter, signed by the author . Meet Your Judges Taylor Byas (Cincinnati, Ohio) Taylor Byas is a Black Chicago native currently living in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is now a third year PhD student and Yates scholar at the University of Cincinnati, and an Assistant Features Editor for The Rumpus. She was the 1st place winner of both the Poetry Super Highway and the Frontier Poetry Award for New Poets Contests. Her work appears or is forthcoming in New Ohio Review, Borderlands Texas Poetry Review, Glass, Iron Horse Literary Review, Hobart, Frontier Poetry, SWWIM, TriQuarterly, and others. Her chapbook, Bloodwarm, is forthcoming from Variant Lit this summer. She is represented by Rena Rossner of The Deborah Harris Agency. Kathleen Holliday (Salish Sea, Washington) Kathleen Holliday lives on an island in the Salish Sea in Washington State. Her writing has appeared in The Bellingham Review, The Blue Nib Literary Magazine, Cathexis Northwest Press, Common Ground Review, Ocotillo Review, Poetry Super Highway, SHARK REEF, and The Write Launch. She is a graduate of Augsburg University, Minneapolis, MN. Her debut chapbook, Putting My Ash on the Line, was published by Finishing Line Press in 2020. Two of her poems, “Indoor Life” and “The Wine-Dark Sea” top ten scoring poems in the Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contests 2019 and 2020. Her poem, Boatman, Pass By, was a finalist in the Fish Poetry Prize 2021, judged by Billy Collins. Some of her published work can be read and heard at: www.kathleenholliday.com Jonathan Yungkans (Los Angeles, California) Jonathan Yungkans is a Los Angeles-based writer and photographer who earned an MFA from California State University, Long Beach while working as an in-home health-care provider, an occupation he continues to this day. His work has appeared in High Shelf Press, MacQueen's Quinterly, Panoply: A Literary Zine, San Pedro Poetry Review, Synkroniciti and other publications. His second poetry chapbook, Beneath a Glazed Shimmer, won the 2019 Clockwise Chapbook Prize and was published by Tebot Bach in 2021. 2021 Contest Calendar June 30: Contest begins July 5-11: Judges featured as Poets of the Week July 11, 2:00 pm (pacific): PSH Live Judges Event: Live broadcast via Zoom and Facebook Live, where Judges will have the chance to read poems and discuss the contest and you can ask them questions. More info on how to join in coming soon. September 18: Final deadline for contest entries. (Entry fees must be received by PayPal or Venmo, or postmarked by October 5 or they'll be returned.) September 24: Judges deadline for returning scored poems. October 12: Second round scoring deadline (in the event of tied scores.) October 3: 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 4-10: Contest Winners featured as Poets of the Week.