Human Rights Poetry Contest

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Poets for Human Rights announces the 3rd Annual Anita McAndrews Award
Poetry Contest and the 3rd Annual Alexander Popoff Youth Award Poetry
Contest.

Both contests offer $100 first prize.

Entries for both contests should relate to the Universal Declaration
of Human Rights. Poets are encouraged to visit www.youthforhumanrights.org
and watch the 30 short videos (Watch the Ads tab) to familiarize
yourselves with the 30 articles of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights.

Anita McAndrews Award Poetry Contest is open to anyone. $1 per poem
reading fee. Send 2 copies of each entry (one copy with poet’s name,
one “blind” copy without poet’s name.) Include a cover sheet with your
name, address, phone number, email address, and poem title(s). Make
reading fee checks payable to Artists in Action International. Send
entries to Artists in Action International, P.O. Box 63, Clearwater,
FL 33757-0063.

Alexander Popoff Youth Award Poetry Contest is open to poets aged 17
and younger. Submissions are limited to one entry per poet. There is
no reading fee for entries. Email your entries to sta...@yahoo.com,
with “Youth Award entry” in the subject line. Include your name,
address, telephone number, email address, age, school and grade.

Submissions deadline for both contests is Saturday, November 15, 2008.
Winning poems will be read at the annual Universal Declaration of
Human Rights anniversary event in December (date and location to be
announced.)

For more information about either contest, contact sta...@yahoo.com