Announcing the 2006 Poetry Super Highway Poetry Contest
Rick Lupert
THE 2005 POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY POETRY CONTEST
this years contest is sponsored by:
Ann Murphy Fletcher, Anthony Liccione, Askew, Ben Barton, Charles
Levenstein, Collin Kelley, Corey Mesler, Creative Writers Network, Llc,
Damien Stednitz, Dj Monkey, Donna Kuhn, Evvy Garrett, Fort Worth
Haiku Society, J. Graham Publishing, Janet Mccann, Jerry Garcia,
Jonathan Penton, Juice Online, Katie Davis-Steward, Kaye Voigt
Abikhaled, Lb Sedlacek, Lori Romero, Lori Williams, Mannequin Envy,
Mary Kennedy Eastham, Michael Levy, Michelle True, Mindfire Renewed,
Mystery Island Publications, Poets For Human Rights, Princess Kadimah,
The 8th Prophetess of Israel, Prism Review at the University of La Verne,
Pun Night Lady Productions, Pushpa Ratna Tuladhar, Quill and
Parchment, Rochelle Ratner, Ruth Rice, Sacred Beverage Press,
Shamelessdiscountpoetry.com, Skysaje Enterprizes, Sundress
Publications, Sybaritic Press, Synergebooks, The Bowery Poetry Club,
The Compulsive Reader, The Other Voices International Project, The
Poetry Market Ezine, Vasin, Heyn & Company, Voices Israel English
Poetry Association, Weinberg Press, Wendy Grosskopf, Winning Writers
It's our ninth annual Poetry Contest featuring cash prizes and
55 sponsors who've donated 111 additional prizes. Last year we
were able to send every contest entrant a prize for participating
and with this years even roster of prizes, we're hoping to do the
same.
Read below for all the Entry Guidelines, The Complete Prize List, The
Judges, and the 2006 Contest Calendar
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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, 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 ask you to re-send them single spaced.
~ Poems must be e-mailed to Con...@PoetrySuperHighway.com
~ 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.
~ 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
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 entry fee.
~ Entry fee should be made payable and mailed to:
Rick Lupert
15522 Stagg Street
Van Nuys, CA 91406
or avoid stamp, check-writing, envelope, and mailing time by sending
entry fee via PayPal.
My paypal payment address is: Ri...@PoetrySuperHighway.com
It's free. Head here to sign up if you don't already to have an account.
https://www.paypal.com/refer/pal=KKJ6V4U6GLLYN
~ Include with your entry fee, your
Name
Address
E-mail address,
and titles of poems you entered.
(if you pay with PayPal, please include this within the note section of
the payment...if you're paying via regular mail, please include this on
a separate sheet of paper.)
~ Deadline for postmarking entry fees or submitting the entry fee
via PayPal is Saturday, October 7, 2005.
~ Regardless of when you postmark, your entry fees must be received
by Friday, October 13, 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 authors of the top three scoring poems.
~ 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
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COMPLETE SPONSOR AND PRIZE LIST
~ 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 singly person who enters the
contest something.
If you're interested in becoming a sponsor to this years contest in
exchange for promotional consideration, please visit the sponsor
information page at http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/pshcospo.html
Additional Prizes
(alphabetical order)
ANN MURPHY FLETCHER
1 set of 3 signed books of mine. "Mourning Becomes Electra", "Hot Moon
Night", and "Angels In Disguise".
ANTHONY LICCIONE
1 copy of the book Parched and Colorless by Anthony Liccione
ASKeW
1 one-year subscription to ASKeW Poetry Journal edited by Marsha de la O &
Phil Taggart (2 issues)
BEN BARTON
http://www.benbarton.co.uk
1 copy of "The Red Book" by Ben Barton
THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/
Entrance and a free beer for two to any poetry event at the Bowery Poetry
Club in New York City
CHARLES LEVENSTEIN
2 copies of the book Lost Baggage by Charles Levenstein
COLLIN KELLEY
http://www.collinkelley.com
One copy of "Slow To Burn" by Collin Kelley. Published by MetroMania Press
in a limited-edtion of 300 copies, each chapbook is hand-numbered and
signed by the author.
THE COMPULSIVE READER
http://www.compulsivereader.com/html/images/assessmentorderform.html
1 copy of the e-book ³The Art of Assessment: How to Review Anything e-book
for every contest entrant
COREY MESLER
http://www.coreymesler.com
1 copy of signed chapbook, Short Story and Other Short Stories, by Corey Mesler.
CREATIVE WRITERS NETWORK, LLC
http://www.CreativeWritersNetwork.com
1 free lifetime membership to CreativeWritersNetwork.com
DAMIEN STEDNITZ
http://damien.stednitz.googlepages.com
1 Copy of the book "The Science Fiction Poetry Handbook" by Suzette Haden Elgin
3 Copies of the book "On The Rise, I Guess" by Damien Stednitz
DJ MONKEY
http://squidmusic.com/djmonkey.html
3 copies of DJ Monkey's upcoming spoken word/music CD '3rd World War,' due
out July 4th.
DONNA KUHN
http://digitalaardvarks.blogspot.com
One copy of the book Typical girl by Donna Kuhn
EVVY GARRETT
http://www.evvygarrett.com
3 - copies of the eBook Confabulations by evvy garrett via email.
FORT WORTH HAIKU SOCIETY
http://members.aol.com/graphicfantasy01/index.htm
One two year membership to Fort Worth Haiku Society that entitles the
member to a year's Mimosa (newsletter), membership certificate, member
book and voting privileges.
JANET MCCANN
2 copies of the book "Looking for Buddha in the Barbed Wire Garden" by
Janet McCann
J. GRAHAM PUBLISHING
http://www.grahamducker.com
One copy of the chapbook "Poems" by The Pragmatic Poet
JERRY GARCIA
http://www.gratefulnotdead.com
3 Prints from Jerry Garcia's eclectic collection of scenic and still life
photography.
JONATHAN PENTON
http://www.unlikelystories.org
10 copies of "Blood and Salsa/Painting Rust," two chapbooks bound together
by Jonathan Penton
JUICE ONLINE
http://www.juice-press.com/poetry
1 Three CD Set of Gene Fowler reading his poetry classic "Fires"
1 CD version of 2005 Juice Online
KATIE DAVIS-STEWARD
2 copies of the book "The Beginning of the Tumbling" poetry by Katie
Davis-Steward
KAYE VOIGT ABIKHALED
http://www.verseandscreen.com/
5 copies of the book "Club des Poètes" by Kaye Voigt Abikhaled
1 copy of the book "Lyrics of Lebanon" by Kaye Voigt Abikhaled
LB SEDLACEK
http://lbsedlacek.blogspot.com/
1 copy of the chapbook "Hemlock Suicides Planned by Well-Dressed Men in
Suits" by LB Sedlacek
LORI ROMERO
http://tarecords.com/loriromero.html
1 $10 gift certificate to Amazon.com
LORI WILLIAMS
http://loriwilliams.homestead.com
1 copy of the book "The Women and the Men" by Nikki Giovanni
1 copy of the book "Primate Behaviour" by Sarah Lindsay
MANNEQUIN ENVY
http://www.mannequinenvy.com
2 copies of the book "zen poems" edited Manu Baano, illustrations by Andre
Sollier
MARY KENNEDY EASTHAM
1 signed copy of the book ³The Shadow of a Dog I Can't Forget² by Mary
Kennedy Eastham, M.F.A.
1 critique of a poem or short story by Mary Kennedy Eastham who teaches
BOOT CAMP Writing seminars and has been a judge in the 'The Soul-Making
Literary Competition' for the past eight years.
MICHAEL LEVY
http://www.pointoflife.com/
One signed copy of the new poetry book "Ultra - Violet Haiku De-Lights" by
Michael Levy
MICHELLE TRUE
http://www.MichelleAileneTrue.com/
3 signed copies of the book "True Reflections" by Michelle True
MINDFIRE RENEWED
http://www.mindfirerenew.com
1 $25 gift certificate at Amazon.com
1 copy of the book ³River Transformed² by Gary Blankenship
MYSTERY ISLAND PUBLICATIONS
http://www.mysteryisland.net/
1 copy of the limited signed edition book ³Intoxicated Detective No. 1² by
Bradley Mason Hamlin
1 copy of the limited edition book ³Piss on the Pope² by F.N. Wright
1 copy of the limited edition book ³Sleeping With Demons² by A.D. Winans
THE OTHER VOICES INTERNATIONAL PROJECT
http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/
1 section in the cyber-anthology The Other Voices International Projecte"
THE POETRY MARKET EZINE
http://www.thepoetrymarket.com/
1 copy of the e-book "The Poet's Survival Guide"
POETS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
http://www.poetsforhumanrights.org
5 copies of X Magazine
PRINCESS KADIMAH, THE 8TH PROPHETESS OF ISRAEL / ³THE SEXIEST CREATIVE
GENIUS IN HUMAN HISTORY²
http://www.poetryjewels.com/
A gift of the winner's choice from www.crushcrazy.com
PRISM REVIEW AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE
http://www.ulv.edu/creativewriting
5 one-year subscriptions to Prism Review plus current issue
2 free sets of Poetry Broadside Series
PUN NIGHT LADY PRODUCTIONS
2 chapbooks published by Pun Night Lady Productions with 2 other books
from other Canadian publishers. 4 books total)
Editorial assistance for one manuscript
PUSHPA RATNA TULADHAR
http://www.layalama.com/
2 copies of the book "Quientessence of Quiescent" by Pushpa Ratna
Tuladhar, a poet from Nepal.
QUILL AND PARCHMENT
http://www.quillandparchment.com/
1 one year gift subscription to Quill and Parchemnt
ROCHELLE RATNER
http://www.rochelleratner.com
2 signed copies of the book ³The Tightrope Walker² by Rochelle Ratner
RUTH RICE
One copy of the book "A Gathering of Stones" by Ruth Rice
SACRED BEVERAGE PRESS
1 copy of the book ³Percy, Bob & Assenpoop² by Elliott Baker
SHAMELESSDISCOUNTPOETRY.COM
http://www.shamelessdiscountpoetry.com/
1 copy of the multimedia e-book ³The Rancho Pantalones Trailer Park Poets:
Special Authentic Bonus Edition² by James D. Babwe
SKYSAJE ENTERPRIZES
http://www.geocities.com/laughingl
2 copies of the poetry CD "Laughing" by Larry Berger
SUNDRESS PUBLICATIONS
http://www.sundress.net/
2 copies of the book "How We Spend Our Days" by Jessica Bush-Warman
2 copies of the book "How to Tell a Line from an Odyssey" by Marek Lugowski
SYBARITIC PRESS
http://www.poeticdiversity.org/
1 copy of the anthology "Literary Angles: the second year of
poeticdiversity" by the editors of poeticdiversity.org.
SYNERGEBOOKS
http://www.synergebooks.com/
1 copy of the book ³American Lyricon: A Poet Sings of America² by Joel L. Young
VASIN, HEYN & COMPANY
http://www.vhcoaudit.com/
$250 cash added to the prize pot to be divided by the top three scoring poets
'VOICES' ISRAEL ENGLISH POETRY ASSOCIATION
http://www.voicesIsrael.com
Three Poetry Anthologies
1 copy of 'Another Song Another Eden' by Mike Scheidemann
2 copies of The 'Voices' 2006 Poetry Anthology
(together with the pamphlet of the winning poems of our 2005 Reuben Rose
Poetry 'Voices' contest)
WEINBERG PRESS
http://www.weinbergpress.com/
2 signed copies of the book ³Woman of my Dream² by David Gilbert Barr
1 $20 gift certificate to Border's Books
WENDY GROSSKOPF
3 copies of the chapbook ³Primitive Art² by Wendy Grosskopf
WINNING WRITERS
http://www.winningwriters.com/
One year of online access to Poetry Contest Insider, today's best guide to
poetry contests, a $27.80 value.
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MEET YOUR JUDGES
TODD HELDT (Chicago, Illinois)
Todd Heldt completed the MA in poetry at Texas Tech University in
1998 and has published dozens of poems in magazines and on-line
journals. His chapbook, The Science of Broken People, was
published by Little Poem Press, and his first novel, Before You Were
a Prophet, is available through Hiss Quarterly at http://hissquarterly.com/.
He currently works as a librarian in Chicago, where he lives with his
fiancée and their adopted greyhound.
ELIZABETH ROSE (Lisbon, North Dakota)
Elizabeth Rose, born and raised on Eastern Shore of Maryland, is still
a Chesapeake Tidewater girl at heart, but lives now on the prairies of
Eastern North Dakota, where the only traffic is deer. After a career in
manufacturing and economic development policy in the tri-state and
the Baltimore-Washington regions, Elizabeth became disabled in 1998
and moved to be with family in Lisbon, North Dakota. She still writes
policy papers when she can, but has found time to enjoy the finer
things, like poetry and photography. Her favorite inspirations, in
addition to her adopted home and memories of the Chesapeak of
her youth are the wilderness areas of North America and the place
she considers a second home, Cape Cod.
BRENDA LEVY TATE (Yarmouth, Nova Scotia)
Brenda Levy Tate lives near Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, where she
taught high-school English until her retirement. She has written and
directed plays for young actors, worked as a singer in a theme park,
created a televised docudrama, collected fossils, raised a daughter,
parented a motley crew of pets and horses, and shoveled countless
tons of manure. Brenda is a member of the Writers' Federation of
Nova Scotia. She's been a finalist or prizewinner in several
competitions including the Winning Writers War Poetry Contest,
Glimmer Train Poetry Open, Web del Sol¹s Interboard Poetry
Competition and the Atlantic Writing Competition. She won the Rising
Tide Press 2005 poetry contest and as a result, Rising Tide recently
published Cleansing, a collection of her work. Her poems have
appeared in LilyLit Review, The Panhandler (Houston), Halifax
Magazine, Green Tricycle, The Guardian. Brenda maintains a
website at www.brendatate.com which features her unique
"paleo-poetry". She has just completed Nightingales Don't Cry, a
young-adult novel.
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2005 CONTEST CALENDAR
July 19: Contest begins
July 23 - 30: Judges featured as Poets of the Week
July 30, 2:00 pm (pacific): Chat Room Event: Ask us questions live
about the contest.
October 7: Final deadline for contest entries. (Entry fees must be
postmarked by October 7 or they'll be returned.)
October 15: Judges deadline for returning scored poems.
October 20: Second round scoring deadline (in the event of tied
scores.)
October 22: 2pm (pacific) Chat Room Event "Winners Announced"
October 23 - 29: Contest Winners featured as Poets of the Week.
Good luck to everyone!
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