SCIENCE POETRY COMPETITION
Event Horizon Magazine is hosting a science poetry competition with a grand prize of $500.
Official Rules
Theme: Submitted work shall be inspired by and/or incorporate scientific thinking, concepts, or principles.
Eligibility: This contest is open to everyone. However, the following individuals are NOT eligible to participate in this contest: the staff of Event Horizon and their immediate family.
Prize: The winner will receive $500.00. In addition, the winning submission will be published in Event Horizon’s April 2016 issue.
Competition Timeline:
- Submission deadline – 11:59PM on 29 February 2016
- Winner announcement on Event Horizon website – March 2016
Winner Selection: Submissions will be judged blindly by 2015 Pulitzer Prize in Poetry finalist Alan Shapiro. Submissions will be judged equally on poetic craft and thematic relevance. The winner shall be notified a week before the general announcement.
Submission Requirements: In order to be eligible, a submission must adhere to the following format:
- One submission email per entrant, sent to eventhorizonmag@gmail.com with the subject line “Poetry Competition Submission” and a submission attachment titled “LastName_FirstInitial_PoetryCompetition“.
- Submission attachment can include up to three (3) original poems written in the English language, with each poem beginning on a new page. There is no limit for line count.
- Submissions shall have a cover page listing poem title(s), entrant name, email address, physical address, and phone number.
- Only .doc, .docx, .rtf, and .pdf files will be accepted.
- Submissions shall NOT have the name of the entrant anywhere but the cover page.
- Simultaneous submissions are allowed, but we must be notified immediately if part/all of the submission has accepted elsewhere.
By submitting, each entrant agrees that: (i) the submission is original and does not infringe upon the intellectual property rights of any third party, (ii) the submission has not been published in any other outlet, and (iii) s/he will be bound by these official rules. The entrant retains intellectual property rights to their submission. In the event of any dispute regarding a submission, Event Horizon Magazine and the Judge have sole discretion in final ruling and no communication with/to the entrant is required.
>via: http://www.eventhorizonmag.com/science-poetry-competition/