2022 CHAPARRAL POETRY FORUM RULES
Contest Chair: Marie Tollstrup (mariect@infowest.com)
Entries welcome: postmarked Sept. 1, 2021, through Dec. 1, 2021
ENTRY CATEGORIES:
CHOLLA: any subject, any form
First prize $200, Second Prize $100, Third Prize $50
CHAQUETA : Southwest theme (nature, people, history, etc.), any form
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
CHAPAREJOS: Any subject, rhymed and metered
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
CHIMERA: Fantastic, absurd, OR humorous, any form (need not rhyme)
First Prize $100, Second Prize $50, Third Prize $25
GUIDELINES:
Each poem must
1. be original, UNPUBLISHED, and 42 lines or fewer
2. be in 12-point font in standard face such as Times New Roman
3. have line lengths to fit chapbook pages (4.5 in. across or shorter)
4. be machine-printed neatly on white 8 ½ x 11-in. paper; no art
5. be in GOOD TASTE (grades 1-12 student and adult poems published in one volume)
6. have won no more than $10 in any contest
SEND 2 unfolded COPIES of each poem, Division title at top left:
--First Copy: plain, no ID
--Second Copy: ID top right corner (name, address, phone, email)
INCLUDE entry fees: $3 per poem, checks (no cash) payable to Redrock Writers
For example, 5 poems at $3 apiece = $15
MAIL unfolded poems and one check in single 9 x 12-in. (or larger) envelope to
Marie Tollstrup
2280 South Bloomington Hills Dr., #6
St. George, UT 84790-6803
ONE PRIZE per poet in each division/category.
Submission indicates permission for top 3 poems
to be published in the 2022 Chaparral Poetry
Forum chapbook and online in 2023 at
www.redrockwriters.org.
No poems or fees will be returned. For a printed
list of winners, include your SASE. All winning
poems will be read aloud at the 25th Redrock
Writers’ 19th annual Chaparral Poetry Forum
Awards, 8:00 PM in St. George, March 4, 2022.
For information about our March 5, 2022, Redrock Writers’ Creative Writing Seminar speakers and registration, contact Barbara Funke at bfunke2@gmail.com or see Redrock Writers Seminar at www.redrockwriters.org after Dec. 1.
Redrock Writers is a non-profit operating for the
benefit of the public and working in partnership
with Utah State Poetry Society’s program of
Poetry in the Park, held in Zion National Park and
hosted by Zion National Park Forever Project at
historic Zion Park Lodge. For more about Poetry
in the Park’s 12th annual workshop on March 4,
2022, see www.poetry-in-the-park.com.
This project is supported in part by Utah Division of Arts & Museums, by Utah State Poetry Society, and by the St. George Arts Commission with funding from the RAP Tax Board of Washington County.