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Adult Chaparral Poetry Contest Rules

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    be original, UNPUBLISHED, and 42 lines or fewer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.
 

 

Redrock Writers depends on the voluntary efforts of Southern Utah writers who participate in our collective learning, write and read their poetry, and help organize and lead our regular activities. We deeply appreciate the contributions of members of UTSPS Dixie Chapter, the Utah State Poetry Society, the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, the Heritage Writers Guild and The League of Utah Writers. We also express appreciation to outstanding poets from across America who participate in blind judging our yearly contest.

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