Seeking Submissions for 2011 Poetry Challenge

Amateur, semi-professional and professional poets of all ages who live, work or go to school in Illinois are invited to submit original poetry in response to the 2011 Poetry Challenge. This year Highland Park Poetry challenges poets to write a response to one of the following prompts:

• Rhyming poetry

• “I remember...”

• The Future

Poetry submissions will be selected by a jury for a local exhibition throughout April 2011. Selected adult poets will be invited to read their poems at The Art Center of Highland Park on Friday, April 8 at 8:00 p.m. Selected student poets will be invited to read their poems at the Highland Park Public Library Auditorium on Wednesday, April 20 at 7:00 p.m. Selected poetry will also be featured on the Muses’ Gallery of Highland Park Poetry website throughout April 2011. A limited edition chapbook featuring selected poetry will be published and available for purchase, depending on pre-publication sales.

Categories: Poems will be chosen in each of the following categories: grades K – 5, 6 – 8, 9 – 12,

College/University, Adult Highland Park resident and Adult non-resident.

Deadline: Friday, March 4, 2011 at 5:00 p.m. is the deadline for receipt of electronic

submissions. Submissions sent via US Mail must be postmarked by that date.

Number of Submissions: There is no reading fee to submit one (1) poem. To submit

additional poems, there is a reading fee of $2 per additional poem; limit 5 poems.

Check or Money Order payable to Highland Park Poetry.

Electronic Submission of poem(s) is preferred: Send poem(s) as text in the body of

an e-mail to: Jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org. Please put “2011 Poetry Challenge” in the subject line of your e-mail. You may attach a scanned copy of the completed Entry/Release form or send form + any applicable reading fee to U.S. mailing address below.

Submissions by U.S. Mail: Send poem(s), completed/signed Entry/Release Form and reading fee (if applicable) to: Highland Park Poetry c/o Jennifer Dotson, 376 Park Avenue, Highland Park, IL 60035.

Notification will be made to those whose work is selection for exhibition, publication and reading no later than March 21, 2011.

Request for art work. Photographers and visual artists are encouraged to submit works related to the 2011 Challenge to be displayed at our local display and on www.highlandparkpoetry.org.

For further information regarding the poetry challenge, contact: Jennifer@highlandparkpoetry.org