2013 Roxana Rivera Poetry Contest Guidelines

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2013 Roxana Rivera Poetry Contest Guidelines

 

ANNOUNCING THE 2013 ROXANA RIVERA MEMORIAL POETRY CONTEST

 

Join SIUC's Creative Writing and Women's Studies Programs as we honor the memory of a wonderful poet and celebrate Women's History Month.

 

The Roxana Rivera Memorial Poetry Contest honors the memory of Roxana Rivera (1977-2003), who was a first-year creative writing graduate student from Lynwood, California. Roxana, a graduate of California State University Long Beach, earned her Bachelor's degree in Women's Studies and English. While at SIUC, Roxana was a PROMPT Scholar and a Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Department of English.

 

To remember this special woman and poet, a campus-wide poetry contest will be held, with divisions for both undergraduate and graduate students.

 

Amazon.com Gift certificates will be awarded as prizes in both divisions:

$50 for the winning entry, $25 each for two runner-ups

 

This contest is open to all students currently enrolled at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Students of all majors are encouraged to participate in this contest.

 

This Year's Theme: "My Sister, My Self"

 

DEADLINE: Friday, March 22, 2013 at 4pm

 

Submission Guidelines: Send an entry packet with:

 

1) A cover sheet with your name, address, phone number, e-mail address, and poem title(s). Indicate on your cover sheet whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student.

 

2) No identifying information on the poems themselves, please. One poem per page. There is no entry fee, but there is a limit of three poems per entrant. When sending entries via e-mail, please send in rtf or doc file format (no docx) —send all poems as one file.

 

The contest theme is provided to spark your creativity, and entries that reflect upon the theme in the lives of women are particularly welcome.

 

Entries accepted via e-mail only at

roxpoetrycontest(at)gmail.com

 

(replace (at)with @ in sending e-mail).

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