1. LOUISE BOGAN CONTEST
SUBJECT: Long Marriage
FORM:
Poet;s Choice
LINE LMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $50 $30 $20
SPONSOR:
Maryellen Letarte
2. AMY L. DENGLER MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT:
ODE TO AN INANIMATE OBJECT
FORM: Free Verse
LINE LIMIT: 40
Lines
PRIZES: $50 $20 $10
SPONSOR: Amy Dengler Memorial
Fund
3.. LEE MAES MEMORIAL AWARD CONTEST #1
SUBJECT: History
FORM:
Poet;s Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $30 $20 $10
4.
LEE MAES MEMORIAL AWARD CONTEST #2
SUBJECT: Education
FORM: Poet's
Choice
LINE LIMIT: $30 $20 $10
SPONSOR: Lee Maes Memorial Fund
Donoors
5. BASHO BASH
SUBJECT: Poet's Choice
FORM;
Haiku (o title, no 'ING" words
LINE LIMIT: 3 lines {3rd line must have "aha" change
of tone}
PRIZES: $30 $20 $20
SPONSOR: Christina Laurie
6.
OUT OF THE SHADOWS AWARD
SUBJECT: Mental Health
FORM: Free
Verse
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $30 $20 $10
7.
M, L, 0'CONNELL MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Infinity
FORM: Free Verse
LINE
LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $30 $20 $10
SPONSOR: Agatha Morrell
8.
JEAN TUPPER AWARD
SUBJECT: He Makes Me Smile
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT:
30 Lines
PRIZES: $25 $20 #15
SPONSOR: Jean Tupper
9.
LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AWARD
SUBJECT: Brotherly Love
FORM:
Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 28 Lines
PRIZES: $25
$15 $10
SPONSOR: Von S, Bourland
10. HOLDEN
KENNEALLY MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Grandparents
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE
LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot
Memorial Fund
11. L. JOSEPHINE MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT. Teacher
FORM:
Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10
$5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
12. LOUISE SULLIVAN MEMORIAL
AWARD
SUBJET; Siblings
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40
Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
13.
HELEN FRIOT MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT : Wife
FORM: Meter
& Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $20
$10 $5
SPONSORS: Alan Friot Memorial Fund
14.
LOUISE FRIOT MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT:
Mother
FORM: Meter & Rhyme
LINE LIMIT: 40
Lines
PRIZES: $20 $10 $5
SPONSOR:
Alan Friot Memorial Fund
15.
CELEBRATION OF LIFE AWARD
SUBJECT: A
Good Feeling
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30
Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR:
Beverley Barnes
16.
JAMES L. BARNES MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT : An Accomplishment
FORM:
Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES:
$15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Beverley Barnes
SUBJECT:
Special People (NOT Celebrities }
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE
LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR:
P. J. Roberts Memorial Fund
18.
ROBERT & FRANCIS SPAITH MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT:
Pets
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10
$5
SPONSOR: Rose Ann Spaith
19. NATALIE
NORTH MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: War &
Peace
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT : 40 Lines
PRIZES:
$15 $10 $5
SPONSOR : Frederick Hinchliffe 11
'
SUBJECT: Simplicity
FORM:
Rhyming
LINE LIMIT: 15 Lines
PRIZES: $15
$10 $5SPONSOR: Gwendolyn Carr
21.
JANE HARTAN PANNONE MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Losing A Friend
from COVD-19
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 25 Lines
PRIZES:
$15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Paula Kowsziik
22.
SEBASTIAN RICHARD FERRO MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT:
Unconditional Love
FORM: free Verse
LINE
LIMIT : 20 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR:
Marylou Conca
23. AN ELDERLY
NEIGHBOR AWARD
SUBJECT : Elderly Neighbor
FORM:
Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10
$5
SPONSOR: Mary A. Miceli
24..
THOMAS SCOTT, SR. MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: Opinions
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT:40 Lines
PRIZES : $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Elayne M. Neal
25 DOROTHEA
ROURKE O'REGAN AWARD
SUBJECT: Determination}
FORM: Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10
$5
SPONSOR: Dorothea Rourke O' Regan
26.
ROBERTA HUNG AWARD
SUBJECT: Purpose
ORM: Poet's hoice
LINE LIMIT: 30 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Roberta Hung
27. MADELINE
ELIZABETH DEVEAU MEMORIAL AWARD
SUBJECT: : Poet's Choice
FORM:
Poet's Choice
LINE LIMIT: 40 Lines
PRIZES: $15 $10 $5
SPONSOR: Jeanette C. Maes
*Lee Maes Memorial Fund donors (alphabetical order}
Beverley Barnes, Louise Bogan Fund, Maryann Delaney, Alan
Friot,
Frederick Hinchliffe 11, Mark Hudson, Roberta Hung, Mary Kuck,
Tom McDonald, Mary Miceli, Gail
Mower, Elayne Neal,
Susan Piccole, Renee Pike, Jennifer Revill, Marie Rimi,
Mary Rogers, Clemens
Schoenbeck, Constance Servizio,
Louise Morgan Wilson, Susan Namet
MASSACHUSETTS
STATE POETRY SOCIETY, INC.
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This year's Contest........
NATIONAL POETRY DAY CONTEST 2021
CATEGORIES WILL BE PUBLISHED BEGINNING OF 2021
DEADLINE WILL BE AUGUST 1, 2021
ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER JANUARY 1, 2020
MAIL ALL ENTRIES TO :
ROBERTA HUNG, CONTEST CHAIR
22 Salisbury Road
Wakefield, MA 01880
FOR RULES AND ENTRY INFORMATION SEE THE WEBSITE SECTION BEFORE THIS ONE.
