How/Where To Be PublishedBooks

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January

February

March

• Institute for Holocaust and Genocide Studies

March Continued• Each entry for the Poetry Contest must address an Earth Day Theme:

• Recycling, Reduce, Reuse, Rethink, THE EARTH AND YOU! •

• All public, private, or home-schooled students in 5th through 12th grades are eligible to participate. There is a limit of one

entry per student and there is no fee to enter. • Entries for the Essay must not exceed 350 words.• The Poem should be no longer than 2 pages. • All submissions must be typed. Please put your name, grade, address, school, and teacher’s name at the upper left hand

corner of your essay or poem. • Essays and Poems will be judged on content, organization and grammar, and creativity by the grade level category entry of 5-

6, 7-8,9-12. • Contestants can submit contest entries by dropping them off at the School Office by Monday March 21nd prior to 11AM. • Contest winners will be announced in April 2011. • Prizes will be awarded to an entrant in each category.• Drop off entries at your School Office, and a local coordinator will pick up entries in the AM on Monday, March 21 st and

return them to the District Superintendent’s office for districtwide pick-up by a Centenary College Representative.• • • All entries will become property of Earth Day Committee and will not be returned. Winning poems and essays may be

published.

April• Centenary Earth Day Contest Tentative Deadline April 12th

Maximum 2 pages Grade Levels: 5-6, 7-8, 9-12 Heading upper left hand corner of the poem

NameGradeAddressSchoolTeacher’s Name

• Creative Communication Contest Tentative Deadline April 5th

Maximum 21 lines Grade Levels: 3-6, 7-9 , 10-12 Heading upper left hand corner of the poem

Title

NameGradeAddress (School or Home)School NameTeacher’s Name

Creative Communication1488 North 200 WestLogan, Utah 84341

1 entry per student per Season Contest

April Continued• The Student Poetry Contest is open to all students enrolled in grades 3-12 • Each entrant may submit one poem of no more than 20 lines on any subject, and in any

form, provided that the content of the poem is not vulgar or offensive, does not employ profanity, and is the original, individual work of the entrant.

• All submissions become the property of The America Library of Poetry and will be considered for publication in a forthcoming anthology and may appear on this website. Entrants retain copyright on his/her own individual work. Submissions by multiple entrants may be mailed together in one package to save on postage.

• All entries sent by mail must include completed entry form.

• Students may submit no more than one poem per contest.

May

• Pine Tree Poetry Book Contest Tentative Deadline May 15th Ages 5-18 Heading upper left hand corner of the

poemNameHome AddressSchool NameTeacher’s Name

Pine Tree Poetry2966 South Church St.Suite 304Burlington, NC 27215

1 poem per student

June

SPS Studios•

Announces Its Eighteenth Biannual Poetry Card ContestDeadline: June 20, 20111st prize: $300 * 2nd prize: $150 * 3rd prize: $50

In addition, the winning poems will be displayed on our website sps.com.Please read the following, then scroll down to submit your poem.

•Poetry Contest Guidelines:

• Poems can be rhyming or non-rhyming, although we find that non-rhyming poetry reads better. • We suggest that you write about real emotions and feelings and that you have some special person or occasion

in mind as you write. • Poems are judged on the basis of originality and uniqueness. • English-language entries only, please. •

How to Submit• Simply complete the contest form below, or if you prefer, you may send your submission via snail mail* to: SPS

Studios Poetry Card Contest,P.O. Box 1007, Dept. E,Boulder, CO 80306. Poetry Contest Submission Form

July

August• Creative Communication Contest Tentative Deadline August 16th Maximum 21 lines Grade Levels: 3-6, 7-9 , 10-12 Heading upper left hand corner of the poem

Title

NameGradeAddress (School or Home)School NameTeacher’s Name

Creative Communication1488 North 200 WestLogan, Utah 84341

1 entry per student per Season Contest

September

October

November

December• Creative Communication Contest Tentative Deadline December 6th Maximum 21 lines Grade Levels: 3-6, 7-9 , 10-12 Heading upper left hand corner of the poem

Title

NameGradeAddress (School or Home)School NameTeacher’s Name

Creative Communication1488 North 200 WestLogan, Utah 84341

1 entry per student per Season Contest

Books

• The Best Teen Writing is a student-edited anthology of authentic teenage voices from across America. These prize-winning pieces from The Scholastic Writing Awards express the thoughts and aspirations of our nation's youth. The Alliance prints and distributes 15,000 free copies of The Best Teen Writing each year to students, teachers, families, and educational organizations throughout the United States. The publication is also available for purchase through our sponsor, Amazon.com.

• http://www.artandwriting.org/ORGPrograms/Show/5

Newspaper Publications

• 50 Plus Monthly

Newspaper50 Plus MonthlyPO Box 309Succasunna, NJ

07876• The Express Times The Express Times

PO Box 391Easton, PA 18044-0391

• The Star-Ledger The Star-Ledger

1 Star-Ledger PlazaNewark, NJ 07102-

1200

• The Warren Reporter

The Reporter8 Minneakoning Rd.Flemington, NJ 08822

Local Publications

• Our Town Our Town Warren

LLCP.O. Box 20Allamuchy, NJ

07820• Poetry Submission• E-mail Address:• First Name:• Last Name:• Address:

• The Messenger The Messenger/ Good

Impressions, Inc.325 W. Washington

Ave.Washington, NJ 07882

• Poetry Submission• E-mail Address:• First Name:• Last Name:• Age/Grade• Address:

• 50 Plus50 Plus MonthlyPO Box 309Succasunna, NJ 07876

MagazinesCicada (9-14)Cricket (9-14)Cobblestone (9-14)Calliope (9-14)Faces (9-14)Spider (6-9)Ladybug (3-6)Babybug (Under 3)Appleseeds (6-9)Odyssey (9-14)Muse (9-14)

• Cricket & SpiderSubmissions Editor/Cricket Magazine70 East Lake Street, Suite 300Chicago, IL 60601

For Audience of Ages 9-14 (Cricket)For Audience of Ages 6-9 (Spider)www.cricketmagkids.com/contests(monthly contests available)Please includeNameageFull address • Your Big Big Backyard,

• Ranger Rick• Wild Animal Babies

Submissions Editor11100 Wildlife CenterReston, VA 20190

Please includeNameageFull address

Cicadahttp://www.cicadamag.com/submitwork

For poems:

Cicada Arbiter of Creative EndeavorsP.O. Box 300Peru, IL 61354

Cobblestone, Calliope, FacesCobblestone Publishing30 Grove Street, Suite C, Peterborough, NH 03458

For Audience of Ages 9-14

Magazines Continued

• READ Magazine Post It! Page

Read200 First Stamford PlacePO Box 120023Stamford, CT 06912-0023

Magazines Continued• Pockets Pockets

PO Box 340004Nashville, Tennessee 37203

For Audience of Ages 6-12

• Birds & Blooms Birds & Blooms

5925 Country LaneGreendale, WI 53129

Poetry SubmissionE-mail Address:First Name:Last Name:Address: Country:Phone Number:

• Ferrets Ferrets Magazine

PO Box 6050Mission Viejo, CA 92690

Please include your age and poems should be 20 lines or less.

• Teen Ink Teen Ink

Box 30Newton, MA

02461

Merlyn’s PenFor Contest Information:http://www.merlynspen.org/write/contests.php

Merlyn’s PenThe National Magazine for student writingPO Box 1058E. Greenwich, RI 02818

SASEName on every pageSchool Name and addressHackettstown Middle School500 Washington StreetHackettstown, NJ 07840Teacher’s Name and GradeSchool Phone number 908 852 8554Your Home addressYour Home phone numberPrincipal’s NameMrs. Marie Griffin