Florida State Poets Association
Established by Henrietta A. Kroah
October 1974
FSPA 2012 Contests Listings
Contest Chairperson: Gail Teachworth
Contest Rules
Please read these rules carefully and follow all directions.
Any violations will be disqualified.
a) be the original work of the contestant
b) unpublished in any form
c) not have won more than $10 in any contest
d) be written in English
e) be titled unless a sijo or haiku
f) have a 40-line limit unless stated otherwise
2. The same poem must not be entered in more than one category. Categories 1 & 2 are limited to 2 entries per poet. Categories 3 through 25 are limited to one entry per poet per category.
3. FORMAT: Typed, single-spaced on one side of 8 1/2 x 11" white paper. No illustrations. Submit two copies, category number and name on BOTH copies on the upper left. Poet's name and address on duplicate copy only on upper right. Mail all entries together with check made out to FSPA Inc., using regular first class mail.
4. FEES: All poets pay $2 each for Categories 1 and 2. All other categories, poets pay $1 each. Category 3 is free to FSPA members only..... all other must pay $1.
5. PAYMENT: All checks and money orders should be made payable to FSPA Inc. No cash please.
DEADLINE: Thursday, July 15, 2012
THIS IS A "POSTMARKED BY" DEADLINE
Send all entries to:
Gail Teachworth
FSPA Contest Chairperson
P.O. Box 3035
Crystal River, Florida 34423
**Please include a SASE (self-addressed stamped envelope) with your package for winners' list or additional flyers. Winners that are not present at the 2012 FSPA Convention will be notified by mail in November 2012.**
FSPA Contest Brochure: Click here
Category 1
THE FSPA FREE VERSE AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Free Verse One page line limit
1st Place $100 2nd Place $75 3rd Place $50 3 HM Entry fee
$2.00 each, limit 2 poems. Sponsored by FSPA, Inc.
Category 2
THE FSPA FORMAL VERSE AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Formal Verse (form name at top)
One page line limit 1st Place $100 2nd Place $75 3rd Place
$50 3 HM Entry fee $2.00 each, limit 2 poems.
Sponsored by FSPA, Inc.
Category 3
THE HENRIETTA AND MARK KROAH FOUNDERS
AWARD (Free to FSPA members) Subject: Any
Form: Villanelle 19 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15
3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by FSPA, Inc.
Category 4
THE PAST PRESIDENTS AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Spoon River 40 line limit
1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored
by Past Presidents of FSPA, Inc.
Category 5
THE R. W. EMERSON AWARD
Subject: For inspiration and must be used as the epigraph,
Emerson’s lines, “They reckon ill who leave me out,/
When me they fly, I am the wings…” Form: Any 40 line
limit 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM
Sponsored by Peter Hanen, Sunshine Poets.
Category 6
THE ROBERT SHELFORD MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Limerick 5 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd
Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM $5 Sponsored by Elda
Nichols, Member-at-Large.
Category 7
THE ANIMAL AWARD
Subject: A beloved dog or cat Form: Any 30 line limit
1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored
by Betty Prisendorf, in memory of Pam.
Category 8
THE FLORRIE MORROW JONES MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Music or art Form: Traditional Sonnet (name
sonnet at bottom) 14 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd Place
$15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by her
granddaughter, Caroline Walton, Gingerbread Poets.
Category 9
THE JOYCE MIKKOLA MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Ballad 40 line limit 1st Place $25
2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM $5 Sponsored by
Elda Nichols, Member-at-Large.
Category 10
PETRARCHAN SONNET AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Petrarchan Sonnet 14 line limit 1st
Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM
Sponsored by Joyce Shiver, Sunshine Poets
Category 11
THE ARTISTS' AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Ekphrastic A poem that represents
a visual work of art. Must include name of artwork and
artist in title or footnote. (A copy of the artwork is not
necessary.) 40 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd
Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Janet Watson, New
River Poets.
Category 12
THE RANDALL CADMAN MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Shakespearean Sonnet 14 line
limit 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM
Sponsored by New River Poets.
Category 13
THE LAVAUGHN HESS AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Rubaiyat 40 line limit Equal lines
of three or four feet, rhyming aaba 1st Place $25 2nd
Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Maxine
Nicholson, Gingerbread Poets.
Category 14
MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD AWARD
Subject: Childhood memories (growing up) Form: Any
40 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10
3 HM Sponsored by Books by Patricia Lieb, Memberat-
Large.
Category 15
THE WILLARD B. FOSTER MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Any form having syllabic requirements
for each line, e.g., Cinquain, Etheree, Lanterne, Tetractys,
Whitney, Haiku, Tanka, Harquain, Hourglass, etc. Line limit:
as required. 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM
Sponsored by John F. Foster.
Category 16
THE SUNSHINE POETS AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Minute 12 line limit 1st Place $25
2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Sunshine
Poets.
Minute – 60 syllable 12 line poem written in strict
iambic meter, syllable count 8,4,4,4,8,
4,4,4,8,4,4,4; rhymed a, a, b, b, c, c, d, d, e, e, f, f;
capitalized and punctuated like prose and capturing
a slice of life.
Category 17
THE PEACE AWARD
Subject: Peace Form: Any 50 line limit 1st Place $25
2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored in honor of
her children and grandchildren, by Coleen Ward, Member-at-
Large.
Category 18
THE LIVE POETS AWARD
Subject: The Dark Side Form: Any 40 line limit
1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored
by Live Poets Society of Daytona Beach.
Category 19
THE JUNE OWENS MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Passages Form: Any 40 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd
Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by New River
Poets.
Category 20
THE MIAMI POETS AWARD
Subject: Storms Form: Any 40 line limit 1st Place $25
2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Miami Poets
Category 21
THE TOMOKA POETS AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Any 40 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd
Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Tomoka Poets.
Category 22
THE JOSEPH V. HICKEY MEMORIAL AWARD
Subject: Bridges (metaphoric) Form: Any 40 line limit Do
not use the subject as the title. 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15
3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by his loving wife, Madelyn
Eastlund, Gingerbread Poets.
Category 23
THE DISCOVERY AWARD
Subject: A beneficial scientific discovery or innovation
Form: Any 40 line limit. 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd
Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Elissa Malcohn,
Gingerbread Poets.
Category 24
WINKLEBLECK'S CHALLENGE
Subject: Any. Form: Any EXCEPT free verse or blank verse.
28 line limit. May be rhymed or unrhymed, humorous or
serious. 1st Place $25 2nd Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM
Sponsored in memory of Mary Winklebleck by Barbara
Blanks, Member-at-Large.
Category 25
THE GINGERBREAD POETS AWARD
Subject: Any Form: Sestina. 39 line limit 1st Place $25 2nd
Place $15 3rd Place $10 3 HM Sponsored by Gingerbread Poets (Caroline Walton, President)
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