Contest

Poets for Human Rights announces the 2008 Anita McAndrews Award poetry contest (First prize - $100) and the 2008 Alexander Popoff Youth Award poetry contests (First prize for US - $100; First Prize for outside US - $100). 

Submission guidelines for the 2007 Anita McAndrews Award:

Submissions are open to all ages.

Poems must relate to Human Rights

Poems must be typed and are limited to one page (8 ½ x 11).

Send two copies. One copy must include name, address, telephone number and email address. One copy must be anonymous.

Mail poems, cover sheet and $1 reading fee per poem to:

Anita McAdrews Award

C/O Stazja McFadyen

100 Waverly Way, #310

Clearwater, Florida 33756

• Poems and cover sheet can be emailed to stazja@yahoo.com.
• Reading fee payment must by mailed to the address given above.
• Checks for reading fees must be made payable to Artists in Action International.
• Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2007.

Submission guidelines for the 2007 Alexander Popoff Youth Award:

1.       Submissions are open to youth, aged 17 or younger.

2.       Poems must relate to one or more of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articles.

Summary of the 30 articles and video public service announcements for each article can be viewed at http://www.youthforhumanrights.org/introduction/udhr_abridged.html

3.       Length of each poem is limited to one page (8 ½  x 11).

4.       Poem(s) must be accompanied by a cover sheet with the poem title(s), name, address, Telephone number, email, age, school name and grade.

5.       Submissions can be mailed to:

Alexander Popoff Youth Award

c/o Stazja McFadyen

100 Waverly Way, #310

Clearwater, Florida 33756

or can be emailed to: stazja@yahoo.com

6.       Teachers submitting entries on behalf of their students should include their own name, contact information, and name and address of their school.

7.       Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2007. 

Winners will be announced at the Poets for Human Rights 2007 International Human Rights Day event in December 10, 2007.  The winning poems for each contest will be read at the event. 

Winning poems and honorable mentions will be published online at the Poets for Human Rights website at www.poetsforhumanrights.org. and in the Map of Austin Poetry featured poetry supplement, archived at groups.yahoo.com/group/mapofaustinpoetry.  

Poets for Human Rights was co-founded in 2005 by Larry Jaffe and Stazja McFadyen, who recognize that it is the nature of poets to lead the way for humanity. There are nearly 200 members internationally.