Announcing Lakeland Community College's 2014 Poetry Contest!

The 27^th Annual 
Poetry Competition
For Students and Community Members

Category 1 – High School Students

            1^st prize -- $40

            2^nd prize -- $25

            3^rd prize -- $20

Category 2 – Lakeland Students

            1^st prize -- $40

            2^nd prize -- $25

            3^rd prize -- $20

Category 3 – General Public

            1^st prize -- $40

            2^nd prize -- $25

            3^rd prize -- $20

• There will be a $5.00 fee with your entry, payable to Lakeland Community College.
• Submissions will be accepted until Friday, April 18, 2014.
• Prizes and certificates will be presented at the awards ceremony at the Lakeland Library, C-3051, 7:00 p.m., on Tuesday, May 6, 2014.
• Winners will be invited to read their work at the awards ceremony.
• Winning poems will be published, with your permission, on the internet.

Each entrant will submit 1 to 3 poems to one category. No single poem should be longer than 2 typed pages. Entrants should include a separate sheet with name, address, phone, category, and titles of the poems. No personal information should appear on the poems themselves. Manuscripts will be returned if entrants supply a self-addressed stamped envelope. The competition is not open to Lakeland employees, but family members are welcome to submit.

This year’s judge is John Repp, the award-winning poet, fiction writer, and essayist from Erie, Pennsylvania. Click here for John Repp's Web Site.

SEND SUBMISSIONS AND FEE TO:

Prof. Robert M. Coughlin  B-2051

Lakeland Community College

7700 Clocktower Drive

Kirtland, Ohio 44094-5198