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

Lakeland Poetry Contest Deadline Approaching--April 20, 2012

This year's poetry contest at Lakeland Community College is being judged by Suzanne Ondrus. Suzanne will do a reading of her work at the May 8th poetry awards reception (7:30 PM in the Lakeland Library). Also invited to read will be several Lakeland faculty members and the contest winners. This year is the 25th annual contest, and I have been here for about 23 of them. The contest and reading were started by Larry Aufderheide, former Arts and Humanities Dean, and Professor Bill French; I believe Professor Carlos Tackett was also involved. We have had many distinguished judges over the years. The contest winners read like a roster of the best poets in Northern Ohio (and often beyond the region!).

I am going to cut and paste below the text of the official announcement, with entrance procedures and criteria:

Lakeland Community College Announces . . .


The 25th Annual Poetry Competition for Students and Community Members

Categories and prizes:

Category 1 - High School Students

1st prize - $50
2nd prize - $30
3rd prize - $20

Category 2 - Lakeland Students

1st prize - $50
2nd prize - $30
3rd prize - $20

Category 3 - General Public

1st prize - $50
2nd prize - $30
3rd prize - $20


There will be a $3.00 (maximum) entry fee payable to Lakeland Community College for all three categories.

Submissions will be accepted until Friday, April 20, 2012.

Awards will be announced at a reception at the Lakeland Library, C-3051, at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Winners will be invited to read at the reception.


SEND SUBMISSIONS TO:

Dr. Robert Coughlin
Lakeland Community College
7700 Clocktower Drive
Kirtland, Ohio 44094-5198

Each entrant may submit up to three poems. No single
poem should be more than two typed pages. Entrants
should include a separate sheet with name, address,
category, and title of submitted poems. No personal
identification should appear on the poems themselves.
Titles of poems should appear on each page (upper
right corner on second page). Manuscripts will be
returned if entrants supply a self-addressed stamped
envelope. The competition is not open to employees of
Lakeland Community College.

The deadline is next Friday--April 20th! So get your submissions in soon--and follow all the guidelines.