Cyclamens and Swords October Newsletter

 

 

Cyclamens and Swords October Newsletter   Cyclamens and Swords Poetry Contest Reminder http://cyclamensandswords.com/contest_guidelines.php What to submit - This is an open contest for poetry of any style or theme. Your entry should be your own original work. You may submit the same poem(s) simultaneously to this contest and others and you may submit poems that have been published elsewhere, as long as you own the online publication rights. Only poems that have won cash prizes in other contests are excluded. Entry fee - $5 for one poem, $10 for 3 poems, $15 for 6 poems. Length - Not to exceed 30 lines length (excluding title and spaces between stanzas). Prizes - First prize $300, second prize $100, third prize $50 and seven honorable mentions. Winning poems and honorable mentions will be published in our winter issue. A chapbook containing these poems will be published and presented to the winners in addition to their cash prize. Judges – Ricky Rapoport Friesem, Helen Bar-Lev and Johnmichael Simon. We believe that our system of having three judges working independently and by then combining and averaging the three scores is the best and fairest way of giving every entry an unbiased chance of winning a prize. Poems, of course, are judged anonymously. Deadline - November 25th. The Theme for our December Issue is HEALTH § Awaiting your poetry submissions on this subject § Short stories can be submitted on ANY SUBJECT § And of course, interesting and high quality artwork § Submit now. Early submissions stand a better chance of being published! § For submission guidelines, please go to: http://cyclamensandswords.com/submissions.php   Check out the new titles in our Bookshop Chapbooks by Kaila Shabat, Johnmichael Simon, MJD Algera http://cyclamensandswords.com/bookshop.php PLEASE FORWARD THIS NEWSLETTER TO YOUR FELLOW POETS, WRITERS AND ARTISTS. THANKS Johnmichael Simon & Helen Bar-Lev , Editors