Scholarship Poetry Contest -
LIVE POETS SOCIETY of NEW JERSEY
P O Box 8841
Turnersville, NJ 08012
LPSNJ
Our Standards
Our Vision
Our vision is that for every poem in our anthology, there will be someone, somewhere in this country, who reads it and says, "I wish I'd have written that, because I know that feeling well," and that that one poem will remain in their hearts forever..
Our Vision
Our vision is that for every poem in our anthology, there will be someone, somewhere in this country, who reads it and says, "I wish I'd have written that, because I know that feeling well," and that that one poem will remain in their hearts forever..
Our Goal
We will not make you famous. We will not make you a household name. You may or may not be "Poet of the Year". (Most likely, not, as there is only one.) Our goal is to share the poetry.
Our Pledge
We are not like those other on-line poetry contests. We actually read the submissions & judge them. Still, even though most of the poems entered are not accepted for publication, even those that aren't are reviewed on two separate occasions.
We do not tell everyone that they are a winner, and we will not try to sell you a gazillion different things with your wonderful poem emblazoned on them. We leave the deception to those who are better at that sort of thing.
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While we believe wholeheartedly in sharing your poetry, one thing we will never, ever share, is your personal information. On that, you have our word.
Our Publications
Our Publications
We have two designations of winners. The "National Winner" designation is given only to those poems which the judges feel truthfully have a chance of winning this contest. We will not lead anyone on... EVER.
National Winners will be offered an opportunity to have their poem published in our quarterly poetry publication "American High School Poets, JUST POETRY!!!, the National Poetry Quarterly, and to compete in an on-line vote for the $500 scholarship prize awarded each quarter.
The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place poems, as ranked in the on-line voting will be submitted into the final on-line vote of the year for the Easterday Poetry Award, which carries a $500 scholarship prize.
One Editor's Choice selection will also be made per quarter. The selection carries a $100 scholarship prize and the selected poem will also be sent to the final on-line vote for the Easterday Poetry Award.
All certified National Winners will receive a complimentary copy of the JUST POETRY issue in which their work appears.
"Topical Winners" will be offered an opportunity to have their poems published in one of our topical anthologies. The four topical anthologies are
- "Of Faith and Inspiration",
- "Of Love and Dedication",
- "Inside of Me" and
- "My World".
Poems selected as Topical Winners are quality poems which we feel add a unique perspective or passion to the subject, and which the judges believe other young people could relate to and would enjoy reading.
There is no compensation to Topical Winners beyond the offer of publication.
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P O Box 8841
Turnersville, NJ 08012
LPSNJ
