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Guidelines for the 2008 Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest
http://www.franklin-christoph.com/Writing/PoetryContest.html

We will award $2500 in total prizes, including the $1000 cash grand prize. 10 Merit
Award Winners will receive $150 writing instruments.

Submission Period
Entries accepted June 1-Nov 30 (postmark dates), 2008.

What to Submit
Original, unpublished poem of any theme. Limit of 2 entries per contestant. Entries should
not exceed 100 lines each.

Prizes
First Prize, $1,000 cash and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com
Ten Merit Award Winners, each to receive a $150 Franklin-Christoph writing instruments,
and publication on Franklin-Christoph.com. Winners announced by February 14th, 2008.

Entry is Free
There will be no fee or other obligation for entering this contest.

Deadline
November 30, 2008. Your entry must be postmarked or submitted online by this date.

Preparing Your Entry
Submit one copy of your poems online or by mail. Provide your contact information within
your email, or on a separate cover sheet if submitting by mail. If your poem contains
complex formatting, such as centered text or italic type, we recommend submitting by
mail. Please make your entry easy to read — no illustrations, fancy fonts or decorative
borders.

How To Submit
Email to clientservice(at)franklin-christoph.com (replace (at) with @) by either pasting
within message or attachment.

or mail to:

Franklin-Christoph Poetry Contest
7511 Mourning Dove Rd. Ste. 104
Raleigh, NC 27615

Please include a cover letter (or email) with your name and contact number. The poem
itself should not contain your name or any contact information. We will hold original
copies at our headquarters, and submit anonymous copies to our panel of judges.

Entries Must Be Original and Unpublished
Your entries must be original, written by you, unpublished (either in print or in an online
journal), and not have received a monetary award from any other contest. Self-published
work is not eligible. Exceptions: Poems posted to the web outside of online journals, such
as to a bulletin board, email list, personal web page, critique site or public forums are
eligible for entry. Please email us if you’re unsure of eligibility. Our staff will research all
submissions for prior publication.

Simultaneous Submission Allowed
You may submit your poems simultaneously to this contest and to other contests and
publishers. Please notify us if one of your entries wins an award in another contest or is
published elsewhere.

English Language
Poems should be in English. Poems translated from other languages are not eligible.

Privacy
We respect your privacy. Franklin-Christoph does not sell or rent customer or contestant
information to third parties.

Copyright
You retain the copyright to your submission. If you place as finalist or better, Franklin-
Christoph only requests permission to publish your work on Franklin-Christoph.com, in
our email publications and in our press releases. Any other potential use will be
negotiated with you.

Judging
Franklin-Christoph will utilize a panel of independent judges from a staff at a local
college. Members of the FC Staff, or other economically affiliated persons are not eligible
to enter.

Form
We are open to poetry in all forms, on all subjects, short or tall, large or small.

Thank you for you participation, and we look forward to receiving your entry.