50 - Wednesday, February 21, 1990 - North Shere News

$44,000 offered to poets

POETRY PRIZES worth $44,000
will be awarded to 608 poets by the
American Poetry Association in
#990,

The asseciaticn will sponsor
four separate contests this year,
doubling its efforts to discover new
talents.

“Canadian poets are very wel-
come to enter this contest,’’ said
Robert Nelson, publisher for the

several of our prizes each year.”’

Each contest awards a $1,000
grand prize, a $500 first prize, and
a total of $11,000 in prizes to 152
winners. All adults who write po-
etry are eligible to enter.

Poets may send up to six poems,
each no more than 20 lines, with
name and address on each page to
American Poetry Association,
Dept. CO-27, 250-A Potrero St.,
P.O. Box 1803, Santa Cruz, CA

95061, USA.

Poems must be postmarked by
March 31 to meet the deadline. A
new contest starts April 11.

Each poem will also be consid-
ered for publication in the Ameri-
can Poetry Anthology, a hardcover
collection of contemporary verse.

Since 1981 the association has
awarded $165,000 in contest prizes
to 3,100 poets.

DEADLINE MARCH 15

Musie bursaries awarded

ENTRY DEADLINE for the
Vancouver Woman's Musical
Cluo 1990 bursary awards is
March 15. These bursaries are
awarded to music students of
diploma standard or higher or
those currently enrolled in third
year or higher of a Bachelor of
Music program.

The bursaries are restricted to
those aged 15 to 30 years.

Application forms may be ob-
tained by writing to: Trust Fund
Committee, c/o Mrs. Mildred
Woodhead, 137 Stevens Drive,
West Vancouver, B.C. V7S 1C3,
or phone 922-6675.

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