Left Coast Eisteddfod 2010 Poetry Competition Submissions

You may submit your entries in Welsh, English or Spanish. You may submit up to five entries in each language category. The three language categories will be judged separately and there will be a prize for each. Accompanying graphics are not permitted. There is a US150 dollars (approx 100GBP ) prize for the winners in each category. The final submission date is September 15th 2010 and the winners will be announced at the Eisteddfod ( October 2010 ). The judges are:- Peter Thabit Jones ( English Language Category ), John Good ( Welsh Language Category ) and Geraldine Mac Burney ( Spanish Language Category ) . The judges decisions will be final. The winner ( and runners up ) in the English Language Category will be featured in "The Seventh Quarry", an international poetry magazine edited by Peter Thabit Jones. The winner will also receive a years subscription to the magazine.

All poetic styles and conventions are welcome ( limericks, however, will not be considered for a prize ) There is no upper or lower word limit. Entries need not reference Wales in any way , shape or form. You may submit up to five entries in each category and work which has appeared elsewhere is acceptable provided you have not surrendered your copyright.

The winner and his/her work will also be featured on this site on what we hope will be a heavily trafficked page.

• Simply join this Group and post your poems individually (and any links) as separate discussions in the group forum ( here ). Please include your name in the subject line. If you wish to include a link to your website or blog please do so but remember that we appreciate a reciprocal link from your blog or website to the Eisteddfod Competitions page. Please DO NOT post attachments ( unless you have unusual formatting requirements ). You can simply cut and paste the text of your poem. We welcome submissions that are published elsewhere online provided they are your own work.

• Post your poem on your website or blog and post a link to the relevant url as a separate discussion in the group forum ( here ). If you adopt this procedure we will REQUIRE a reciprocal link to the main Eisteddfod Competitions page from your blog or website.

• Post your submission on your blog and email us with the url ( americymru@gmail.com ). We will include it on the Group page. In this case mutual linking is required.

• Email your submission to us and we will post it on the group page and credit you as author. in this case mutual linking is an option but not required.

• There is no entry or submission fee for this competition. The requirement to backlink if you are posting on your own blog and linking here ( or submitting a link to your blog on this page ) is obligatory and designed to be mutually beneficial.

• Any materials submitted in this group will remain the sole property of the author. We guarantee not to display any poem or any portion thereof on other pages or sites without the express permission of the author. Likewise materials submitted here or linked here can be removed or unlinked at any time by the author or at his/her request.

Last Years Winners

Welsh Language Elizabeth Barrette 'Hanes'

English Language Sherry Weaver Smith 'Imprint'

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