DEADLINE: JULY
15, 2008 (POSTMARK)
GRANDMOTHER EARTH XIV NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS
PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088
PHONE: 901-309-3692; E-mail: gmoearth@aol.com
www.grandmotherearth.org
Work can be unpublished or published. Money award entries
(and selected finalists if permission is given) will be published in Grandmother Earth XIV. Rights to previously published
work must belong to the author. No profanity or new age material will be accepted.
Poetry Awards
Any
subject, Any form, 50-line limit
$100 First Prize
$75 Second Prize
$50 Third Prize
$35
Fourth Prize
$25 Fifth Prize
Prose Awards
Any subject,
fiction or non-fiction, 2000-word limit
$100 First Prize
$75 Second Prize
$50 Third Prize
Additional Awards:
$50, 1st Place; $35, second place; $25, third place
1. Best
Haiku, Senryu, or up to 6 lines short form
2. Best
use of Humor, Poetry or Prose
3. Environmental theme, Poetry or Prose
SPECIAL AWARD: $25 FOR ART OR PHOTOGRAPH
CHOSEN FOR THE COVER OF GRANDMOTHER EARTH XV
RULES:
1. To enter general awards, submit one typed copy (standard font)
of each poem (single space) or prose piece (double space) with no identification.
2. Send one copy with name
and address in upper right corner. Both poetry and prose should be single spaced on this identified copy. Staple and number
multiple pages.
3. Enclose an entry page with your name, address, phone number, email address, if applicable, and
title of all entries and amount of fees enclosed. Include 25-30 words of biographical data.
Indicate whether any or all entries are to be considered for publication if a non-money winner. All rights
are returned to the author after publication. Send SASE for return of art or photo or for winners’ list.
4.
In upper left corner of an extra copy indicate if your work is to be considered for a specific additional
award—if entering same work for both general and additional awards there is no extra fee.
5. Place all entries with no identification in one stack and all with names in another stack. Staple multiple pages
of prose and poetry and put the page number in the upper right hand corner of each copy.
6. Fees are $10 for
1-3 entries and $2 for each additional entry. (Make checks payable to Grandmother Earth.) All entrants will receive
one copy of Grandmother Earth .XV--Retail: $9.95. All whose work is published will receive one extra copy. See Student
Rules on website for new guidelines. Work previously published in any Grandmother Earth publication is not eligible for awards.There
is no fee for art or photography and payment is a contributor’s copy, except for the special award.
See
our website for Christian Writers’ Conference (March) and Poetry Society of TN’s
Mid-South Poetry Festival Contests (June)
7. Mail entries postmarked by July 15, 2008 to GEC CONTEST
CHAIRPERSON, PO Box 2018, Cordova, TN 38088. Notify us of any change in address after mailing entries.
GRANDMOTHER EARTH 2007
NATIONAL AWARDS
Poetry Award: Judge, Nancy Breen
1st Continuing View, Carol Carpenter, Livonia,
MI
2nd
Farmer's Market, Marcia Camp, Little Rock, AR
3rd
The Fifty Things Wrong With This Picture, Timothy Russell, Toronto, OH
4th
It Was Morning, Lene’ Gary, Montpelier, VT
1HM For My Parents, Anna DeMay, Orange Park, FL
2HM To
the Garden Alone, Carol Clark Williams, York, PA
Prose Awards: Judge, Frank Reed Nichols
1st Hope Ann’s Christmas, Elsie Schmied
Knoke, Oak Ridge, TN
2nd
The Masher, Malu Graham, Memphis, TN
3rd Event of the Day, Lois Requist,
Benica CA
1HM
Christmas SNF, Elsie Schmied Knoke, Oak Ridge, TN
2HM Afternoon on Mt. Winton, Naomi Caldwell, Lynchburg, VA
3HM Sugar
Street Hero, Mary Chase, Oklahoma City, OK
Merit:
Ardell’s Ghost, Sarah Hull Gurley, Germantown, TN
How Mama Got Her Name in Lights, Judy Lee Green, Murfreesboro, TN
Homestead, Marcia Camp, Little Rock, AR
Best haiku or short form: Judge, Pat Laster
1st
Drought, Donna Kennedy, Riverside, CA
2 Mockingbirds flee charred, Russell
H. Strauss, Memphis, TN
3rd lightning bug, Brett Taylor, Knoxville, TN
1HM
timid fledgling clings, Gloria R. Milbrath, Fort Dodge, IA
2HM Clematis climbs up, La Vonne Schoneman, Seattle, WA
3HM sun
travels on long, Von S. Bourland, Happy, TX
4HM At a Loss, Angela Denise Logsdon, Memphis, TN
Humorous: Judge,
Martha McNatt
1st Phone Call from
Miss Muffett…Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN
2nd A Hex on my Green Thumbed Rival,
Glenna Holloway, Naperville, IL
3rd A Tomcat named Aunt Bea, Jerre’ Carter,
Springdale, AR
1
HM My Zipper’s Stuck, Russell Strauss, Memphis, TN
2 HM Cleaner Plumbing, Gloria Milbrath,
Fort Dodge, IA
3HM
Nobody likes a Snitch, Denna Gorrell, OK
4HM Posey, Lois Batchelor Howard, Desert Hot Springs, CA
5HM A
Doctor, Rose Camille Parrish, Jackson, TN
Environmental Awards: Judge, Marcelle
Nia
1st Farewell to Summer, Anne-Marie
Legan, Herrin, IL
2nd
Indian Paintbrushes, Ron Wallace, Durant, OK
3rd Birth of a Pond,
Angela Denise Logsdon, Memphis, TN
Honorable Mentions:
The Whale’s Tale, Kristin Morrill, Mendon, MA
Moon River, Anne-Marie Legan, Herrin, IL
Remnants of Past Generations, Jane
E. Allen, Wetumpka, AL
Lines, Michael Denington, Bartlett, TN
Ghostly Beauty, Winifred Hamrick Farrar, Meridian, MS
shy cypress maidens, Sarah Hull Gurley, Germantown, TN
Flower
Bedding, Pat Crocker, Memphis, TN
Like Grass Pushing Through, Jennifer A. Jenson, Covington, TN
2007 Grandmother
Earth Student Winners
1st Daniel O’Neil, A. J. Tirrell, Germantown High School,
Billy Pullen
2nd HAIKU, Lucy Hoard, White Station Elementary, Sarah Hamer
Alice
in Wonderland, Courtney Davis, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
3rd Eat
your Veggies, Mr. Snake, Katie Dillard, Germantown High School, Billy
Pullen
You Have To, Luke Cottam Germantown High School,
Billy Pullen
4th Memory Like Moonlight, James Apple, Snowden Middle School,
Heather
Dobbins-Combs
Catching Butterflies, Courtney Watts, Howard High School, Ellicott City, MD, Mrs. Lawrence
The
Train Stops, James Apple, Snowden Middle School, Heather Dobbins-Combs
Music, the Universal Language, Ryan Johnson, White
Station High School, Ms. Monique Fisher
Alone on an Unstable Wasteland, Alexis Donaldson, White Station Elementary, Sarah
Hamer
The Hair Dye Castastrophe, Michael Milam, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
Honorable Mentions:
Family, Stephanie
Arcamuzi, White Station Middle School, Helen Erskine
Moonlight Dance, Katie Dillard, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
Masterpiece Masquerade, Meredith Kahn, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
Dancer’s Canvas, Marshall Mulherin.,
Snowden Middle School, Heather Dobbins-Combs
Place of Perfection, Anh Vo, White Station High School, Kittie Stauffer
Johnny’s Little Experiment, C. J. Lewis, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
A Teacher’s Reflection, C.
J. Lewis, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
My Perfect Purple World, C. J. Lewis, Germantown High School, Billy Pullen
