Deadline: February
28, 2013
Free to enter!
After last year’s great success, Abortion Care Network
(ACN), a national organization of independent providers and prochoice
supporters, and Split This Rock (a national group bringing poetry to the public
realm) announce our second annual poetry contest in conjunction with ACN’s
annual meeting in March 2013.
The experience of women who seek abortion and other
reproductive services is as varied as the individuals involved. For some, there
is safety, relief, and good medical care. For others, there is doubt,
harassment, and stigma. For all, health care takes place in a politicized
context in which even the most basic choices about our bodies, sexuality, and
childbearing can be scrutinized. Reproductive rights are also linked to a whole
host of other social issues, such as women’s economic status and the
accessibility of safe, affordable health care.
ACN and Split This Rock welcome the submission of poems
on these themes. We will award the following prizes: First ($100), Second ($75)
and Third Place ($50), and Honorable Mention. Judging will done by Split This
Rock and ACN.
The first-place winner will be invited to read the
winning poem at ACN’s annual meeting. The prize-winning poems will be published
in the ACN’s quarterly newsletter, The Provider, in the conference program
distributed to all meeting attendees, and on Split This Rock’s website at www.SplitThisRock.org. Poets from any
part of the U.S. may submit poems, but we regret that no travel funds will be
provided so that the winning poet may read at the meeting.
Read last year’s winning poems here: www.splitthisrock.org/contest_abortionrights.html
Submission Guidelines:
- Submit up to 3 poems (6 pages maximum) by midnight, Thursday, February 28, 2013, in the body of a single email to: info@splitthisrock.org.
- Attachments will not be opened. We will request Word attachments of finalist poems.
- One entry per poet, please.
- All styles and approaches accepted.
- Free to enter.
- Previously published in print is acceptable, but, please, not on the web.
- Simultaneous submissions accepted. Please inform us at info@splitthisrock.org immediately if the poem has been accepted for publication elsewhere.
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