Sponsors: Arcadia University, Montgomery Theater, and the Indian Valley Arts Foundation

Executive Director: Joanne Leva, Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program

Purpose: To recognize and promote excellence in poetry

Eligibility: ALL MONTGOMERY COUNTY RESIDENTS 18 years and older

Entry Rules: Ten (10) poems; no more, no fewer. Any style, form, or length. All work to be original, published or unpublished, typewritten or word processed, one side only. DO NOT PLACE NAME OR ADDRESS ON POETRY PAGES. Attach Entry Form with paper clip to packet of poems. List titles of poems, your name, address, and phone number on opposite side of this page. If return of manuscript is desired, enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage. *Please do not send certified mail.

Deadline: Poems must be mailed to: The Montgomery County Poet Laureate Competition, C/O Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, P.O. Box 640, Glenside, PA 19038. Manuscript must be post-marked NO LATER than Monday, February 2, 2009.

Reader's Fee: $25.00
Please make your check payable to: The Indian Valley Arts Foundation. In the memo, please write "Poet Laureate."

Notification: Winner will be notified by Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Please note all entries will be judged anonymously.

Awards: $500 Honorarium to the winner and a formal awards presentation by Celebrity Judge on Friday, April 24, 2009 at Arcadia University, in Glenside.

Judges: Three recognized poets, two of which reside in the Delaware Valley, Deda Kavanough and Michael Cohen. The third, a "Celebrity" Judge, Tony Hoagland, teaches in the poetry program at the University of Houston.

For further information or additional entry forms please write to:
Joanne Leva, Executive Director, The Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program, C/O Arcadia University, 450 S. Easton Road, P.O. Box 640, PA 19038.

The Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program assumes no responsibility for loss of any work and will not be responsible for return of work unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope with sufficient postage is enclosed.