<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><ul class="page-section form-section" style="list-style: none outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; zoom: 1; clear: both; color: rgb(85, 85, 85); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Sans', Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><li id="cid_1" class="form-input-wide" data-type="control_head"><div class="form-header-group " style="background-attachment: scroll; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); padding: 24px 0px; clear: both; border-right-style: none; border-right-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); border-left-style: none; border-left-color: rgb(230, 230, 230); margin: 12px 36px; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif; background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"><div class="httal htvam header-text" style="vertical-align: middle;"><h2 id="header_1" class="form-header" data-component="header" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 1.714em; line-height: 1.618em;">Poetry Contest for Adults and Youth</h2></div></div></li><li class="form-line" data-type="control_text" id="id_6" style="clear: both; padding: 12px 36px; margin: 12px 0px; display: block; width: 690px; position: relative; box-sizing: border-box;"><div id="cid_6" class="form-input-wide"><div id="text_6" class="form-html" data-component="text" style="padding: 3px;"><p class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="">CALL FOR ENTRIES: The History of Sonoma County</span></strong></p><p class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">A Poetry Contest for Adults and Youth</span></strong></p><p class="">Deadline for entry: <strong class="">May 1, 2017</strong></p><p class="">SCA announces a poetry contest, entitled "The History of Sonoma County" which invites local writers to submit poems about the history of Sonoma County. Poems selected from this contest will be displayed at Sebastopol Center for the Arts and winners will be invited to attend and read their winning poem at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts on June 10. The contest juror is Sonoma County Poet Laureate, Iris Jamahl Dunkle. Dunkle is the author of two poetry collections, Gold Passage (2013) and There's a Ghost in this Machine of Air (2015). </p><p class="">The entry deadline is Monday, May 1, 2017. Youth, teens and adults are invited to submit their work and may submit up to three entries per contestant. The fee for adults is $8 for members of the Sebastopol Center for the Arts, $10 for non-members, and $5 for youth entries age 18 and under.</p><p class=""><strong class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Awards: </span></strong> </p><ul class=""><li class="">One juror will select the winning entries.</li><li class="">Three Winners will be selected in each of the following categories: Youth (K-5), Junior High (6-8), High School (9-12), Adult </li><li class="">Winners will read their poems at a reception June 10, 7:30pm,</li><li class="">Winning entries will be displayed at SCA</li><li class="">First place winners in all categories will each be awarded a $50 prize, Second place winners will receive a $25 prize and Third place winner will receive a $15 prize.</li><li class="">Winning entries may be published in SCA's "QuARTerly" and on the website.</li></ul><p class=""> <strong class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Entry Guidelines:</span></strong></p><ul class=""><li class="">Entries are online only to be uploaded at: <a href="http://www.jotform.com" class="">www.jotform.com</a></li><li class="">All entries must be original, unpublished, and not previously exhibited or read at SCA.</li><li class="">All entries must be submitted in a font no smaller than 12 pt. Times New Roman (or equivalent).</li><li class="">Each entry must be submitted in a Word Doc or PDF file, on a single 8½ x 11" page, with margins no less than 1 inch around.</li><li class="">Writers may submit a maximum of 3 entries.</li><li class="">Writers must submit two copies of each entry, one blind copy (without any author identification for judging), and a second copy identifying the author and city of residency for display. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);" class=""><strong class=""><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">Each entry must be named as follows:</span> lastname.firstname.1name and lastname.firstname.noname <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class="">(for the copy without a name.)</span></strong> </span>For example:<ul class=""><li class="">Smith.Amy.1name and Smith.Amy.1noname</li><li class="">Smith.Amy.2name and Smith.Amy.2noname</li><li class="">Smith.Amy.3name and Smith.Amy.3noname</li></ul></li></ul><p class="">Due to volume considerations, a literary panel may prescreen entries.</p><p class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><strong class="">Deadlines & Fees:</strong></span></p><p class="">Entries must be submitted online by <strong class="">May 1, 2017</strong>.</p><p class="">Sebastopol Center for the Arts members: $8 per entry (membership is $40 annually). </p><p class="">Non-members: $10 per entry. </p><p class="">Youth age 18 and under $5 per entry. </p><p class="">Winners will be notified by <strong class="">May 25.</strong> </p><p class="">For more information, email <a href="mailto:lindag@sebarts.org" class="">lindag@sebarts.org</a> or 707-829-4797 or visit <a href="http://www.sebarts.org" class="">www.sebarts.org</a></p></div></div></li></ul><div class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>