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>FuckDoll< · 07-12-05

FREE LUNCH POETRY CONTEST Free
Sponsored By: Free Lunch

Contest Status: Active

PCI Recommendation: Neutral

Deadline: 9/1

Contest Type: Poetry (Individual Poems)

Experience Level: All Authors

Language: English

Translations Eligible: No

Other Restrictions: Notify if accepted elsewhere

Themes: Italian cuisine

Top Award: $200

Other Awards: Poem published in Free Lunch, a poetry magazine

Publication of Winners: Yes

Entry Fee: None

Sponsor Details:

Free Lunch

P.O. Box 717

Glenview, IL 60025-0717

USA

What To Submit: MS, SASE #10 envelope for notification

Length Limit: 1-4 poems

Submission Format: Typed, single-spaced; include a cover page with author's name, address, phone number, and poem titles. Write "Contest Poems" on outer envelope.

Submissions Per Entrant: One Submission Per Entrant

Unpublished Submission: Not specified

Exclusive Submission: No

Suggestions: Funding for this prize is provided by Barilla America, Inc. to demonstrate its support of poetry in the US.

The following background info on the genesis of the contest comes from:

http://www.midlandauthors.com/newsletter/1_2004.html

"Ron Offen, poet and publisher of the Glenview-based poetry magazine, Free Lunch, took umbrage when he saw an ad in the Ravinia concert program implying that poetry is inferior to the visual arts for representing tangible things and to music for the intangible.

"He threatened, tongue-in-cheek, to organize poets to picket the headquarters of the ad's sponsor, Barilla America, Inc., the Bannockburn (Ill.) producer of pasta and other Italian food products. The parent company is based in Italy.

"The upshot is that Barilla America, Inc. will fund a poetry prize of $200 for a poem to be published in Free Lunch. The winning poem must be related to Italian cuisine.

"Sergio Pereira, Barilla vice-president of marketing, said, 'I love poetry, and Italy loves poets and poetry. It's the land of Virgil and Dante!'"

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