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# Talent Literary Guild launches free amateur poetry contest with $1,000 grand prize
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/120904-story-20041209-2/
- Published: 2004-12-09T16:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-23T05:47:26.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Entertainment, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Daily Press staff*

The Talent Literary Guild is sponsoring an amateur poetry contest, free to everyone. There are 50 prizes in all, including a $1,000 grand prize, with more than $4,000 in total cash and prizes awarded.

“We are delighted to sponsor this contest,” said poetry director Thomas Grey. “Poets deserve opportunities to showcase their work and get recognition. We hope our contest will encourage new poets to share their artistry with others. California has produced many wonderful poets over the years and I’d like to discover new ones from among the Santa Monica-area grassroots poets.”

To enter, send one entry of 21 lines or less to: Free Poetry Contest, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd., PMB 4, Ashland, Ore., 97520, or go to www.freecontest.com.

Poems may be written on any subject, using any style. The deadline for entering is Jan. 14\. The editors reserve the right to publish the winning poems in a pamphlet and send it free to all entrants, along with a winner’s list.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on December 9, 2004.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/120904.pdf?ref=smdp.com)