By Daily Press staff
A $1,000 grand prize is being offered in a special religious poetry contest sponsored by the New Jersey Rainbow Poets, free to anyone who has ever written a poem. There are 50 prizes in all totaling almost $5,000.
The deadline for entering is Sept. 22. To enter, send one poem only of 21 lines or less: Free Poetry Contest, 103 N. Wood Ave., PMB 70, Linden, NJ, 07036. Or enter on-line at www.rainbowpoets.com.
“We think great religious poems inspire achievement,” said contest director Frederick Young. “Our desire is to inspire amateur poets and we think this competition will accomplish that. California has produced many wonderful poets over the years and we’d like to discover new ones from the Santa Monica-area.”
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on August 19, 2004. Read the original PDF.