$1,000 Cash

Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine invites entries to its
Annual Byron’s Quill ~ Award for Poetry

Cash Prizes:
1st prize $1,000  ~  2nd prize $250  ~  3rd prize $100

• Entry fee is $20 (ENTRANTS receive 1 copy of the Quills Annual Canadian Poetry Magazine available in Autumn).

• Contest is open to poets residing in Canada only.

• Entrants may submit up to 3 unpublished poems. Additional entries have a reading fee of $5 per poem. Poems will not be returned.

• Length of each poem must not exceed 60 lines/300 words. Must fit on one 8.5" x 11" single-sided page. Please submit 4 copies of each poem.

• Poems must be typed. No hand-written submission will be accepted.

• Judging is blind. Entrant’s name, address, e-mail and phone number must not appear on the poems, but instead on a separate sheet that also lists the titles of the poems entered. Judge’s profiles can be found at www.poets.ca

• Deadline for entry each year is April 30th (post-marked). Winners will be announced and published in the Annual issue of Quills published in June.

• No e-mail entries accepted. Post mail with cheque made payable to Quills Canadian Poetry Magazine: PO Box 21660, Vancouver, BC V5L 5G3

Judges:
3 of Canada's accomplished and established poets will choose the winners. To be announced each year.

3rd Annual Award Judges: Heidi Greco ~ Catherine Owen ~ Matt Robinson

2nd Annual Award Judges: Allan Brown ~ T. Anders Carson ~ Adele Kearns Thomas

1st Annual Award Judges: Penn Kemp ~ John B. Lee ~ Todd Swift

4th Annual Award:
Deadline for submissions extended to April 30th, 2008

3rd Annual Award Winners:
1st Prize: Joelene Heathcote
2nd Prize: Barbara Pelman
3rd Prize: Daniela Bouneva Elza

2nd Annual Award Winners:
1st Prize: Heidi Greco
2nd Prize: Lynn Tait
3rd Prize: Philippa Lane

1st Annual Award Winners:
1st Prize: Paul Tyler
2nd Prize: Joelene Heathcock
3rd Prize: Scott C. Ramsay