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[font "Times New Roman"][red][size 5]THIS CONTEST IS "BLIND" MEANING THE JUDGES WILL NOT KNOW WHO YOU ARE UNTIL THE FINALS. ALL SUBMISSIONS WILL BE GIVEN TO THE JUDGES ANNONYMOUSLY! JUDGES ARE NOT FROM ORTONVILLE AN ANYONE FROM ANYWHERE IS WELCOME TO PARTICIPATE. PLEASE [/size][/red][/font][red][size 5]HELP[/size][/red][red][size 5] [/size][/red][red][size 5]PASS[/size][/red][red][size 5] THIS AROUND! [/size][/red]
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[font "Times New Roman"][red][size 5] [/size][/red][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ortonville DDA's 1st Annual[/size][/font][/center] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 5]CreekFest Poetry Contest[/size][/font][/center] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]In participation of the State of [/size][/font]Michigan's River Day Observance[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]FINALISTS MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN ON [/size][/font]JUNE 10, 2006 AT CREEKFEST IN THE VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE, MI[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Two Categories will be judged:[/size][/font][/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Category I[/size][/font] – ages 14 & under[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2 Honorable Mentions[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]3rd Place $25 Savings Bond[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2nd Place $50 Savings Bond[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]1st Place $100 Savings Bond[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Category II[/size][/font] – ages 15 and Older[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2 Honorable Mentions[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]3rd Place[/size][/font] $50
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2nd Place[/size][/font] $100
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]1st Place[/size][/font] $150
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]CreekFest is a festival that celebrates and promotes preservation of [/size][/font]Michigan waterways. Thematic contents in poetry pieces will be favored but not mandatory.
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All entries must be post marked no later than [/size][/font]May 1st, 2006. Walk in submissions shall be no later than Monday, May 1st, 2006 4:30 pm at the Ortonville Village Offices.
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Submissions need to be addressed to;[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]CreekFest – Poetry Contest[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ortonville[/size][/font] Village Offices
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]476 Mill Street[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]PO Box[/size][/font] 928
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ortonville[/size][/font], MI 48462
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Each entry (poem) must include 2 individual copies of work. A separate sheet of paper must be included with each entry, noting the name, birth date and title of work. A self addressed, stamped envelope must be included with each entry. Do Not note author on actual work.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Five entrants from each category will be selected for a final judging to take place at CreekFest on [/size][/font]June 10, 2006 in the village of Ortonville. Finalists will be notified by mail, post marked no later than May 24th, 2006
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All finalists must be present to win. All finalists or a representative on their behalf will be required to read their entries for judging at CreekFest, [/size][/font]June 10, 2006.
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Reading representatives must meet the same age requirements as the entrant.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All works submitted must be original and un-published.[/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Final Registration[/size][/font]: Finalists will receive notice by mail, noting the location of final registration and time they need to be present at CreekFest, June 10th, 2006. Reading representatives must be present at time of final registration.
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All finalists must be agreeable to the publication of their entry in a variety of newspapers and any Ortonville DDA promotions, including any future internet advertisement or publication. [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]JUDGES[/size][/font][/center] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Margo LaGattuta, M.F.A, Creative Writing (Poetry), Vermont College, 1984; BA English, 1980. [/size][/font]Margo has four published collections of poetry: [url "http://inventingtheinvisible.com/embracing.htm"][black]Embracing the Fall[/black][/url] (Plain View Press), [url "http://inventingtheinvisible.com/dream.htm"][black]The Dream Givers[/black][/url] (Lake Shore Publishing), Noedgelines (Earhart Press) and Diversion Road (State Street Press). She has an MFA from Vermont College, and won the 2005 Mark Twain Award from Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature for her "contributions to Midwestern literature." A two-time winner of the Midwest Poetry Award and a National Federation of State Poetry Societies Founders Award, and she has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. She is Associate Editor for [url "http://www.suburbanlifestyles.com/m_contact.html"][black]Suburban Lifestyles[/black][/url], where she writes a column, articles, and theater reviews (Meadow Brook Theatre and Avon Players). She teaches writing at U-M Flint and OCC and writing workshops through Springfed Arts—Metro Detroit Writers. Her poetry and creative non-fiction are featured in national literary anthologies and journals. She is currently working on a new writing process book, Writing like a River, as well as a new book of poems, Bears Are Taught to Use Cameras . [font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Jan Worth, [black]M.F.A., Creative Writing (Poetry), Warren Wilson College, 1992. M.S.W. Interpersonal Communication, University of Michigan, 1981
B.A. Journalism, Kent State University, 1971 [/black][/size][/font]Jan's dissertation was on architecture and poetry, built around Philip Larkin's "High Windows" and "Church Going" and Elizabeth Bishop's "The End of March." Jan's area of interests and specializations are "Religion in the academy, particularly as it is reflected in first-year student writing." Jan has published "Student Pieties and Pedagogical Hot Spots." Writing on the Edge (UC-Davis journal on writing and teaching writing) Fall 2003. Jan is widely published and continues to write poems, personal essays, and short stories. Jan is involved in a new program called the "Green Arts" which is organizing a three year series of events through U of M Flint, celebrating the Flint River Watershed. She is process of designing a nature writing course for students this upcoming fall.
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[font "Times New Roman"][red][size 5] [/size][/red][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][red][size 5] [/size][/red][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ortonville DDA's 1st Annual[/size][/font][/center] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 5]CreekFest Poetry Contest[/size][/font][/center] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]In participation of the State of [/size][/font]Michigan's River Day Observance[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]FINALISTS MUST BE PRESENT TO WIN ON [/size][/font]JUNE 10, 2006 AT CREEKFEST IN THE VILLAGE OF ORTONVILLE, MI[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Two Categories will be judged:[/size][/font][/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Category I[/size][/font] – ages 14 & under[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2 Honorable Mentions[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]3rd Place $25 Savings Bond[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2nd Place $50 Savings Bond[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]1st Place $100 Savings Bond[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Category II[/size][/font] – ages 15 and Older[/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2 Honorable Mentions[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]3rd Place[/size][/font] $50
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]2nd Place[/size][/font] $100
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]1st Place[/size][/font] $150
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]RULES[/size][/font][/center]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]CreekFest is a festival that celebrates and promotes preservation of [/size][/font]Michigan waterways. Thematic contents in poetry pieces will be favored but not mandatory.
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All entries must be post marked no later than [/size][/font]May 1st, 2006. Walk in submissions shall be no later than Monday, May 1st, 2006 4:30 pm at the Ortonville Village Offices.
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Submissions need to be addressed to;[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]CreekFest – Poetry Contest[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ortonville[/size][/font] Village Offices
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]476 Mill Street[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]PO Box[/size][/font] 928
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Ortonville[/size][/font], MI 48462
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Each entry (poem) must include 2 individual copies of work. A separate sheet of paper must be included with each entry, noting the name, birth date and title of work. A self addressed, stamped envelope must be included with each entry. Do Not note author on actual work.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Five entrants from each category will be selected for a final judging to take place at CreekFest on [/size][/font]June 10, 2006 in the village of Ortonville. Finalists will be notified by mail, post marked no later than May 24th, 2006
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All finalists must be present to win. All finalists or a representative on their behalf will be required to read their entries for judging at CreekFest, [/size][/font]June 10, 2006.
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Reading representatives must meet the same age requirements as the entrant.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All works submitted must be original and un-published.[/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Final Registration[/size][/font]: Finalists will receive notice by mail, noting the location of final registration and time they need to be present at CreekFest, June 10th, 2006. Reading representatives must be present at time of final registration.
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3]All finalists must be agreeable to the publication of their entry in a variety of newspapers and any Ortonville DDA promotions, including any future internet advertisement or publication. [/size][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font]
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[font "Times New Roman"][size 3] [/size][/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][size 3]JUDGES[/size][/font][/center] [font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Margo LaGattuta, M.F.A, Creative Writing (Poetry), Vermont College, 1984; BA English, 1980. [/size][/font]Margo has four published collections of poetry: [url "http://inventingtheinvisible.com/embracing.htm"][black]Embracing the Fall[/black][/url] (Plain View Press), [url "http://inventingtheinvisible.com/dream.htm"][black]The Dream Givers[/black][/url] (Lake Shore Publishing), Noedgelines (Earhart Press) and Diversion Road (State Street Press). She has an MFA from Vermont College, and won the 2005 Mark Twain Award from Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature for her "contributions to Midwestern literature." A two-time winner of the Midwest Poetry Award and a National Federation of State Poetry Societies Founders Award, and she has been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize. She is Associate Editor for [url "http://www.suburbanlifestyles.com/m_contact.html"][black]Suburban Lifestyles[/black][/url], where she writes a column, articles, and theater reviews (Meadow Brook Theatre and Avon Players). She teaches writing at U-M Flint and OCC and writing workshops through Springfed Arts—Metro Detroit Writers. Her poetry and creative non-fiction are featured in national literary anthologies and journals. She is currently working on a new writing process book, Writing like a River, as well as a new book of poems, Bears Are Taught to Use Cameras . [font "Times New Roman"][size 3]Jan Worth, [black]M.F.A., Creative Writing (Poetry), Warren Wilson College, 1992. M.S.W. Interpersonal Communication, University of Michigan, 1981
B.A. Journalism, Kent State University, 1971 [/black][/size][/font]Jan's dissertation was on architecture and poetry, built around Philip Larkin's "High Windows" and "Church Going" and Elizabeth Bishop's "The End of March." Jan's area of interests and specializations are "Religion in the academy, particularly as it is reflected in first-year student writing." Jan has published "Student Pieties and Pedagogical Hot Spots." Writing on the Edge (UC-Davis journal on writing and teaching writing) Fall 2003. Jan is widely published and continues to write poems, personal essays, and short stories. Jan is involved in a new program called the "Green Arts" which is organizing a three year series of events through U of M Flint, celebrating the Flint River Watershed. She is process of designing a nature writing course for students this upcoming fall.
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