Call for Poetry Chapbook Submissions

Calling all Poets!

We are calling for submissions for our second SRCA Open Poetry Chapbook Competition (to be judged by Colleen Clayton, Cindy M. Kelly, Gina Tabasso, and Tina Puckett). If you are not familiar with our organization, Standing Rock Cultural Arts is a non profit art and educational organization located at 257 North Water Street in downtown Kent, Ohio, whose mission is to build community through the arts. We are named after the historic Standing Rock that is situated in the Cuyahoga River in Portage County, Ohio. We received our 501(c)(3) status in 2000 and we routinely hold poetry readings in our North Water Street Gallery hosted by local poet, Maj Ragain. Our new Rock in the River Literary Series launched last year with our first competition winner Jeff Fearnside of Prescott, Arizona.

Deadline: Submissions open Jul 1, 2011 and end Sep 30, 2011 (postmark - September 30th).

Please visit our website at www.standingrock.net under our Literary Series link for complete Entry Guidelines and competition information.

We invite you to forward this message to anyone who might be interested and look forward to reading your submissions!

Thank you for supporting the literary arts!

Tina Puckett

Editor, Rock in the River Literary Series

Judge, 2011 SRCA Open Poetry Chapbook Competition

Jeff Ingram

Executive Director, Standing Rock Cultural Arts

SRCA Chapbook Competition

c/o Standing Rock Cultural Arts

257 N Water St

Kent OH 44240

(330) 673-4970

www.standingrock.net

info@standingrock.net for general inquiries

SRCAChapbook@gmail.com for all chapbook inquiries

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