USC Lancaster Medford Poetry Contest

Update: 2006 Winners Announced

The Friends of the Medford Library is proud to announce the annual Medford Poetry Contest, which will offer a cash award of $500 to the University of South Carolina Lancaster student submitting the strongest poem.

Deadline for entries: 31 January 2006, 5:00 p.m.

Contest Guidelines:

• The competition is open to any student currently enrolled at USC Lancaster.
• All entries must be previously unpublished original work, and may not have won any other awards.
• A student may submit up to three poems, but no more than 100 total lines of poetry. Please submit two copies of the manuscript.
• No more than one poem should appear on a single page; poems longer than one page may continue onto additional sheets as necessary.
• Poems must be typed on 8 1/2 x 11 inch white paper. Spacing and font are at the writer’s discretion, but font size should be twelve points. Clean photocopies will be accepted.
• The author’s name should not appear anywhere on the manuscript.
• The poems must be accompanied by a single cover sheet on which the following information is typed:

Author’s name
Address
Daytime telephone number
Social Security number
List of poem title(s)

No manuscripts will be returned; if you wish to be notified that your manuscript was received, please include a self-addressed stamped postcard.

Submit manuscripts to:

The judge’s decision is final; we reserve the right not to award based on the judge’s recommendation. Winners are free to market poems elsewhere after the award is announced.

For more information contact Shari Eliades, Medford Library on the campus of USC Lancaster, (803) 313-7062, or Dr. Bruce Nims at (803) 313-7047.