2008 Annual PSO Contest Categories 21

2008 Annual PSO Contest Categories Mail Entries to: Marsha Kay Oldham, Contest Chair P. O. Box 612 Garber, Oklahoma 73738-0612 PSO members include check, cashier's check, or money order for $5.00 'Flat Fee' for one or all category entries. Non-PSO entrants please include $3.00 per poem. Submit only one entry per category. Postmark Deadline is November 30, 2008

Categories 21-24 "OPEN TO PSO MEMBERS ONLY"

#21 Violet Amy Davis Memorial * *Open to members who sponsor PSO contests only* *

1st place, $20.00 || 2nd place, $10.00|| 3rd place, $5.00
Form: Poet's Choice
Theme: Poet's Choice
Length: 32 Line Limit
Sponsor & Judge: Betty Personette

#22 Stewart - Ramsey Memorial Award Honoring Robert L. Kircher, friend and composer who set my lyrics to music for over 20 years.

1st place, $15.00 || 2nd place, $10.00|| 3rd place, $5.00
Form: Rhymed (state form under category)
Theme: Tribute to a music composer
Length: 32 Line Limit
Sponsors: Vivian & Lowell Stewart Judge: Vivian Stewart

#23 Carpe Diem

1st place, $15.00 || 2nd place, $10.00 || 3rd place $5.00
Form: Poet's Choice
Theme: Seize the Day (a poem about living TODAY!)
Length: 40 Line Limit
Sponsor & Judge: Marsha Kay Oldham

#24 Pantoum
1st place, $15.00 || 2nd place, $10.00 || 3rd place, $5.00
Form: Pantoum*
Theme: Poet's Choice
Length: up to 24 lines
Sponsor & Judge: Marie Johnson

*Note: either 3 or 4 foot lines-4 line stanzas. 2nd and 4th Lines in each stanza become 1st and 3rd lines of next stanza. Must have first line as last line of poem. May have 4 - 6 stanzas.