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NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE POETRY SOCIETIES, INC.

An educational and literary organization dedicated to the writing and appreciation of poetry in America.

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President’s Dear NFSPS Poets:

Message After my message in Strophes, you have been truly quiet. I asked for input on programs that you thought NFSPS might undertake and suggested that you email, write, phone, etc. to let me know what you think our organization should be doing. I have not heard from many of you. There is

a reason for the request. I am planning to add a new position to our appointed board, that of funding coordinator. Since we are always in need of additional funding and further raises in membership dues are not desirable in the near future, we want to pursue outside sources such as grants, but to pursue grants we must know specifically for what purpose we are requesting the grant. This is the reason for my request. Please let me know your suggestions concerning any of our programs but specifically those that we are not now undertaking and might want to undertake in the future.

If you have friends in unaffiliated states, encourage them to organize a state society. About a third of our states do not have a society affiliated with NFSPS. Please do tell your friends, however, that when a society joins they must seek membership and pay membership dues for all their members. Our board has ruled time after time that this is the correct interpretation of the NFSPS constitution.

We apologize for our problems with timeliness on our August issue of Strophes, but I think everyone will agree that editor Bethany Ng and DMT Offfice Manager - Amy Sternhagen did a superb job on that Strophes when it did appear. Editor Bethany Ng and her assistant editor, Paul Ford, have worked hard to make sure this issue is a quality as well as timely issue. We are strongly contemplating giving our poets a choice in the near future of receiving a paper copy or receiving Strophes on line. We would not stop printing paper copies. In the plan we are considering, no one who wants a paper copy will be denied one. This suggestion came from our former treasurer John Ottley. It could well save a lot of postage and printing expenses in the future.

Once again, let me hear from you on any topic that has to do with the welfare of NFSPS. I will try to answer your communications thoroughly and promptly. Poets are special people. Russell H. Strauss ~ 29th NFSPS President

Great Lakes…Great Poetry Convention

June 16 – 19, 2011 Dearborn Michigan

——————————————— Program ————————————————

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

6:30 PM—Buddy’s Pizza – Detroit’s

original deep dish pizza since 1935

Thursday, June 16, 2011 9:30 AM Registration 9:30 AM Book Room 9:00AM Tour Henry Ford Museum 1:00 PM - 4:00PM Board meeting 5:30 PM Terry Wooten Poetry Jukebox/Darolyn Brown performance

Friday, June 17, 2011 7:00 AM Open readings 9:30 AM Registration 9:30 AM Book Room 8:00 AM State Pres. Mtg. 9:00 AM Plenary Session 10:45AM Mary Jo Firth Gillette “From the Muddle” 10:45AM Terry Wooten “Elder’s Project” 12:30PM Lunch Invocational Poem Manningham Awards 2:30 PM David James” Absurdity and Humor in Poetry” 3:45PM Readings by Margo LaGattuta /Mary Jo Firth Gillette Break 5:30 PM Dinner

Invocational Poem Readings by David James/Martha Doody 10:00 PM Open readings

Saturday, June 18, 2011

7:00 AM Open readings 9:00 AM Registration 9:30 AM Book Room 9:30 AM Martha Doody 10:45AM Robert Fanning : Hammer Anvil, Strirup, Soul. Break

12:30 Lunch

College/University winners 2:45 PM Margo LaGattuta / Sheila Landis Trio 4:00PM Readings by Robert Fanning & Terry Blackhawk 5:30 PM Shiela Landis Trio music 5:30 PM Dinner

Stevens Winner 10:00 PM Open readings

Sunday, June 19, 2011

7:00 AM Open readings 8:00 Business Meeting 8:30 AM Book Room (closes at 2:30) 9:30 AM Plenary Session 11:00 AM Marie Howe 12:30PM Lunch

Featured poet M. L. Liebler 2:30 PM Panel Discussion 4:00 PM Autographs Break

5:00PM Performance by John Lamb 5:30 PM Reception 6:30 PM Dinner

Keynote speaker – Marie Howe

10:00 PM Open readings Monday, June 20, 2011

8:00A Open Poetry readings 9:00 AM Tour - Greenfield Village

Important notice to published authors

We will be utilizing a computerized tracking system to manage the 2011 NFSPS bookstore. This system has been successfully used in prior events and will allow for a more prompt payout process. As with any computer program, good output requires good input. If you plan to sell your books at this convention, please provide the bookstore manager with the following information as soon as possible: Author’s name Book(s) title Book sale price Quantity(s) to be displayed Please forward the above information to:

Ingrid D’Angelo 8470 Stout Grosse Ile, MI 48138 Email: [email protected]

Your early cooperation will benefit everyone.

January 2011 STROPHES 2

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF STATE POETRY SOCIETIES, INC.

Organized October 17, 1959 ~ Mary B. Wall, Founder

Honorary Chancellor: Lewis Turco

(Appointment made June, 2008)

EXECUTIVE BOARD ~ 2010-2012 Elected, NFSPS Convention ~ Memphis, TN, June, 2008

PRESIDENT: Russell H. Strauss 18 S. Rembert St., Memphis, TN 38104 [email protected]

1ST VICE PRESIDENT: Jeremy M. Downes

Stevens Manuscript Competition Chairman

832 Tacoma Dr., Auburn, AL 36830 [email protected]

2ND VICE PRESIDENT: N. Colwell Snell Publicity Chairman

P.O. Box 52098, Salt Lake City, UT 84152-0698 [email protected]

3RD VICE PRESIDENT: Eleanor Berry

Membership Chairman 22614 N. Santiam Hwy., Lyons, OR 97358 [email protected]

4TH VICE PRESIDENT: Caroline Walton

Historian: 6176 W. Pinedale Circle, Crystal River, FL 34429 ~ [email protected]

CHANCELLOR: Steven Concert Youth Awards Chairman

6 Kitchen Ave., Harvey's Lake, PA 18618 [email protected]

1ST VICE CHANCELLOR: Dena R. Gorrell Poetry Day/Poetry Month Liaison 14024 Gateway Dr., Edmond, OK 73013 [email protected]

2ND VICE CHANCELLOR: Valerie Martin Bailey

Poetry Day/Poetry Month Liaison

Encore Editor. 2207 Parhaven Dr., San Antonio, TX 78232 ~ [email protected]

TREASURER: Lucille Morgan Wilson

2325 61st St., Des Moines, IA 50322 [email protected]

SECRETARY: Mary Christine Delea

(address unlisted upon request) [email protected]

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT: Nancy Baass

Presidential Advisors Chairman 2306 N. De Leon St., Victoria, TX 77901-4812 ~ [email protected]

APPOINTIVE BOARD

College/University Competition Chairman:

Helen Keith Beaman, 1305 S. Alpine Loop, Provo, UT 84606 ~ [email protected]

Contest Chairman: Mikki Pennington, P.O. Box 7842, Moore, OK 73153 ~ [email protected]

Contest Sponsors/Brochure Chairman: Sharon Martin Turner, 10807 Silhouette Dr., San Antonio, TX 78216 ~ [email protected]

Convention Coordinator: Vivian R. Stewart, 8920 Sheringham Dr., Oklahoma City, OK 73132 ~ [email protected]

Judges Chairman: DeAnna Spurlock, 110 S. Bedford St., Carlisle, PA 17013 ~ [email protected]

Librarian: Peggy Zuleika Lynch, 6954 Elusive Pass, San Antonio, TX 78233 ~ [email protected]

Manningham Trust Competition Chairman:

Budd Powell Mahan, 7059 Spring Valley Rd., Dallas, TX 75254 ~ [email protected]

Manningham Trust Advisor: Sam Wood, 1570

Auburn Way, Reno, NV 89502

Special Awards Chairman: Amy Jo Zook, 3520 State Rte. 56, Mechanicsburg, OH 43044

Strophes Editor: Bethany Ng, 5217 S. Heath Ave., Kearns, UT 84118 ~ [email protected]

Webmaster: Billy Pennington, P.O. Box. 7842, Moore, OK 73153 ~ [email protected] Legal Advisor, Parliamentarian: Floyd (Michaud) L. Lamrouex, 4147 Acorn Hill, Ste 1, San Antonio, TX 78217 ~ [email protected]

NFSPS MEMBER STATE SOCIETIES

AND PRESIDENTS

ALABAMA: Alabama State Poetry Society Mary E. Halliburton, President ~ 91 Cloverfield Rd., Hope Hull, AL 36043 ~ [email protected] ARIZONA: Arizona State Poetry Society Christy White, President ~ 37427 N. Ootam Rd., #104, Cave Creek, AZ 85331~ [email protected] ARKANSAS: Poets' Roundtable of Arkansas

Betty Heidelberger, President ~ 4371 Hwy. 316 N., Lexa, AR 72355 ~ [email protected] CALIFORNIA: California State Poetry Society

Kate Ozbirn, President ~ 4781 Briarhill Dr., Yorba Linda, CA 92886 ~ [email protected] COLORADO: Columbine Poets

Julie Cummings, President ~ 5128 S. Sicily St., Aurora, CO 80015 ~ [email protected] CONNECTICUT: Connecticut Poetry Society

Tony Fusco, President ~ 311 Shingle Hill Rd., West Haven, CT 06516 ~ [email protected] FLORIDA: Florida State Poets Association

Betty Ann Whitney, President ~ 29530 Benjamin Dr., Wesley Chapel, FL 33543 ~ [email protected] GEORGIA: Georgia Poetry Society

Robert S. King, President ~ 313 Pan Will Road, Mineral Bluff, GA 30559 ~ [email protected] ILLINOIS: Illinois State Poetry Society

Susan T. Moss, President ~ 1209 Michigan Ave., Evanston, IL 60202 ~ [email protected] INDIANA: Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs

Glenna Glee, President ~ 808 E. 32nd St., Anderson, IN 46016 ~ [email protected] IOWA: Iowa Poetry Association

Jerry Ferrell, President ~ 2801 61st St., Des Moines, IA 50322 ~ [email protected] KENTUCKY: Kentucky State Poetry Society

Tony Sexton, President ~ P.O. Box 521, Harrodsburg, KY 40330 ~ [email protected] LOUISIANA: Louisiana State Poetry Society

Pat Sipes Juelg, President ~ 12972 Arlingford Ave., Baton Rouge, LA 70815 ~ [email protected] MAINE: Maine Poets Society

Maggie Finch & Marta Finch, Co-Presidents ~ 1463 Washington St., Bath, ME 04530 (Maggie’s address) ~ [email protected] (Marta’s e-mail address) MASSACHUSETTS: Massachusetts State Poetry Society

Jeanette Maes, President ~ 64 Harrison Ave., Lynn, MA 01905 ~ [email protected] MICHIGAN: Poetry Society of Michigan

James Ahearn, President ~ 536 Hill St., Rochester, MI 48307 ~ [email protected] MINNESOTA: League of Minnesota Poets

Christina M. Flaugher, President ~ P.O. Box 446, Mapleton, MN 56065 ~ [email protected] MISSISSIPPI: Mississippi Poetry Society

Emory D. Jones, President ~ 608 N. Pearl St., Iuka, MS 38852 ~ [email protected] MISSOURI: Missouri State Poetry Society

Billy Adams, President ~ 12600 McKinstry Rd., DeSoto, MO 63020 ~ [email protected] NEBRASKA: Nebraska State Poetry Society

Mary L. Maas, President ~ 601 Ivy St., Stanton, NE 68779 ~ [email protected] NEVADA: Nevada Poetry Society Sam Wood, President ~ P.O. Box 7014, Reno, NV 89510

NEW JERSEY: New Jersey Poetry Society Edith Kaltovich, President ~ 12 Rydal Dr., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648 ~ [email protected] NEW MEXICO: New Mexico State Poetry Society Bonnie Rucobo, President ~ 7505 McNerney Ave. N.E., Albuquerque, NM 87110 ~ [email protected]

NEW YORK: New York Poetry Forum Daniel Fernandez, President ~ 3604 Ave. S, Brooklyn, NY 11234 ~ [email protected] OHIO: Ohio Poetry Association Mark Hersman, President ~ 608 Logan Rd., Mansfield, OH 44907 ~ [email protected] OKLAHOMA: Poetry Society of Oklahoma Rob Burgess, President ~ 10608 N. Council Rd., #13, Oklahoma City, OK 73162 ~ [email protected] & Billy Pennington, Co-President, P.O. Box. 7842, Moore, OK 73153 ~ [email protected] OREGON: Oregon State Poetry Association

Mary Christine Delea, President (address unlisted upon request) [email protected] PENNSYLVANIA: Pennsylvania Poetry Society

Richard Lake, President ~ 501 Second Street, New Cumberland, PA 17070 ~ [email protected] SOUTH DAKOTA: South Dakota State Poetry Society

Cindy Stupnik, President ~ 1300 17th St. N.E., Watertown, SD 57201 ~ [email protected] TENNESSEE: Poetry Society of Tennessee Sarah Hull Gurley, President ~ 9141 Forest Bend Ct., Germantown, TN 38138 ~ [email protected] TEXAS: Poetry Society of Texas Catherine L’Herisson, President ~ 518 Grinnell Dr., Garland, TX 75043 ~ [email protected] UTAH: Utah State Poetry Society LaVerna B. Johnson, President ~ 259 South 2020 East, St. George, UT 84790 ~ [email protected] WYOMING: WyoPoets Abbie Taylor, President ~ 352 W. Whitney, Sheridan, WY 82801 ~ [email protected]

STROPHES

Strophes, the newsletter of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies, Inc., is published four times a year: August (*June 25th) ~ October (*August 25th) ~ January (*November 25th) ~ April (*February 25th). News items and information on contests may be sent via regular mail or e-mail, which is preferred, by authorized members of NFSPS member state societies to:

Bethany Ng, Strophes Editor 5217 S. Heath Ave., Kearns, UT 84118

[email protected]

Strophes is available without cost to all paid-up members of NFSPS member state societies when mailed/shipped in bulk to the president or other designated person, who is responsible for ordering the number needed by the submission deadline for each issue. Individual subscriptions are $5.00 a year to cover handling costs. Special orders are mailed separately. Single copies to individuals, who must specify which issue is ordered, are $1.00 and a #10 SASE should be supplied.

* Submission Deadlines

NFSPS PAST PRESIDENTS

(Presidential Advisors)

*Cecilia Parsons Miller *Jack Murphy *Clinton Larson *Barbara Stevens *Robert D. West *Henrietta Kroah *Edna Meudt *Jerry Robbins *Marvin Davis Winsett Pat Stodghill *Max Golightly *Wanda Blaisdell *Hans Juergensen Ralph Hammond *Russell Ferrall Amy Jo Zook *Jean Jenkins Susan Stevens Chambers *Catherine Case Lubbe Clarence P. Socwell

Glenn Swetman Madelyn Eastlund *Carl Morton Budd Powell Mahan *Alice Briley Doris Stengel *Wauneta Hackleman Nancy Baass

* Deceased


Our PresentersKeynote speaker, Marie Howe is the author of three volumes of poetry, The

Kingdom of Ordinary

Time (2008); The Good

Thief (1988); and What

the Living Do (1997), and is the co-editor of a book of essays, In the

Company of My

Solitude: American

Writing from the AIDS Pandemic (1994). Stanley Kunitz selected Howe for a Lavan Younger Poets Prize from the American Academy of Poets.

She has, in addition, been a fellow at the Bunting Institute at Radcliffe College and a recipient of NEA and Guggenheim fellowships. Her poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Poetry, Agni, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, and The Partisan Review, among others. Currently, Howe teaches creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College, Columbia, and New York University.

Marie Howe wowed readers and critics alike with her first book of poems, The

Good Thief. Selected by Margaret Atwood as the 1989 winner of the National Poetry Series, the book explored the themes of relationship, attachment, and loss in a uniquely personal search for transcendence. Howe's equally acclaimed second book, What the Living Do, addressed the grief of losing a loved one. Part of the urgency and importance of Howe's poetry stems from its rootedness in real life. Howe's poetry is intensely intimate, and her bravery in laying bare the music of her own pain–but never the pain alone—is part of its resonance. Inside each poem there is also a joy, a new breath of life, some kind of redemption. "Each of them seems a love poem to me," says Howe. Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody is a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, a

Distinguished Professor of English, and Poet-in-Residence at Kennedy-King College, Chicago, IL. She received her MFA at Vermont

College. Her many books include Second

House from the Corner, Under a Cat’s-Eye

Moon, Oracle Bones, Cinnabar, Smokeless

Flame, Kelly in the Mirror, Maafa: When

Night Becomes a Lion, Dragon Lady:

Tsukimi, and Glacier Fire,

Light Caught Bending and Second

Mourning, published by Diehard Publishers, Edinburgh, won Scottish Arts Council Grants. Named the Glendora Review Poet, Lagos, Nigeria, she was twice a Fellow at the Hawthornden International Writers’ Retreat in Scotland. Eastern Washington University chose her as Poetry Fellow, in residence at the Writers Center, Dublin, Ireland. She was a Fellow at St. Deiniol’s Library, Hawarden, Wales, on a bursary. She has poems in Illinois Voices: An

Anthology of Twentieth-Century Poetry (University of Illinois Press, 2001) and Poets of the New Century (David R. Godine Publisher, 2001). Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein published her poem, “Walking Under Night Sky” in his cassette “Bread & Steel: Illinois Poets Reading from Their Works.” She lives in Chicago with her husband, Tim, and their cats, Fred and Patrick Samuel.

M. L. Liebler is an internationally known and widely published Detroit poet, university professor, literary arts activist and arts organizer. He is the author of 13 books

including the Award winning Wide Awake in

Someone Else's Dream (Wayne State University Press 2008) featuring poems written in and about Russia, Israel, Germany, Alaska and Detroit. Wide Awake won The Paterson Poetry Prize for Literary Excellence and The American Indie Book Award for 2009. In 2005, he was named St. Clair Shores’ (his hometown) first Poet Laureate. Liebler has read and performed his work in many countries around the globe and most of the 50 States. He has taught at Wayne State University in Detroit since 1980, and is founding director of both The National Writer's Voice Project in Detroit and Springfield Arts: Metro Detroit Writers Literary Arts Organization. He was recently selected as Best Detroit Poet by The Detroit

Free Press & Detroit's Metro Time, and he was the nation’s first ever Artist in Residence for a Public Library at The Chelsea District Library for 2008-2009. In 2010, he received The Barnes & Noble Poets & Writers for Writers Award with Maxine Hong Kingston & Junot Diaz. www.mlliebler.com.

Terry Wooten: Michigan Poet Bard. As Michigan’s poet-bard Terry Wooten has taken his performance poetry and writing

workshop program to thousands for the past 27 years. He has twice won the Michigan Creative Artist Award, was the MC for Michigan’s Poetry Out Loud Program for two

years, and is currently a columnist. His most recent work, the Elders Project, links oral histories with literature using interviews to create poetry. Terry is also the builder and host of the Stone Circle, a triple ring of 88 large boulders with a center fire. Its layout is reminiscent of a time when bards spun their tales to an enchanted audience. Offering more than a hundred poets’ work from which his audience can select, Terry recites in jukebox fashion their requests. Performing from a nine-hour repertoire, he has become a living anthology of ancient through contemporary literature, as well as his own work rich in humor and lore. As a Michigan poet with a bioregional focus on people and places, Wooten has written poems on diverse topics that range from Ernie Harwell, Springwells Mound, shipwrecks, and voices of the Great Lakes Region. Robert Fanning is the author of American

Prophet (Marick Press, 2009), The Seed

Thieves (Marick Press, 2006) and Old Bright

Wheel (Ledge Press Poetry Award 2003). His poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Poetry, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, and The

Atlanta Review, among others. A professor of Creative Writing at Central Michigan

University, Fanning's writing awards include a Creative Artist Grant from ArtServe Michigan, the Inkwell Poetry Award, and the Foley Poetry Award. He lives in Mt. Pleasant, MI. with his wife, sculptor Denise Whitebread Fanning, and their two small children. For more information, visit www.robertfanning.com.


Margo LaGattuta, 2005 winner of The Mark Twain Award for her contribution to Midwestern Literature, has her MFA from Vermont College and four published

collections of poetry, Embracing the Fall,

The Dream Givers,

Noedgelines, and Diversion Road. Her poetry and essays have been published in

many national literary magazines and anthologies. In 2002/2003 she received a Michigan Creative Artist’s Grant from ArtServe Michigan to complete her newest poetry collection, Bridge of Birds. A two-time winner of the Midwest Poetry Award and many National Federation of State Poetry Societies Awards, including a recent Founders Award, she was nominated by Naomi Shihab Nye for a Pushcart Prize for her work in small press publishing. Margo writes for Community Lifestyles in Rochester, MI where she creates a weekly creative nonfiction column, featuring articles and theater reviews. She teaches writing at University of Michigan-Flint.

Mary Jo Firth Gillett's poetry collection, Soluble Fish, won the '07 Crab Orchard Series First Book Award. Her three award-

winning chapbooks are: Not One (Detroit Writer's Voice), Tiger in

a Hairnet (Small Poetry Press, Select Poets' Series), and Chandeliers

of Fish (Poetry West). Mary Jo's poems have

been published widely in journals such as The Gettysburg Review, The Southern Review, Harvard Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Sycamore Review, Green Mountains Review, Third Coast, Passages North, and Margie. She's won the N.Y. Open Voice Award and teaches poetry workshops for Springfield Arts, Metro Detroit Writers. Her MFA is from Vermont College.

Terry Blackhawk is the founder and director of Detroit 's acclaimed InsideOut Literary Arts Project, a poets-in-schools program serving over 5,000 youth per year. She began teaching English in 1968 after

graduating from Antioch College , and took up writing poetry, herself, when she was

already teaching it to her students. Terry's poetry collections include Body & Field (Michigan State University Press, 1999), Escape Artist (BkMk Press, 2003), selected by Molly Peacock for the John Ciardi Prize; and The Dropped Hand (Marick Press, 2007). She has published two chapbooks, Trio: Voices from the Myths (Ridgeway Press, 1998) and Greatest Hits 1989-2003 (Pudding House Press). Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and journals, including Marlboro Review,

Michigan Quarterly Review, Florida

Review, Borderlands, Artful Dodge, The

MacGuffin and Nimrod. Her essays have been published in Review Revue, An Emily

Dickinson Encyclopedia, Language Arts

Journal of Michigan and anthologies from the Teachers & Writers Collaborative. She was a finalist for the 2009 Pablo Neruda Prize from Nimrod Press for “Out of the Labyrinth” and other poems. She has received many recognitions for her teaching, including Creative Writing Educator of the Year from the Michigan Youth Arts Festival (2008), a Humanities Award from Wayne County Arts, History and Humanities Council (2008), and 2007 Detroit Bookwoman of the Year from the Women’s National Book Association. Terry is the recipient of the 2010 Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize from Nimrod International for her poem "Chambered Nautilus, with Tinnitus and Linden."

David James. After writing poetry for over thirty years, I've recently tried my hand at playwriting with some success. I've had six one-acts plays produced off-off-Broadway in New York, and roughly a

dozen other plays produced in Massachusetts, Michigan, and California. As a lifelong poet, it's been a rush to have other people "say" my words in the plays. I highly recommend it! David James has published six books: She Dances Like Mussolini (March Street Press, 2009), Trembling in

Someone's Palm (March Street Press, 2007), I Will Peel This Mask Off (March Street Press, 2004), I Dance Back (March Street Press, 2002), Do Not Give Dogs What is

Holy (March Street Press, 1994), A Heart

Out of This World (Carnegie Mellon University Press, 1984). His poetical works have been published in such journals as: Bryant Literary Review,

Caliban, California Quarterly, Iowa Review, Literary Review, North American Review, Poem, Quarterly West, Rattle, and Taproot

Literary Review. In addition, David James has received a Michigan Council for the Arts grant, and 2nd place in the Nantucket Short Play Festival, 2008. John D. Lamb’s CD, Feel That, is the winner of the 2007 Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Acoustic/Folk Recording.

"…Lamb nails the exhilaration of the Up North experience as the driver in one song heads for the ski slopes and the good times, while wary of the whitetails on the road….With a laid-

back, made-in-Detroit drawl, his voice and lyrics invite comparisons to populist songwriters ranging from Mellencamp to Steve Earle, with roots buried in the heart of the country…" according to John Gjaltema in the Northern Express Weekly, Traverse City. Lisa Wexton of the Metro Times review of A Novel Day states that Lamb "…writes songs as if he's spent his whole life on the road … demonstrates Lamb's finesse with simple, evocative and catchy song crafting.”

2011 NFSPS Great Lakes, Great Poetry

Convention Poetry Contest Theme: Anything Michigan or Lakes

First Place: $200, Second Place: $100, Third Place: $50.DeadlineMay 1, 2011. Any form, Theme: Anything Michigan or Lakes. 40 line limit. Judges: Margo LaGattuta and Polly Opsahl. Entrants must be members of an NFSPS-affiliated state poetry society. Awards will be announced and the top ten poems read during Thursday evening’s activities. Entries may be published and may or may not have placed in contests elsewhere. Entries must be titled. Winners need not be present to win. Send two copies of each poem. On one copy, provide poem only. Second copy should include entrant’s name, address, phone number, e-mail if you have one, and state poetry society in upper left hand corner. Limit 3 poems per entrant. Entry Fee: $5 for one poem, $10 for up to 3 poems per entrant. Make checks payable to: PSM (Poetry Society of Michigan). Mail entries after January 1, 2011 to:

Polly Opsahl, Michigan Convention

Poetry Contest, 270 Brewster Rd,

Rochester Hills, MI 48309-1507.


2011 NFSPS Convention

Great Lakes, Great Poetry

Invocational Poem Contest Guidelines

Invocational poems will be read by winners at the beginning of Convention meals. The paramount consideration is poetic value, not religious orthodoxy. The poem must be, first of all, a poem, and should be suited to a religiously diverse membership, and should use gender-inclusive, contemporary language. Six poems will be chosen for a $25.00 award each. These six poems will not be ranked. They may be any form and should not exceed 20 lines in length. The contest is open to all poets and must be the original work of the poet, unpublished, not submitted elsewhere for publication, and not a previous host-contest winning poem. It should be typed or computer generated. Fee for poems is $2.00 per poem for a limit of three poems. Checks must be made payable to: PSM (Poetry Society of Michigan). Send entries after January 1, 2011. Entries should be postmarked no later than March 1, 2011. Winners will be notified in April 2011. Judges will be Mono D’Angelo, PSM Vice-President, and Carolyn Walker, Peninsula

Poets Editor. We place a high value on the winner reading his/her own poem, but a substitute reader will be provided if you cannot be present at the Convention. If this is the case, please add a note that you will need a reader. Send two copies, both with the name of the contest in the upper left corner. One copy only should have your name and address, with e-mail address if you have one, in the upper right hand corner. Poems will not be returned. The Poetry Society of Michigan reserves the right to have this poem read at the 2011 Convention. The poet retains all other rights.

Mail entries to: Carolyn Walker, 2011

Convention Invocational Contest, 54 W.

Washington St., Clarkston, Mich. 48346

CONTESTS

CALIFORNIA STATE POETRY SOCIETY Monthly Contests available: special January contest; many free-topic months. Send SASE for rules. 25th Annual Contest: $2 per poem for Members Only; all others, $3 entry fee per poem. Send SASE for rules. Call for 4-color artwork and b&w for California Quarterly. Send to [email protected]. Call for poems for California Quarterly and the CSPS PL&LR; poetry articles will be considered for CSPS Newsbriefs. Send $7 ppd for packet of samples to review. Write for rules and all other CSPS inquiries: CSPS, POB 7216, Orange, CA 92863.

Contest info continued on page 8.

NFSPS College/University Level

Poetry Competition – 2011 All freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors of an accredited university or college are eligible to enter the NFSPS College/University Level Poetry Awards competition. Two students will receive an award of $500 each. They are the Edna Meudt Memorial Award and the Florence Kahn Memorial Award. Recipients shall be selected on the following basis:

1. Submission of a completed NFSPS official 2011 duly notarized application. Include the title of the manuscript in the upper right corner.

2. Submission of a manuscript of ten (10) original unpublished poems.

3. Send four copies of the manuscript, each including a Title page, title centered on the page.

4. Send one cover page with name, address, phone number in upper left corner and the title of the manuscript in center of the page. (Please make sure that the address you include will still be accurate by the time we send out notifications.)

5. One poem to each page, single-spaced, and each poem must be titled.

6. Each poem must be no more than 46 lines (including title and spaces between stanzas).

7. Each poem must have no more than 50 characters per line (includes spaces between words and punctuation).

8. No identification on any page other than the application and cover page.

9. Manuscript should be on white 8 ½ by 11 paper, in a standard, #12 font and black ink.

10. Include the title (or abbreviated title) of the manuscript on the lower left corner (footer) of each page.

11. Include page number on lower right corner (footer).

12. Please do not staple. 13. A dedication page may be included. 14. No entry should be mailed prior to

January 1, 2011. 15. On the application form, please make sure all

addresses and other information are complete and accurate. Mail notarized application and manuscript

together by POSTMARK DEADLINE on or

before February 14, 2011. First Class Mail only. No special deliveries. No e-mail submissions since manuscript must be received with notarized application. Candidates will be disqualified if any of the above requirements are not followed. Mail complete package to:

Helen Keith Beaman, Chair 1305 S. Alpine Loop Provo, UT 84606 telephone: 801-607-5118 Email: [email protected]

Recipients will be selected by a panel of three judges on or before March 31, 2011, and announced by or after April 15, 2011. The decisions of the judges are final. Each recipient's state poetry society will be notified. Winning Award manuscripts will be published by NFSPS, and each recipient will receive 75 copies of the published manuscript in addition to the cash award. Recipients will be invited to read from their work at the June 2011 NFSPS convention to be held in Michigan. NFSPS will provide an additional $300 travel stipend to be presented at the convention to those recipients attending the convention. Winners are responsible for the balance of costs at the convention (such as room reservations).

2011 ENCORE

COVER ART CONTEST

Each year NFSPS publishes an anthology containing the prize-winning poems of the fifty NFSPS Annual Contests. This book is presented to each person who attends the NFSPS Annual Convention in the year of its publication, but the books are also available to other members of NFSPS and to the general public.

The contest for the cover of the 2011 Encore is open to all NFSPS members. Please submit either original art or photos to be considered to:

Valerie Martin Bailey, Encore Editor 2207 Parhaven Dr., San Antonio, TX 78232

Deadline: Submissions must be

received by March 15, 2011 If you want your entry returned, please

send a SASE with enough postage for the return. Unless you request the submission be returned, the Editor likes to keep submissions on file for those years when few entries are sent as they may be reconsidered for future editions.

Art or photos must not be larger than 8.5” x 11” so it will fit the scanner. Or you may send it as a digital file to [email protected]. Please send subject matter that is suitable for the Encore. Horizontal layouts are preferred in order to do a wrap cover; however, some vertical formats can be used. Remember the focal part of the art or photo must be on the right hand side so it will appear on the front of the book. Be sure to send your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address along with the following information about the art or photo: A title for the work, where it was taken (if photo) and medium used (if art).

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To order past prize poems anthologies, make checks payable to NFSPS, Inc. and send to:

Valerie Martin Bailey, Encore Editor 2207 Parhaven Dr., San Antonio, TX 78232

No books may be returned. Add to the price of the book(s) mailing costs of $2.75 for one book and add $.75 for each additional book. Here are the books that are available:

2009 Encore - $15 2003 Encore - $8

2008 Encore - $15 2002 Encore - $6

2007 Encore - $10 2001 Encore - $6

2006 Encore - $10 2000 Encore - $4

2005 Encore - $10 1999 Encore - $2

2004 Encore - $8 1998 Encore - $2


Tour Information The Henry Ford complex has grown into the

ultimate place to explore what Americans have imagined and invented. Greenfield Village and the Henry Ford Museum are second only to the Smithsonian in annual attendance. See http://www.thehenryford.org THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM is filled with history that tells the stories of men and women whose vision and courage changed the world around them. It’s a vast building—12 acres under one roof that is home to everything from the bus where Rosa Parks sparked the nation’s social conscience to R. Buckminster Fuller’s dazzling Dymaxion House, from the Kennedy presidential limousine to a rare reproduction of the Declaration of Independence. There is even the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.

GREENFIELD VILLAGE whisks attendees back in time. Its 81 acres are filled with the sights, sounds and even the tastes of 300 years of American life. There’s the workshop where the Wright brothers created their groundbreaking flying machine, Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory, and the courthouse where Abraham Lincoln first practiced law. Try your hand at glassblowing or clamber under a 40-ton railroad engine. Learn to play rollicking 19th century games or take a ride in a genuine Model T. Watch master potters at work or baseball teams playing by the 1867 rules, or ride a train pulled by a 19th century steam engine. And if you’re after culinary adventure, select a meal from an 1850s menu.

1. Refer to THE HENRY FORD (THF) packet of information that you received in your Convention handouts for general information. 2. Nearly all attendees may walk the ten-minute, three blocks to the tour site. (See the map inside your handout pack)

3. The Dearborn Inn has a van to drive those attendees, who have physical limitations, to the THF Imax theater. The Inn also has a car for use in case the van is in use by the Inn for some other purpose. Contact the Inn Concierge at the lobby desk. In addition, if an attendee has access to a car, he/she may drive to the THF. There is ample free parking.

4. The THF has scooters for rent at $20 per day and wheelchairs at $4 per day. They may be acquired at the lobby of the Imax Theatre, as are all “extra” tickets that an attendee may wish to buy.

5. Those attendees that have not pre-purchased tickets, but wish to go on a tour may have to pay for tickets at general public prices.

6. The THF opens at 9 AM on both Thursday and Monday.

7. If there are any questions about the tours during the convention, please contact

Ed Van Slambrouck by asking for him at the registration table. Please, read the THF info pack before contacting Ed.

8. To visit other places of interest in the Detroit area, it is necessary for the attendee to make his/her own personal plans.

9. Your tickets are good for one year. However, we encourage you to use them as indicated on the front of the registration form.

2011 MANNINGHAM TRUST STUDENT POETRY COMPETITION CONTEST INFORMATION/RULES (for NFSPS member state’s Manningham Youth Chairs):

1. There are two divisions: Grades 6 - 8 (Junior Division) and Grades 9 - 12 (Senior Division). Each state may submit ten (ten) top poems in each division. Poems may have been printed and/or have won previous awards. Contest at state level may have occurred anytime in 2010.

2. The competition is open to all USA students in grades 6 - 12. Public, private, and home schools are eligible for entry by individual NFSPS member states.

3. Submit two copies of each poem. Put the division (junior or senior) in the upper left corner of both copies. One copy must have student's ID in the upper right corner. The ID information is student name, school name and address, and student grade level. The second copy must not have ID information. Do not send a copy with any other marking - there should be no indication of prior award granted by the state.

4. Each poem must be neatly typed or computer generated, and have no more than 50 lines. If a poem continues more than one page, staple the pages together. Do not staple the two copies of the poem together. It is suggested that each state representative keep a copy of the poems entered.

5. There should be no large or unusual fonts or illustrations. Times New Roman is the suggested font. No font larger that 12 point should be used. Winning poems are scanned for the award anthology and large and/or unusual fonts impede this process.

6. Each entrant must make a declaration of originality. The statement should appear on the bottom of the ID copy only. The form below is acceptable:

I certify that this poem is my original work and has not been copied in whole or part from any author's poems in print or on the internet.

Signed:________________________________ Date: :___________________ 7. Separate poems into respective divisions. Within each division separate the ID copy

from the anonymous copy meant for the judges. Include a cover letter identifying the Manningham (Youth) Chairperson to whom the report on the contest will be mailed to. 8. Entries must be received by March 2, 2011.

Send entries to: Budd P. Mahan, Manningham Trust Student Poetry Awards Chair 7059 Spring Valley Road Dallas, TX 75254

Ten prizes will be awarded in each division. First Place - $75, Second Place - $50, Third Place - $40, Fourth Place - $35, Fifth Place - $30, and five Honorable Mentions - $10 each. All winning poems will be published in the Manningham Trust Poetry Student Award Anthology. Winners will receive complimentary copies. The schools of each winning student will receive a complimentary copy for the school library.

Notice of winners report will be sent to Manningham (Youth) Chair no later than May 20, 2011. Awards (certificates, checks, anthologies) will also be mailed to state chairperson. Each state is responsible for distributing prizes to winners and winning schools. The top winning poems will be read to NFSPS members at the Convention held in June 2011.

I look forward to each state's participation in the Manningham Trust's annual poetry contests. Questions may be directed to the chairperson at the addresses and numbers below.

Budd Powell Mahan Manningham Trust Student Poetry Awards Chair 7059 Spring Valley Road Dallas, TX 75254 972-788-4944 [email protected]

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NOTE: If there is a student who wishes to participate in this competition in a state not affiliated with NFSPS or a state affiliated with NFSPS without an active Manningham Youth Chair, applicable rules should be observed. Entries should be sent to: Budd P. Mahan, Manningham Trust Student Poetry Awards Chair

7059 Spring Valley Road Dallas, TX 75254

with a February 15, 2011 postmark deadline.


NFSPS MEMBER SOCIETY NEWS

ARIZONA STATE POETRY SOCIETY held its 40th Annual Fall Conference in the colorful foothills town of Cave Creek. Surrounded by pristine mountain views and giant saguaro cacti, this small desert town, with a western flare, was a perfect place for poets to meet and be inspired. The morning program was presented by cowboy poet Bob Frost, who was recently named Scottsdale’s Poet Laureate and is active promoting all forms of poetry. Awards were given to three poets in attendance, for their winning poems on the conference theme “Road Trip.” The fall contest, open to all poets, had entries from 24 states, and paid out over $900 in prize money. Award winning poems were read to attendees. There was time for open reading. 2011 officers were installed after a brief business meeting: President - Christy White, Vice President - Paul Callahan, Secretary - Shirley Greisbach, Treasure - Carol Hogan. ~ Molly Saty, Reporter

ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY’s fourth chapter had its first meeting on November 7, 2010, in Southern Illinois at the Anna Arts Center in Anna. The gathering critiqued members' poetry and enjoyed delicious potluck treats. ISPS will be celebrating the first year anniversary of its third chapter that meets at the Pontiac, Illinois, Public Library on December 11, 2010. The first members' anthology publication is presently in process and will be completed before the twentieth anniversary of ISPS next June, 2011. ~ Susan

T. Moss, ISPS President

INDIANA STATE FEDERATION OF

POETRY CLUBS had their annual celebration of poetry at McCormick's Creek State Park the weekend of October 22-24, 2010 with Joyce Brinkman, immediate past Poet Laureate of Indiana as the Keynote Speaker. Mark Hersman, President of the Ohio Poetry Association also presented a workshop. ***ISFPC will be sponsoring the NFSPS Convention in Merrillville, IN, June 14-17, 2012*** at the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza. This is a very elite hotel and offers many privileges. Much of the groundwork is already in place and we are hoping for an overflowing attendance. You will get more details at the Michigan convention in Dearborn this year. At the Rendezvous this year, long-time member, Cecil Tresslar was named Premier Poet. This is our honorary award and is a three year term. Cecil has served as Treasurer for many years and is a winning poet well deserving of the honor.

Brochures for our 2011 contest will be available in January by contacting Darleen Butler at 2219 Lakeland Lane, Ft. Wayne, IN 46815. Please send #10 SASE. ~ Glenna

Glee, Reporter

MAINE POETS SOCIETY’s September gathering in Rockland, was the best-attended in many a year! Member judge, Ted Bookey, an expert wit, amused the group with examples of humor in poetry, then critiqued the contest entries on the same subject. After lunch, guest Megan Grumbling discussed heroic couplets and gave examples—old, new, and some of her own—before critiquing members’ entries. The society meets 3 times a year. Next meeting will be February 19th at The Friends Meeting House in Portland. The judges will be Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, critiquing haiku; and Martin Steingesser, Portland poet laureate, critiquing poems that represent the idea of Namaste. Registration begins 9:30 a.m. Non-members are welcome and may stay to participate in a reading-in-the-round at about 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact co-President Marta Finch: [email protected]. For membership information, contact Membership Chair Cynthia Brackett-Vincent, or visit the MPS info page on her website: http://www.encirclepub.com/poetry/mps (e-mail [email protected]; phone: 207-778-0467. ~ Sally Joy, Publicity

Chair

MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY

SOCIETY held its summer outing on August 7, 2010 at the Saugus Ironworks, the site where money was first coined in the U.S. Pres. Jeanette Maes announced the winners of the Naomi Cherkofsky Memorial Contest, and the addition of a new MSPS chapter, based in Lunenburg, MA. Of the approx. 200 MSPS members, some live too far away (even out-of-state) to attend meetings. In order to be more inclusive, Pres. Maes proposed starting an internet picture gallery. A workshop, “Lesson #1,” led by Pres. Maes, was followed by a potluck picnic. The meeting concluded with readings of original poems. ~ Roberta Hung, MSPS Reporter

MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY SOCIETY met on October 2, 2010 at the Winthrop Public Library. Pres. Jeanette Maes displayed the Governor’s Proclamation proclaiming October as poetry month and October 15, 2010 as National Poetry Day. She announced that 630 poems were submitted to the 2010 MSPS Annual Contest. The meeting co-hosts, the

Waterfront CREW (a chapter of MSPS) presented an entertaining and informative program on Edgar Lee Masters, including a New Criticism assessment of a poem in Spoon River Anthology; and a recording of a “message” from Masters from the grave. Pres. Maes conducted a workshop on “Supplying Information.” Following a pot-luck lunch, attendees read original poems. ~ Roberta Hung, MSPS Reporter

MASSACHUSETTS STATE POETRY

SOCIETY held its holiday meeting at the Beverly Public Library on Dec. 4th. The morning session featured a work shop by President Jeanette Maes - "Via Rhythm Adaptation", and poetic sparks flew as attendees composed their poems. In the afternoon we held a YANKEE SWAP. The day was filled with Holiday Spirit, providing lots of material for new poems and was enjoyed by all! ~ Jeanette C. Maes,

President

MISSISSIPPI POETRY SOCIETY will hold our annual Spring Festival at Gulf Park Resort on April 30-May 1, 2011. For information, contact Brenda Finegan at [email protected]. For information concerning the Spring Festival Competition, contact Dierdre Payne at [email protected]. Dues for the Mississippi Poetry Society, Inc. are $25 for regular in-state membership, $15 for at-large (out of state) membership, and $10 for student membership. Please contact Emory D. Jones at [email protected] for a Mississippi Poetry Society Membership Submission Form. ~ Emory D. Jones,

President

POETRY SOCIETY OF TEXAS’s 42nd Summer Conference was held in Dallas at the Crowne Plaza Suites, Dallas Park Central, July 8-10, 2010. “The Show Must Go On!” was produced and directed by Conference Hosts Budd Powell Mahan (NFSPS President, 2004-06) and Nancy Baass (NFSPS President, 2008-10). Starring as the keynote speaker, at the Red Carpet Banquet, was Pat Stodghill (NFSPS President, 1990-92). Presenting a variety of programs/workshops was a star-studded cast: J. Paul Holcomb, Loretta Diane Walker, Anne McCrady, Valerie Martin Bailey, Lynne Cagle Cox and Rebecca Hines, Marilyn Stacy, Franchesca Alamo, Vivian R. Stewart, Von S. Bourland, Dillon McKinsey, Frances Neidhardt, Linda Banks, Gary Swaim, and Billy Bob Hill. A tribute to Eakin Publishing was presented by past winners of PST’s Edwin M. Eakin Memorial Book Publication Award: J. Paul Holcomb,


Budd Powell Mahan, Anne McCrady, and Charlotte Renk. The Hosts sponsored a Poetry Writing Contest and a Performance Poetry Contest which had as performers: Barbara Lewie Berry, Jimmye Inez Sessions, Dillon McKinsey, Samika Swift, Beth Ayers, Catherine L’Herisson and Jeannette L. Strother who was the winner of both contests which each offered a Thalia, a star-shaped trophy. Alexis Tapp sang at the Opening Night Dinner. Winning 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place in PST’s “You Be the Judge” contest were: Donald R. Graham, Sharon Martin Turner and Charlotte Renk. The Youth Award, Poetry Day/Poetry Month Award and Special Award certificates awarded to PST at the 2010 NFSPS Convention held in June in Memphis, Tennessee, were formally presented by Nancy Baass, who was NFSPS President at that time, to PST President Jeannette L. Strother. ~ Nancy Baass

UTAH STATE POETRY SOCIETY 2010 Utah Poet of the Year Book Concert, featuring Rosalyn Ostler's delightful Walking The Earth

Barefoot, was held Oct. 16 in Salt Lake City, truly a night to remember! We encourage our NFSPS friends to visit www.utahpoets.com for current information, and for our annual contest rules, where many category prizes are open to everyone. Deadline is Feb. 1, 2011. March 25, 2011 UTSPS partners with Zion National Park's foundation & Zion Canyon Field Institute with our second annual Poetry In the Park (PIP), featuring the amazing Diane Glancy--a beautiful day of poetry in one of the most gorgeous settings in the world. We invite you to join us at http://www.zionpark.org/. Click on Zion Canyon Field Institute, page left, for registration info. UTSPS members receive a 20% discount on this day's events. That same evening, March 25, the 15th Annual Redrock Writers Seminar begins. This requires a separate registration: See redrockwriters.org. Excellent workshops this winter, chaired by Markay Brown, include Lara Candland, November 13, 2010 at Bountiful/Davis Art Center, 745 South Main, Bountiful. In 2011, Brenda Burr on January 8, and Chris Yates on February 12, are both at the Springville Museum of Art which is located at 1st East 400 South in Springville. Marilyn Bushman-Carlton, March 12, will return us to the Bountiful/Davis Art Center. All workshops are free to the public, thanks to the Utah Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Exciting news for members and nonmembers! Our 2011 April Awards Festival will feature the wonderful Linda Pastan as our honored poet presenter April 22-23, 2011. Looking forward in your planner, Ted Kooser

will be our celebrated poet April 20-21, 2012. You are invited to register and attend our annual UTSPS poetry convention at the Salt Lake City Airport Hilton. See www.utahpoets.com for registration details. Winning poems will be read, prizes awarded, and the 2011 Poet of the Year announced. Everyone is welcome! ~ LaVerna Johnson, President WYOPOETS closed the year with much to celebrate. Members, Aaron Holst of Sheridan, WY and Tom Glasco of Fort Morgan, CO are both recipients of the Amy Kitchner Foundation Senior Poet Laureate honor for their respective states. Poetry readings and a statewide poetry exchange was held in observance of National Poetry Day on October 15. Cash awards of $100, $50, $30 and $20 will be made at the 2011 WyoPoets April workshop. Poetry Month, 2010 was celebrated at our spring workshop in Casper. Sophia Puccini facilitated an exciting day of poetry reading and writing at the Hilton Garden Inn, which included an awards luncheon. WyoPoets Midge Farmer and Lee Ann Siebken, both charter members, received Excellence awards; and Eugene Gagliano's book of children's poetry, My Teacher Dances on the Desk, was selected as this year's children's choice award-winner. Former Wyoming Poet Laureate, Robert Roripaugh's third volume of poetry, On the Cusp of a Dangerous

Year, was released and is now available. WyoPoets' workshop chairman, Linda Coatney, is finalizing the details for the 2011 workshop being held in Casper on April 15. ~ Lee Ann Siebken, News Reporter.

CONTESTS (continued from page 5)

ILLINOIS STATE POETRY SOCIETY’s former president, Wilda Morris, invites poets to participate in the monthly poetry challenge on her blog. There is no fee; the only prize is publication of winners on the blog. Check it out at wildamorris.blogspot.com. MISSOURI STATE POETRY SOCIETY Winter contest postmark deadline: February 15, 2011. Two copies of each entry, category number and name in upper left corner of both copies, poet's name and address in upper right corner of one copy. If member, put "Missouri State Poetry Society" below your address, otherwise put "non-member". 40 or fewer lines. May be previously published if poet retains the rights to the poem; may enter each category as many times as poet wishes. Categories: 1) rhymed verse or blank verse, 2) free verse, 3) humorous verse, 4) any form, winter subject, 5) poet's choice, members only (any form, any subject). Members pay $1 per entry. Non-members pay $2 per entry. Payable to MSPS. Send to Bill Lower, 21010 S. Hwy 245, Fair Play, MO 65649. SASE or email address on a 3x5 index card for list of winners. Additional news: see nfsps.com for the most recent web site access statistics report. Reminder: NFSPS national poetry contest dates are January 1 to March 15, 2011.

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