WOMR Announces 2017 Guidelines for the 5th Annual Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest
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Marge Piercy Again to Judge the National and Regional Contest
Provincetown, MA, June 20, 2017: Community radio station WOMR/WFMR today announced the submission requirements and deadlines for the Joe Gouveia Outermost Poetry Contest.
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JOE GOUVEIA
Joe Gouveia created the contest in 2012, bringing poetry submissions and excitement to the Outer Cape from all over the country. ???Joe???s passion for poetry was hard to match,??? says WOMR Executive Director John Braden. ???WOMR/WFMR is continuing this annual tradition to honor Joe???s commitment to the poetry community while supporting a great community asset.???
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MARGE PIERCY
Once again this year, poet and novelist Marge Piercy will select the finalists for both national and regional categories. $1,300 in prizes will be awarded, with $1,000 going to the national winner and $300 to a regional, Cape Cod-based poet. The deadline for submissions (hard copy only) is a Tuesday, January 6th, 2018 postmark. Poets are encouraged to send five unpublished poems of any style or subject matter (no more than seven pages in total) and a $15 submission fee.
Specifics concerning the submission requirements and process are available at WOMR.org as well as The Joe Gouveia OuterMost Poetry Contest Facebook page. Winners and runner-ups will be selected on February 13th, 2018 and announced on the Joe Gouveia OuterMost Poetry Contest Facebook page, at WOMR.org, and via email newsletter. Regional finalists will be invited to read their winning poem at an event hosted by Marge Piercy in late March.??????
ABOUT WOMR/WFMR: In 1976 a small band of visionaries created a community radio station in Provincetown, and WOMR (OuterMost Community Radio) went on the air on March 21st, 1982. Over the years the station has expanded to reach a wider audience and currently broadcasts at 92.1 FM as well as 91.3 FM, reaching listeners throughout Cape Cod and the South Shore, and streaming worldwide at www.womr.org.
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WOMR
PO Box 975
Provincetown MA 02657