PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE SUBMITTING!

This is the submission form for the 2022 Pa'rus Poets Creative Writing Contest. The contest is open to any adult 18 or over in Intermountain West.

CONTEST THEME: "REACHING NEW HEIGHTS"
How are you "reaching new heights" in your life? This contest will challenge you to write about it! This theme can be interpreted literally, writing about a time you really climbed a mountain or reached a place with amazing views, or it can be interpreted figuratively, writing about a time when you reached new heights by accomplishing something grand.

CATEGORIES:
POETRY - Poems can be in any form, rhymed or free verse, but must be 30 lines or fewer
PERSONAL ESSAY - Prose must not exceed 300 words

PLEASE ENSURE THAT WHATEVER YOU SUBMIT HAS A TITLE! THANK YOU!

Each entry require a $5 entry fee and will not be considered for the contest without it.

You can pay your entry fee one of three ways:

Pay on our EventBrite site: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parus-poets-adult-creative-writing-contest-tickets-255419495587 
(this site charges an extra administrative fee, FYI)

Pay via Venmo @Reuben-Wadsworth (3315 last four of phone number)

Pay via check made out to me sent to:

Reuben Wadsworth, c/o Hurricane Middle School

395 N. 200 West, Room 205

Hurricane, UT 84737

Contest entry deadline is Friday, April 15, 2022. Winners will be notified 2-3 weeks before the awards ceremony. The awards ceremony will be held Thursday, May 12. More details on the awards ceremony will be forthcoming.

Please direct all questions about the contest to contest chair Jenny Drummond, jenny.drummond@washk12.org.

Thanks for entering and good luck!