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Dear Petceteras wherever you might be
Here are the details of the Shoalhaven Poetry Festival Postcard competition
I hope youΉll consider putting in an entry and pass this on to whomever
you think might support it. Sorry if you see this more than once.
Not quite a chook raffle ...
All the best
Chris
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Chris Mansell
www.chris.mansell.name
www.presspress.com.au
PS if youΉre not in Australia but want to enter, contact me backchannel and
you can paypal the entry fee if you like.
Poetry Postcard Competition
Shoalhaven Poetry Festival is once again going to have a postcard exhibition
but this time we are making it a competition with a prize of $250 and with a
small entry fee.
What is a poetry postcard?
An original postcard that you have made, with this address on one side:
Poetry Postcard Competition
Shoalhaven Poetry Festival
c/- PO Box 94
Berry NSW 2535
along with your name and return address and the title of card if it has one.
(This side will not be displayed but we will put your name in the
'catalogue'.)
On the other side: poem + visual (for display).
Dimensions: Anything you like but we're recommending: 23 cm x 12 cm and on
stiffish board.
In the past, however, postcards have ranged in size from small postcard size
to larger than A4 and have been in various materials: paper, board, MDF
(with sliding panel and jig saw cut out), ceramic, wood, canvas, and/or had
foreign objects attached (metal stars, buttons, feathers, beads, newspaper,
photos, glitter, netting, other fabric - you name it). At least one was
woven.
The previous two exhibitions were exhibited at the festival but also were
taken elsewhere to be shown and are now off at the National Library being
valued (and we're hoping that this will contribute to the meagre finances of
the festival).
Theme: Last time the nominal theme was Lurve but people were appropriately
disobedient if they felt like it and we rather liked that. This year it is:
Impossible!
Bear in mind that if the organisers decide the postcard is obscene, for
whatever reason, they might decline to hang it (but it will be part of the
collection.) If the organisers decide it is ludicrous, they will certainly
hang it.
When: The festival is on 9, 10, 11 December 2005 and there is a lot to
organise including writing up the 'catalogue' (aka 'list') of postcards
and hanging them. So, give us a break, send them by 30 November 2005. You
can send them earlier if you like.
Who can enter? Anyone who wants to.
How much to enter? $5 per postcard to Shoalhaven Poetry Festival.
How much do I get if I win? $250 + glory.
Who judges the winner? It's a people's choice award so those at the
festival will be allowed one vote and the winner will be announced at the
last event on Sunday.
Do I get the postcard back? No, you're donating it to the festival so that
they can raise money to help pay for the next festival.
Is there an entry form? Yes. This is it. Sign it and date it and send it
with your postcard to the address above. Copy and reproduce this form if you
want to.
Acceptance of conditions:
I understand and agree to all the conditions outlined above, and that I'm
doing a good turn to the festival by giving them my postcard and also that I
might win $250 if it is thought by the assembled multitudes at the
Shoalhaven Poetry Festival to be the best, whatever they might decide that
means.
Name: Signature:.Date:
Address: .
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