ANNUAL POETRY CONTEST
GCWL FALL POETRY CONTEST
2009 ENTRY INFORMATION
Sponsored by the Greater Cincinnati Writer’s League (GCWL), 78 year old poetry writers group.

Adult poets, 18 and older, may submit up to 3 poems of 50 lines or less.

Include Entry Fee of $3.00 per poem.

Submit 2 typewritten copies – one with your name and address, one without.

To recieve a winners list please enclose a stamped self-addressed envelope.

First Prize $50
Second Prize $25
Third Prize $10
and a free one-year membership to GCWL.

Poems must be received (not postmarked) by November 2, 2009.

Send to GCWL, c/o 10450 Lochcrest Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45231

For information call 513-321-6789

Click here to download the Contest Information.


Winners of the 2008 Fall Poetry Contest

Elizabeth Taryn Mason - First Prize
Sarah Took Campbell - Second Prize
Julie Herndon - Third Prize
Sherry L. Brigger - Honorable Mention (two poems)
Jewel Brooks Purdy - Honorable Mention


Winners of the 2007 Fall Poetry Contest

Stephanie Turner - First Prize
Nicholas Caudill - Second Prize
Nicholas Caudill - Third Prize
Ella Cather-Davis - Honorable Mention


WINNERS of the 2006 Ruth Rauth Memorial Poetry Contest

First Prize - Alan Scheidt - Cincinnati, Ohio

Second Prize - Rhonda Pettit - Blue Ash, Ohio

Third Prize - Annette Januzzi Wick - Loveland, Ohio

First Honorable Mention - Joanne Greenway - Cincinnati, Ohio

Second Honorable Mention - Marissa Williams - Newport, Kentucky

Third Honorable Mention - Marissa Williams - Newport, Kentucky


Winners of the 2005 Fall Poetry Contest

First Prize: $50.00
"Walking"    by Denesha Smith  
 
Second Prize: $25.00
"Time Piece (For My Aunt)"   by Cynthia M. Brown   
 
Third Prize: $10.00
"In Anticipation of Some Kind of Change"   by Michelle Gibson  

In addition to cash prizes, winners receive a one-year free membership in 2006 to the Greater Cincinnati Writers' League