Dante's Heart
Dante's Heart Poetry Contest
Fall 2008

Entries Due: Dec 5, 2008
Winners Announced: January 2, 2008

1st Prize - $125 + Publication
2nd Prize - $75 + Publication
3rd Prize - Honorable Mention + Publication

Contest Judge:
Ever Saskya, Author of The Porch is a
Journey Different From the House (see right)

Entry Fee: $7 (USD)


What We're Looking For
This contest seeks work that speaks to the mission of Dante’s Heart.
Dante's Heart is an online venue looking for creative work that explores how
myth and fairy tale define and are defined by the human experience(s). We want
to celebrate the shock, wonder, bewilderment, suffering, and enchantment of
myth, of the fantastic; we want to hear about rivers running with wine and ghosts
jumping the Mississippi on motorcycles. We're concerned with the neglect of
myth, with the blindness of a culture determined by myths it hasn't thought
about; we demand (beg, entreat, scream) that myths be thought about, made
and remade, handled with a delicate & angry/sad/ desperate/joyous
exuberance.


Contest Rules

Submit poems by e-mail to editors@dantesheart.com.

Submit entry fees using the donation button on our Giving page,
and e-mail us to specify that the funds are for the contest entry
fee.

Entries & entry fees must be received by December 5 in order to be
considered for the contest.

Submit one entry only. An entry may consist of any of these:
1 poem of up to 7 pages
A series of 2-3 inter-related poems up to 10 pages
A series of 4 or more inter-related poems up to 15 pages

Send your best work. Please peruse our journal, Dante’s Heart, at www.
dantesheart.com, prior to submitting. Entries will not be returned by mail.