Deadline: January 31, 2010
First Prize: $150
Second Prize: $75
Third Prize: $50
Spirit First announces its first annual meditation poetry contest. Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or silence. Poems may reflect any discipline or any faith or none. Poems must be previously unpublished. Poems should be submitted with a cover note listing the author's name, address, telephone number, and email address; names should not appear on the poems themselves. There is no cost to enter this contest. Please do not submit more than three simultaneous submissions. Submissions must be received no later than January 31, 2010. Poems that are sent by U.S. Postal Service will not be returned. The winner will be announced no later than March 31, 2010, on the Spirit First website. Winning poems will be published on the Spirit First website and in the Spirit First newsletter (authors retain full rights to their poems).