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P – Arc Award of Awesomeness. Prompt: How to Breathe Under Water
In April 2020, Arc began a monthly prize – a 50/50 cash prize, a vintage object d’art (loosely interpreted) and the all the honour and respect that comes with winning the Arc Award of Awesomeness.
August Prompt:
“How to Breathe Under Water”
Judged by Arc’s Associate Poetry Editor Alison Goodwin
A friend recently recounted a challenging period when he felt like he was living under water. Then, he said, it was as if he grew gills. This month’s call welcomes poems about breathing under water.
Contest Guidelines
Deadlines
Mailed entries posted before the last day of each month will be considered, but please clearly indicate which month’s prompt your poem(s) responds to.
Entry Fees
Arc welcomes Award of Awesomeness entries from Canada, the United States, and around the world. Participants from Canada are encouraged to tape a Toonie to their entry submitted via snail mail. Participants from the US are welcome to include $2 USD in cash in their envelopes. All other Entrants outside Canada must submit entry fees in Canadian funds.
Online payment of the entry fee can be sent via e-transfer to payment@arcpoetry.ca or via PayPal to arc@arcpoetry.ca. Online submission of 5 or more poems can pay the entry fee here.
Rules
- Poems must be a response to the monthly Arc Award of Awesomeness writing challenge.
- Entrants may only submit one unpublished poem with each $2 fee. If you want to submit multiple poems you may pay online with a minimum of 5 entries ($10)
- Entrants need to include their name, address, and email address with their poems (so we can send you your awesome prize), as well as the month’s prompt that their poems responds to.
- No entrants (including winners, honourable mentions, or authors of shortlisted poems) may substitute, before, during, or after judging, a revision of any poem already submitted to the contest.
- No poems will be returned.
Submissions
The winning entry will be published on the Arc website. We would ask the winners to provide us a photo of themselves and their prize.
Please mail your entry to:
il your entry to:
Arc Award of Awesomeness
Arc Poetry Magazine
PO Box 269 Stn B
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada, K1P 6C4Or, if submitting multiple entries online: please email entries to poty@arcpoetry.ca