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Deborah Guzzi writes full time. Her third book, The Hurricane is available through Prolific Press. https://prolificpress.com/bookstore/prolific-books-c-12/the-hurricane-by-deborah-guzzi-p-151.html Her poetry appears in Allegro, Artificium, Shooter, & The Foxglove Journal in the UK, Subterranean Blue, Existere, The Ekphrastic Review, Scarlet Leaf Review & Subterranean Blue Poetry, Canada - Tincture, Australia - mgv2>publishing, France Cha: Asian Review, China - Vine Leaves Literary Journal, Australia - The Scarlet Leaf Review - Greece, Ribbons, pioneertown, Sounding Review, Bacopa Literary Review, The Aurorean, Liquid Imagination, The Tishman Review, Page & Spine & others in the USA.

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FREE to enter Poetry Contest Themed Meditation

Blog Posted by Debbie Guzzi: 1/1/2019 2:03:00 PM

Hi friends,

I just thought some of you might enjoy entering this contest, have fun!

Light & Love Debbie

Meditation Poetry Contest In Its 10th Year

Spirit First is pleased to announce its 10th Annual Meditation Poetry Contest. We seek to support the work of meditation poets, and we want to help you bring more meditation poetry into the world. Over the years we have come to love and respect the work of our participating poets, and we are excited about hearing from you again this year.
Note: PLEASE do NOT send poems that are not consistent with the themes of meditation or mindfulness--no matter how beautiful your poem might be, it will not be entered into this event unless it reflects a theme of meditation.

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If you entered our contest before but didn't win, please feel welcome to enter another poem--we have winners who entered several times before having a poem selected by our judging panel.
If you are a previous winner, you are also welcome to participate again. We have poets who have won or placed in different years.

Complete Guidelines

Deadline: February 28, 2019
First Prize: $200
Second Prize: $150
Third Prize: $100

Our 10th Annual Meditation Poetry Contest is currently under way. Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must have a theme of Meditation or Mindfulness. Poems may reflect any discipline, any faith, or none. Poems must be previously unpublished (self-published accepted). Poems not on the themes of meditation, mindfulness, stillness, or sacred silence will NOT be included in this meditation poetry event.

You are welcome to enter up to three submissions. After three submissions, no other poems will be considered. Please submit your poems by email--poems will be accepted by U.S. Postal Service for those who do not have access to sending through the Internet. All others are requested to be emailed. Poems sent by U.S. Postal Service will not be returned. Poems must be received by February 28, 2019.
Please submit your poems all in one file or inside the body of an email (rather than three poems in three separate files). Please do NOT send your poem(s) in a PDF (formatting and spacing are lost if your poem is sent in a PDF).  Be sure to include the author's name, address, telephone number, and email address. There is no cost to enter this contest. Submissions must be received no later than February 28, 2019. Please note: We are sorry to say we are unable to provide personal evaluations/reviews of individual poems.
Winners will be announced on or around June 30, 2019, on the Spirit First website at www.spiritfirst.org. Winning poems will be published on the Spirit First website, the Spirit First Facebook page, the Spirit First blog, and in a Spirit First newsletter (authors retain full rights to their poems).

How to submit:

By email: send to [email protected].

By U.S. Postal Service (for those unable to send by email), send to the following address:
          Spirit First Poetry Contest
          PO Box 8076
          Langley Park, MD 20787

To all of our participating poets, thank you for your beautiful words. We look forward to reading your poems!

Check our website at www.SpiritFirst.org for more details
or contact us at [email protected].

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Debbie Guzzi

January 4, 2019 at 4:24 PM

Poems published on Poetry Soup ARE considered published and can not be entered. Sorry all.

Jan Allison

January 6, 2019 at 5:34 PM

thanks for the clarification Debbie:-) hugs Jan xx

Jan Allison

January 1, 2019 at 5:28 PM

Hi Debbie thanks for bringing this contest to our attention, Can you clarify, are poems posted on soup considered 'published'. (In our local poetry contests they do not consider posting on soup as being 'published' but I am not sure about how it is perceived elsewhere)Sending my best wishes for the New year:-) hugs Jan xx

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