COMPETITION NAME AND DATE
WRITTEN BUSH POETRY COMPETITION ENTRY FORM [sample]
Conducted under the auspices of The Australian Bush Poets Association Inc.
Organisers’ Contact details
Closing Date (received by / post marked no later than)
Results Announced on [date] at [Function, venue address and start time]
Entrant’s Name:......
Address:......
Phone:......
Email:......
Class: Prize Money Entry Fee
[up to 50% discount may be given for ABPA members] ABPA MemberNon-member
Junior – under 7 years( )1st $00 2nd $00 3rd $00(No entry fee/$0) $
Junior – 7-12 years( )1st $00 2nd $00 3rd $00(No entry fee/$0) $
Teenager 13-17 years( )1st $00 2nd $00 3rd $00(No entry fee/$0) $
Adult 18 years and over ( )
Novice( )1st $00 2nd $00 3rd $00$00 $00 $
Open( )Overall Champion 1st trophy and $00(Serious and Humorous)
Category:
Serious (00 line limit)1st trophy and $00 2nd $00 3rd $00
1. Title:...... $00 $00...... $
2. Title:...... $00 $00...... $
3. Title:...... or $00 $00 for 3$
Humorous (00 line limit)1st trophy and $00 2nd $00 3rd $00
1. Title:...... $00 $00..$
2. Title:...... $00 $00..$
3. Title:...... or $00 $00 for 3 $
[Other]
Other Categories/Theme (00 line limit)1st $00 2nd $00 3rd $00
1. Title:...... $00 $00..$
2. Title:...... $00 $00..$
3. Title:...... or $00 $00 for 3 $
Judge’s Critique (mark poems above for critique with *) $00 ea $
Payment options details and address for payment. Total payable $......
Closing Date (received by / post marked no later than)
I declare that:
I have read the conditions of entry and will agree to abide by them,
any and all poems are wholly my own work,
Signed:...... Date:......
I hereby give permission / do not give permission for the organisers to publish/use for promotional purposes and in the ABPA Magazine and website any of my winning poems (copyright remains with the author).
Signed:...... Date:......
CONDITIONS OF ENTRY [Perhaps on a separate page/reverse side of entry form]
Any specific conditions of entry:
The aim of the competition is …
This competition is for ORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN verse having good RHYME and METRE.
Poem must have [particular] theme [?]
Poems will be disqualified if they contain material or themes considered to be offensive (no refund).
The Competition is open to anyone [in Australia/world] 18 years of age and over [unless running junior classes]
Novice is someone who has never won (first place in) any written bush poetry competition before.
Entries must be your own work and have not been placed first in any written competition prior to the date of announcement of results / closing date of … Entrants must notify the organisers if one of their entries wins another competition before the announcement of results /closing date (insert date).
Entries must not have been previously published for the profit of the author.
Line limits for each class and/or category [here and/or on entry form] or no line limit.
[Previous winners of this competition are / are not eligible to enter the competition within X years of their previous win/place.]
There is no / restriction of X number of poems per category/class/entrant.
Entry forms not fully completed or unpaid will not / may not be accepted.
Closing Date for competition entries: It is recommended that the closing date be the post-mark of the entry rather than the date of its receipt and that a minimum of six weeks be allowed between the post-mark date and the announcement date.
Late entries will not / may be accepted at the organisers’ discretion.
A4 size pages should be used keeping each entry separate, using one side of the paper only.
Entries should be typed where possible using a standard 12 point font (Times Roman, Century, Arial, Verdana) using double line spacing with 2 double returns between each verse.
Entries must not contain coloured type, graphics, pictures, photographs or other embellishments.
Name of entrant must not appear on the poem, only on the entry form.
Send [two/three] copies of each poem with the name of poem and page number on each page.
Entries will be / will not be accepted by email [name of contact and email address]. Full payment is still required.
Poems will not /may not be returned.
Payment of the full amount of entry fees must accompany all entries.
Payment options, made payable to …
No refunds if entries do not qualify/fit criteria.
Where a significant discrepancy in scores occurs, organisers may privately approach the dissenting judge seeking confirmation that this was that judge’s intended result and that there have been no transcription errors.
The judge’s decision will be final and no further correspondence will be entered into.
Highly commended and commended certificates will be awarded at the organisers’ discretion.
Judges will be: [publication of judge/s’ name(s) prior to the closing date is at the organisers’ discretion].
If results are required by post there will be an additional charge of $00 to cover postage and handling. Results will be posted within 10 days after the completion of the Championships. [or send stamped, self-addressed DL/C4 sized envelope with entry]
A judge’s critique is available for $00 per poem. Please nominate poem/s for critique and enclose a stamped, self-addressed DL sized envelope with entry.
Announcement of results [date, event, venue address and start time]
Results will be published in the ABPA Magazine and on the website and/or …
The winner/place-getters will be notified by phone/mail/email two weeks prior to the announcement of results but are asked to refrain from making this award public until after the announcement of results on … Hopefully this will give the winner time to attend the presentation on …
With the author’s signed permission winning poems may be published in [the ABPA Magazine and website and in … publication/website]. Copyright remains with the author.
This entry form may / may not be copied and distributed.
Organisers’ Contact Details:
The competition will be run under current version of the ABPA Guidelines at
NB. the above are suggestions only,
organisers may delete or add conditions to suit their particular competition.
Written Competition Sample Entry FormOctober, 2016