| THE 2012 GeminiMAGAZINE POETRY OPEN |
| GRAND PRIZE: 2nd PLACE: $100 3rd PLACE: $50 HONORABLE MENTION (3) ENTRY FEE: $5 (up to three poems) DEADLINE: January 3, 2012 All Six Finalists Will Be Published in The March 2012 Issue of Gemini prose poem free verse ballad ballade rhyme haiku haibun sonnet lyric elegy limerick narrative pastoral acrostic cinquain quatrain allegory... Doesn't matter what it's called as long as it moves us! We welcome work from widely published poets as well as dedicated newcomers. Everyone gets a chance. No restrictions on content, style or length. Simply send your best unpublished poems by email or snail mail. TO ENTER BY EMAIL: 1. Click "Donate" and pay the $5 entry fee. ("Security code" is on back of credit card; if you didn't receive confirmation number, transaction was not processed) 2. Paste confirmation number and unpublished poems into body of email and send to: poetryopen@gemini-magazine.com NO attachments. Do not include bio—just your poems and contact info. Enter as many times as you like; $5 fee for each batch of three poems. 6 poems = $10 9 poems = $15 12 poems = $20 TO ENTER BY SNAIL MAIL: 1. Mail entry with $5 check or money order payable to Gemini Magazine to: POETRY OPEN, Gemini Magazine P.O. Box 1485, Onset, MA 02558 USA (include $5 for each additional batch of three poems; include SASE for reply) postmark deadline: January 3, 2012 ____________________________________ |
| RESULTS OF THE 2011 Gemini Magazine POETRY OPEN Nothing I write in this space could be as powerful as the winning poems themselves. So here they are: 1ST PLACE ($1,000 PRIZE): DAVID LOHAN "The Lazarus Dream" 2ND PLACE ($100 PRIZE): MAB JONES "The Three Coats" 3RD PLACE ($50 PRIZE): BILL MARABLE "Epiphany at the Arab Store" HONORABLE MENTION: LESLIE KING "Missile" SMOKEY MILES "When Jesus Came to Hollywood" STEPHEN JOSEPH "The Hypocrite and the Orphanage" Noteworthy poems include "Rage," by Heather Miller; "The Atelier in Winter," by Micah Herzog Stack; "On Fifth Avenue," by Alice Jay; "Michael," by Aurora M. Lewis; "Divorce Attorney," by Edyt Dickstein; "Nana," by Bonnie West, and "Final Push," by quicksand3005. Look for the next Poetry Open in early September. Thanks to everyone who entered! Best wishes, David Bright, Editor |
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