Category A – Free verse, open style, open theme.

Category B – Traditional, rhymed or structured verse, open style, open theme.

Closing Date: Thursday 30 June 2011.

Prizes: 1^st $200, 2^nd $100, certificates awarded at judges’ discretion.

Entry fee: $5. Cheques or money/postal order made out to Fellowship of Australian Writers North Shore Regional. Cash or stamps not accepted as payment for entry.

The same conditions apply for both categories.

Maximum 60 lines

No entry form required, but a separate cover sheet should be attached, containing title, category (A or B), line count, name, address, telephone number, and email address (where applicable). Title and text only to appear on manuscript. Entries must be typed, single-spaced, on one sided of A4 paper, 12 pt font, no fancy fonts, bold, clipart or decorations of any kind. No email entries will be accepted.

Author’s name must not appear on the manuscript.

Entries must not be concurrently submitted elsewhere, nor have won a cash prize, or been published previously.

Judges’ decision is final and no further correspondence entertained.

Send entries to: Competition Convenor, 5 Clement Street, Strathfield South, 2136

Enclose SSAE for results and judges’ report.

For more information: email fawnorthshore@gmail.com

or log on to the FAWNS website http://sites.google.com/site/fawnorthshoreregional/