International Poetry Prize Castello di Duino

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International Poetry Prize Castello Di Duino- Deadline January 6, 2008
 Prize-giving ceremony March 9, 2008
Rules of participation:
       The competition is open to young people under 30 years of age.
      The participation is free.
      Participants have to send only one unpublished , never prized 
poem (maximum 50 lines).
      The general theme of the Edition 2008 is: Vocies / Silence
       Poems will be accepted in the mother tongue of the authors. A 
translation into English and /or Italian is required.
      A jury composed by poets and literary critics with different 
linguistic competences will evaluate the poems as much as possible in 
their original language.
      Poems must arrive before : 2008 January 6.
 
a)      preferably by E-Mail (E-Mail to Valera at units.it).
 
Please, send the complete Application Form (see below) in the message 
and  the poem attached to the message in Format Word or rft.
 
b)      or by regular mail  to Prof. Gabriella Valera Gruber, Via 
Matteotti 21, 34138, Trieste (Italy).
As far as the deadline is concerned, we will take into consideration 
the postmark, but no poem will be taken into consideration, which 
arrives after the jury has started its evaluation process (soon after 
the deadline)
 
In both cases the competitors must insert their anagraphic data and  
statements in the following application form.
 
Name ,Surname , Birth Date, Nationality,  Address, City, Country, 
Phone, E-Mail, Title of the poem,  Statements:
I declare that the poem…. (Title)….is my original work, has never been 
prized and is unpublished.
I give my permission to its possible publication and presentation to 
the general audience
I declare that I have not / I have (please choose one or the other 
option) subscribed to SIAE nor to any other similar Societies, which 
protect copyrights.
 Prizes:
      The jury will designate three winners and reserves the right of 
selecting other poems of special worth. The three winners will be 
awarded a prize of € 500 each.
      In accordance with the aim of the competition to combine 
solidarity and poetry, the winners will choose a humanitarian cause 
(possibly in their own country) to which they will devote a part of the 
prize (€200). 
      The poems of the winners and a selection of the best poems will 
be published by   “Ibiskos Editrice di Antonietta Risolo” (Empoli, 
Italy) (Sponsor of the Competition), hopefully in both the  Italian and 
English version together with a CD in the original languages.       The 
proceeds of the sales will be devoted to Luchetta-Ota-D’Angelo-Hrovatin 
Foundation for children war victims (www.fondazioneluchetta.org ).
¬	Special prizes for the best poems of people “under 16”
¬	Special prizes for the three best Schools that compete with groups of 
pupils.
¬	Not awarded people may ask for free publication of their poem in the 
webpage of the competition.

Contact: Prof. Gabriella Valera Gruber, Via Matteotti 21, 34138 Trieste 
- Tel. 040 638787
E-Mail valera at units.it or go to the website www.castellodiduinopoesia.it

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