Submission guidelines for the 2007 Anita McAndrews Award:
1. Submissions are open
to youth, aged 17 or younger.
2. Poems must relate to
one or more of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articles.
Summary of the 30 articles and video public service announcements
for each article can be viewed at www.youthforhumanrights.org/introduction/udhr_abridged.html
3. Length of each poem
is limited to one page (8 ½ x 11).
4. Poem(s) must be accompanied
by a cover sheet with the poem title(s), name, address,
5. Submissions can be mailed
to:
Alexander Popoff Youth Award
c/o Stazja McFadyen
100 Waverly Way, #310
Clearwater, Florida 33756
or can be emailed to:
stazja@yahoo.com
6. Teachers submitting
entries on behalf of their students should include their own name,
contact information, and name and address of their school.
7. Deadline for submissions
is November 15, 2007.
Winners will be announced at the Poets for Human Rights 2007 International Human Rights Day event on December 10, 2007. The winning poems for each contest will be read at the event.
Winning poems and honorable mentions will be published online at the Poets for Human Rights website at www.poetsforhumanrights.org. and in the Map of Austin Poetry featured poetry supplement, archived at groups.yahoo.com/group/mapofaustinpoetry.
Poets for Human Rights was co-founded in 2005 by Larry
Jaffe and Stazja McFadyen, who recognize that it is the nature of poets
to lead the way for humanity. There are nearly 200 members internationally.