1. ASPS LEGACY AWARD

In memory of Genevieve Sargent

Any form

Any subject

Sponsor: Arizona State Poetry Society

Prizes: 1^st - $100, 2^nd - $65, 3^rd - $35

2. INSPIRATIONAL POETRY

In memory of Otto George

Any form.

Sponsor: Sun Cities Poetry Society

Prizes: 1^st - $50, 2^nd - $35, 3^rd - $15

3. LONG FREE VERSE

In memory of Priscilla White

Any form

Any subject

Sponsored by her family

Prizes: 1^st - $50, 2^nd - $35, 3^rd - $15

4. STIRRING THE POT

Protest

Any form;  60 line limit

Sponsor: Bill Keyes

Prizes: 1^st - $50, 2^nd - $30, 3^rd - $20

5. HAIKU CUBED

Any subject

Three Haikus per submission – on one page.

May be separate or related subjects.

Haiku format:  Three (3) lines,

syllable count per line 5-7-5.

Sponsor: Roberta L. Howard

Prizes: 1^st - $25, 2^nd - $15, 3^rd - $10

6. DESERT VISTAS

Subject:  Pueblos, Parks, Mountains, Deserts, Rivers & Roads of Arizona

Any format

Sponsor:  Northern Arizona Poetry Society

Prizes:  1^st - $50; 2^nd $35; 3^rd  $15

7. NASCENT VOICES

YOUTH CATEGORY

For youth/students grades 8 thru 12 as of September 2008; submit School Name, Location and Grade under the Name, Address and Phone Number with each poem.

Any form

Any subject

Sponsor:  Poetry in the Park

Prizes: 1^st - $100, 2^nd - $50, 3^rd - $25

8. JUST PLAIN CINQUAIN

Any subject

Form: Adelaide Crapsey Format:  Unrhymed, 5 line stanzas of 22 Syllables total per stanza, with syllable counts per line in the following order: 2-4-6-8-2

Sponsor: East Valley Poets

Prizes: 1^st - $25, 2^nd - $15, 3^rd - $10

9. RHYMING SIMONS

Rhymed Poetry

Any subject

Sponsor:  Glendale Poets

Prizes:  1^st $25;  2^nd $15;  3^rd $10

10 THE SOUND OF LAUGHTER

Humorous poetry

Any form

Sponsor:  Phoenix Poetry Society

Prizes:  1^st  $25; 2^nd  $15; 3^rd  $10

11. SONNETRY

Celebrating the Shakespearean and Petrarchan forms.

Sonnets on any subject.

Sponsor:  Scottsdale Mustang Poets

Prizes:  1^st  $25;  2^nd  $15;  3^rd  $10

12. GRACEFUL STILL - THE VILLANELLE

In memory of Eleanor Cummings

Form:  Villanelle

Subject:  Any

Sponsor:  Her loving family

Prizes:  1^st  $35;  2^nd  $15;  3^rd  $10

13. COWBOY POETRY

Any form

Sponsored by Tucson Poetry Society

Prizes:  1^st  $25; 2^nd  $15;  3^rd  $10

14. MODERN LIFE

Free Verse

Sponsored by Subsynchronous Press

Prizes:  1^st  $25;  2^nd  $15;  3^rd  $10

15. PASSION

Passionate Poetry

Any form

Sponsored by John W. Lynn III

Prizes:  1^st  $25; 2^nd  $15; 3^rd  $10