4th Annual VGNP Poetry Contest

The Village of Great Neck Plaza, in conjunction with Long
Island Traditions and Poetry Coordinator, Carolyn Raphael, is pleased to
announce that we are accepting submissions for the 4th Annual Poetry
Contest.  The contest will be judged by
Matt Pasca, the 2012 poetry contest winner and honorable mention finalist in
2013.  His first poetry collection, A Thousand Doors (J.B. Stillwater, 2011)
was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2012. 

Contestants have to be 18 years of age or older from Nassau,
Suffolk and Queens Counties, and are invited to submit up to three unpublished
poems for an entry fee of $15 (non-refundable), payable by check or money order
to Long Island Traditions.  The poems, on
any subject, in any style, are limited to a maximum of 30 lines per poem.
Entries must be hand-delivered or postmarked no later than Friday, Jan. 31,
2014 to: Village of Great Neck Plaza, Village Hall, 2 Gussack Plaza, P.O. Box
440, Great Neck, NY 11022-0440, Attn: Poetry Contest.

The winners of the 4th Annual Poetry Contest will
be announced on the village’s website www.greatneckplaza.net
on Monday, March 31, 2014. An Awards Day reading will take place on Sunday,
April 27, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Village Hall court room.  The first prize winner will receive $150 and
a 20-minute reading at Awards Day, Second Place Prize of $75 and a 10-minute
reading, Third Place Prize of $50 and a 5-minute reading, and two awards of
Honorable Mention who will be invited to read their poems.  In addition, each of the three winning poems
will be posted for one month on outdoor village sign posts, on the bulletin
board in Great Neck Plaza Village Hall, and in the waiting room of the Great
Neck LIRR train station building. Each poem that won Honorable Mention will be
posted for two weeks at these noted locations.

The
Village of Great Neck Plaza is grateful for the efforts of Carolyn Raphael, Nancy
Solomon, Tara Gordon, Matt Pasca, Brian Hetey and all the poets and readers who
participate in this creative endeavor.  Please
stay tuned for future activities. For questions, please contact Brian Hetey, at
mayorsassistant@greatneckplaza.net,
or Carolyn Raphael, Poetry Coordinator at gnppoetry@yahoo.com.