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Win US$20 in poetry contest

JOIN and free the poet in you in our contest. You’re just an e-mail away to prove that you have the talent in poetry. 

A poetry contest will be held in memory of the late Ruth Persigas Udtohan, a young poetess, who at 17 succumbed to heart failure on Sept. 9, 2001.   At an early age, Udtohan had displayed her God-given talents. She loved writing short stories, poems and designing gowns. She dreamed not to become a teacher or an accountant; she simply wanted to be a fashion artist. 

Last year however, she was diagnosed to have leukemia, said to be a hereditary disease. It is also known as cancer of the blood and   the blood-forming tissues. The exact cause of most leukemia cases however remains unknown up to this day.

Udtohan is survived by her parents, Arino and Paulina Udtohan, sisters Rowena Udtohan-Jala and Arlene Udtohan-Pesquira and brother, Leo Udtohan, a freelance journalist.

The same contest is held in Turkey, Mexico, Brazil and Greece. In Turkey, the contest is coordinated by Yasemin Tayfur, Ruth's best friend for almost four years.  Anastasia Christodou is coordinating the contest in Greece, while Ariadna Rodriguez for Brazil and Mexico, respectively.

The grand winner will receive US $20, a medallion and certificate.  Two runners-up will also receive a cash prize, a medallion and certificate. All works submitted will be included in a poetry magazine entitled “Ruth: A Magazine About Poetry?scheduled to be out of the press in 2003. 

For those who are interested to join our “RUTHhaikus?contest, follow the standard measurement of making a haiku. Grand winner will receive a US$10, a medallion and certificate.

Submission Rules:
1. Participation of the contest has no registration fee.  2. All works must be in English. However, if your work is in other dialects, please provide a brief translation about your work(s). 
3. Writers may submit up to three works. 
4. All manuscripts must be received by the organizers from Sept. 9 to Nov. 2, 2005.

How to Send:
1. Submit your work through e-mail at [email protected]. Or you may submit 1 printed copy of the work, or one copy in Microsoft Word for Windows or Text format in a diskette to Ruth Poetry Contest, 128-1 Graham avenue, Booy Caingget, Tagbilaran city 6300 Bohol, Philippines. 
2. Include a written statement with your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address if you have one:  a. That you are the author of the enclosed work(s) b. No other person or organization owns any rights to the  work(s).

Selection Process: 
All works submitted are read and judged independently (previous contests by Clovis Nazareno, a Carlos Palanca Awardee for Poetry. But Clovis died in 2003. We are still looking for poets to judge the contest. 

First readers are Manuel Ferdinand de Erio and Fiel Angeli Araoarao-Gabin.  Second readers are Analyn Pollenza and Elaine Joy Auza. The contest result will be published in local and national newspapers.

A separate press release will be done in other countries where the contest is conducted simultaneously. The winners will be notified through e-mail or you may visit www.ruthudtohan.cjb.net one week after the contest. 

Prizes are at US dollars and will be sent through registered mail. 

For further information, you may visit www.ruthudtohan.cjb.net, this site was conferred the 2002- 2003 Golden Web Award given by the International   Association of Web Masters & Designers (IAWMD) composed of professional members from 145 countries worldwide.

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COORDINATORS

FOR TURKISH PARTICIPANTS:

YASEMIN TAYFUR
Poetry Contest Coordinator
Barbaros Mah.
Ismail Baykut Cad.
No:14 Kat/1
Ganakkale, Turkiye

e-mail: [email protected]

FOR MEXICAN, BRAZILIAN/AMERICAN PARTICIPANTS:

ARIADNA RODRIGUEZ
E-mail address: [email protected]

FOR GREEK PARTICIPANTS:

ANASTASIA CHRISTODOU
Diamantos Koumpaki 21
Korydallos 18122 Greece

E-mail : [email protected]

FOR FILIPINO PARTICIPANTS:

RUTH POETRY CONTEST
128-1 Graham avenue, Booy Caingget
Tagbilaran City 6300 Bohol, Philippines

E-mail: [email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]/[email protected]

 

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