The Talent Literary Guild is sponsoring an amateur poetry contest, free to everyone. There are 50 prizes in all, including a $1,000 grand prize, with well over $4,000 in total cash and prizes awarded.

“We are delighted to sponsor this contest,” said Thomas Grey, Poetry Director. “Poets deserve opportunities to exhibit their work and get recognition. We expect our contest to encourage new poets. Oregon has produced many wonderful poets over the years and I’d like to discover new ones from among the Enterprise-area grassroots poets.”

To enter send one entry of 21 lines or less to: Free Poetry Contest, 1257 Siskiyou Blvd., PMB 4, Ashland, OR 97520, or go to www.freecontest.com via the internet.

Poems may be written on any subject, using any style. The deadline for entering is August 28, 2004. The editors reserve the right to publish the winning poems in a phamphlet and send it free to all entrants, along with a winner’s list.