All-India

Poetry Competition

Among School

Children on Human

Values

2010

 First Prize

Rs. 11,000

Second Prize

Rs. 7,000

Third Prize

Rs. 5,000

and other prizes

 Supported by

Department of Higher Education

Ministry of Human Resource Development

Government of India

  

Organised by

The Poetry Society (India)

Closing date for entries

July 31, 2010

  

CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

for the All India Poetry Competition Among School Children on

Human Values, 2010

SPONSORS

1. The Competition is supported by the Department of Higher

Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Government of India and organised by The Poetry Society

(India).

COMPETITORS

2. The Competition is open to Indian school children and

non-resident Indian students studying in secondary and higher

secondary schools in the age group of 12-19.

3. No competitor may win more than one prize.

ADJUDICATION AND PRIZES

4. The poems entered for the Competition will be read by a

panel of eminent Indian poets who will judge the entries.

5. The decision of the judges will be final and the organisers will

not enter into any correspondence about the results.

6. The first prize will be Rs. 11,000 in cash.

7. The second prize will be Rs. 7,000 in cash.

8. There will be a third prize of Rs. 5,000 and five commendation

prizes of Rs. 1,000 each.

9. A list of prize-winners and the prize-winning poems will be

distributed to the leading national newspapers for publication.

10. The Prize-giving Ceremony will be held at New Delhi.

ENTRY

11. All entries for the Competition should be submitted to the

school where the competitor is studying and the school should

forward them to:

All-India Poetry Competition Among School Children on

Human Values 2010

The Poetry Society (India)

L-67A, Malviya Nagar

New Delhi - 110 017, India

12. There will be a token entry fee of Rs. 25 per poem. Competitors

may submit as many entries as they wish provided that each

poem is accompanied by a fee of Rs. 25 per poem.

13. Each school should forward the entry fees paid by its

participating students by a single Demand Draft made in favour

of The Poetry Society (India) payable at New Delhi along with

the entries. Payment sent by outstation cheques, cash or money

order will not be accepted. Also, payment sent individually by

students will not be accepted.

14. Each entry must be either a poem written in English by the

competitor or his/her translation into English (in verse) of a

poem written in any of the recognised Indian languages.

15. Before submitting the entries, the translators should have

obtained permission from the authors of the poems for the use

of their poems for this competition.

16. Each poem must be an unaided and unpublished work of the

competitor. It must not be published or broadcast until the

results of this competition are announced.

17. If it has been found that the competitor has copied in full or

part a poem of another poet or downloaded in full or part a

poem of another poet from the Internet, and submitted as an

entry to the All India Poetry Competition Among School

Children on Human Values 2010, suitable/legal action can be

taken against the competitor.

18. Each poem must be typed on a separate sheet of paper.

19. Entries will be judged without the panel of judges knowing the

identity of the competitors. The competitor's name must not

be typed or written on the manuscripts. Manuscripts must be

attached to an entry form, or to a separate sheet of paper,

giving the name (or nom de plume) and full address of the

competitor, and a list of all the titles of the poems entered for

the competition.

20. The maximum length of poem should be about 30 lines.

21. Receipt of an entry will not be acknowledged unless a separate

self-addressed and stamped envelope marked RECEIPT (School

Children - 2010) is enclosed with the entry.

22. Manuscripts will not be returned.

23. Competitors, who want to receive a list of prize-winners must

enclose a separate self-addressed and stamped envelope marked

PRIZE-WINNERS (School Children - 2010).

24. The worldwide copyright of each prize-winning or shortlisted

poem, and of any other poem selected by the judges for special

commendation will remain with the author, but The Poetry

Society (India) and the Department of Higher Education,

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of

India shall have the unrestricted right to present the poem on

television, radio or the stage, or to publish it at the time of the

prize-giving, or at any time up to twelve months after the

announcement of the results.

25. All competitors shall be deemed to have read and accepted all

the conditions of entry for the All-India Poetry Competition

Among School Children on Human Values, 2010.

Entries should be sent to and further information can be

obtained from:

All-India Poetry Competition Among School Children

on Human Values,

The Poetry Society (India)

L-67A, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi - 110 017

E-mail: hkkaul@gmail.com Mobile: 9891016667

http://www.indianpoetry.org

 

 

 

ENTRY FORM

All-India Poetry Competition Among School

Children on Human Values, 2010

1. NAME (in block letters)

_________________________________________________

2. Name and Address of School _______________________

______________________________________________

Tel. No. of School ________________________________

3. Residential Address (in block letters)

___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

Tel. No . _______________________________________

4. Date of Birth ___________________ 5. Sex : Male/Famale

6. Class ___________ 7. Mother Tongue _____________

I wish to enter the following poem (s) for the All-India

Poetry Competition Among School Children on Human Values,

2010:

TITLE(S) (in block letters)

________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________

[If you require more space, write or type the titles of the poems on

a separate sheet of paper and attach it to this form]

I have read and completed the checklist overleaf. I have paid

Rs. _________________ to my school towards the entry fee.

I have read and I accept all the conditions of entry.

Signed ___________________ Date __________________

For office use:

Before sending the entries, please read and complete the checklist:

  

CHECKLIST

Please read carefully and put a tick in the appropriate boxes

below.

I am a resident in India/non-resident Indian

student and I enclose

1. Poems entered for the Competition.

2. A separate self-addressed and stamped envelope

marked RECEIPT (School Children: 2010) for

acknowledgement of entry received.

3. A separate self-addressed and stamped

envelope marked PRIZE-WINNERS (School

Children : 2010) for notification of winners.

4. A separate self-addressed and stamped envelope

marked INFORMATION for information about

and membership rules of The Poetry Society

(India).

5. Payment for ...... paperback copy(ies) of the

All India Poetry Competition Among School

Children 2006 Anthology at Rs. 140/- per

copy.

(Rates include postage and packing).

6. Payment for ...... paperback copy(ies) of the All

India Poetry Competition Among School Children

on Human Values, 2010 Anthology at Rs. 160/-

per copy.

(Rates include postage and packing).

ENTRY FORMS

For more Entry Forms, please make photocopies of this

form for further use or download it from http://indianpoetry.org

All the entries, along with the entry forms, should be

forwarded by the school and sent to:

All-India Poetry Competition Among School Children on

Human Values, 2010

The Poetry Society (India)

L-67A, Malviya Nagar

New Delhi-110017, INDIA

on or before July 31, 2010

 

You are welcome to subscribe to

THE JOURNAL OF THE POETRY SOCIETY (INDIA)

Annual subscription Rs. 200/-

Students : Rs. 50 only

The Poetry Society

The Poetry Society (India) was registered in 1984 under the Societies

Registration Act, 1860. It promotes Indian poetry and looks after

the interests of poets in India and undertakes collection,

interpretation, translation, publication, and propagation of Indian

poetry in India and other countries. For more details please access:

http://www.indianpoetry.org