Poets for Human Rights announces the 2009 Anita McAndrews Award poetry contest (First prize - $200) and the 2009 Alexander Popoff Youth Award poetry contests (First prize for US - $100)

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Submission guidelines for the 2009 Anita McAndrews Award:

1. Submissions are open to all ages.
2. Poems must relate to Human Rights
3. Poems must be typed and are limited to one page (8 ½ x 11).
4. Send two copies. One copy must include name, address, telephone number and email address. One copy must be anonymous.
5. Mail poems, cover sheet and $2 reading fee per poem to:

2009 Anita McAndrews Award

JaffeLabs

639 Cleveland Street, #345

Clearwater, Florida 33755

• Poems and cover sheet can be emailed
• Reading fee payment must by mailed to the address given above.
• Checks for reading fees must be made payable to JaffeLabs LLC.
• Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2009.

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Submission guidelines for the 2009 Alexander Popoff Youth Award:

• Submissions are open to youth, aged 17 or younger.
• Poems must relate to one or more of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights articles.
• Summary of the 30 articles and video public service announcements for each article.
• Length of each poem is limited to one page (8 ½  x 11).
• Poem(s) must be accompanied by a cover sheet with the poem title(s), name, address, Telephone number, email, age, school name and grade.
• Submissions can be mailed to:

Alexander Popoff Youth Award

c/o JaffeLabs

639 Cleveland Street, #345

Clearwater, Florida 33755

or email

• Teachers submitting entries on behalf of their students should include their own name, contact information, and name and address of their school.
• Deadline for submissions is November 15, 2009. 

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Winning Submissions

Winners will be announced at the Poets for Human Rights 2007 International Human Rights Day event in December 10, 2007.  The winning poems for each contest will be read at the event. 

Winning poems and honorable mentions will be published online at the Poets for Human Rights website at www.poetsforhumanrights.org. and in the Map of Austin Poetry featured poetry supplement, archived at groups.yahoo.com/group/mapofaustinpoetry.  

Poets for Human Rights was co-founded in 2005 by Larry Jaffe and Stazja McFadyen, who recognize that it is the nature of poets to lead the way for humanity. There are nearly 1000 members internationally.