Expressing the Rural West: Poetry of the Next Generation

Submission Rules

• Each poem must be an original work. 
• Video submissions to be four or less minutes. Begin with an intro: who you are, where you're from and context of the poem. (Why did you write it? What it's about?) 
• Submissions may not contain curse words or explicit sexual imagery.
• Poets must be no younger than 18 and no older than 35.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

How do I submit my poetry?
Upload your video to your own YouTube page and tag it "2016 Youth Poetry Competition". For more information and to see the tagged video submissions, visit http://www.youtube.com/user/2014poetrycontest. Public judging will end on December 11 and our judges will select a winner by Dec. 18.

For complete guidelines visit http://westernfolklife.org/National-Cowboy-Poetry-Gathering-Programs/enter-our-next-generation-poetry-contest.html