POETRY CONTEST INFORMATION
April 27, 2008:
In
honor of National Pet Week
happening May 4-10 and the release on April 29th of
The Soul Of A Horse
by Joe Camp, Sage By Nature is having a
poetry contest for horse
and animal loving teenagers to help promote natural horse and pet
care. The theme is
the natural horse and pet.
You can write about what “natural” means to you for the horse or
small animal pet or both; describe with words what the natural horse
or pet would be like, look like, and live like. You can also choose
to focus on one topic such as natural hoof care.
PRIZES
Mr. Camp will be personally autographing a copy of his new book The Soul Of A Horse for the winner! Also, an autographed copy of Dr. Martin Goldstein’s book, The Nature of Animal Healing , will also be awarded to the winner.
Second place winner will receive a bottle of flower essences from www.mystichorse.com, home of Mary Ann Simonds who is a behavioral ecologist and holistic health educator.
In addition, the first and second place winning entries and author names, along with at least two runners up, will be featured on the Sage By Nature website. After the contest ends, all poem entries will be posted, at least one each day, on a new blog for young writers with a passion for animals, http://wisewhinnies.blogspot.com.
Contest judges will be Eleanor Van Natta of Sage By Nature and Barbara Anne Dunn of Dark Horse Ranch.
A third judge, Dr. Madalyn Ward, D.V.M., of Holistic Horsekeeping will help decide the winner from a group of finalists.
Contest Rules:
· This contest is
open to anyone between the ages of 13 and 18
· Poems should be
thought-provoking and will be judged on originality and
understanding of the “natural animal”, be it horse, dog, or cat.
· No purchase is necessary to enter or win. Contestants may enter as
many poems for consideration as they wish.
· Sage By Nature is not responsible for any entries or Internet
connections that are misdirected, lost, stolen, disconnected, not
received, or are illegible.
· All work must be original and the work of the entrant. Please state
whether or not the entry has been previously published elsewhere.
Entrant/author will retain all rights but grants the right to
Eleanor Van Natta to publish the poem on the Sage By Nature website
and/or the new Wise Whinnies blog.
· Winners are responsible for paying all applicable local, county,
state and federal taxes on prizes based on the estimated retail
value of the prize.
· This contest is subject to all applicable laws and regulations. Void
where prohibited.
· Sage By Nature reserves the right to substitute a prize of equal or
greater value for this contest. Prizes are not redeemable for cash.
Contest deadline
is May 31st.
We will be accepting entries from April 28th to
May 31, 2008. So don’t delay! Send your poetry
as a Word document attachment or cut and paste it into an email
(preferred method) to
contest@sagebynature.com.
Please provide your full
name, age, address, and phone number with your entry (we respect
your privacy, and this information will be used strictly for contact
purposes in addition to posting the name and age of the writer with
their poems unless otherwise requested). Good luck to all! Any
questions, please contact us at
info@sagebynature.com.