Bounty: A Poetry Contest

Denver County Fair announces Bounty, the first annual poetry contest, featuring poems inspired by agriculture, food, gardens and farms.    

Two Categories:  Adult (ages 18 and over); Youth (ages 10 - 17)    

Poetry submissions may be of any length and any style but must relate to the theme of Bounty: agriculture, food, gardens and farms.

 • First Place: Blue Ribbon + Poetry Performance + $50

• Second Place: Red Ribbon + Poetry Performance

• Third Place: White Ribbon + Poetry Performance

• Finalists: Poetry Performance  

Prizewinners and finalists will all have an opportunity to read their works at the fair's Sunday morning Poetry Performance in the Farm and Garden Pavilion.

Entry Fee is just $5 and provides a free pass to the fair. 

It's easy to enter:

• Use the online entry form to pay your entry fee.

• Then submit your poem by Monday, July 18, 2011, via email to poetry@denvercountyfair.org. Include your name, address, telephone number and category (Adult or Youth). Submit the poem in a Word Document or paste in the body of your email.  

Poems must be previously unpublished and have not received awards in other competitions. Contest is open to Denver-metro residents only. One poem per entry fee. Multiple submission accepted. Submissions are judged by a published, award-winning poet. All judging is blind.