Snapdragon Poetry Competition, open to all, welcomes poems on any aspect of the disease.

Original poems, in any style, and no longer than 18 lines, inspired by the experience of breast cancer, word-processed, three copies, on 8 1/2" x 11" paper, no more than 3 poems per entry.  The competition is open to all. Winners will be announced on the Breast Cancer Survivor Paddler Forum and the Snapdragonsdc.com website, and, if time allows, in the program for the Festival.

First prize: $150 and reading at the Carnation Ceremony of the 9th Annual International Dragon Boat Festival, Washington, DC, May 15.-16, 2010.

Second prize: $75

Third prize: $50

Closing date: April 16 

Entry fee: $5, payable by check made out to the Chinese Women’s League

Mail to Snapdragon Poetry Competition, 301 High Gables Drive #407

Gaithersburg MD 20878

For explanations of the International Dragon Boat Festival please visit dragonboatdc.com and Snapdragonsdc.com