Call for Entries: Rise Up to HIV Poetry Contest

Deadline: 5 November 2012

Rise Up To HIV seeks to educate, inspire, empower, advocate, network and partake in social change through unilateral and collaborative social media efforts with organizations, PLWHA and Hepatitis C, and other individuals with diverse backgrounds from all over the World. Its vision is to affect positive change for ones selves, families, and entire communities around the world through an army of compassionate individuals and organizations as we march towards the cure for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C.
They are running a poetry contest. Details below:

Write a poem about your experience living with HIV/AIDS , and also opened to someone who has been affected by HIV/AIDS. Your poem will be posted to the RiseUpToHIV blog at Riseuptohiv.blogspot.com and promoted throughout various social media outlets.

Contest begins 9/24/2012 and runs through November 5th. 2012.

Winners will be announced on Nov 10th. The winners will be selected taking into account the number of Facebook likes your poem receives on the blog (40 percent) and 5 judges who will judge each poem (60 percent). The winners will be notified by November 11th, and gift cards of your choice will be e mailed or mailed on November 12h.

PRIZES: 4 prizes will be awarded: 150.00 gift card of your choice for the grand prize winner, 75.00 to the runner up, 50.00 to the 2nd runner up, 25.00 to the 3rd runner up.

E mail your poem with any graphics or pictures you want to include (not mandatory)– poems will be posted on this blog http://www.riseuptohiv.blogspot.com . Not EVERY poem will be submitted for entry into the contest. Poems that get posted will be at the discretion of RiseUpToHIV.

Rules are subject to change.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

For queries/ submissions:kevin@riseuptohiv.org

Website: http://www.riseuptohiv.blogspot.com/