ITEM 1: The world-wide competition 2007 of the 6th art (poetry) is organised by the World and Universal Academy foundation, in partnership with the WUACADEMIA company. It is open from 1st January 2007 to 1st October, 2007. All poets, irrespective of age, sex, nationality or social situation …may participate.
ITEM 2: To participate in the competition, send a poem (or several poems) that are unpublished. Poems can only be accepted if it is written (or translate) in either English, French or Dutch. It will be even much better if candidates would translate their works into the above mentioned languages.
ITEM 3: The world-wide competition 2007 of the 6th art (poetry) rewards the best unpublished poems. The six possible themes are the following:
- Poems for children;
- comical or satirical poems;
- sad or dramatic poems;
- epic poems or politically engaged ones;
- love poems;
- erotic poems.
ITEM 4: All the poetic forms are accepted (prose, rhyme, haikus, towards free, figurative poems, surrealist poetries…).
ITEM 5: The three best poems from each theme will receive respectively:
- The golden Prize, 6th art: poetry( certificate and edition of the poem in an international anthology in either English, French or Dutch languages);
-The silver Prize of the 6th art: poetry (certificate and edition of the poem in an international anthology in either English, French or Dutch languages).
-The Bronze Prize of the 6th art: poetry (certificate and edition of the poem in an international anthology in either English, French or Dutch languages).
All the winning poems will be published after the competition.
ITEM 6: The best poem among the “gold Prizes" will receive the World-wide Grand Prize of the 6th art: poetry (a certificate, international promotion and a gift of a value of at least €250).
ITEM 7: The concurrent poem must be sent through Internet (in format PDF) and in A4 format paper.
ITEM 8: The works that are sent in will not be returned to their author. Once sent, the work will not be modified or completed by registering again. The author has to send his photography and his artistic curriculum vitae. Candidates are obliged to send in their works either in Dutch, English or French in addition to their artistic curriculum vitae. The participants using a pseudonym must mention the two names (the true name and the pseudonym) on the participation card when paying for the entry fee, otherwise they will be eliminated.
ITEM 9: ENTRY FEE :The entry Fee is 5 Euros for each registered POEM before the closing date of 1st October 2007. It is possible to present several poems. Every poem will have separate inscription to it. The entry fee is non-refundable.
ITEM 10: The competing works will be published on the site www.wuacademia.com from October 2, 2007. Netsurfers will then be able to vote. The netsurfers would vote and choose the best overall work. The candidates do not receive any rights of authors concerning the usage of their works by the World and Universal Academy notably in regards to the voting process on the net.
ITEM 11: The results will be announced in December 2007. The prize award will take place in the Netherlands on May 7, 2008 during the first world and universal Festival in Groningen. The presence of the winners at the prize award day is highly needed.
ITEM 12: Candidates must submit only original work of arts. Any work that we receive from participants is assumed to be authentic work of the author. In the event of false claim the author will bare the consequence alone. We wish all the participants good luck. |