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	<title>Contests</title>
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	<description>Shakespeare's Monkeys Simian Award</description>
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		<title>Simian Contest Rules</title>
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		<description> Simian Contest Rules 
 First Place         $125

Second Place     $50

Third Place        $25  
 There are no limits on theme or form. The most important aspects of all entries is originality and artistic merit. 





 Poetry Contest Rules:



1. Send up to 3 poems of no more than 40 lines to contest@shakespearesmonkeys.com and a $5 (US Dollars) entry fee via paypal to payment@shakespearesmonkeys.com . Or checks written to &quot;Shakespeare's Monkeys&quot; maybe sent to: 
 Shakespeare's Monkeys

c/o Stephan Anstey

231 Mt. Hope St

Lowell, MA 01854

USA 
 



2. Poems must not have been published previously or have won any prize in any previous competition of any kind. You do not need to be an unpublished poet, but the poems you submit must be unpublished.



4. Poems must not be entered in any other contest, nor simultaneously offered elsewhere for publication.



5. Poems will be judged on literary merit.



6. Entries must received on or before Sept 29, 2008. Multiple entries may be submitted, but no more than 3 per $5 entry fee.



7. Winners will be announced publicly in Oct, 2008 on our web site at: http://www.shakespearesmonkeys.com 



8. By accepting a prize, any winner of a cash prize authorizes Shakespeare’s Monkeys to use the winning entry in print and on site in perpetuity. All poets retain copyright and all other publication rights to their work. We place no restrictions on the rights of winners to publish or sell their work elsewhere following the announcement of prizes.



9. Prizes will sent by first class postal mail. Payments are made by international postal money order so that prizes may be cashed at a post office by the winners without bank charges being assessed. Winners need not be in attendance at the prize announcements to receive their prizes. Prizes are paid in American dollars. ALL PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED.  ... more» </description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:24:40 GMT</pubDate>
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		<title>The First Grand Simian Winner</title>
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		<description>Everyone join me in congratulating Ann Murphy of Chelmsford MA on winning the grand prize. Yes, that's right, not only did she win $100 for in the second simian award, but she won the grand prize ... another $100 and a feature in an upcoming issue of the Revue</description>
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		<title>The Second Simian Award</title>
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