Write A Poem About Your Nabe, Win $50: Poet 11 2010

There’s been a cool contest going on since January 1st. It’s a poetry contest called Poet 11 2010.
Before you turn your nose because you’re a normal person who doesn’t
know anything about poetry, think about the subject matter: your SF
neighborhood.

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library
are giving the winning poets (SFPL
Poet-in-Residence Jack Hirschman) $50 and the opportunity for the authors to take the
mike and read their work in their neighborhood’s library to the best poem. You’ll also be published in an
anthology.

Come on everyone! Show your SF pride!

I scrounged up some of
my own poems, which I won’t enter because I have lots of writer’s block
for my particular hood, but plenty to say about others:

Wait, is that last one even a poem? Are any of these poems? Is this a poem? See? FUN!

Submissions are accepted until March 1. Guidelines are as follows:

• Must be 18 or over to participate. (Does this mean you can be, what’s the term, “saucy”?)
• Must live in San Francisco. For information on if you live in one of the eleven city districts, go here.
• Submissions must include a return address, email or phone number and district number for response.
• Up to three poems allowed!
• Email submissions go to poets11@friendssfpl.org. You can also drop off your poem at any library or mail to:

For more information, go here.