Contest Quick Facts: Entry Form [PDF: 60kb]
- Two copies (with & w/o name & info)
- One page limit
- $15 ($25 international) Reading Fee
Deadline: January 31, 2007
Results: March 15, 2007
Concert: October, 2007
First Prize: $1000
Second Prize: $250
Third Prize: $100

1111As an arts organization committed to helping communities develop and evolve, Tricinium's mission is very much allied with the life and deeds of one wonderful man, recently deceased business and community leader David F. Putnam. Well-known in the Keene/Monadnock Region of southwestern New Hampshire, Putnam was an avid patron of the arts. Among his many activities, he was a longtime supporter of The MacDowell Colony, which in 2007 is marking one-hundred years of giving artists freedom to create in the solitude of the colonyÍs grounds in Peterborough, NH.

1111Tricinium artistic director Lawrence Siegel is a three-time MacDowell Colony resident, a composer, theater artist and performer. As artistic director and founder of Tricinium, Limited (a 501(c)(3) organization), he has facilitated the creation and performance of original works of music-theater in diverse contexts. Composing music for the three winning works of poetry is a natural for Siegel, who wrote the score for "Monadnock Tales," a large-scale symphonic work with a narrated text by poet Edyth Clark, which premiered in May 2002.

1111The three new poetry-inspired works plus the chamber version of "Monadnock Tales" will comprise an autumn 2007 concert planned at the Peterborough Players theater in Peterborough, NH. Narrating the "Tales," will be David Putnam's son, Thomas Putnam. The event is presented in tribute to David F. Putnam, and is one of many fellow-sponsored events in The MacDowell Colony's year-long centennial celebration.

1111 Would-be winners of the poetry contest are encouraged to write with passion about their sense of "community," a key concept to David Putnam who wrote in his memoirs of a three-part constellation that defined his life and the lives of his father and grandfather before him: "family, work and community, in that order."

1111 Putnam's career was with Markem Corporation, a world-leading product coding and identification supplier. His long list of volunteer commitments included city councilor, planning board chair, NH Historical Society trustee, Monadnock Music co-founder, and many others.



Putnam described his role in creating his city's Ashuelot River Park, transforming a lot with an "unsightly abandoned cinderblock car wash building," into gardens, an arboretum and public space as "one of the capping experiences of my life . . . in many ways it embodied all the things I care about in the community."

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POETRY CONTEST GUIDELINES

— The first prize winner will receive $1,000; second prize $250; third prize $100.

— The top three poems will be set to music and premiered at a concert in October, 2007.

— Composer Lawrence Siegel of Tricinium will create three musical compositions; the three winning poets will be honored guests at the premiere.

— The concert event, honoring David F. Putnam, a philanthropist dedicated to community-building, is expected to take place at the Peterborough Players theater as part of The MacDowell Colony Centennial Celebration.

— Poetry celebrating community and how individuals can inspire community is sought.

— The top +/-20 poems will be published in a booklet commemorating community to be distributed at the event.

— Works should not exceed one page to be considered. Two copies of each work are required (one without author's name and contact information, one with author's name and complete contact information).

— Poems published elsewhere are eligible (with written permission from the publisher). Poetry can be in any language, provided a translation is included.

— Reading fee is $15 (US), $25 (international), payable to Tricinium, and must be included with submission.

— Tricinium reserves the right to make no award. Judges' decision is final.

— Entries will not be returned. Submissions must be postmarked no later than January 31, 2007. Winners will be announced by March 15, 2007. To receive list of winners, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). No telephone calls please.

— Send entries to:

11111111Poetry Contest
11111111Tricinium Limited
11111111191 Washington Street
11111111Keene, NH 03431
11111111USA



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