Hi CPA folk, I’m writing to ask if you would send the following information out to CPA members. The Ontario Poetry Society is trying to raise the profile of poetry in Canada, and provide respectable remuneration for their work, with our inaugural poetry contest anthology, Arborealis. The deadline has been extended for ten more days (to October 21, 2007). If you could please pass this info on to other poets on the CPA list it would be appreciated. Tx much, Shirley McCormick(Past P. of The Ontario Poetry Soc.)www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca  ……………. The Ontario Poetry Societypresents the Arborealis Prize for Poetry  First Prize $300 - Second Prize $150 - Third Prize $75Four $25 Honourable Mention AwardsAll prize winning entries plus up to 60 additional Runners Up will be published in Arborealis, our anthology of Canadian Contemporary Poetry. All poets whose work is selected for the book will receive one free copy of the anthology.Theme: The People’s Poetry Tradition. Milton Acorn’s poetry defines the People’s Poetry Tradition. Subtle in his emotions, his power and directness come from images drawn from everyday Island life. Dedicated to the class struggle, Acorn peopled his poems with working men and women of the visage of Canada, and paid unceasing tribute to their suffering, their humble crafts and their utter reliability. With an authentic working-class voice, Acorn’s poetry reflected the uncanny ability to replicate the nuance and cadence of everyday speech so that the delicacy of his imagery is also fraught with the wrath of hardship.Entry fee: $15 for up to three poems. Additional poems, $5 each. There is no limit to the number of submissions per poet. Cheques payable to The Ontario Poetry Society.Rules and Guidelines: This contest is open to Canadian poets only. Poems wanted in the People’s Poetry Tradition. All styles welcome. Poems must be unpublished and not sent elsewhere. Poems not to exceed 36 lines and the stanza breaks count as lines. Enclose a #10 SASE for winners list. Blind Judging; Author’s name not to appear on the same page as the poem, back or front. Kindly attach a cover page with poem title(s), author’s name, address, phone number and email address, along with a brief bio of 50 words.Deadline: Extended to October 21, 2007. Entries to be post-marked on or before October 21, 2007.Send your entries to: The Ontario Poetry Society, 31 Marisa Court, Thornhill ON, L4J 6H9. Join us in our inaugural edition of Arborealis!www.theontariopoetrysociety.ca