The Pharos Poetry Competition
Purpose: To encourage medical students to write poetry on medical subjects, The Pharos has instituted this competition to recognize and reward excellent and thoughtful student compositions.
Prizes: $500 first; $250 second; $100 third.
Eligibility: Authors must be enrolled at medical schools with active AΩA chapters (Class of 2008 or later), but need not be members of AΩA. Only one entry may be submitted by an author.
Dates: Entries must be postmarked no later than January 31, 2008, and sent by first-class mail, express mail, or by courier. Winners will be announced about May 1, 2008.
Requirements for the poems, including submission form, are available for download here:
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