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Rules and Regulations

1. Entrants must be age 18 or under and live or attend school in Bexar County.
2. Each poet may submit as many poems as desired, but each poem must be submitted separately.
3. Entries should be submitted once, either electronically or in hard-copy (on paper).
4. Hard-copy entries: The following information must be at the top of each original poem
   
   Entrant's full name
   Age, grade, name of school or the phrase “Home Schooled”
   Home address, including ZIP code
   Telephone number or the words "no phone"
   
   If any of this information is missing the poem will be disqualified.
5. Hard-copy entries must be hand-written in ink or typed using standard fonts. Entries in pencil will not be accepted. All entries must be legible. If the judges cannot read the poet's handwriting, the poem will be disqualified.
6. If a poem requires special formatting, please submit a hard copy only. However, the library cannot guarantee integrity of formatting for any entry.
7. Entries submitted in a foreign language must include an English translation. Poems in a foreign language without a translation will be disqualified.
8. Illustrations will not be considered in judging a poem.
9. Each poem may have only one author.
10. Poems must be the writer's own work, and may not be submitted without the poet's knowledge and consent. They may not be copied from any source. Poems found to be copied or plagiarized will be disqualified, along with any additional work submitted with that poem.
11. Poems will be judged in the following categories according to the age of the poet at the time the item is submitted:
    
    Ages 8 and under
    Ages 9-11
    Ages 12-14
    Ages 15-18
12. Entries will be accepted between September 15 and December 15, 2008. Late entries will not be accepted, and will not be held over to the following year. Hard copy entries may be mailed to:
    
    Central Library
    600 Soledad
    San Antonio, Texas 78205
    Attention: Young Pegasus
    
    or may be submitted in person at any branch of the San Antonio Public Library.
13. All poems submitted become the property of the San Antonio Public Library and will not be returned.