Contest

KAKALAK 2009

Kakalak Anthology of Carolina Poets is holding the 2009 Poetry Contest and Art Competition from October 1, 2008 through the postmark date of January 10, 2009. All contest participants will be notified of their publication status by March 3, 2009.

Kakalak Anthology welcomed natives and current residents of both North and South Carolina to participate in the contest. Non-natives and previous residents were also welcome to participate by submitting work specifically related to the Carolinas, and this poetry and/or visual art may be accepted at the Editors' discretion.

The 2008 Contests drew 900-plus pieces of poetry and over 130 visual art pieces. We anticipate the Kakalak 2008 Contest resulting in the third splendid Carolina-wide anthology, preceded by Kakalak 2006 and 2007.

The 2008 Contest is a great success with poetry submissions alone of 900-plus. Also grand success, the 2006 and 2007 Contests brought in poetry submissions over 1100 in 2006 and 800-plus in 2007. The end products are two fabulous collections of poetry and visual art with highly well-written and well-crafted pieces from over 100 poets and artists each year. We are currently producing another fantastic, winning anthology.

Kakalak 2008 Anthology of Carolina Poets should be available for sale. Please return to this website, especially the Purchases page in the menu, regularly to keep track of publication and ordering status.