Ina Coolbrith Circle sponsors 98th ANNUAL SPRING CONTEST (formerly Poets’ Dinner) Open to All Poets    Entry Fee: $20                       Awards Announcements During Program ON ZOOM Saturday, June 7, 2025, 1 pm to 4 pm     Must Attend on Zoom to be Eligible for Awards  THEME: INFINITY             GUEST SPEAKER: HOLLIE HARDY* CATEGORIES:      BEGINNINGS & ENDINGS, HUMOR, LOVE, NATURE, PEOPLE, POET’S CHOICE,  SPACES & PLACES, THEME (INFINITY)         Poems must be original, in English, not have appeared online or in any journal or newspaper professionally published and not be previous cash prizewinners (Honorable Mentions OK). Winning poems may be included in a future anthology. 42-line maximum (not including spaces), any form or style. Up to four entries (4) per person; one (1) per category  1.     DEADLINE: April 1, 2025 (POSTMARKED BEFORE MIDNIGHT; NO CERTIFIED OR REGISTERED MAIL) 2.     Type entry on ONE side only of 8 1⁄2 x 11 white paper.                                                            3.     Type category in upper right-hand corner of each page. 4.     DO NOT put your name or any identification ANYWHERE on any entered poem.  5.     Send three (3) clear copies of EACH entry (with no illustrations). 6.     Include a separate page with the following information (typed or legible):  Name, Address, Tel no., Email, Title   and Category of each poem. 7.     Entry fee of $20 (check) made out to INA COOLBRITH CIRCLE.   8.     AUTHOR MUST ATTEND ON ZOOM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR AN AWARD.   ENTRIES accompanied by ENTRY FEE should be mailed to: Contest Chair Aline Soules, 48 Danville Oak Pl, Danville, CA 94526.Questions? Please contact Aline Soules at soulesa@yahoo.com  PRIZES: One POETS’ DINNER GRAND PRIZE: $100 -- To be chosen from among the first three prize winners in each category. For each CATEGORY: Three Prizes --- $50, $30, $20, plus three Honorable Mentions. Last Year’s Grand Prize Poem, Hermit Thrush, will be read by the author, Deborah Bachels Schmidt AWARDS PROCEDURE: Winning entries will be announced ONLY on Saturday, June 7 and checked against the master list. If there is NO CLAIM, the prize will go to the next ranked submission. Judges’ decisions are final.  NOTE: The Ina Coolbrith Circle invites all those interested in poetry to its September 20TH meeting on Zoom where winners are invited to read their winning poems. DONATIONS: Contributions to sustain awards may be sent to Awards Co-Chair Natica Angilly, 1515 Poplar Ave., Richmond, CA 94805-1662. (Donor calls only, please, no books): (510) 235-0361.  Find us at:  https://sites.google.com/site/poetsdinner    https://www.facebook.com/PoetsDinnerContest        http://coolpoetry.org/ * HOLLIE HARDY is a writer, educator, and author of Lions Like Us (Red Light Lit Press, 2024) and How to Take a Bullet: And Other Survival Poems (Punk Hostage Press, 2014) winner of the Annual Poetry Center Book Award at San Francisco State University. She holds an MFA in Poetry from SFSU and teaches private writing workshops online. She is the founder of Praxis Poetry: Weekly Prompts for Poets, and host of Saturday Night Special: A Virtual Open Mic. Her work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and published in numerous anthologies and literary journals. She lives in Austin, TX. Follow on IG: @hollie.hardy  Learn more at: holliehardy.com