contest/fund raising ideas?
okay, so i'm hoping to have all of the neccesaries out of the way by the end of the year, so that we can move forward without any hangups in '06, as far as incorporation and good standing with the IRS and whatnot and soforth.
that being the assumption, i wanted to roll out the beginning of '06 with a poetry contest, leading up to a journal publication. i was thinking like $15 per entry(?), one entry per poet...winner gets to write the intro to the first journal(?), and maybe a nominal cash prize(?!). all entries would be judged by a group of like 3(?) of us, based on, i dunno, specific criteria to be determined later.
we would use the money to
a: publish the journal
b: furnish the cash prize(?)
and c: fund future contests, publications, events, guest poets, etc.
i would like some feedback on this, as well as other possible fundraising ideas that will
a: fit into our theme and purpose
and b: not be annoying and beggarly.
not yet.
posted by Brian @ 9:11 AM
2 Comments:
I like that idea...We could also have a poetry slam. i went to one down @ Llywellyn's Pub in the CWE and they charged like 5 bucks to get in (donation style I think). They were raising money for a team of poets to go to the National Poetry thing or something...could possibly work for us too...though it is a different clientele in the CWE than what we usually get.
my only concern with a slam is that it's an established competition style, complete with copyrights or whatever. in order to use the name or the format, you have to pay. and if you use the name, you have to use their format. and it's hyper competitive. form my information, anyway. i could be way off the mark. let me know...
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