WORDS ON WHEELS POETRY CONTEST 

Bloomington Transit and MATRIX want to put your poem on the buses! 
Submit your poem today at one of many convenient drop points. 
A panel of community judges will choose the best poems to display on the buses.

Contest Rules
Deadline for submitting your poem is 12 p.m. noon Friday February 23.
One poem per author.
Poems will be judged in two age categories: 17 and under, and 18 and older.
MATRIX staff and Bloomington Transit employees are ineligible.
Poems or excerpts of poems should be no more than 12 lines, each line under 60 characters.
Submissions must include six (6) hard copies of the poem WITHOUT the author's name on the copies - just the poem, please.
A cover page with the author's name, age, address, phone#, e-mail address  (if available) and a short (100 words or less) biography should be attached to the poem copies.
A computer disk with the poem and cover information would be appreciated, but is not required.
We will not consider poems that discriminate on the basis of race, gender, age, sexual orientation, economic status, color or creed. 
Authors of poems selected to appear on the Bloomington Transit buses will be notified by phone or e-mail.
A chapbook of the winning poetry will be available for browsing at public venues after the poems have left the buses.

Drop Points:
Bloomingfood's
Bloomington Transit (130 W. Grimes Lane)
Borders
Cappucino's
College Mall Information Desk
Howard's Bookstore
IU English Dept. (Ballantine Hall, 4th Floor)
Soma

Sponsored by Bloomington Transit and MATRIX, a space for literary and visual arts

For more information about MATRIX:
www.matrixmag.com