Poetry Film Contest

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$1,000.00 FILM PRIZE & FREE ENTRY

Poetry Film Prize
We want to integrate film and literary culture. Carbon Culture will award a $1,000.00 prize for the best poetry film using the complete text of John Gosslee’s poem “Portrait of an Inner Life.” The winning entry will receive $1,000.00. The top five entries will receive high-profile placements across a number of networks, note in a one page ad alongside honorable mentions in our newsstand print and device editions. All entries are considered for sponsored entry to our list of film festivals and poetry film festivals. Deadline for submissions is January 1, 2016.
Rules for Submission

  1. 1. Create a video adaption of John Gosslee’s poem “Portrait of an Inner Life” using the full text of the poem and the author’s name
  2. 2. Post the video to a Youtube or Vimeo account and make it live
  3. 3. Submit the piece as an Mp4 alongside your bio or team member’s bios to us.
Prize Announcements will be made in April 2016
Film Types
All visual and textual interpretations of the poem are welcome. Animation (digital or cartoon,) live action, kinetic poems, stop motion, anything you can imagine. We are looking for literal or non-literal interpretations of the poem. How long should it be? That is up to you. Poetry is meant to be heard and we encourage audio.
Eligibility
The prize is open to students, individuals and teams.
About the Text
“Portrait of an Inner Life” was chosen as the inaugural poem for its dynamic voice and charged lines. For more information about the poem’s rich outsider history, see the author’s site blitzkrieghq.com.
Complete Contest Text

Portrait of an Inner Life


a mansion
inside a hovel
an elephant
trapped in a swallow
the claw at the end
of a roar
a frame
without a door

by John Gosslee


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