Poetry of Forgiveness

Arts of Forgiveness

Thank you for submitting an entry to the Poetry of Forgiveness Awards! Your participation will enrich everyone who attends the event this year, and all who see and hear about it through the press and this website, worldwide.

Any original poem, in any form -- traditional, modern, rhyming, free verse -- that you make that evokes, for you, the spirit of forgiveness, is eligible and will be considered by the judges.

You may also enter a poem in a language other than English. Hawaiian is especially encouraged. Please include a translation of your poem, to help us in understanding it.

We hope that your participation will benefit you, both personally and professionally. Our commitment is to highlight the winning poetry to the maximum possible audience, and to treat your creative work with the highest respect. Awards will be presented personally at Hawai'i International Forgiveness Day.

See deadlines and location at the bottom of this page.

1. To submit a nomination, please first review the Entry Qualifications and background, at http://www.hawaiiforgivenessproject.org/awards/detail.htm.

Here you will also find samples of previous winners of Forgiveness Arts Awards, both Images and Poetry, so you have an idea of what judges are looking for.

2. Then fill out this form; carefully describe you and your work, and the connection of the piece you submit to the theme of forgiveness.

3. Finally, please provide us with contact information that will allow us to quickly and easily reach you, if you are a winner or runner-up.

Judges will review the nominations up to the deadline. We may contact you for further details. Those being honored will be notified at the email and/or telephone number you provide.

Your name: *

The title of the poem you are entering: *

A brief description of the poem you are entering, its length, subject, and style (ie., free verse, sonnet, couplets, song lyrics): *

Please explain the connection you see between the poem you are entering and the theme of forgiveness. This may include a description of the inspiration for this piece, its origin and subject, its significance to you and others. *

Please type your poem here, or paste the text in from its source. Remember, you
will need to be able to read your entry in a minute or less; we have provided you
with 50 lines here. If this is not sufficient space for your entry, or if your entry
is part of a longer piece, you may leave this area blank and upload the entire
longer piece as a file, in the space marked ** upload ** below. *

** Upload ** : You may also upload a file of any type here. Files may include a long-form version of your poem, a presentation of your poem with specific fonts and graphics. Word (.doc) or formatted text (rtf) or Acrobat (.pdf) file formats are recommended. There is a maxumum file size of 5 Mbytes. 🛈

Telephone contacts; please provide alternates, and/or a celphone contact, if appropriate. We promise we will never share your information with anyone for any reason. Even we will only use it to contact you for purposes of the Arts of Forgiveness program.

Email contact: *

You may also contact us as follows:

by mail:

Elizabeth Reveley
Hawai'i Forgiveness Project
45-430 Lupo St.
Kaneohe, HI 96744

elizabeth@hawaiiforgivenessproject.org
by phone: 808-216-1993

Michael North
email: michael@hawaiiforgivenessproject.org

You may have an official copy of the nomination you entered sent to an email address of your choice. Just enter the email address you'd like here:

Hawaii Forgiveness Project

We support forgiveness in all its religious, artistic, personal, justice, educational, social and political forms.

Please click the "submit" button below, once. Wait for your file attachment, if any, to upload; it may take s short time. When the process is complete, you will see a thank you and acknowledgment, and you will receive a confirming email.

2017 Awards:

Deadline for receipt of entries is midnight, Monday, July 17. Winners will be informed by the afternoon of July 31 at the latest, with awards presented in person in Honolulu, August 6, 2017, 2:00 to 5:00 pm, Central Union Church.

Please plan to be there, if you are a winner, so everyone can meet you and congratulate you!

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