A literary contest open to all American poets age 50 and older who are U.S. Citizens regardless of where they live or are temporarily staying throughout the world, the 2010 SPL Contest is sponsored by VERA-JANE GOODIN SCHULTZ and WANDA SUE PARROTT, original co-founders of the competition and current co-administrators of the 2010 event. Judges will include former Senior Poets Laureate of the Meeting The Muse Panel of Judges. Entries accepted Jan. 1 through June 30, 2010.
 
Entry fee: $3 per poem, 40 line limit, published or unpublished. $500 award for National Senior Poetry Laureate.