This event includes both a Short Story and a Poetry Competition. Both are open to all comers and the winners will receive a 100 dollar cash prize. The winner of the poetry competition ( judged by Peter Thabit Jones ) will also be featured in his prestigious international poetry magazine based in Swansea South Wales - "The Seventh Quarry". The judge of the short story competition is Lloyd Jones - internationally acclaimed Welsh novelist and short story writer.

For more info on the competitions go here:-

http://americymru.ning.com/group/leftcoasteisteddfod2009poetrycompetitiongroup

and here:-

http://americymru.ning.com/group/leftcoasteisteddfodportlandoregon2009shortstorysub

For more info on the judges go here:-

http://americymru.ning.com/profiles/blogs/eisteddfod-poetry-competition

and here:-

http://americymru.ning.com/profiles/blogs/left-coast-eisteddfod-short