October 8th and 9th, 2010
Noon - 10:00pm
Opening Reception:
October 9th
7 - 10pm

All events are FREE!

The Davis Jazz Festival is co-sponsored by John Natsoulas Gallery and Davis Downtown Business Association.

TThe 4th Annual Jazz and Beat Festival: Beyond the Beat Generation

Jack Kerouac Annual Poetry Contest

Deadline: September 28th

Contest Rules and Information

Prizes:

First Prize: Invitation to read at the Beat Conference, $50.00 and opportunity to be published in Blue Moon Literary and Art Review.
Second Prize: Invitation to read at the Beat Conference and opportunity to be published in Blue Moon Literary and Art Review.
Third Prize: Invitation to read at the Beat Conference and opportunity to be published in Blue Moon Literary and Art Review.
Honorable Mention: Top poets will be invited to read at the Beat Conference, and possible opportunity to be published in Blue Moon Literary and Art Review.

Qualifications: You must attend the (free) conference on October 9th and 10th to give your reading and allow your work to be published.

Guidelines:

We are looking for poems that reflect upon or honor the spirit of "Beat", whatever that means to you. Typically, Beat-influenced poems are anti-authoritarian, rhapsodic, ecstatic, jazzy etc.

Send a maximum of three poems not to exceed 6 total pages.

Entries must be the original work of the contestant. Entries must be typed, and will not be returned.

Please provide a page with your name, phone number, address and email and submit it with your entry to:

Andy Jones, Poetry Editor
Beat Generation and Beyond Poetry Editor
The John Natsoulas Gallery
521 First Street
Davis, CA 95616