El Círculo de Bellas Artes, through its Meeting Room, announces its X Poetry Contest, in accordance with the following rules:

1 All will be able to attend CBA partners who want it

2 Each author will present a single poem, written in Spanish, original and unpublished, of free theme and style, with a maximum length of 60 verses

3 The work will be sent in six copies, unsigned, in an envelope addressed to:

Poetry Contest
Attn: Lidija Sircelj
Cultural Coordinator
Círculo de Bellas Artes
Alcalá, 42
28014. Madrid

Inside this envelope will be another sealed envelope containing the contestant's personal data and their membership number at the Institution.

4 The deadline for receiving entries for the Competition is Monday. November 23th out of 2009

5 The prize will be a commemorative plaque and €600, which will be awarded to the winning author at a ceremony to be held in the Ramón Gómez de la Serna room on [date]. December 9 in 2009 at 20:00 p.m. The composition of the Judging Panel will be made public at this event.

6 The prize cannot be declared void.

Following the presentation of the 10th Poetry Prize, the following will take place Autumn Recital from the Poetry Group of the CBA Meeting Room.