[Newspoetry] newspoetry contest

[blanchard benjamin l]

Is Feb. 28th the last day of the month this year or not?

On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Joe Futrelle wrote:

> Dear Newspoets,
> 
>      What an incredible weekend it's been.  I'm now fully two weeks
> ahead of schedule.  That means that I'm just one day shy of having
> newspoems lined up for the rest of February.
> 
>      Now if you're anything like me, you're thinking, "how can I get
> *my* poem into that last coveted spot in the first February of the new
> millenium?"  Well it's this simple.  Enter the "Newspoetry Last Poem in
> February 2000 Sweepstakes"!
> 
>      It couldn't be simpler to enter.  Just send a Newspoetry
> proof-of-download (HTTP headers are fine, or just the HTML for the
> homepage) along with a poem explaining how Newspoetry is important to
> you and to America, in an email message with your address in the
> Reply-to header field, and you could be selected to win!  If you win,
> your poem will be published on February 28th, 2000 and you'll receive
> a framed printout of it, autographed by Newspoetry founder William K
> Gillespie!
> 
> 
> No purchase necessary.  Poets may  be required to send a blood sample.
> May cause dizziness,  drowsiness, dizziness, repetitiveness, shortness
> of bread,  corns, shingles,  rickets, scabies, mumps,  measles, and/or
> scurvy.   Void in  Argentina.  Less  additives does  not mean  a safer
> contest.  Pregnant women  should not come within three  city blocks of
> this contest.  You have never, are  not, and never will be required to
> purchase any magazines for any reason.  All submitted poems become the
> sole  property  of Ted  Turner.   (Note:  this  depends on  what  your
> definition of "is" is).
> 
> -- The Newspoetry Group of Companies
> 
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