Jan. 13 is the deadline for entries to the annual Tidepools art and literary contest, which is sponsored by the Peninsula College Associated Student Body and the Peninsula Daily News.
Tidepools accepts submissions of poetry, prose (short stories and essays), art and photography (black-and-white or color), with cash prizes for adults and youths in all four categories.
Adult prizes are $150 for first place, $75 for second place and $25 for third place.
Youth winners receive $25 for first place in each age bracket.
Contest entry fees, per submission, are $5 for adults and $2.50 for youth ages 6 to 17.
Winning entries are selected by Tidepools staff.
Non-contest entries also are accepted and will be considered for publication, but they will not be eligible for prizes. No entry fee is required for non-contest entries.
Entry forms are available at the Peninsula College library and The Bookaneer bookstore on the Port Angeles campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Entry forms also are available in Port Angeles at Port Books and News, 104 E. First St., Odyssey Bookshop, 114 W. Front St., and Olympic Stationers, 122 E. Front St.; in Sequim at Twice Loved Books, 353 W. Bell St., and Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St.; in Port Townsend at William James-Bookseller, 829 Water St.; and at the Joyce General Store, state Highway 112, Joyce.
Other locations for entry forms include public libraries and the Peninsula Daily News offices in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend.
Tidepools has been published annually for more than 40 years, and the 2005 edition recently received first prize in a literary magazine competition sponsored by the Washington Community and Technical College Humanities Association.
For more information, e-mail Bruce Hattendorf, bruceh@pcadmin.ctc.edu.