The annual ARS POETICA contest is now accepting submissions for its 2015 round.

The current contest is the fourth year for the poetic competition. A jury selects poems from a pile of submissions from regional writers.

After the poems are selected, an artist from Bremerton’s Collective Visions Gallery or Poulsbo’s Front Street Gallery will then work with the poem to create an accompanying, interpretive piece of art. Artwork can be from a variety of mediums.

The poems and their respective works of art will be displayed at the galleries in May 2015.

A poetry reading will also be a part of the culminating event.

The jurors who select the poems are not artists at the galleries.

How to enter ARS POETICA

Who: Residents of Kitsap, Jefferson and Mason counties can submit up to three poems by the Jan. 5 deadline.

Entry fee: $10.

Poems: Should be no more than 30 lines, counting the title and spaces between stanzas. Previously published poems are acceptable, but cite the original publication below the poem.

How to submit: Email poems in a Word or PDF format to cindyvandersluis@yahoo.com. If mailing submissions, send with the $10 entry fee to Cindy Vandersluis, 10235 NE Valley Road, Bainbridge Island, Wa 98110.

DO NOT put your name on the poem(s). Instead, include your name, address, email, phone number and titles in a cover letter or in the body of the email.

Info: Contact Cindy Vandersluis at cindyvandersluis@yahoo.com or 206-498-9114; Nancy Rekow at nancyrekow@msn.com or 206-842-4855.