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Caltrain Announces Contest for Rail-Smitten Poets
Stoplights are red
Commuters are blue.
Caltrain’s fleet
Zips right on through.
Can you top that bit of love poetry? We think you can!
Caltrain is offering a chance for passengers and the
public alike to express their love for Caltrain — in poetry.
Inspired by the success of last year’s Romance on the
Rails singles event, Caltrain is launching a contest to
honor the best love poetry about Caltrain.
Caltrain will accept entries from Jan. 17, 2006 until
Valentine’s Day. A panel of judges will select the top three
poems and the winning authors will be announced on March 1.
Prizes are listed on the other side of this card.
Why a poetry contest?
There’s a reason for this call for railroad rhymes.
Love for trains – and Caltrain — is a fairly widespread syndrome,
and once smitten, most people keep coming back for more. Witness
the thousands of Caltrain riders who follow their hearts to the
train station every morning – and back again in the evening.
For a lucky few, the love connection proves more profound, when
they meet a special someone and fall in love on the train.
PRIZES
RULES
Any and all variations on the general theme of love and
Caltrain is a suitable subject for the poetry contest.
The poems must be original creations by the author
submitting the entry for this contest, and must not have
been published before.
Poems may be written in any form or style limited to a
maximum of 100 words.
Caltrain will have the right to print, copy, display, publish
or post the winning entries, including, for example in
news releases, on the Caltrain Website, on trains, at
train stations, and in passenger information, such as
Caltrain Connection. Caltrain reserves the right to
determine where and how often the winning poems
might be reprinted and displayed, if at all. The entrant
will not make a claim against Caltrain in connection
with the printing, copying, displaying, publishing or
posting of the winning poems.
Employees of Caltrain and its member agencies,
as well as Amtrak, may love Caltrain with all their hearts
— but they are not eligible to enter the contest.
Entries must be received by Caltrain by
5 p.m. Tuesday Feb. 14, 2006 at:
Caltrain Communications, Rail Poetry Contest
1250 San Carlos Ave., P.O. Box 3006
San Carlos, CA 94070-1306
or by fax to 650.508.7919.
Entries can be e-mailed to
lovepoems@caltrain.com.
Submitting a poem and entering this contest constitutes
acceptance of the rules. Mailed or faxed entries must
include a signed copy of this take one, and e-mailed
entries must acknowledge acceptance of the rules.
* Some restrictions apply.
01/17/06
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