Win a $500 prize for poetry about work

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Prize for poem about unemployment
Prize for poem about unemployment

I want a job, now
To edit, to write, for pay
End unemployment



It may not be the best haiku ever written, but for a chance at $500 I thought I'd give it a chance.
Fedcap, a New York group that helps people get jobs, is sponsoring a "Words About Work!" poetry contest this spring for the best poetry or essay on what work means to them. Since I'm among the 13.9% of the underemployed population in the country, I thought my poem should be about looking for work.

The top prize is $500 for the adult winner and a $100 gift card for the child winner. Previous contest winners have written about how their jobs have brought them greater independence, dignity, self-respect, confidence and how they overcame barriers to find and keep a job.

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