Are you a poet? Do you know it? (Ouch.) Well, Poets Eleven, a citywide poetry contest showcasing prose created by residents of each of San Francisco's 11 districts, above, is now accepting submissions. You work will be scrutinized by San Francisco Poet Laureate Jack Hirschman, so snap on your thinking and creativity caps, kids.

Local poets are asked to submit up to three works for review. Mr. Hirschman, we're told, is interested in pieces that reflect San Francisco’s diversity of language and culture. (Our first submission is entitled "Don't Snitch," so don't even think of stealing it.) He "encourages poets who write in languages other than English to submit works." All poets whose work is chosen will receive a whopping fifty dollars for their readings, so hop to it.

You can send submission to bspoonerbookevents[at]friendssfpl[dot]org, or send them to :

Poets Eleven
Book Bay Fort Mason
Fort Mason Center, Bldg. C
San Francisco, CA 94123

According to Poets 11, "submissions must include a return address, email or phone number and district for a response, but poets may also bring their work to any branch library and then arrange to return to that same branch for a response. For more information visit friendssfpl.org. Oh, and good luck.