There are strange things written in the midnight sun, and we want to read all about them. Pen us a ballad set in the North, and make it rollicking, rhyming, haunting or heroic – so long as it captures the style and spirit of the beloved bard of the Klondike, Robert Service. The contest is open to all, and the winning poems will be published in an upcoming issue of Up Here.

First Prize: $750

Second Prize: $250

Submit to: aaron@uphere.ca, or mail to Editor, Up Here, Suite 800, 4920 52nd St., Yellowknife, NT X1A 3T1, Canada

Entries must be received by July 1, 2012 • Poems must be set in Northern Canada • Poems must imitate the style of Robert Service • Poems must be original and unpublished • Poems must not exceed 500 words • No more than three poems per entrant • Entrants must include their contact information