DOUBLE TAP AWARD FOR WAR POETRY
GUIDELINES

The "Double Tap" Award for War Poetry is awarded in recognition of excellence and quality of war-related writings of any style. The work for which the award is approved must be War related, i.e. about war, its participants, incidents or consequences.

Nominations for this award may be made by current members of the IWVPA Club and must be seconded by another member. The Award is NOT available by application.

Once nominations are seconded, they are to be forwarded to the IWVPA Award Master through the IWVPA Club and must include the URL (web page address) on which the nominated writing appears, AND the email address of the person whose work is nominated. Recipients of the Award are not required to be members of the IWVPA club, and writings by any person may be considered providing that the writing falls within the bounds of the definition of a "War Poem" as defined above.

It should not be taken for granted that any award will be automatically approved; the final decision being that of the AWARD MASTER. Where there is any indecision, the WEBMASTER will be consulted for his views to help determine the final action.

Award citations will be actioned and forwarded to at the discretion of the Award Master and there are no limits to the number of awards that can be made in any month.

The author of the winning work will be notified and presented with the Award and, if the poem published on a website other than IWVPA, the recipient will be asked to attach it to the page containing the winning work with a link back to the IWVPA "Double Tap" Award Honour Roll, however, failure or refusal to link back to IWVPA will NOT negate the award.

If not already included on the IWVPA website, and if requested by the winning author, the award winning writing will be added to the IWVPA Web Site under the index page of the author and will be linked to the award index.