We have added a new poster ( streetRootsLG.pdf ) to our download center, which references the online competions in the Left Coast Eisteddfod Portland, Oregon 2009. Please feel free to download and print it for display at forthcoming Welsh and Celtic events.

This poster is appearing as a print ad in the next four editions of Portland independent newspaper, Street Roots , which also operates a non-profit helping the homeless in Portland and is supported by many Portland businesses and will, we hope, encourage a number of new local entrants in the various competition categories

There have been two recent amendments to competition rules. In order to give our judges adequate time to select the winning entries, it has been decided that the closing date for all submissions will be August 15th. Also it has been decided that contestants may submit two stories in the Short Story Competition . The Submission Guidelines pages will be updated to reflect the new arrangements shortly.

With less than three months to go till the date of the Eisteddfod , now is the time to pour on the coals to finish your entries and get them in. We would love to announce your name at the Left Coast Eisteddfod.