The RATP Poetry Contest is open to anyone , no age limit (at age 93, the winner of the RATP Grand Prix Poetry 2012 was the dean of the participants).

To participate, simply submit your creations directly on the RATP website between March 14 and April 13, 2014 . Everyone can post a short poem (4 lines) or long (12 lines), verse or prose composed of up to 600 characters .

All the poems will then be submitted to a jury composed of representatives of the RATP and professionals of literature, chaired by Stéphane de Groodt . A role that goes like a glove to this virtuoso of puns, adept of poetry and puns that officiates every Sunday in The Supplement of Canal .

100 finalists will be selected and invited to the awards ceremony. 10 winners , one Grand Prix Adult and one Grand Prix Enfant will see their works displayed on the RATP networks during the summer of 2014.