HPL The 21st Annual Hays Public Library Poetry Competition is going virtual. Rather than holding an in-person submission night, HPL will be accepting online submissions of original poetry works until 11:59 p.m. on April 12. Entrants (aged 16 and over) can submit an original piece of poetry to the Hays Public Library website, hayslibrary.org/poetry-contest. Judges, […]
poetry contest Inflight Poetry Contest 2022 The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA)/Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), Central New York Writers Center YMCA and Delta Air Lines are proud to announce that the Poetry Contest aviation/travel “Poetry in Flight” is back for its second year! Submissions are now being accepted in two categories – Youth and […]
Do the words travel like the footsteps of your pen? Public Art St. Paul has re-opened its annual Sidewalk Poetry Contest, which seeks the best poetry that can fit on a stamped sidewalk sign across the city. The competition, which went virtual and embraced chalk poems during the pandemic, is now back in the realm […]
Keaau Middle School student Jazmeen Mendoza received the Hawaii Island Grand Prize at the 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Peace Poetry Awards. Mendoza’s poem was selected from a field of over 100 entries. “We are thrilled to receive work of this caliber from this young Hawaiian poet,” said awards coordinator Melinda Gohn. The […]
The 30-year-old Poet’s Seat Poetry competition continues this year, but will most likely run much like last year when the COVID-19 pandemic began. The deadline to submit a poem is March 17. “This is the second year that we have had to hold the competition virtually,” said Marianne Snow, a member of the Friends of […]
Tulsa Community College and the Sapulpa Friends of the Library offer the first poetry contest for high school students in Creek County. TCC and Friends of the Library are jointly offering prizes. First place will be $100, a first place plaque, and a summer course from the TCC’s select block of summer courses. Second place […]
Union County, NJ – In recognition of Arbor Day, the Union County Board of Commissioners is once again partnering with the Union County Shade Tree Advisory Council to sponsor the contest annual Arbor Day poetry for Union County students. The registration deadline has been extended until March 26, 2021. “The County Board of Commissioners is […]
Community content | local villain Gloucester will celebrate the 18th annual Paperless Poetry Competition, sponsored by the Sawyer Free Library. Organized by Sawyer Free Library Children’s Librarian Christy Rosso and poet and former Gloucester Poet Laureate John Ronan, the competition is an opportunity for local schoolchildren of all ages to showcase their writing and creativity […]