PC @GastonCountyGov GASTONIA, NC — Gaston County will kick off its 175th anniversary celebration Dec. 21 with a poetry contest reading. County officials are encouraging the community to enter their original poems in the contest for a chance to be recognized at the ceremony held at 4 p.m. at the Rotary Pavilion in Gastonia. Officials […]
A fifth-grade student from Upper St. Clair recently placed second in the nation in the 2021 National Chemistry Week Picture Poem Contest, sponsored by the American Chemical Society. Boyce Middle School student Mira Murthy qualified for the national competition by winning first place in the regional competition, sponsored by the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American […]
All British Columbia Children and Youth are invited to participate in the Democracy and Me poetry contest to celebrate the importance of young voices in democracy. The contest, co-sponsored by the Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the BC Legislative Assembly, encourages BC youth to create spoken word and poetry pages that share their voices […]
The winners of the Doreen Micallef National Poetry Competition 2021 were announced on the evening of Friday 5th November during a ceremony at the Malta Book Festival hosted by Claudia Gauci. Of the 50 eligible submissions submitted for this year’s competition, Carmel Scicluna’s poem ‘Submersi Filii’ won first prize with a €1,000 reward. The jury […]
Submissions are accepted for the James Ligon Price III Memorial 2021 Poetry Prize offered in collaboration with the academy of america poets University and College Poetry Awards Program Judged by J. Drew Lanham – J. Drew Lanham is a former professor emeritus of wildlife ecology in the Department of Forestry and Environmental Conservation at Clemson […]