Month: April 2022

HAPPENIN’ OTSEGO for THURSDAY APRIL 28 Leaf Art and Poetry CompetitionExhibition opening celebration OPENING GALA – 5:30 – 7:00 pm Celebrate the opening of the exhibition of works entered in the Leaf Art & Poetry competition. Will include refreshments, live music and poets reading their works. Free, open to the public. Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown. […]

TheHumanist.com is pleased to announce the winners of our third annual haiku contest in honor of National Poetry Month. Three weeks ago, we asked for haiku entries on humanism and humanist values. Submissions had to be in the form of a haiku, a seemingly simple three-line form of poetry: five syllables on line one, seven […]

10 original poems were chosen from nearly 350 children submitted to the KidsPost Poetry Contest. (Illustrations by Natalia Cardona Puerta for the Washington Post) A year after asking readers to think about the coronavirus pandemic for KidsPost’s annual poetry contest, we’ve decided a more uplifting theme is in order this year. So we asked kids […]

Pulitzer Center Fighting Words Poetry Contest 2022 for high school students What is the application deadline? May 15, 2022, 11:59 p.m. EST Tell me about the Pulitzer Center Fighting Words Poetry Contest: How can poetry be an effective response to current events and unknown stories? How can we use poetry to connect global issues to […]

WEST HAVEN – Poems written by Julian Esposito, Muhammad Kabila and Rylie Boynton were chosen from more than 100 entries for the top prize in the recent Land Trust of West Haven poetry competition. The students read their poems at an Earth Day awards ceremony – April 22 – at the Land Trust’s Poetry Post […]

Literacy Volunteers of Franklin and Somerset Counties has announced the winners of its 12th annual poetry contest. Laine Kuehn was the judge, according to a press release from the volunteer organization. Competition categories: 8-12 years old First Place: Strong’s Mackenzie Smith, “Beauty To Ash” Second Place: Skylar A. Thurlow of Strong, “Reflection” Third Place: Strong’s […]

Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin File Photo: BC Government THE The Office of the Lieutenant Governor and the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia are pleased to announce the winners of the Democracy & Me Poetry Contest on Thursday. One winner has been selected in each of the contest’s three categories: * Kindergarten to Grade 4: Simon […]

MIDDLETOWN — The Buttonwood Tree is accepting submissions for a poetry contest, “Set Your Conscious Free,” in honor of Susan Allison, the venue’s founder; and Barbara Payne, mother of the current Portland winner. Allison was born in Derby and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, according to a press release. She considered poetry and wanderlust to be […]

Bernard Schuber aka The Klute. (Photo courtesy of Sedona Poetry Slam) The penultimate installment in a series is often one of the best, and that will be the case as the Sedona Poetry Slam returns for its penultimate slam of the season on Saturday, April 23. The performance poets will present energetic and competitive spoken […]

By Elisabeth Slay The Shawnee News-Star eslay@news-star.com Young poets in Shawnee are invited to submit pieces for the Live Loud Youth Poetry Contest, which is now accepting poem submissions from students in grades four through 12. According to Brent Newsom, chairman of the Division of Language and Literature at Oklahoma Baptist University, poets are allowed […]

Preferred region How does this work? By Lucy Mazzucco Published on April 14, 2022 at 12:42 p.m. To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Milton Public Library (MPL) will host a poetry contest for teens. The competition, which will run from now until April 22, will give participants aged 13-19 a chance to have their original […]

Deadline: May 15, 2022 How can poetry be an effective response to current events and unknown stories? How can we use poetry to connect global issues to our local and personal contexts? Students are invited to explore these questions and have their voices heard in their entries for the 2022 Fighting Words Poetry Contest. The […]

Charish Stevens Leilani Vining Gracie Lister The annual White Pine County Library Poetry Contest was held on March 26. It’s year eight and everyone’s comeback is performing in front of an audience. There were 32 participants and over 100 people present. Poems had to include original works, no more than 20 lines, and contestants had […]

The Lincoln County Library System is gearing up for its 15th annual poetry contest. This year’s judge will be local poet Amy Pearson, who also works as the executive director of the Yaak Valley Forest Council. The main judging criteria will be original use of language, vivid imagery and imagination. No theme has been chosen […]

Sophie’s poem about a friendly mouse won the birthday girl a chocolate Easter egg, presented by her acting manager, Caroline Findlay. The finalists were Bonnyrigg P6 pupil Lucas Calvin, also pictured, and Emma Hannah, who is in P7 at Lawfield Primary. Sophie said she “didn’t know what to think” when she learned her poem was […]

Grammys go to La Jolla Music Society artists The April 3 Grammy Awards ceremony saw honors given to artists who have recently appeared or are scheduled to appear in La Jolla through the La Jolla Music Society. Caroline Shaw, who won Best Contemporary Classical Composition for “Shaw: Narrow Sea,” will perform in several concerts during […]

With so much happening around the City College community, The Channels would like to provide one place for essential information. We will therefore be compiling a weekly list of current and upcoming events to keep readers up to date with campus news. – The Channels team encourages members of the City College and Santa Barbara […]