Aidyn Lorin Jai Reid is not a poet. Or so she thought. She never considered poetry her thing. While attending Fountain Valley High School in Colorado Springs, her pursuits included football, photography, public speaking, and performance. As a junior in high school, she decided to add to the list of things. Reid joined Poetry Out […]
Along with the October issue of Health Affairs, which will focus on disability and health, the Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs organize a poetry contest. The poetry contest will be open from June 24 to July 25. We are looking for well-written poems that address disability and health-related topics, by writers with lived experience […]
Androscoggin Land Trust and the Auburn Public Library plan to offer an amateur poetry contest, Nature in Poetry, to celebrate the conservation of the natural world in this art form. Participants are invited to be inspired and celebrate conservation and clean water in the poetic form of their choice. Original poems will be judged in […]
The deadline for the Canada Day Poetry Contest is 5 p.m. on Friday, June 24. (Maple Ridge Public Library/Facebook) Maple Ridge Poetry Contest ‘Celebrate Together’ The competition deadline is Friday, June 24 Celebrating Together is the theme of the Canada Day Poetry Contest hosted by the […]
Carly Lornsten claimed third place in poetry for adults. (Photo Rebecca Dyok – Quesnel Observer) Bernice Heinzelman presents Jacob Craig Lepetich with second place in poetry grades 7-9. (Photo Rebecca Dyok – Quesnel Observer) Jonas Davies won third place in grades 7-9 news. (Photo Rebecca Dyok – Quesnel Observer) Jacob Craig Lepetich won second place […]
Many of this month’s winning poems are written at the intersection of darkness and dawn. While the subject matter is often sad, there is a revelation in the discovery. Each month the Cape Cod Times holds a poetry contest open to all Cape Codders and judged by a panel of published poets. The deadline for […]
The National Book Council is once again inviting poets writing in the Maltese language to take part in the fourth edition of the Doreen Micallef National Poetry Competition. The annual competition was first launched by the National Book Council in 2019 with the aim of further raising the profile of poetry in Malta and celebrating […]
Four students who submitted poetry to Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Competition have been recognized and recognized for their artistic achievements. In March, Gimaa (Chief) R. Stacey Laforme of the Mississaugas of Credit First Nation (MCFN) partnered with the Oakville Community Foundation’s Community Classroom Program to launch Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest. Gimaa Laforme shared her poem titled […]
Preferred region How does this work? By Gene Pereira Published on June 7, 2022 at 4:29 p.m. Four local students who submitted poetry to Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Contest have been recognized and recognized for their artistic achievements. MICHEL SALEM PHOTO Four Halton Region School students who submitted poetry to Gimaa’s Allyship Poetry Competition have been […]
Winners of the 2022 Seattle Children’s Poetry Contest. We invited young people up to eighth grade to participate in the Seattle’s Child Poetry Contest in honor of Poetry Month, April 2022. We received 108 entries this year! Wow. You’ll really want to spend some time with these starters. They are creative, emotional and stimulating. Selecting […]
The Cowboys and Verses will take the stage in Manhattan on June 10 as they recite entirely original cowboy poems and compete for the 2022 Kansas Cowboy Poetry Contest Championship. take place at the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan at 7 p.m. on June 10. There is no admission charge and the public is […]