BERKELEY COUNTY, SC – The Berkeley County Library System (BCLS) invites residents to enter the Berkeley County Library System Poetry Contest for a chance to win a first, second or third prize in the installments of the following ages: Children from 6 to 12 years old; Teenagers 13 to 17 years old; Adults 18 and […]
The St. Louis Poetry Center is accepting entries for the annual Beverly Hopkins Memorial Poetry Contest. This year’s judge is poet and educator Srikanth Reddy. The deadline for submission is March 1. Winners receive cash prizes — $225 for first place, $125 for second, and $75 for third — and publication on the Poetry Center […]
The deadline for Brock University’s eighth annual Sustainability Poetry Contest has been extended to Sunday, February 20 at 11:59 p.m., providing Niagara region poets with more time to submit their entries. The theme of the 2022 competition, organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Brock Chair, is “Beyond Sustainability”, which relates […]
Susan R. Williamson, director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Blaise Allen, Ph.D., director of community outreach for the Festival, today announced the winners of the annual Palm Beach County High School Poetry Contest. . The 18th Annual Poetry Festival begins today and will run until January 15, 2022. In addition to the cash […]
Poets with a unique vision for a sustainable future on Earth are encouraged to submit a submission to this year’s Sustainability Poetry Contest. Hosted by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair at Brock University, the annual competition is now in its eighth year and is open to everyone in the Niagara […]
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 […]
Seven young poets from the Edgecomb Center for Teaching and Learning entered the 2021 Sarah Mook Poetry Competition. The competition received more than 1,000 entries from twenty states and ten countries, and seven of the seventeen winners were from CTL! In the K-2 category, Boothbay’s Avery Peck placed third for her poem “Springtime.” In the […]
The International Armenian Literary Alliance (IALA) will officially launch with a virtual reading by Armenian writers from around the world, hosted on Zoom on March 21, 2021 at 1 p.m. EDT. At the launch, the 2021 lineup, including a mentorship program for emerging Armenian writers, a competition for young Armenian poets, as well as virtual […]
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When Scott Lowery asked a friend to direct him to the Southeastern Minnesota Poets Call for Poetry Submissions for the “Bright Light Stories in the Night” contest, one word in the call stood out. for him – accessible. Lowery, a retired teacher and educator who lives in Rollingstone, said he wanted to see more people […]
Susan R. Williamson, director of the Palm Beach Poetry Festival, and Blaise Allen, Ph.D., director of community outreach for the Festival, today announced the winners of the annual Palm Beach County High School Poetry Contest. . The 16th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival takes place January 20-25 at Old School Square in Delray Beach. In […]
This year is the 20th anniversary of our poetry contest and is dedicated to our beloved former editor Noel Smith. ••• Whether it’s love that has stood the test of time, the rush of young love, or the memory of love lost, that’s what we celebrate every February 14, Valentine’s Day. What could be more […]
Staff report | York Expedition York County Libraries Poetry Celebration Contest York County Libraries is seeking entries for their 31st annual A Celebration of Poetry competition. The contest is open to York County and Adams County students in grades one through 12. Interested young people can submit an original poem to the contest until Friday, […]