Bucks County Community College, which has nurtured writers for more than 50 years, is inviting young creatives to enter Bucks County High School’s 35th Annual Poet of the Year Contest for a chance to win $300. Students have until Friday, March 11 to submit three original poems, according to Dr. Ethel Rackin, director of the […]
NEWTOWN >> Bucks County Community College, which has nurtured writers for more than 50 years, is inviting young creatives to enter Bucks County High School’s 35th Annual Poet of the Year Contest for a chance to win $300. Students have until Friday, March 11 to submit three original poems, according to Dr. Ethel Rackin, director […]
By Edwina Harder Talent Development Coordinator Gifted Services Students and the community look forward to many events at Austin public schools, from homecoming to the annual holiday concert. One such event is the Austin Public School Richard Eberhart Poetry Contest. This competition, a celebration of student poetry, is named for Poet Laureate Richard Eberhart, born […]
As the city’s new Poet Laureate settles in, she’s launching a new competition for young, emerging and established wordsmiths. Fiona Tinwei Lam is Vancouver’s sixth Poet Laureate; part of that is creating a legacy project. In Lam’s case, it’s about creating the City Poems Contest. The competition focuses on sites in what is now known […]
BELFAST – The 16th Annual Belfast Poetry Festival has announced that Mike Bove, from Portland, is the winner of this year’s Maine Postmark Poetry Contest. The contest, now in its eleventh year, is a statewide poetry event; over 200 entries from poets from all parts of Maine were received. Bove will read the winning poem […]
Artful Poetry submissions were inspired by communities of poets, hope for the future, and works of art. (photo by @Punk_Off) When our community yearned for artistic expression, the Kauffman Center offered that direction. A call to poets for new works to guide us, overwhelmed with the response, Kansas City, we thank you. This spring, the […]
By James Rodgers, Poet Laureate of Auburn As we approach the end of April, with the end of National Poetry Month, I wanted to take a moment to highlight some of my favorites from the Auburn Youth Poetry Contest. I received a bunch of submissions, and while I’m not a fan of picking favorites, I […]
The featured products are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission on purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain verifiable data for accounting purposes. National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman stole the show during President Biden’s inauguration on Wednesday, with the moving debut of her original […]
April is National Poetry Month and the Safety Harbor Public Library is holding a poetry contest, but this is no ordinary poetry contest. Think of it as a mental health exercise. All poems should reflect your fears, frustrations, and worries about the coronavirus pandemic. “We are going through an unusual time and we are going […]
LACEY MIDDLESTEAD For independent recording “Tell me, what are you planning to do with your only wild and precious life?” Montana Poet Laureate Lowell Jaeger posed this question from Mary Oliver’s poem “The Summer Day” to the competing students at the Poetry Out Loud State Finals held Saturday, March 3 at the Grandstreet Theater . […]