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Create a poem around the themes of Seeds, Growing and/or Nourishment. Poems will be judged by a panel of poets from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets in three categories: Youth (12 & under), Teen (13-20), & Adult (21 & up). Winners will be announced at a May 27 Poetry Reading and Reception (save the date)!
Submit your poem(s) using the entry form below starting April 1. Note: this year the contest is accepting online submissions only.
Timeline:
- April 1: Contest opens
- April 30: Submission deadline
- May 14: Winners notified
- May 27: Poetry reception. Winning poets will have the opportunity to read their poems and all poets will be recognized at this special reception. Save the date!
Judging process:
A group from the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets will choose winners for each age range (youth, teen and adult). Winners will be notified by May 14.
The top three poets in each category will receive a gift card to a local bookstore (1st place: $50, 2nd place: $30, 3rd place: $10).
Rules & Guidelines of the contest:
- No use of AI
- Poem(s) must be your own original work
- Poem(s) can be written in any style
- Poem(s) must be no more than 2 pages long each
- Poem(s) must be appropriate for readers of all ages
- Up to 3 poems per person
Poetry Formatting Guidelines:
- Save files as PDF
- Name files “LastnameFirstname1.pdf”, “LastnameFirstname2.pdf”, etc
- Ex: SmithSally1.pdf (for the first poem)
- Ex: SmithSally2.pdf (for the second poem)
- Leave your name out of body of poetry document
- Online submissions only