Celebrating National Poetry Month April 2009
Prizes Awarded! Honors Bestowed!
How to enter the contest:
Poems must be original work of no more than 60 lines and may concern any subject.
Entries of any poetic form are welcome. Examples include, but are not limited to, ballad, cinquain, clerihew, haiku, kyrielle, sonnet, and triolet. You can look up these forms and others at : http://thewordshop.tripod.com/forms.html.
One entry per person.
Three categories will be judged:
NMH Adult Community (Faculty, Staff, Parents)
NMH Children (Faculty and Staff children through age 14)
Poems may be submitted in languages other than English, but will not be judged as a separate category unless the following criteria are met:
We receive submission of at least three poems in the language in question.
Type, draw, or neatly print your poem and submit it to a librarian at the Schauffler Library circulation desk.
Submit 2 copies of your poem; they should be clipped together:
1 copy should be submitted for anonymous judging, with only the entry category listed at the top of the page (do NOT include your name, address, phone, or email).
Deadline for Submissions:
Monday, April 20, 2009, 5:00 pm
Poetry Reading, Awards Ceremony, and Refreshments
Sunday, April 26th, 2:00 p.m. @ Schauffler Library
For more information contact: Peter Weis (413)-498-3469; pweis@nmhschool.org
Schauffler Library – Northfield Mount Hermon School; One Lamplighter Way, Mount Hermon, MA 01354
