April is Poetry Month!

Poetry Month Celebration
2008 POETRY CONTEST

Click Here for a 2008 Poetry Application

The Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council invites submissions for a Poetry Contest in conjunction with our first annual Poetry Month Celebration, to be held Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 7:30 pm at Shoreline Community College Theater. Contest winners will be invited to read their poems during the event, which features readings by the newly designated Washington State Poet Laureate, Samuel Green and published Seattle poets Anna Maria Hong and Peter Pereira. Work will be judged in three separate divisions: Secondary Student (grades 7-12), College Student, and Non-Student Adult. Cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded to College Student and Non-Student Adult winners; certificates and ribbons will be awarded to Secondary Student winners.
Please note: while this Poetry Contest replaces the Shoreline Arts Festival Poetry Contest, winners will also be acknowledged and read their poems at the 18th Shoreline Arts Festival, to be held on June 28 & 29, 2008 at the Shoreline Center. Winning poems will be displayed at the Festival in “Poetry Hall.”

Contest Rules
1. 8 1/2”x 11” white paper. Do not staple. Use paper clips only.
2. Single-spaced stanzas, double space between stanzas.
3. One poem per page, maximum 50 lines per poem, 3 copies of each poem submitted.
4. There is no charge for Secondary Student entries. College Student and Non-Student Adult entries are $5 per poem. Limit to 3 poems per entrant.
5. Compositions must be devoid of any identifying information. Put your name, address, phone number and other identifying information only on the entry form, which must accompany the entries. Photocopies of the entry form are acceptable.
6. Poems not meeting all entry criteria will be disqualified.
7. Submission deadline is Friday, March 14, 2008.

Mail to: Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council,
Attn.: Poetry Contest, 18560 1st Ave NE, Shoreline, WA 98155
Hand-deliver to the Arts Council office at Shoreline Center (see address above).
Work will not be returned, so please retain a copy.

For questions call: (206) 417-4645, or email the Arts Council.