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Homewood Poetry Contest 2025
2025-04-02 00:00:00 2025-04-02 23:59:00 America/Chicago Homewood Poetry Contest 2025 For all skill levels. Homewood Public Library -

Wednesday, April 02
All day

Add to Calendar 2025-04-02 00:00:00 2025-04-02 23:59:00 America/Chicago Homewood Poetry Contest 2025 For all skill levels. Homewood Public Library -

For all skill levels.

In honor of National Poetry Month, the Homewood Public Library is holding a poetry contest for 6th-12th graders and up. Create an original poem (maximum 2 pages in length) in any poetry style. Writers can submit up to two original poems. Poems can be submitted via the library’s website at homewoodpubliclibrary.org/poetry-contest. If submitting two poems, please submit each poem separately. Our judges will read each poem and determine 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners.

Teens will be judged separately from adults.

Winners will be published in an in collection book with apporval

Winners will be announced in May.

AGE GROUP: | Teens (6th - 12th Grade) | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Teen Events | Adult Events |

TAGS: | writing | teens | poetry contest | poetry | adults |

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