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The Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department
and the City of Modesto’s Poets’ Corner Committee
announce the 31st Annual Poets’ Corner Contest. The
submission period for this contest is now open.
The contest is open to all Stanislaus County
residents and offers two categories for poetry entries:
- General: Poetry on any subject, in any style,
including rhymed, unrhymed, free verse, sonnet,
haiku (group of three accepted), ballad, etc.
- 2012 Special: Poetry on the subject of
“Centennials” in celebration of the 100th
anniversary of the McHenry Museum (established as a
library in 1912), the Modesto Arch (dedicated on
March 9, 1912) or other centennial celebrations.
Entries are limited to the following:
• Two poems per person.
• Unpublished poems.
• May not exceed 32 lines.
• All Entries must be postmarked by Tuesday, March 13,
2012.
• Submit three copies of each poem with separate entry
form for each different poem (if submitting two poems).
• Names should only be written on entry forms and not on
the poems.
Entry forms and complete contest rules may be
downloaded
here or can be picked up at the following locations:
- Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department
Office - 1010 Tenth Street, Suite 4400
- McHenry Museum - 1402 I Street
- McHenry Mansion - 906 15th Street
- Stanislaus County Library - 1500 I Street
- Maddux Youth Center - 615 Sierra Drive
- King-Kennedy Memorial Center - 601 S. Martin
Luther King Drive
- Modesto Senior Citizens Center, 211 Bodem Street
Contest winners will be notified by mail and the
winning poems will be read at the Poets’ Corner Contest
Reception to be held on Sunday, May 20, 2012, at 1:30
p.m. on the Main Floor of the McHenry Museum, 1402 I
Street.
Winning poems will be printed in a booklet that will
be placed in the Poets’ Bookshelf, which contains
published works by local writers and will be kept at the
McHenry Museum. Each winner will receive a copy of the
booklet.
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For more information, contact Ellen La Coste at (209)
577-5235 or
elacoste@modestogov.com.
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