Poetry Contest

WISSAHICKON AREA POETRY CONTEST

WHERE WE BELONG: CELEBRATING THE POETRY OF HOME
Theme: Home, Hometown, Community, Belonging

Poetry Reading and Celebration:
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Ambler Library from 1 to 4

Eligibility: children, teens and adults.
Those who live within the Wissahickon-Ambler Library service communities are especially encouraged.

Three prize categories: Child, Teen, Adult

Key Dates to Remember

Submissions Open: October 15 to February 15

Winners Announced: March 2025

Celebration and Public Reading: April 26, 2025 from 1 to 4PM at the Ambler Branch Library

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Poem with application can be dropped of at WVPL Ambler and Blue Bell library locations.

Information and application forms are available at both libraries.

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Questions: poetrycontest@wvpl.org

Submission Guidelines and Submission Forms:

Click Here for the Submission Guidelines

Click Here for the Submission Form

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Anthology:

All submissions may be published in an anthology. 

 

Selected poems will be printed on posters displayed in downtown Ambler storefronts.