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
Submissions:
We are accepting submissions from October 15 to February 15.
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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.
Poetry Reading and Celebration
All participants who submit poems may read their poem in the poetry reading held from 1-4 at the Ambler Library on Saturday, April 26th, 2025. Participants will be assigned a time slot to read their poem.
Winners will be selected in early March.
Poetry Reading and Celebration: Saturday, April 26, 2025 at Ambler Library from 1 to 4.