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 off at WVPL Ambler and Blue Bell library locations or poem may be sent via email according to the submission guidelines.
Please read the submission guidelines (link below).
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.