Poets who aspire to have their words posted for all to see in Vermont's capital city have until the end of January to make submissions forPoemCity 2015. This will be Montpelier's sixth annual PoemCity event that features poems displayed in the windows of downtown buildings throughout the month of April.
According to the submission guidelines, you don't need to be a published or professional poet to participate. In fact, organizers say most submissions come from "everyday people who are looking for a forum to share their work." And they say say the event is gaining in popularity among both poets and poetry lovers.
“PoemCity’s philosophy is that everyone is a poet," said Rachel Senechal, Program and Development Coordinator at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. "We work to offer opportunities for our community’s poets to publish, disseminate, learn and love poetry.”
Vermonters of all ages are invited to submit their work to PoemCity. Here are the submission guidelines:
- Deadline: Jan. 31, 2015
- Please send 1-3 poems as MS Word attachments. Each poem must be no longer than 24 lines.
- Please include: your email address, your name, your city/town of residence and your phone number.
- Please do not re-submit work that was sent for previous Poetry Alive! or PoemCity displays.
- If you are school-aged please let us know your age and where you go to school, or let us know if you are home-schooled (optional).
- Please submit your poems via the online form.
