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Pima County Public Library Announces Poetry Contest For Kids And Teens

The contest will run until July 16.

June 17, 2020

Exciting news! We're partnering with the UA Poetry Center and Arizona Public Media on a K-12 poetry contest. Young writers are invited to submit one poem in response to the following prompt:

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What do you want the world to know about how you feel?

We welcome all poetic forms and styles as well as bilingual, multi-lingual, and code-switching poems! The contest will run through July 16.

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Submit your poem here!

Need help getting started on your poem? We're offering Zoom-based writing workshops with professional writer, Lisa M. O'Neill. Sign up here!


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