Check out this new contest:
The Madison Arts Commission Announces A Call for Poetry for
BUS LINES
High School Poetry Competition
Poems on Metro Transit bussesFabu, Madison’s Poet Laureate, and the Madison Arts Commission (MAC) announce Bus Lines, a high school poetry competition that will print selected poems on the placards right above the seats on Metro Transit busses.
Teachers, parents, and anyone who interacts with Madison high school students should encourage them to submit poems to Bus Lines. Students, who are enrolled in a Madison high school during the 2008/2009 school year, are invited to submit up to three (3) original, unpublished poems to Bus Lines. Poems of any subject affirming poetry and life will be reviewed. Poems can be submitted in any language, but must also include an English language translation. Each poem must be no longer than eight (8) lines. There is no entry fee. There will be no monetary prize awarded to students whose work is selected.
BUS LINES Applications and Guidelines are available on the MAC Website or by calling the Arts Program Administrator at kwolf@cityofmadison.com or (608) 261.9134. Entries accepted through the end of March.
Deadline is: March 31, 2009
Bus Lines, is a collaborative project involving: Fabu, Madison’s Poet Laureate; Madison Arts Commission; Metro Transit; Madison public Library; and the Wisconsin Book Festival.Bus Lines is live on MAC’s website. Links on our partner’s websites are here (Metro, Library)
Other places where Bus Lines is mentioned:
thedailypage
& Portal Wisconsin
