Waterville Public Library

2014 Maine Poetry Express: Waterville!

April 29, 2014 • 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Location: Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water Street, Waterville, ME 04901

2014 MAINE POETRY EXPRESS WATERVILLE 
CALLING ALL MID-MAINE AREA POETS!
The Maine Poetry Express is returning to Waterville, ME!  

All Mid-Maine poets welcome aboard for the
2014 Maine PoetryExpress Waterville!

Mid-Maine poets of all ages are invited to submit their original poems to the 2014 Maine Poetry Express Waterville. The division categories are grades 3-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, college, and adult. The deadline for the submission of poems is 7:00pm, Wednesday, April 9, 2014.

Submit poems electronically here:
http://www.jotform.us/mainepoetryexpresswaterville/submitpoem

Or, you can visit the Waterville Public Library, fill out a paper form and submit paper copies of poems there! 

Three poets from each division will have poems selected for reading at the Maine Poetry Express Waterville stop on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 6-7:30pm. The 2014 Maine Poetry Express Waterville event will take place at the Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water Street, Waterville, ME 04901. Maine Poet Laureate Wes McNair will be our honored guest. 

FMI: https://www.facebook.com/mainepoetryexpresswaterville


The Maine Poetry Express is an initiative of Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair, and supported by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. The intent of the program is to celebrate flourishes of poetry in communities all around Maine. Mr. McNair will be our honored guest at the Maine Poetry Express Waterville community poetry celebration on Tuesday, April 29, 2014, 6p-7:30p.

The purpose of the Maine Poetry Express Waterville poetry contest and event is to shine a light of awareness on poetry in the Mid-Maine region, to come together as a diverse community to celebrate poetic thoughts, and to bring recognition to our area poets of all ages.

The 2014 Maine Poetry Express Waterville organizers are Colby College Special Collections, Colby College Farnham Writers’ Center, Waterville High School, Waterville Main Street, and the Waterville Public Library.

FMI: https://www.facebook.com/mainepoetryexpresswaterville 

 

For assistance with submitting poems, please contact the Waterville Public Library at 207.680.2611 or email mainepoetryexpress.waterville@gmail.com. Paper copies of poems can be submitted at the Waterville Public Library.