Waterville Public Library

Maine Poetry Express Waterville 2015! Submit Poems!

The Maine Poetry Express is returning to Waterville, ME! Mid-Maine poets of all ages are invited to submit their original poems to Maine Poetry Express Waterville 2015. The division categories are grades 3-5, grades 6-8, grades 9-12, college, and adult. The deadline for the submission of poems is Monday, March 2, 2015. Three poets from each division will have poems selected by a blind review of independent judges to ensure fair and consistent selection. Submit poems today!

The authors of chosen poems will be invited to read their original work to the community at the Maine Poetry Express Waterville stop on Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6-7:30pm. The 3rd annual Maine Poetry Express Waterville event will take place at the Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water Street, Waterville, ME 04901. This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be provided.

The purpose of Maine Poetry Express Waterville 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. Maine Poetry Express is an initiative of Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair and is supported by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Mr. McNair will be our honored guest at the Maine Poetry Express Waterville community poetry celebration on Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6p-7:30p.

This is the 3nd annual Maine Poetry Express Waterville. At each of the 2013 and 2014 events over a dozen Mid-Maine area poets of all ages read their original work to an audience of well over 100.

The 2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville organizers are Colby College Special Collections, Colby Center for the Arts and Humanities, Waterville High School, Waterville Main Street and the Waterville Public Library.

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

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Please help spread the word by:

Writing, emailing, tweeting, facebooking, and talking about the call for poets.

Sharing and posting the link for the 2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville poetry submission form:
http://www.jotform.us/mainepoetryexpresswaterville/2015submitpoem

Sharing, printing and posting the 2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville Request for Poets Flyer:
http://www.watervillelibrary.org/content/1421779235mainepoetryexpresswaterville_2015_rfp.pdf
Liking and sharing the Maine Poetry Express Waterville Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mainepoetryexpresswaterville

Maine Poetry Express Waterville Collaborators:
Colby College Special Collections
Colby College Center for the Arts & Humanities
Waterville High School
Waterville Main Street
Waterville Public Library

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.

-Posted on February 18, 2015