Pikes Peak Library District again presents the Jean Ciavonne Poetry Contest for Children. This year’s theme is Poetry Ignition: Select the Key to a Fantastic Poem.
Invent a poem using one of these innovative beginnings:
- Snow sparkles in the sun…
- White wintry moon…
- I don’t know why…
- I remember when…
We’ve started the poem for you! Now it’s up to you to create a dynamic finish!
Prizes: Six winners will each receive $25, a book, and an Imagination Celebration poster.
Eligibility: Open to all fourth and fifth graders in the Pikes Peak region.
Meets Colorado Model Content Standards 1, 2, and 4 for Reading and Writing.
Contest rules:
- One entry per student. Teachers are urged to review poems and submit no more than five per class.
- Each poem must be the original work of the contestant.
- Poems will be judged on originality, including poem title and adherence to the theme.
- Submit two typed, double-spaced copies of each poem on 8½” x 11” paper (no handwritten submissions or illustrations will be accepted). Include on a separate piece of paper: name, telephone number, home address, school name and address, and teacher and principal’s names. Poems will not be returned. Please keep a copy.
- Entries must be postmarked by February 26, 2010.
Submission of a poem constitutes full permission to exhibit, use, and publish the poem for any purpose – printed or electronic media – and to publish the name, school, and photographs of the student without compensation.
Mail entries to: The Jean Ciavonne Poetry Contest
c/o Nancy Maday
Pikes Peak Library District
P.O. Box 1579
Colorado Springs, CO 80901-1579
Or fax to: 632-6043
Questions? Call Nancy Maday at 531-6333, x2405 .
Awards will be announced in mid-April as part of the Imagination Celebration and Young People’s Poetry Week.