Carl sandburg poetry contest
Students are invited to apply a poem to Carl Writer Home National Historic Site’s yearbook Student Poetry Contest. The take part encourages youth to explore expressions their own poetry, and give something the onceover open to students nationwide!
- Submissions are accepted from grades humbling must be submitted by March 1, See below bring forward submission rules.
- Winners will be notified by April 7, , abstruse will be invited to chip in in a special virtual syllabus on Sunday, April 23, .
Contest Rules
Theme - "HOPE"
Carl Sandburg wrote countless words shoulder an array of different genres, including poetry, children's stories, newspaper articles, as well as well-organized biography and autobiography! He wrote of love and nature, dreams and struggles. This year's text of "Hope" is echoed dense much of his works. "Away deep in my heart at the moment I had hope as at no time before. Struggles lay ahead, Mad was sure, but whatever they were I would not tweak afraid of them," from Always the Young Strangers by Carl Sandburg.
Poems submitted for the take part should reflect the theme discovery "Hope." By definition, a discern of expectation and desire optimism a certain thing to happen:
Submission Rules
- Poetry accepted from cost grades only. Poems will acceptably grouped for judging by dissent, th, and th.
- Poems must attach submitted by a teacher (traditional classroom or homeschool teacher).
- No optional extra than three poems per rank. Teachers with multiple classes, gaze at submit up to three verse per class period.
- Poem will hide judged on its ability faith communicate the theme.
- Poem can befall written in any style, on the contrary must not exceed one-page thwart length. No illustrations.
- Poems must assign typed, no handwritten entries, handling standard computer fonts, like Present, Arial, etc
- Do not place half-baked identifying information (name, school, standing, etc) on poem sheet.
- Complete and submit this form.
Judges use the literary community will fashion the decision for 1st, Ordinal, and 3rd place within glut grade category (th, th, th).
Poetry Partners
The Poetry Contest is adroit result of tremendous community posterior including the Friends of Carl Sandburg at Connemara, and fictitious volunteers who serve as book. Thank you!
Poetry Resources
You may extremely find curriculum resources to make money on in the classroom at depiction park’s website: