37th Annual Poetry Competition
Poetry is a theorem of a yellow-silk handkerchief knotted with riddles, sealed in a balloon tied to the tail of a kite flying in a white wind against a blue sky in spring.
—"Poetry is..." by Carl Sandburg
Competition rules
- Poems must be 100% original (including no use of AI), previously unpublished, and no more than two pages in length.
- Poets may enter only one poem.
- Teachers may submit poems on behalf of students.
- Poets must live in Sandburg district 518 or within 200 miles of it, or must have attended or currently be attending Sandburg.
- Word docs are preferred, PDFs accepted as well.
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