Young Audiences of Northeast Texas kicks off 2018 Poetry in Schools contest

Published 12:57 pm Friday, January 26, 2018

Young Audiences of Northeast Texas is kicking off its 2018 Northeast Texas Poetry in Schools contest.

The contest provides an opportunity for students currently enrolled in grades one through 12 to nurture academic growth through the literary arts.

Classroom and language arts teachers are encouraged to submit original poems from their students to be judged by local poets and writers. First-, second- and third- place winners in each grade level receive a certificate and are invited to read their poems to an audience of family, teachers and administrators at the Northeast Texas Poetry in Schools Awards Ceremony. 

All winners’ poems will be published in the “2018 Northeast Texas Poetry in Schools Anthology.” The 12th grade, first-place poem will be published in the May/June issue of County Line Magazine and will also receive a $500 scholarship from The Rusk County Poetry Society.

Submissions can be made through the Young Audiences of Northeast Texas website www.yanetexas.org.

Young Audiences of Northeast Texas is one of 31 affiliates across the United States within the national Young Audiences Network.

For more information, call 903-561-2787.