Call for Poems

The ACCC is accepting entries for the 2019 Arts Consortium of Carver County Poetry Contest from February 1 through midnight March 15, 2019.  Please send us your best poem on the theme “Minnesota:  Our Home,” which you can interpret broadly to include subject matter that reveals any aspect of life or landscape in Minnesota.  Your poem will be judged anonymously according to age and resident categories by a group of local poets.  Winners will be chosen by Joyce Sutphen, Poet Laureate, Minnesota, and Carver County resident.

Entries must be submitted via email.  In the body of the email simply include the name and contact information requested below.  Your poem should be submitted anonymously as a Word or PDF document and will include only the category of submission in the upper right-hand corner, no name or contact information.  Winners, other poets, and judges will be invited to read their work on April 11 at the Arts Consortium Arts Center.  We hope that you and your students will submit their work!

Program or Event Location
We will have the celebration of winners in the Arts Center
7924 Victoria Drive, Studio Level
Victoria MN
952-443-3200

Winner Announcement Celebration Date
April 11, 2019

Time/Hours  
6:30pm – 8:00pm

Entries
Submit one poem only by March 15 to poems@artsofcarvercounty.org
•       Students must attend school in Carver County, public, private or home school.  A student’s name, phone, grade level, school name, and poem title should be submitted in the body of the email only.    The poem should be attached to the email as a Word document or PDF and should indicate only the category of submission in the upper right-hand corner of the poem:  Grades k-2, 3-5, 6-8, or 9-12.  Do not have the poet’s name on the poem.
•       Adults may enter as Carver County Residents or Non-Residents.  The adult’s name, address, phone, and residency category must be submitted in the body of the email only.  The poem should be attached as a Word document or PDF and indicate Resident or Non-resident only in the upper right-hand corner of the poem, no name or contact information.

Submission Deadline 
Midnight March 15, 2019
Submit Entries (and any questions) to: poems@artsofcarvercounty.org

Contest Fee
none

Contact Person
Susan Coultrap-McQuin,  Poet and ACCC Board Member
poems@artsofcarvercounty.org