> Poetry Contest and Workshop

 

The University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, in partnership with UB's College of Arts and Sciences, the UB Center for the Arts, WNED's Think Bright, and 88.7FM WBFO, is pleased to present the sixth annual UB Poetry Contest and Poetry Workshop.

The UB Poetry Contest and Poetry Workshop draw upon the highly talented faculty of our English department to offer encouragement and motivation to aspiring poets. Specifically, we encourage high school students from the Buffalo-Niagara region to partake in not only this poetry contest and workshop, but also our Cutting Edge Lecture Series to further explore new realms of knowledge, not only here at the University at Buffalo but in the world.

 

University at Buffalo 2008 Poetry Contest and Workshop

The 2008 Workshop is now online - click here

Click Here for List of 2008 Poetry Contest Winners

 

Calling all aspiring poets!

 

The University at Buffalo invites current high school students to showcase their writing talents in a FREE poetry contest. All are invited to attend, particularly aspiring poetry students and their teachers. Winning poets will be invited to UB's Center For The Arts for a celebration of their abilities at the Poetry Awards Ceremony and Poetry Workshop that will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008, when winning poems will be read and prizes will be awarded.

 

Michael Basinski will award the prizes and lead the Poetry Workshop. Dr. Basinski is the Curator of the Poetry Collection of the University at Buffalo Libraries.  He has published 33 books of poetry and numerous related publications.  He also performs his sound poems and poetric scores with BuffFluxus, his performance ensemble. Click here to read an interview with Dr. Basinski about the UB Poetryl Collection

PRIZES

First Place Winner $200
Second Place Winner $100
Third Place Winner $50
4 - Fourth Place Winners $25 gift certificate to Barnes and Noble or Chapters
Honorable Mentions will also be awarded

All winners will receive a book of poetry selected by Dr. Basinski

 

POETRY AWARDS CEREMONY AND POETRY WORKSHOP

Saturday, March 29, 2008
University at Buffalo North Campus
Center For The Arts
Program Begins: 1:00pm
Program Ends: 2:30pm

 

CONTEST RULES

Entries must be postmarked by the close of business Tuesday, February, 5, 2008

All contestants must be current high school students

Entry must be in English, twenty-five lines or fewer, and typed in a 10 or 12 point font on a single sheet

Only one poem per contestant may be submitted

Completed entry form (in PDF or MSWord format) must accompany poem

Clink on the link to view and download form

No email or fax submissions accepted

Winners will be notified by mail

Judges regret that they cannot return poems or offer comments on individual entries

MAIL TO
UB Poetry Contest
University at Buffalo
CAS Dean's Office
810 Clemens Hall
Buffalo, New York 14260

DEADLINE

Entries must be postmarked by the close of business Tuesday, February, 5, 2008

Winners will be notified by mail no later than Friday, March 7, 2008.

There are other local resources that promote student writing skills, such as the Western New York Writing Project.
Click here to find out more: http://www.canisius.edu/wnywp/

 

For more information call 716.645.2711, or contact us by email

 

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