2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville!

2015 MAINE POETRY EXPRESS WATERVILLE
CALLING ALL MID-MAINE AREA POETS!

The Maine Poetry Express is returning to Waterville, ME!
All Mid-Maine poets welcome aboard for the
2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville!

Mid-Maine poets of all ages are invited to submit their original poems to the 2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville. The division categories are grades 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, college, and adult. The deadline for the submission of poems is 7:00pm, Monday, March 2, 2015.

Three poets from each division will have poems selected for reading at the Maine Poetry Express Waterville stop on Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6-7:30pm. The 2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville event will take place at the Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water Street, Waterville, ME 04901. Maine Poet Laureate Wes McNair will be our honored guest.

Poet Name *

First Name Last Name

Poem Submission Age Division *

Poem Titles *

Submitted by *

Self Parent Teacher Other

Phone # *

School/Institution

Town *

E-mail *

I would like my poems posted on a Maine Poetry Express web site: *

Yes No

You may submit up to 3 poems for consideration.

You may not resubmit poems that were submitted to Maine Poetry Express in 2013 or 2014.

Documents should be submitted in .doc or .docx format, and should follow the format poemtitle.doc. Since all entries are judged anonymously, the poem document should not include your name or other identifying marks.

Poem 1 *

Poem 2

Poem 3

Have any of these 2015 Maine Poetry Express poem submissions been previously published? *

No Yes

If any of these Maine Poetry Express Waterville poem submissions have been previously published, please indicate the title of each published poem and where/how the poem has been published.

Notes/Comments:

The purpose of the Maine Poetry Express Waterville poetry contest and event is to shine a light of awareness on poetry in the Mid-Maine region, to come together as a diverse community to celebrate poetic thoughts, and to bring recognition to our area poets of all ages. The Maine Poetry Express is an initiative of Maine Poet Laureate Wesley McNair and is supported by the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance. Mr. McNair will be our honored guest at the 3rd annual Maine Poetry Express Waterville community poetry celebration on Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6p-7:30p at the Hathaway Creative Center, 10 Water Street, Waterville, ME 04901. Light refreshments will be provided. This event is free and open to the public.

The 2015 Maine Poetry Express Waterville collaborators are Colby College Special Collections, Colby College Center for the Arts & Humanities, Waterville High School, Waterville Main Street, and the Waterville Public Library.

FMI: https://www.facebook.com/mainepoetryexpresswaterville

For assistance with submitting poems, please contact the Waterville Public Library at 207.680.2611 or email mainepoetryexpress.waterville@gmail.com. Paper copies of poems can be submitted at the Waterville Public Library.