Enter the Niles Public Library District’s Fifteenth Annual by April 21,
2013.
Winning
poems will be printed in a booklet and displayed at the library.
First
Prize: $75 certificate
Second Prize: $50 certificate
Third Prize: $25 certificate
The contest is open to residents of North
Suburban Library System and Chicago. Poems may be
of any length, but handwritten poems not
accepted. There is a limit of 6 poems per poet. Each
poem must be on a separate sheet of paper.
Email entries may be submitted as one message.
Include your name, age, address, phone
number, name of your school (if
applicable) and library
card number with your entry.
Teens:
To enter you must be between 10 and 18
years old as of April 21, 2013.
Adults:
To enter you must be at
least 18 years old.
Submit your entries to the Reference Desk BY APRIL
21nd or mail your entries to Maryellen Essig or Donna Block c/o Niles Public
Library District, 6960 Oakton St., Niles IL, 60714. OR email your entries with the subject line
“Poetry Contest” to messig@nileslibrary.org or dblock@nileslibrary.org.
Questions
about the contest? Call the Library at
663-6603. Please note we cannot return
entries. Winners will be contacted by
telephone. Submitting entries for the
contest constitutes permission to publish your name and poem should your entry
win.
