A Call for Poetry for BUS LINES
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High School Poetry Competition
Fabu, Madison's Poet Laureate, announces the 2010 call for entry for "Bus Lines," a high school poetry competition that prints selected poems on the placards right above the seats on Metro Transit busses. Teachers, parents, and anyone who interacts with Madison or Middleton High School students should encourage them to submit poems to Bus Lines. Students, who are enrolled in a high school within the Madison & Middleton Metro Transit ridership areas during the 2010/2011 school year, are invited to submit up to three (3) original, unpublished poems to Bus Lines. Poems of any subject affirming poetry and life will be reviewed. Poems can be submitted in any language, but must also include an English language translation. Each poem should be three (3) to five (5) lines. There is no entry fee. There will be a scheduled public reading and a monetary prize awarded to students whose work is selected. BUS LINES Applications and Guidelines are available on the MAC Website at http://www.cityofmadison.com/mac/buslines/ or by calling the Arts Program Administrator at kwolf@cityofmadison.com or (608) 261.9134. Deadline to apply is: April 30, 2010 Bus Lines, is a collaborative project involving: Fabu, Madison's Poet Laureate; Madison Arts Commission; City of Middleton Public Arts Committee; Metro Transit; Madison Metropolitan School District; and Madison Public Library. Our thanks to Adams Outdoor Advertising for donating the advertising space as part of their Public Service Advertising Program. April 30, 2010 is the last day to apply.
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