Moving Words Student Poetry Competition
MOVING WORDS STUDENT POETRY COMPETITION GUIDELINES
The deadline to submit poems for the Student Moving Words Poetry Competition is usually late May each year.
ELIGIBILITY
Arlington Public Schools students in grades kindergarten through twelve are eligible to submit poems.
GUIDELINES
1. Students must be enrolled in Arlington Public Schools and may be in any grade.
2. Each student may submit up to 3 poems.
3. Poems must be written by 1 student and may be on any subject.
4. Poems must be 10 lines or less, including stanza breaks (but not including the title).
5. All poems must be typed with black ink on 8.5 x 11" paper.
6. The following MUST be included in the upper right hand corner of each page:
• Student's full name
• Grade
• Home address, phone, and email address where student's family can be reached
• School and Teacher's name
JUDGES
Individual writers and poets from the Washington, D.C., area writing community are selected to serve as judges each year. The criteria for selecting poems is above all literary merit, but also includes a desire to brighten the day for the area's bus commuters. New judges are selected each year.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS
Twelve student poems will be selected for display in Northern Virginia buses, and winning poets will be invited read their work at an awards ceremony and reception.. Winning poems will be posted on this site and will be archived on the Arlington County CommuterPage.com website.
ABOUT
The Moving Words student poetry competition is a program of the Arlington County Department of Parks, Recreation, and Cultural Resources and the Arlington Public Schools' Humanities Project, and is sponsored by the Arlington County Department of Environmental Commuter Services (ACCS) and METRO.