FAU’s MacArthus Campus Celebrates National Poetry Month
Ink runs from the corners of my mouth. There is no happiness like mine. I have been eating poetry. --Mark Strand
April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate, Diversity Student Services and Cliché Literary Magazine invite all MacArthur campus students to participate in a poetry contest. All voices and style of poetry are welcome. Contest winners will be published in Cliché, receive a prize package, and will be submitted to the American Academy of Poets’ monthly newsletter. The winning poems will also be displayed in the Student Resource Building’s Atrium for all to see. All submission will be considered for publication in Cliché.
Submit today! Deadline: March 23rd, 2011 (winners to be announced in April). Contest Guidelines:
All entries must be made by a currently enrolled FAU student taking classes for credit
There is no minimum length, but the maximum is two pages (500 words) per poem
A maximum of two poems per submission (no more than two authors per poem)
Any and all poetry styles will be accepted
Send your submissions to Farley Leiriao at fleiriao@fau.edu. To learn more about National Poetry Month and events happening around the country, visit www.poets.org.