Poetry Contest
\nApril is Poetry Month! The Friends of the Fort Ashby Public Library with support from the Hampshire
\nCounty Arts Council is inviting poets of all ages to submit their best original poems to win great prizes.
\nWinners will be honored at the Poetry Tea on Tuesday, April 4, 6:30 pm at the library located at 57
\nPresidents Street in Fort Ashby WV.
\nThere will be 4 categories for judging: grades K-5, 6-8, 9-12 and Adult with a $50 first prize, $25 second
\nprize, and third place ribbon in each category. School class projects are welcomed. Poems will be
\njudged by former WV Delegate and teacher, Ruth Rowan.
\nPoem may be in any genre and on any appropriate subject, not over thirty-two lines of text. Full contest
\nrules and entry forms are available at www.FortAshby.lib.wv.us and on the library\u2019s FB page. Deadline
\nfor submission is Wednesday, March 22, 2023, at 5 pm. Entries may be mailed to the library at PO Box
\n74, Fort Ashby WV 26719, submitted in person to the library, or emailed in Word Document form to
\nJoanne_Snead@yahoo.com.
\nWinners are invited to read their poems at the Poetry Tea when prizes will be awarded. Additionally,
\nthe public is invited to participate by reading their original or favorite poem at the tea and join fellow
\npoetry lovers in refreshment.
\nFor further information call Jack Isemann, 304-298-3846 or the library at 304-298-4993.<\/p>\n