Entries will be accepted from Saturday, April 1, 2023 through Saturday, April 22, 2023 at the library. 

Entry forms are available at the library & on the library's website.

https://www.actonlibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/POETRY-COMPETITION-ENTRY-FORM-2023.pdf

Rules for all participants:

• Poems must be original and unpublished
• Author must be a resident of Connecticut
• One poem per letter size page (one side of page only)
• No more than 40 lines per poem
• All poems must have titles
• Author’s name, address, phone number and division should appear on the back of the poem (Poet’s name is not given to the judges)
• No more than three entries per person

Open to all ages in the following divisions:

Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6, Grades 7-8, Grades 9-12, Adult

Winners will be notified by phone beginning May 15, 2023, and will be recognized during the library’s annual Poetry Presentation on Sunday, May 21 at 2:00 p.m.