The Newbury Public Library and The John Hay Literary Society in Celebration of Poetry Month will be holding a reception for the winners of their poetry contest, THE BEAUTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE on Friday, April 5, 2024 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Newbury Library program room. This reception, a Center for the Arts First Friday Event, will spotlight poems by the winning poets from all three youth categories as well as the adult poets, as judged by poet, translator, and professor Ewa Chrusciel. All are invited to attend, and refreshments will be served. There is no charge for admission. Call the library for more information.

The call for poetry submission is below:

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS TO THEIR UPCOMING POETRY CONTEST

Theme:

THE BEAUTY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

RULES FOR SUBMISSION:
Compose a poem on the above theme.
 Poets may submit one (1) original unpublished poem inspired by the theme.
 Poems should be typed in a 12-pt, or larger font.
 Poems should be no longer than one, “8.5 inch by 11 inch,” page.
 Poets should submit by mail (address below). Send two (2) copies of your poem: one
copy including your name, address, telephone number and e-mail address. The second
copy should have no identifying information.
 The winning poets will be notified (by telephone or e-mail) by March 29 th and will be
invited to read their poem at the April 5th event described below.
 Contestants who want to receive a list of contest winners should also submit a stamped,
self-addressed envelope with their entries. There is no fee for submission.
 Submissions should be mailed by March 14th, 2024 to Dianalee Velie, PO Box 290,
Newbury, NH 03255, (603) 938-2734, dianaleevelie@aol.com.
 There will be 3 cash prize winners in the adult category: First, Second and Third.
 There will be one cash prize winner in each of the following categories: High School,
Middle School and Elementary School.
The judge for the contest is Ewa Chrusciel. Ewa Chrusciel is a poet, translator, and
professor at Colby-Sawyer College in New Hampshire. She is the author of three books of poems
in English–Of Annunciations, Contraband of Hoopoe, and Strata–as well as three books in
Polish.