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2010 Events

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THE 250TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

CHILDREN’S POETRY CONTEST

Ages 5-10 years old

• The Tarboro 250^th Anniversary Committee and the Edgecombe County Memorial Library will sponsor a Children's Poetry Contest which will coincide with a commemorative tree planting that will take place at the library on 3/27/10.

• The poetry contest will be announced the week of 2/22. It will be open to children ages 5-10 who are residents of Edgecombe County. There will be no more than one entry per child, and all entries must be the child's original work.

• The theme of the poem must be Tarboro's 250^th Anniversary. All entries must be typewritten, and cannot exceed more than 15 lines in length. Creativity is encouraged. The writers may approach the material any way they like, as long as they meet the thematic requirement.

• All entries must be submitted to Edgecombe County Memorial Library by 3/12/10. Entries can be mailed in, or dropped off by hand. All entries must be hard copies. Electronic submissions will not be accepted. Each entry should have the child's name, age and mailing address, and telephone number typed in the upper right corner. This information will not be available to the judges, who will not know any of the writers' names until after a winner has been selected.

• Spelling counts. If a writer has intentionally misspelled words in the poem for an artistic effect, he or she should make a note of it at the bottom of their entry.

• The judges are Roman Leary, Brian Everett, Jamie Hathaway, Kathy Winslow and Roberta Cashwell.

• The winner will be announced on 3/19. He or she will be invited to read their poem at the tree planting ceremony on 3/27 and they will receive a $50.00 cash prize. The winner’s poem will be published in The Daily Southerner.

Deadline: MARCH 12,2010

Drop-off entry or mail to: 

POETRY CONTEST

Edgecombe County Memorial Library

C/O Brian Everett

909 N. Main Street

Tarboro, NC 27886