Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony

This morning at 11:00, family, friends, teachers, and librarians celebrated the winning poets in the 28th annual Library Poetry Contest. Kids and young adults in Kindergarten through Grade 12 participated.

Over 900 kids and teens entered the Happy, Mad, Sad: Poems About Feelings Poetry Contest.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Have YOU Submitted Your Poem Yet?

There are only a few days left to submit your poem in our annual Poetry Contest; the deadline is Monday, November 1st. This year's theme is Happy, Mad, Sad -- Poems About Feelings.

The complete rules are available here.

We're looking forward to reading your poem!

Poetry Contest for Kids

Kids and young adults in Kindergarten through Grade 12: Have you written a poem for the annual poetry contest yet?

This year's theme is "Happy, Mad, Sad - Poems about Feelings."

The deadline for entries is Monday, November 1st.

The winning poets will be honored at at Award Ceremony in December and the winning poems will become a permanent part of the ACPL book collection.

The complete rules are available here.

We look forward to reading your poetry!

Poetry Contest Winners 2009

Over twelve hundred kids and young adults in Kindergarten through Grade 12 entered this year's "I Like It When..." Poetry Contest.

Yesterday, winning poets were honored at a special celebration. It was exciting to hear each poet read his (or her) poem.

Congratulations to each of you! And thank you to all the parents, librarians, & teachers who support creative writing.

Today's the Deadline for the Poetry Contest

Today, November 2nd, is the last day to get your I Love It When.... poetry contest entry submitted for the annual poetry contest. This contest is open to all kids in Kindergarten through Grade 12. Bring your poem to the Allen County Public Library's Children's Services department by 9:00 pm tonite.

Want to look over the other rules for the contest? Click here!

Have You Entered the Poetry Contest yet?

Monday, November 2nd, is the entry deadline for our annual Poetry Contest. The theme this year is "I LOVE IT WHEN..."

This contest, now in its 27th year, is open to all poets in Kindergarten through Grade 12. The Contest Guidelines are available by clicking here.

If you know someone in Kindergarten through Grade 12, we hope you will encourage them to use their writing creativity and submit a poem!

Remember! The deadline for entry is Monday, November 2nd!

27th Annual Poetry Contest!

I Love it when...

Entries are being accepted for the 27th Annual Poetry Contest now through Monday, November 2nd. The contest is open to all children in grades kindergarten through five and young adults in grades six through twelve. For more information click here.

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is building a digital library. Some of the books from the Allen County Public Library are being included in this online collection. For example, all of the winning poems from our children's annual poetry contests are now available online in a digital format.

Click here to view the book and read the most recent book of winners from 2008. Or click here to read the winners from way back in 1984!

Go Green Poetry Contest Award Ceremony on TV

If you live in Allen County, you can watch the winning "Go Green" 2008 Poetry Contest poets read their poetry and receive their awards throughout the month of January. Access Fort Wayne videotaped the Awards Ceremony which was held in December and will be airing the program on the following dates and times:

6:00 pm January 8 on Access 1
10:00 am January 9 on Access 1
2:00 pm January 10 on Access 1
8:00 pm January 12 on Access 2
Noon January 13 on Access 2
10:00 am January 17 on Access 2
11:00 pm January 19 on Access 1
3:00 pm January 20 on Access 1
8:00 pm January 23 on Access 2
8:00 pm January 29 on Access 2

Access 1 is Comcast 55 and Verizon FIOS 25.

Access 2 is Comcast 57 and Verizon FIOS 27.

Enjoy!

The Poetry Contest Draws to a Close

The 26st annual Poetry Contest sponsored by the Children's Services and the Young Adults' Services departments of the ACPL drew to a close yesterday morning with an award ceremony in the Main Library theater.

Kids in Kindergarten through high school read their winning poems and received a trophy for their creative writing efforts. The theater was filled with proud parents, grandparents, family, friends and teachers as kids read their winning poems. Here's the 1st place winning entry in the Kindergarten division by Josh from Emmanuel-St. Michael:

The Recycling Bin

Crawling up the recycling bin,A spider looks in.
And what does he see?Treasures collected by me!

Thanks go to the nearly 900 children and young adults who entered this year's contest and to the Friends of the Library whose financial support makes programs like this possible.

Special thanks to all the teachers, parents, and other adults who offer continued positive support to the writing efforts of young people!

Go Green! Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony

This year, the Allen County Public Library Poetry Contest for children and young adults attracted 878 entries representing poets from over 50 schools. Private schools, public schools, parochial schools, and home schools were all represented among the winners as kids wrote poems on the theme of "Go Green!"

Tomorrow we will celebrate these young poets in our community at a special Awards Ceremony. You are invited to help celebrate their creative writing efforts and hear the winning poets read their poems at 11:00 in the theater of the Main Library.

We hope you will join us!

Go Green Poetry Contest

The 26st annual Poetry Contest has drawn to a close. Nearly 900 children and young adults from 51 schools participated in this year's creative writing contest. All winning poets have been notified and will be publicly announced at our Awards Ceremony to be held on Saturday, December 6.

You are invited to the Award Ceremony at 11:00 in the theater of the Main Library to hear the poets read their winning works!

Click here to find some of the books of winning poems from previous years.

Today is the Last Day to Enter!

Go Green! Today is the last day to enter the 26th annual Poetry Contest.

This year's theme is Go Green!

Check out the rules here and make sure you get your entry in to the Main Library by 9:00 pm tonight. Go Green!

Winning Poets recognized

"If I Could Go Anywhere" was the theme of this year's annual poetry contest for children and young adults. We received over 900 entries in this year's contest.

This morning we were excited to honor over 20 young poets for their creative writing efforts. An audience of nearly two hundred proud family members, friends and teachers watched as children in Kindergarten through Grade 5 read their poems and were recognized for their efforts.

This afternoon the young adults will take the stage as poets in Middle School and High School are recognized. The booklet of winning poems will be bound into a hard-copy book, cataloged, and added to the permanent ACPL book collection.

If I Could Go Anywhere...

For 25 years, the Allen County Public Library has held an annual poetry contest for kids. This year, nearly 900 kids and young adults entered the contest. This year's theme was If I Could Go Anywhere.

Here's the winning First Place entry in the Kindergarten division, written by homeschooler Shira Hansen:

If I could go anywhere, I would
like to go to Barbieland
and stay there for one week
And when it's time to go, I would
sing them a lullaby
and come back after every
breakfast, lunch and dinner!

All winning poets in Kindergarten through Grade 5 will be honored at a special Awards Ceremony to be held at 10:30 this Saturday morning at the Main Library. The kids will each be invited to read their winning poem, receive a trophy for their writing efforts, and enjoy some cookies and punch. Family and friends of the poets, as well as anyone interested in supporting children's creative writing efforts, are welcome to attend. A booklet of all the winning poems will also be available.