POETRY CONTEST

2010 Theme – “Our Beautiful World”

2011 Theme - "Fields of Daffodils"

Now is the time to excite and encourage our Youth to express their thoughts & ideas through different types of poetry. This year the NGC Poetry Contest is entitled “Our Beautiful World.” Be creative & use your imagination by joining the winners to see your poetry in a printed booklet!

Eligibility: Kindergarten through 9th Grade
Special Education: Kindergarten through 9th Grade

Contest Rules:

• All entries must be typed and titled.
• Include name, address, age and school grade of participant on the back of the entry.
• Sponsoring garden club must also be identified.
• All entries become property of National Garden Clubs, Inc
• Poems do not have to rhyme.
• Poems may be traditional verse, acrostics, bland verse, cinquains, diamond poems or Haiku.

Deadlines:

• Entries to YOUR State Youth Chairman - Observe Your State Deadline.
• State Winning Entries to Regional Chairman – January 1, 2010
  
• Regional Winners to National Chairman – February 1, 2010
  

National Award: First Place in each grade in each division will receive a Certificate of Commendation.

For more information, contact Johnna-Claire Metz, NGC Youth Activities Chairman

Click here to download the complete NGC Youth Poetry Contest Rules.

NOTE: Only Regional winners are considered in the judging for National winners. All of the winning entries will be compiled into a booklet, which will be made available to the winners.