PRESS RELEASE:
Entries are now being accepted for the annual Sidney Lanier Poetry Competition sponsored by the historic Lanier Library.
The competition is open to adult and high school poets from North and South Carolina. Keith Flynn, award-winning poet and founder and editor of the Asheville Poetry Review, will judge this year’s entries and present prizes at a ceremony held at the library on Saturday, April 23. Prizes of $500, $250 and $100 for adult winners and $100, $75 and $50 for high school students will be awarded.
Deadline for submission of entries is Tuesday, March 1.
For more information about the competition, including entry forms and a link for online submissions, visit www.lanierlib.org.
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