Teen Poetry Contest

If you're an aspiring poet aged 12 - 18, help us celebrate poetry month by entering an original poem in our Sixth Annual Teen Poetry Contest.

What's in it for me?

You could be published! Six winning poems in two age categories (3 winners aged 12-15 and 3 winners aged 16-18) will be published in the Richmond News and on the Richmond Public Library website. Winners will also receive cool prizes!

How do I enter?

It's easy! All you need to do is:

• Write a poem no longer than one single-spaced typed page.
• Make sure your contact info is on your entry. Include your name, age, address, phone number and library card number if you have one.
• Send it to the library before April 30. You can send in your entry one of two ways:
• Drop it off at the Information Desk at any Richmond Public Library Branch.
• Email your entry as a Microsoft Word attachment to teens@yourlibrary.ca

Contest Rules

1. Contest open to all teens in the Lower Mainland aged 12 - 18.
2. Poem must be an original work, written by the entrant. Plagiarized poems will be disqualified.
3. Only one entry per person.
4. Entries must be no longer than one single-spaced typed page. Entries longer than one page will be disquallified.
5. Contest deadline: April 30. Entries received after this date will not be accepted.
6. Entries will become the property of Richmond Public Library and will not be returned. Make sure you keep a copy of your poem.