The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.

Youth Poetry Contest

The time has arrived to explore the different types of poetry that our youth can use to express their creative ideas. The title for the 2011-2012 poetry contest is "Colorful Fruits" or "Tasty Vegetables." For 2012-2013, the theme is "Protecting Our Aquatic Friends." Use your imagination and join the winners to see your poetry in print!

Jeannie Bradley of Hiawassee, Ga., is our 2000 Youth Poetry Contest winner, Kindergarten Division. Jeannie also won First Place in the Deep South Region!

Visit this page to read winning poems from past contests.

Eligibility

Kindergarten through Ninth Grade

Special Education: Kindergarten through Ninth Grade

Contest Rules

All entries must be typed and titled.
Include name, address, and age and school grade of participant on back of entry.
Sponsoring club and federation must also be identified.
All entries become the property of NGC.
Poems do not have to rhyme.
Poems may be traditional verse, acrostics, blank verse, cinquains, diamond poems or Haiku.
Have one person from the sponsoring club send entries with her name, address, email address and telephone number included in the packet of entries.

Scale of Points (total 100)

Title (10)
Content (40)
Creativity (30)
Style (20)

Entry Guidelines

Submit entries to the District Poetry Contest Chairman by November 15. See the Guide for your District Chairman's address. The District will send the 1st and 2nd Place winning entries to the State Poetry Contest Chairman before December 1. Contact the State Chairman for more information:

Melanie Caldwell
227 East Eleventh St.
Rome, GA 30161-3338
706-235-0410
Melanie.Caldwell72@gmail.com